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Occultated Temporal Dimensions

from Luminiferous Aether

September 16th, 2016
5 tracks
50:30
Luminiferous Aether
Luminiferous Aether
Occultated Temporal Dimensions
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Occultated Temporal Dimensions
Mare Cognitum
Demiurge Cultivate Sealed doorways Into flesh Imbue them With the curse Of Time Eternity Replicated convergence Mass-created entropy Occultated consciousness Eclipsing transmigration Epochs screaming into void Orbiting in time-vessels Indifference withered by parasites Petrify their luminous veins Reincarnation Of spectral pasts Shaped by their former selves Haunted by their death Pathways Bittered with Sinew from Dead stars Wandering Endlessly Encased In flesh Replicated convergence Mass-created entropy Occultated consciousness Eclipsing transmigration Epochs screaming into void Orbiting in time-vessels Indifference withered by parasites Petrify their luminous veins Pathways Bittered with Sinew from Dead stars Wandering Endlessly Encased In flesh Lapsing into itself Ravaged by the crumbling void Surging outwards, dwarfed by nothingness A grand upheaval Binary spheres of swirling time Traject into binding unity Behold the consummation Bleeding from its aetherous wounds Rising up as a vapor The breath of surging death Lapsing into itself Ravaged by the crumbling void Reduced to a brittle shell Belabored, it cries and returns to dust Behold the consummation Bleeding from its aetherous wounds Rising up as a vapor The breath of surging death Lapsing into itself Ravaged by the crumbling void White as ash it falls before The vacant eyes of eternity Spiraling into brilliant shrines Threads that reach to the darkest depths Grasping deep into the dark Planting the seeds of future worlds Aphotic seeds procreate Multitudes in multitudes Flashing moments of past perceptions Harrowing visions of the all-mind Lapsing into itself Ravaged by the crumbling void White as ash it falls before The vacant eyes of eternity Behold the consummation Bleeding from its aetherous wounds Rising up as a vapor The breath of surging death
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A pivotal name in today's atmospheric black metal metal scene, MARE COGNITUM have always had much more to offer than mere ambient-infused black metal riffing. Their previous works, 'Phobos Monolith' (2014) and 'An Extraconscious Lucidity' (2012) showed a pronounced progressive approach to metal, and an unbearable tension that often releases itself in majestic, memorably dark melodies. New album 'Luminiferous Aether' travels across the same astral paths of the past, but with a stronger philosophical vision that permeates both music and lyrics, giving birth to an original cosmic black metal opus that borders on pure sci-fi.

"'Luminiferous Aether' is a mere fragment of a larger contemplation of humanity's state, a reflection of its current position where it finds itself surrounded on all sides and even threatened from within," explains Californian multi-instrumentalist Jacob Buczarski, MARE COGNITUM's sole member. "In the face of an indifferent Universe, the hubris of man dictates that solutions come from self-destruction. The resulting rumination is a binary lamentation and musing on both whether or not and from where we can find hope, and also an investigation into what compels the human spirit to conquer the insurmountable, and to change in a deeper way than the catalyst of evolution would seem to spur."

More violent, nihilistic and intense than its predecessors, MARE COGNITUM's 'Luminiferous Aether' dissects mankind's dark nature and ponders its peculiar impetus for masochism. And by doing so, it glances at a problematic future, at our final destination. "In an attempt to pierce to the core of sentience and its significance," Buczarski concludes, "the light and darkness of man is weighed and considered, and one begins to realize that in all of this, the hourglass of time swiftly empties, marching confidently towards humanity’s inevitable end."

Credits

All music composed, recorded, and produced by Jacob Buczarski at the Lunar Meadow, 2014-2016

Cover painting and logo by Moonroot Art
Layout by Francesco Gemelli

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