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Asphodel

by Vorash

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    Vorash - Asphodel CS

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1.
I - Depths 09:57
Lightless caverns Perpetual mining Cinders of flame and flesh Caked with soil Hands bled to bone Surface Lords know Thoughts of escape Nowhere is safe Caged beasts tremble Living for death Die and reborn Regenerated flesh ground To dust again Futile existence Barren landscape Crude and Smoke Tortured soul crushed Bound to tunnels Never remembered sun Leached dry, cracked Surface dreams appear Nightmares lived Reanimated vessel To slave again Overseers peer down From clouded peaks Endless Depths Our corpses lay Inner planet Chamber of ore Dig graves Inception tomb Born to earthen womb Insides rotten Dimming core Our only light Terror, forever night Solace in slumber Solitary gift Visions of a new world Glimpses of light Through fog in darkness Forest temple Free to Roam Voices have spoken Lightless caverns Mining eternity Cinders of flame and flesh Caked with soil Hands bled to bone Surface Lords know
2.
II - Surface 09:29
Caving above Welcome final end Surface Lords fall Finally burn Corpses turn to smoke Surface Lord breathes souls High on potent death Billions of spirits Burn... Bones turn glass Break shatter Cosmic winds Return us to stars Free to float Dust of deaths Instant extinction Mass grave light Narrow escape Vessel of steel Rise from ashes Taking us from the clouds Looking back World torn Destruction visions Surface Lords no more Display of beauty Explosions of light Touches skin For the first time Weep for freedom We are now ours Survivors few Hurled into space The light fades Into darkness Together we descend Mourning others deaths Huddle watching Systems unfold Name stars, after you...
3.
III - Adrift 05:37
Ushered into place Vessel commands Fear clenched minds Death or slumber Voices warn Lay in crypt Pod of sleep Feed us until Destination revealed Breathe for us Heal our wounds Vessel wanders Through darkness Destination known From the core Plans for us Not revealed Path coded By Surface Lords Final command Helpless we lay Drifting awayPast moons and stars Through nebula gas Celestial sea Grave galaxy Downward descent
4.
Spiralling dust Path floating Light dark Journey shifts Fades pass Beacon flash Abrupt awakening Thrust from deep sleep Vibrating steel We fall from space Through atmospheres Burning shell Scorched steel skin Aflame in skies Our breath is faint Dissonant signal Blurred sight A world below Gravity’s pull Shuddering below Crushing inside Broken system Sounds of alarm Screams of terror Familiar fears Nightmares reborn Weighted bodies Buckles underneath Flesh and steel Scraping noises Death without Rebirth as before Final light Darkness consumes Our pods depressure Dull silence Then tearing apart Crushed between Sky and earth Breath fades Surface near Last minutes Fallen star Trickling through Darkness of night Impact silence
5.
V - Arrival 14:48
Obscured movements Muffled agony Buried none survive Crawl to light Through jagged steel Flesh departed Bone ground Reaching surface Gasping light Muted mist Smoke and flame Clouded visions Stand and breathe Muffled air Broken limbs Crimson sky Ultra-violet lands Blackened flora Absorbs my path Unknown territories Grasps my remains Carries me gently Healing pain Feel the living Organism of woods Veiled in fog Breathes spirit Floating cradled Drifting conscious Illumination glows Brough back once again Voices indistinguished Risen shed skin Assimilate pitch earth Strength resonance Fused with stone Void forest Feel a presence Surrounding spiral Forms close in Guiding passage Welcoming entities Through mountains Cravasse
6.
VI - Ritual 06:16
Path opens Field expanse Drawn to center Ascend crumbled steps Vista spins Infinite sights Ghostly grasp Reach from below Heel to head Obsidian glow Flows, enclose Enveloping vision Of mind and soul Brilliant flash Dwellers emerge Creatures of shadow Breath ancient dialects Foreign in sound Absorbed by mind Tales of past Journey by stars Familiar sights Past life, passed lives Awaiting the chosen Who falls on land From distant planes Emerges from earth Conjures flame Leads them anew Surround in waves Hands outstretched Hold me high On Celestial throne Arisen existence
7.
Soaring effigy Burning bright light Waves expand Night shifts Shroud mist Radiant beings Commune soil Titans of wilderness Converge and sway Pulsing globe Merging dimensions Dark vapors Circulate time Gateway reveals Incandescent sphere Drawn limbs Absorbed face Others join in Intertwined vitality Fusion of spirit Incarnation glares Illuminating truth Realization appears They are my past deaths And now we rest....

about

Debut release.

Cover photo: Morehouse Comet Oct 1, 1908 "The Science-History of the Universe" Vol. 1 1909

Logo & other photos by LAC.

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"On the surface, this tape's shifting and swaying feels like the arc of some grand unseen pendulum, yet deeper examination yields horror and beauty that grow over time rather than immediately revealing themselves.

Vorash specializes in a most peculiar fusion of black metal and doom, opting neither towards crushing drudgery nor depressive weight (although the vocal direction may borrow at times from DSBM and this is certainly not uplifting), but rather shirking off all earthly sound entirely and conveying an otherworldly emptiness. Guitars stretch on forever in a vast sense, but rather than stellar beauty, there's a horrendous sense of isolation. While "Depths" hints at what's to come, the full scope of Vorash's sound is presented on "Surface," which sounds like Darkspace giving their best Burning Witch impression from the other side of a static wall, hammer-fisted riffs and reverb-soaked howls all trailing into eternity, often accompanied by dripping, decaying synthesizers and muted but dense percussion.

If this were merely an exercise in space (both sonic and universal, as it were), it would fall flat, but Asphodel's atmosphere is consistent without just sounding like the gaps between riffs. These songs rise and fall and wander off in such unique directions that I find myself engaged well into the tape's second side despite a massive run-time. Copies of this tape are still available from the artist, despite the fact that this came out nearly a year ago. If you're interested in the suffocating sensation of the void in sonic form, you'd be wise to examine this further."

-Black Metal and Brews

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"Stunning debut of blackened ambient dread and frightening cosmic fog from this solo project, also working as one half of the Seattle based funeral doom duo Blood of Sokar. Suffocating fumes from the lurching void, frightening and profound with its minimal view into the blasphemous cloud of sulphuric smoke.

VORASH has crafted a beautiful physical edition of this wretched work, a juxtaposition of the vile vs. the sublime. Grim synthesis and massive guitar rips through bleak organ swells and churning mold, a howling nightmarish countenance."

-Lighten Up Sounds

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credits

released April 8, 2017

Written & Recorded in 2015-2017.
All sounds & vocals by Vorash.
Additional vocals by A. P. & M. L. on I, VI, VII.

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Vorash Seattle, Washington

Solo project

V, Anur, Technasma, Tir & Asphodel cassettes available now.

Also one half of bloodofsokar.bandcamp.com

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