THE TURNING OF THE WHEEL
SHACKLED AND BOUND FOREVER
TO THE OPPRESSION OF THE EVER LOOMING FATHER TIME
RELENTLESS TOIL UNDER THE BLINDING HAZE OF INTOXICATING SOVEREIGNTY
BLOOD AND SWEAT COALESCING
TO FORM A BITTER, SEETHING MASS
HARDENED BY TIME AND DUST
GLEAMING UNDER THE PENETRATING RAYS
TEMPERED IN THE FLAMES OF RETRIBUTION
SHARPENED BY THE GRINDING STONES
OF THE EVER TURNING WHEEL
IN VIGILANT DEFIANCE
CALLING OUT FROM BEYOND THE VEIL
BESTOWING UPON THIS WORLD
THE TYRANTS BANE
THE WOEFUL STEEL
MIGHTY IS THE ARM THAT WIELDS THE SWORD
THAT SEVERS THE HEAD THAT SITS UPON A GILDED THRONE
MIGHTY IS THE BLADE THAT CUTS THE SHACKLES
THAT BIND TO THE EVERLASTING TOIL
THE WOEFUL STEEL, THE TYRANTS BANE
GLEAMING UNDER THE MERCILESS RAYS
Nearly a decade after their last LP, the Chicago post-metal trio resurface with a punishing concept album set in an apocalyptic wasteland. Bandcamp New & Notable May 5, 2024
The metal’s band revelatory new record crosses genres and styles, effortlessly combining seemingly incompatible subgenres. Bandcamp Album of the Day Apr 26, 2024
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