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Aether Wind

from Luminiferous Aether

September 16th, 2016
5 tracks
50:30
Luminiferous Aether
Luminiferous Aether
Aether Wind
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Aether Wind
Mare Cognitum
Prostrate we fall before the grand transfiguration Senses dull into a kaleidoscopic labyrinth Into a trancelike state we rise before the eidolon Self-permutation into the purest divine Observing creation through multitudinous eyes Creating a sphere of concentrated perception Witnessing time as it crumbles into dust Impulsively formed into structures anew The incessant void rests in open palms A canvas on which to create and destroy Catalyzing time and space as energy The hands clasp the shards of nothingness Constructing the pillars of life Sculpted with fragments of time Written on parchments of sky Revealing the poetry of the gods Between congruent representations of time Exists a gap of complex irreverent forms An anarchy of the body and the senses Lying between the absurd and the sublime A disregard for the logic of the sentient Action defined by the absence of provocation Defining the will of those within its confines Through the decomposition of purpose and desire A pure creation Lucid and unfettered Bearing the aether wind Lifted into glorious Chaos The splendor beheld here has no end The splendor beheld here has no end The splendor beheld here has no end The splendor beheld here has no end
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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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