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Over the precipice, into the fold:
Emerging Athena — the Phoenix resurgent — is molting the mold!
Born of the lioness, feline and fair
Born to the finest of beasts, bearing the mark of the bear.
Over the precipice into the fold,
Over the tongue and the teeth, uttering Latinate gold...
Born from a union of justice and fact,
Six fingers grasping the world with a strength and a will to react.
All hail The Awakening Eye!
Crown jewel of a mesa
Made of dried blood, eyes, and teeth
The Chernobyl roses are poised to alight and stir oceans aseethe.
Their token of terrible truth
Is our last savage grace
And we will snatch the masks off our master,
And we will destroy his face!
(Prayer for the protection and success of girl children)
Woe be unto those who seek to harm the child...
...may she stand behind the many as a shield, unblinking
Woe be unto...YOU
Over the precipice into the fold:
Emerging Athena — the Phoenix resurgent — is molting the mold!
All hail the Awakening Eyes!
credits
from There is a War,
track released August 15, 2017
Engineered, recorded, and mixed by Greg Klaiber
Produced by Greg Klaiber and Richard James
Caveman Studios, Durham, NC
November 2012
Mastered by Nick Petersen
Track and Field Recording, Durham, NC
Hog is:
Richard James — guitar, vocals
Ryland Fishel — bass, vocals
Noah Kessler — drums
Alec Ferrell — guitar
supported by 6 fans who also own “The Awakening Eyes”
Great, versatile black metal with detail aplenty. Some songs are surprisingly upbeat at times - e.g. Carve My Name, before dropping into claustrophobic dissonance and ultimately exquisite atmosphere - while other songs come along as frenetic and apoplectic throughout. Then there's the dismal piano: presaging impending doom, gracefully placed in the middle of the album and interlaced with its successor. Let alone the closing track. This album will pull you deep into the currents of its misery. David Fischer
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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