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Void Mother

by Obscure Sphinx

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Ippocalyptica
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Ippocalyptica Sludgy post-metal has its greats: Neurosis effectively started the sub-genre, Isis gave us the all-time best effort in Panopticon, Cult of Luna is consistently excellent (if not quite my cup of tea), and Obscure Sphinx is just about the equal of all of the above, albeit way more under-appreciated. Void Mother is among the best albums of the bunch, and certainly the best from Obscure Sphinx. Heavy, hypnotic, and emotionally resonant, this is great - and it gets better with subsequent listens. Favorite track: The Presence Of Goddess.
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knutepanhead Obscure Sphinx are absolutely AMAZING!! This is a tour-de-force. Nothing but great, heavy, dark songs. If I were going to lay in a tub and bleed out, I'd want "Presence Of Goddes" to be playing as I left this place. This is rare air. Majorly trippy and heavy. Cannot begin to tell you how underrated this fantastic band is. I'd follow them over a cliff. This is what I live for. Favorite track: The Presence Of Goddess.
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baudelagon What a woman's voice! And with oppressive film's ambiances. Great experience ! I have never finish with this group, his music is so powerfull. And this voice, god, this voice... you're falling in love each time. Please, please, continue to sing ! Favorite track: The Presence Of Goddess.
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Nerveless tissue, no impulse, horridly it pressures the scull Flowing out with thoughts through orbits The shortest way To cut aggravating rumble, to strangle pulsation Till it crushes all Invites the void Invites the silence Proud flesh Tear it all out, tear it now, tear before it’s too late Proud flesh Don’t let it grow, don’t let go, never let it steam Proud flesh Scratch out with nails, scratch it all, let it bleed away Proud flesh Throw it away, watch it die, before it starts to live Rampant thoughts intertwine Too many pullulated No turning back All said and done Hide in the corner and punch the empty space It is so warm, I feel tranquility It feels so warm, I feel tranquility May have all been just a bad dream May have all been a hallucination Maybe I just forgot the bitter taste No… Don’t you save me
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Velorio 02:38
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Inside the pain, I count how many breaths I have left Inside the pain, I count how many heartbeats I have left Inside the pain, I feel the lack of impulse in my flesh Inside the pain, I have no strength to breathe in the air Inside the pain, no more caressing spiked memories I miss you Or maybe I don’t I know you would like me to Insides crumbled with the vice of hopeless thoughts Look at what you’ve done don’t turn away from my corpse My existence smashed against the wall See how fast it starts to decompose Why me? Insides crumbled with the vice of hopeless thoughts Look at what you’ve done don’t turn away from my corpse My existence smashed against the wall Be transparent something I can easily ignore When unrelenting voices Try to exert control Sit by the river And watch the bodies flow In prayer Fold your hands In prayer Bowels burn In prayer All my faith In prayer Multiple collecting of self Putting pieces together Something finished To be a human as expected Uniform, a closed constellation Fixed pattern of hemoglobin Insides crumbled with the vice of hopeless thoughts Look at what you’ve done don’t turn away from my corpse My existence smashed against the wall See how fast it starts to decompose
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Feverish 07:34
You broke me, completely All You broke me, completely All Come and stay See how it is here Pleasant and Know that I will be Distressed If you walk away So maybe You’ll show what you hide there You broke me, completely All You broke me, completely All
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Nasciturus 09:31
So warm here in this flesh Is this my home, mother? One formless thing, nothing Growing to be a disturbance The silence was my greatest friend No more, no more So safe in here in this flesh Is this my home? Why… You try to tear me away Scrape out, erase, remove Would be better if you go to sleep It’ll only hurt for a moment The beat of life squashed by cruel existence Feeling almost like a fucking God Quick before the heart starts beating Quick before the neurons merge I sacrifice my own blood I sacrifice my own blood for better tomorrow Mother, tell me is this my It’s so dark here, no place to hide I beg you mom, don’t leave me now What if God looks here And finds out what you’ve done Decision stained with blood Forever a thorn on soul and heart Decision stained with blood Forever a thorn on soul and heart Decision stained with blood Forever a thorn on soul and heart Decision stained with blood Forever a thorn on soul and heart Becoming a God
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Meredith 02:29
Dream my baby in the foam of wave Let your freedom be your grave
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Decimation 07:10
Crumbled kingdom Dead piece of life With nothing left to burn or kill inside Dark trembling monsters Surrounding me Elusive shadows flowing through the air I swallow all As my lungs burn Crawling, bleeding searching for a pulse So far from the eyes of God Mud stained martyred body So far from careless happiness Pulling out the tool Of frantic devastation In a ditch dying lonely like a whore
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Void 03:37
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The shadows gathered Whispering Twisting deformed lips Who talk no more No eyes to see No ears to hear Condemnation The presence of Goddess Reborn in flesh, bathe in wine With tearing grin forces the heart To worship her as Goddess Puts her merciless arms around Clings with bloody nails Finds its way to the heart The presence of Goddess Reborn in flesh, bathe in wine Clinging with bloody nails With tearing grin forces the heart I feel your grace In my body I feel your grace In my gutter I feel your grace It will be better I feel your grace It won’t be better I feel your grace It will be better I feel your grace I feel your grace It won’t be better

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All music and lyrics by Obscure Sphinx.
Audio sample in Nasciturus by DJ Chronos from freesound.org.

Drums recorded at Radio Gdansk Studio.
Other instruments and vocals recorded at Sounds Great Promotion Studio by Kuba Mańkowski and Jan Galbas.

Additional vocals and choir recorded at Progresja Studio by Paweł Grabowski.

Mixed and mastered at Sounds Great Promotion Studio by Kuba Mańkowski.

Choir in 'The Presence Of Goddess' by Voice and More.
Written, arranged and conducted by Bartek Caboń.

Doll design and photography by Klaudia Gaugier (www.horkadolls.com).
Layout design by Obscure Sphinx.

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released November 15, 2013

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