Shadow Waiting in the Flesh, by Decayos

Shadow Waiting in the Flesh

by Decayos

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1.	Possession 03:36	lyrics	buy track
“Possession” The flesh exiled tattered cloth of time caged behind rib revenant held in hide you and your end beginning this flesh mine
2.	The Forlorn 02:19	lyrics	buy track
“The Forlorn” I carry the burden of a baneful shade from reborn agony I the accursed feed thereon my own return through history’s spine-winding clock unraveling the forlorn thread binding me
3.	Eidolon Bled 06:08	lyrics	buy track
"Eidolon Bled" Nothing ceasing in this place you’ve locked me here I cut in to draw out abstract paralyzing colors yet I can’t open you hold the key to timeless ruin defective continuum therein where I disappear bleed through you beguiling revelation hidden feverishly in this abandon my domain longing departure from echoed remains our bodies linked to blots of time repeatedly piercing imprinting a presence condemned to isolation where traces of you outline an emptiness of shape Eidolon bleeding last stone of self deprived dispelling your remnants that may mend burnt pigments of me and set free unique shades of doubt blurring your figure with a space from a heart to dripping page essence of self poured for grail unfulfilled harrowing chamber stained impaired with idle expression of tones cursed to surround a silence never felt you my eyes muse of life dusk left buried in blindness presumed final rest if not for a pulse beating for what’s been eternally bled splendorous nectar drawn
4.	The Nectar and the Noose 04:34	lyrics	buy track
“The Nectar & The Noose” Erebos staring back for you to see my eyes the holes drilled for other worlds leap through vacuous stares we worm banishing selves a lure hangs like a noose calling to pull us in time is spun on a thread for the snapping of bone suspending athanasy infernal circle hungering to choke with frenzy and feast these saccharine twigs of self-betrayal’s Forlorn rope whisp’ring with ghostly breath the demands of a shade suffer and hook the noose to beget another life a dangling tethered body fished from the sky forever pendulous in awe of incandescent doom feeding the fading light of my own dream soul exhumed I’m reborn to be famished where you loom while pining for release your cold embrace my ethereal womb
5.	Trepanation 02:41	lyrics	buy track
“Trepanation” Flesh is the tattered cloth of truth an isle of body entombing inner spectral seas you and I alone are the shade bound to endless cycles through a bleeding wound a portal drilled to carve out and erase hollow reminiscence in the phantom presence of a fatal void never been
6.	Grave Apparition 05:16	lyrics	buy track
“Grave Apparition” Body surrendering to past veiled and buried frail and vaporous this effort to absolve the amaranthine shadow staring back to seize and embalm another light's vision to dissolve and negate my will let go and lay rest with you my soul leaving me endlessly drawn to a hole’s piercing echo

about

Described as "a revenant seeking finality," the latest emission from Decayos adds to the emerging canon of melodic blight metal with brooding textures, sweetly soaring leads and fierce blasts.

About the music: "It began with the Beksinski image of a mage holding his orb on the shore of an ocean, which is one of my favorite things to look at lately. It’s as though this ancient and decrepit soothsayer were mourning the universe or perhaps lost all his or her psychic power at the end of the world. This mage is blanketed by the ocean surrounding him, much like an island, but his connection to the whole image is a matter of despair rather than magic. He’s like a relic of time. There’s a vertical repetition of spheres between his orb, his head and what appears to be the sun, as though one leads to the other or comes from the other, and their connection is tied together by a single ray of light (i.e. enlightenment, transcendence), which is tragically grim next to his despair. But to put words on that fantastic image is the same problem I have with tacking on a sensible verbal function of the music. My goal has never been to make the lyrics reflect a story or say exactly what I mean. It’s a feeling. It’s haunting, it’s empty, it’s yearning towards something unattainable." - Zack Namey, Decayos

About the art: "Cassandra’s grandfather made all of these incredible charcoal vignettes before he passed. So I found them and mashed a few together. They seemed perfect to me. Of course there is a lot of layering, coloring and texturing on top of them. The only thing that isn’t his is the standing figure." - Matthew Good, artist

credits

released October 6, 2020

All music and lyrics by Decayos
Recorded and mixed by Hylopathic Productions in Raleigh, NC, USA
Album art by Harrie Schmitz
Additional design by Matthew Good