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This is the first single from the new album, Hallucinations of Gore. We are joined by special guest guitarist, Andrew Matthews from Human Infection.
A harrowing tale of an overcrowded, unclean insane asylum in 1878. A place where medical staff performed experimental surgeries while patients were subdued to gurneys with straps while being injected with untested drugs. It only took the pointing of an anonymous finger for one to become a hostage of the state. Prisoners were "cured" of their ills by means of torture with crude devices, rusty tools, and primitive surgery.
lyrics
Dark, sordid details of the mentally unwell
A look through time, the state of mind
Complacency labeled as lunacy
Locked away until judgement day
Undue process
You have no say. You fucking wait
Isolated prisoner of the state
Overflowing capacity in 1878
Imprisoned far from public view
On Dr.'s orders, they label you Insane!
Surprisingly simple yet shockingly brutal
Unperfected lobotomy renders passive zombie
Emergency psycho-surgery
Subjected to shock therapy
It's through the eyes that we enter the brain
Sever connections, we cure the insane
(lead Matthews)
Permanent solutions to temporary problems
A thrusting technique with a metal rod will solve them
With deinstitutionalization
Alternative methods, no altercations
(lead Matthews)
Physical restraints incapacitates
Held captive against my will
Force fed untested pills
(Missing Lines)
Bloodletting begins
Leeches suck the skin
Extract from within
Disorders!
Dubious accusations of physical complications
Excessive masturbation, off-beat heart palpitations
(Missing Lines)
Disabilities, incurables, forced drugging
in chambers of torture
(Squeals of pain)
Once considered legitimate practice
Seems inhume, a time before standards
Disorders!
Infamous, villainous, socially hideous
Devious, vigilante, sexually curious X2
Darkest days, bloody ways
Catch the eyes, covered face
Pre-scientific experimental craze
Ugghh!
Victims of circumstance
The horrors in these walls
Remnants of the past linger on
Brainchild of evil spawn
No sanitation, covered in filth
Chained to the bed, drop my meds
Systematically forced fed
Stick the spike in my head
Through the eyes I'm braindead
Wash away all my pain
I'm no longer insane
No violent patients/patience
Jiggle and extract, science not exact
Frontal lobe not intact
Pure elation, sweet sensations
Now I'm no threat thanks to treatment
credits
released February 17, 2024
Jeremiah Godfrey
Joseph Downs
Mathis Greene
The project of singer and multi-instrumentalist Marz Rieste explores dark fantasy themes through menacing, doomy black metal.
Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 9, 2024
