A Marriage of Flesh and Air

from Self

October 19th, 2015
6 tracks
49:28
Self
Self
A Marriage of Flesh and Air
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A Marriage of Flesh and Air
Terzij de Horde
A conjured creation in knots and bones in a pounding of fragments, a rupture of stones As in death we dance, we crawl through this As in death we dance, we stumble amiss Jilt and jitter to an ending of worlds where our hearts will either break or bronze Dervish twirling to horizons uncared in dances ferocia anima downstared Wingless and withered but raging alive The dueling dischord just magnifies The rhythms of rendering rhymes with which we vengeful gods destroy the hive Celebrate the marriage of flesh and air Faceted eyes see all but none Guided by the grasp of drones A crawling chaos , follow the horde Carry the void toward its throne Throw away the anchors, the steadfast, the light and tell of that which you see in the dark A shared immersion in blood and cadence A syncopic structure of stabbing sparks Come dance in the flames of a world to reveal Come dance in the fire of a world brought to heel Whirling and weakened but wasted no more This flame rekindles the embers of a once before A cessation of life extinguished by a forging flood A time anon, born from the ashes of brine and blood Come dance in the flames of a world to reveal Come dance in the fire of a world brought to heel Ripping the fabric in strands tied to naught To bear the raging worlds within Through the ruined gasp that surrounds a seething silence forced to whims, the impulse of passion, impetus’ charm this is a vowel of encompassing harm of cathartic deliverance through purging blaze, through shedding the shells of this suffocate haze Jilt and jitter to a beginning of worlds where our hearts will either break or bronze
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The album focuses on the problem of self. Six tracks explore different ways to live, or fail to live, with self and world. They embody the struggles these paths and strategies create: blindness, suffering, a desire for release, the destruction of self and others as well as the turning towards -or away from- life.

Self as prison, self as a source of power, self as vessel for manipulation by outside forces, self as shield and as inner world, self as medium for Dionysian rapture, self as something to be overcome.

In the six songs that constitute ‘Self’, the rage of black metal is paired with a cathartic destruction as well as a contemplative, sometimes crawling melancholy. Instead of navel gazing or the worship of constructs, ‘Self’ is analysis forced. A cerebral celebration of liberation at all costs and a requiem for spheres rendered apart.

The artwork of ‘Self’ depicts ants, consumed by Ophiocordyceps. These parasitic fungi appropriate the brains of whichever host they infect, to manipulate and effectively destroy its self-regulating features. Through this annexation, the ants become empty shells of what they once were, governed by a destruction from within, imposed and irreconcilable.

Credits

All songs and lyrics by Terzij de Horde
Recorded in February and March 2015 at Studio Independent Recordings, Utrecht (NL)
Recorded and mixed by Quintijn Verhoef
Mastered by James Plotkin

Photographs by Dr. Charissa de Bekker
Artwork by Richard