"Twenty years hiding away in a cavern, it felt beautiful to finally let go of all the emotion he had tied to this world. “Take hold of my soul, do what you have to. I want to be one with the demons, I want to feel alive.” Suddenly, he felt his entire being torn into a million pieces and reformed. The demons were no longer the ones making him do the evil things he once feared. He was the one with the power now."
Rotted flesh drips from my bones,
I watch future pass before my sight.
So helpless and so alone,
I fear the day when the damned are right.
Restless appetite for blood and pain.
I love to deceive the sick, insane.
I loved, I lost
but I gained control of everything I'll ever hate.
Through years of isolation and pain,
I can now control their fate.
When did every single thing go wrong?
All I've ever loved is gone.
I've spent so many years
reliving the only thing I ever feared.
Opportune, present itself to me,
the chance to dwell on their fears and sanity.
I vow rebirth to you.
Tale hold of my soul and do what you have to.
I'll gladly leave everything behind.
I never gave a damn about my kind.
The Indonesian act Kekal leaves no genre unturned, colliding black metal with industrial music with melodic post-rock on this stunning LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 25, 2023