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The Incident at Black Lake

by All Else Fails

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I, Defiler 05:48
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In the deep, in the dark lurks my destroyer. We are the Watcher. In the deep, in the dark I've lost my protector I am defector In the deep in the dark, apathy slumbers, we are despoiler. Asperity burns and fights to be free this cycle of agony. Delirium closest to god I can be. If I'm not myself, than who can I be? Hold fast hope, When this is done we'll be gone out of our minds, but back in our lives. When all felt lost I sought with diamond eyes; searching for meaning in despair. but the path was washed aside Buzzing and boiling, I’m drowning in failure I am my own betrayer. my own betrayer devise deconstruction , I am the creator name me defiler Name me defiler. Becoming the villain I've been warned about Suffer in silence, suffer in doubt. So far underwater I'll never swim out Lost in myself. Hold fast hope When this is done I will be gone from my life, but back in my mind. When all felt lost I sought with diamond eyes; searching for meaning in despair. but the clouds will not subside. (Poison my body, just for a glimpse) hope interred. (withering anger and constant frustration) But the path was washed aside Slide the scale, traverse the abyss. Broken down, and I slumber in defeat. Consumed in boundless self destruction. control is but a fleeting notion Bones to dust, scattered to the hills. Burn the fucking bridges that I have yet to build. When all felt lost I sought with diamond eyes; searching for meaning in despair. but the clouds will not subside. (Poison my body, just for a glimpse) hope interred. (withering anger and constant frustration) But the path was washed aside
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Devour the Sun (feat. Seedy Mitchell) 08:24
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Rage, Rage across the endless night Lost, separate from my soul by a lifetime spent wandering alone, I have been gone longer than I ever was at home. The fear of a lost spark drifting in the black, I pretend like I could, but there is no going back. No voice, no form, no day no night, I appear to be alive but I'm a corpse on the inside. No recollection, no living past, forever set adrift on the winds without a mast. Forgotten purpose, an empty shell. Walking the edges of reality, lost within myself. Am I just an ineffectual refrain? Through the clouds she sees the starlit sky; faded and complacent. I'm not feeling whole. Submerged in darkness, it seems I've been put out to sea, Woe is me, the once catalytic converter of oblivion into being, Since thriving from my generous nature, You watched my evolution in disgust and then were swallowed up by your own inexorable arrogance. Now I am nullity, Now I am just a beacon of hate in the ultimate unending void, But in my defense, I create to destroy. Destroy the heavens, Destroy intent, I'll drag perpetually in Ether to my hate's content. Devise ambition, Devise a cure, Design a past I can't recall until I feel I'm pure. Am I just an ineffectual refrain? Through the clouds she sees the starlit sky; faded and complacent. I'm not feeling whole. Headspace, is vast and lacks allure, Trapped in the expanse of a moment, I've awakened and I can't see the end. This place is past the absolute. Consumed by what we fear, consumed by what I fear. Only in the final moments do I comprehend what I am; the fading light of a long dead star. reflected in the stare of a child, but when she sleeps I'll be gone forever, lost to terror. Remembered nevermore. Did I ever have a chance to fly?
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Flesh /Excess /Wealth 05:36
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Flesh and blood The caged immortal A fleeting glimpse behind the veil, The infinite revealed At the gates of sleep A storm blows through my dreams. Ruminating on how I survived The blood will wash away And I will lose you all Fear the night Yearn for meaning in this life Live in dreams Haunted by the promise of what I could have been At the edges of perception, A flash of my true self Clouded by desire for flesh, excess, wealth From dream to dream I hunt for who I used to be Fading like the sun in the east The flowers of morning have withered You can be me when I'm gone I gaze into the infinite Grief welling inside The stars sing of an ancient truth Keening in the night A primal urge calling me back home with a longing undefined For a cradle unremembered in the deep cimmerian sky. Fear the night Yearn for meaning in this life Live in dreams Haunted by the promise of what I could have been
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Crystal Mountain 05:16
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(Lyrics by Chuck Schuldiner) Built from Blind Faith Passed down from self-induced fantasy Turn the to justify Conjuring power, it opens wide On your seventh day Is that how it’s done? Twisting your eyes to perceive all that you want. To Assume from Ignorance Inflicting wounds with your cross-turned dagger Inside Crystal Mountain Evil takes its form Inside Crystal Mountain Commandments are reborn All the traps are set to confine all who get in the way of the divine In sight and in mind of the hypocrite A slave to the curse; Forever confined Shatter the myth Don’t cut yourself on your words Against dreams made of steel. Stronger than any faith that inflicts pain and fear Is that how it’s done? Twisting your eyes to perceive all that you want. To Assume from Ignorance Inflicting wounds with your cross-turned dagger Inside Crystal Mountain Evil takes its form Inside Crystal Mountain Commandments are reborn

about

This album is fucking dark, musically and lyrically. I wrote my parts in the darkest, most distressed headspace I have ever been in. Most of the time during the writing of this album, I was convinced that I had been unglued from time, I was barely functioning. Through the fog and sensation of reality warping around me, I somehow found clarity in my writing. Weirdly, at first, I didn’t know that I was writing about myself, I was just kind of writing. I remember there was a day when we got our first mix back, and I hadn’t heard the songs in a few weeks, 30 seconds into the first verse, I collapsed in this park I was walking in, I realized that the songs were me, describing the suffering I had been experiencing so that I could understand what was happening in my own head, it was completely overwhelming. I had created something so direct, with zero awareness that I was doing so. It was a mind-bending experience, as if a past version of myself had reached out through time to help me understand what was happening to me, an absolute headfuck. For my contributions musically I created tones and sounds that conveyed how distorted the world around me felt, I was attempting to use the music to level out the turmoil I was experiencing internally. I was experiencing reality in waves of vertigo, time-loss and visual blackouts, I was trying to push back on these sensations with music. I think this album is beautiful, there is elegance in darkness. I think it’s sad because I know the turmoil and pain it took to write it, and I think it’s powerful because it’s the first time I have truly been honest in my music.

-Barrett Klesko

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released September 30, 2022

Barrett Klesko - Vocals, Guitar
John Saturley - Guitar
Coco Lee - Bass, Vocals
Nelson Collins-Lee - Drums

Mixed and Engineered by Bevin Booth

Produced by All Else Fails

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All Else Fails Edmonton, Alberta

Don’t let this one slip past your radar. “ – Blabbermouth.net

“A Monster of a Metal Opus” – The Edmonton Journal

“All Else Fails have delivered us a brilliant new album” – Confront Magazine

"The epic twelve track album [The Oracle] explores their most extraordinary sound to date." – PureGrainAudio.com

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