Here. Decompose forever, aware and unholy, encased in marble
and honey from the swarm, a thin coat of eternal whispering
that bleaches from within, a darkness that defiles thought,
stolen by the wingless harpies whose memories lay waste the valley of diamonds,
where the great One sleeps, her eyes,
placid pits of violent tar and bitumen regurgitated by demons chained to misery,
eyes that see nothing for there is only the darkness that wells up from inside,
a great viscous cloud smothering hope,
a blanket woven from the dung of the old ones,
their disease the tapestry of all that is futile,
her gaze burning holes in the veil that protects the chosen,
her breathe a plague that unleashes the frozen wolves, blind,
their tongues paint your heart with scorpions,
their pestilence an invitation to the only one that matters for
She is the presence that is all that is un-named, for it is Her,
the unbegotten Mistress of the eternal hunger,
dwell forever in her great unholy stomach where the damned befoul themselves in
the glory of her fecund and bloody history,
worship in the torment of a million wasted lives,
bathe in the horror that the blood of time carries with the plague,
and befoul yourself with worship,
for she hates you eternally with the ferocious lust that binds all that inhabit
the wasted and forgotten, the blissful loathing of you is now all that remains,
alone, forgotten and Damned.
credits
from Black One,
released October 17, 2005
Bass – Drone Slut, Mystik Fogg Invokator
Electric Guitar, Tubular Bells, Cymbals, Gong – Oren Ambarchi
Virus – Count Von Schneeberger
Calls From Beyond The Grave, Lyrics By [2003] – Malefic
Sunn O)))) formed 1996, Seattle WA (as Mars). A synthesis of diverse: drone, ur, noise, metal, minimalism/maximalism;
supported by a cast of collaborators, O))) has two core members: Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson.
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GRAVETEMPLE is the trio of SUNN O)))'s Stephen O'Malley & Attila Csihar, joined by Oren Ambarchi (Black One, Monoliths & Dimensions). A brutal foray into abstract death metal inspired anticosmoses. SUNN O)))
SUNN O)))'s stage left guitarist Stephen O'Malley harmonic ecstasies meets composer Anthony Pateras’ exploratory piano techniques, Mixed and re-constructed here primarily using ¼ inch tape machine. SUNN O)))
Goatsnake was the band of O)))'s stage right guitarist The Lord (Greg Anderson) These are two rare outtakes from their last album Black Age Blues. Proceeds from sales go to colorofchange.org SUNN O)))
At the risk of seeming a heretic, this is one of those albums that's a good deal more interesting in theory than practice. It's not the rich or absorbing listening experience I was hoping for given the story behind it and its reputation. Too few musical/vocal ideas stretched far too thinly. Sober or otherwise, I found the album to be rather an endurance test.
Needed a couple of play throughs to really kick in. But hell, does it kick in now!
The 1:26 riff in "II" has me regularely tearing up, because it is just so beautiful! The music seems to go from my ears right into my guts. yzn3rf
If you're going to go out in apocalyptic style you might want to have the 40 minute title track playing loud at your side. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 12, 2013