A frenzied burning in our tainted hearts,
the deathless light that glows, dim and still
smothered with but a blink of our unseeing eyes
As we stare through the blood swept windows into the starless sky
We see not, but hear your call
Faint, but ever clearer than the chimes of his bells
We are the lambs lost in the mountains
Sometimes comes the Mother
sometimes the wolf
Her voice draws near
Through the purple mist in the West
In our wigs of dried blood we pray
As the dying Sun flushes its last pale streaks of light
With deaf ears, I hear you
With sightless eyes, I see you
With wounded flesh I feel you
The album description mentions an “emotional apex.” That’s really the difference between Stare and the band’s previous albums. Ulcerate was always supremely technically proficient. I just didn’t care all that much. Their growth has come from making music you will feel. Metallurgical Fire
An outstanding Extreme doom death album, in the best tradition. The funerary atmosphere reminds of Evoken ('Centuries of ooze" bears striking similarities, for my delight). It is overall sharp, dark, hypnotic and unrelenting. One of those rare convincing new bands that hold proud the legacy of the biggest names. Bertrand Marchal
Swirling guitars, furious drums, vocals that at the same time howl from infinite distance and are right up in your head; everything put into dissonant form with the help of unconventional songwriting. This album is my personal key to the icelanding black metal madness that I've ignored for way too long! Lukas Kaufmann
never been a big death metal fan but this is actually super accessible for the genre, has fun concepts, and personally i'm always a fan of albums with short tracklists and huge runtimes (for individual songs) Great time, good jumping on point for newbies too. alienasu