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As Technocracies Sprawl and Crumble

from Revolutions In Saecula

January 9th, 2025
20 tracks
28:37
Revolutions In Saecula
Revolutions In Saecula
As Technocracies Sprawl and Crumble
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As Technocracies Sprawl and Crumble
Type: Armor Unit
Ripped out from its throat, a translation device Hacking into its mind, I saw fears untold A handful of technocrats subdue this population As the bottom, starving, consume without reason It cannibalized its own species It’s been eating itself for sustenance In search of new biomass to ingest But to what end? Power as a final state A thirst never quite quenched Perverted posthuman culture Pleasure as a cheap allure As technocracies develop and spreads outward Beauty develops quickly into horror Mass exploitation Under the guise of innovation Best this cancer be dealt with The virus bomb has been planted
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Revolutions In Saecula tells the story of two freedom fighters, 20.000 years into the future, whose society and star system is threatened by another civilization. In a desperate attempt to dismantle their imminent subjugation, one of the two, Kasa, eventually becomes stranded alone behind enemy lines. Trapped in a world of technofascists who are human in their DNA but act nothing like modern definitions of such, Kasa discovers this is but the first of frightening truths to be revealed about our universe…

This story is told in about 30 minutes through twenty songs, each representing a chapter; the upcoming physical release will have more visual cues to aid in this sonic/nerdy journey through space.

Type: Armor Unit is a new solo offering by Owen Swerts (Days Of Desolation, Dahmer Duck, etc.), aiming to become an audiographic universe with complex world-building and expression through media beyond purely musical ones.

Credits

Owen Swerts: All drums, guitars, bass, vocals, soundscapes, mixing, mastering and artwork.