We are truly blind when we fail to see the monster
We have created.
What was built to serve us now imprisons millions.
Day by day, false justice served.
Harmless people caged for the monetary gain of the state.
They become the thing we hate.
Gentle people locked away, slowly gaining the traits
that would make them deserve this place
.
This life is mine, and I'll not be
defined by suffering.
I don't belong to you, or this, or anything.
You can't take my life away.
The longer we live in fear and denial,
The further we stray from true freedom.
Liberty slowly slipping from our grip.
Forcible detention
Will never be a solution
To the problems that we face as a growing world.
Point the finger at human nature,
So we can ignore the social factors of society
that made man this way.
This life is mine, and I'll not be
defined by suffering.
I don't belong to you, or this, or anything.
You can't take my life away.
This life is mine. I'll not be defined by my suffering.
Quite possibly the most full-on album I've ever listened to. Intense, and then some. 'Digital Tarpit' could describe both the track and the whole album: high-pitched guitar squeals that make your fillings itch coupled with merciless, suffocating heaviness. The Avenell-esque vocals top it off perfectly.
Brilliant - punishing, but brilliant. jim_fuego
Australian band Aquilus smashes genre boundaries to smithereens, combining classical orchestration with black metal on this riveting LP. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 13, 2021
Two impressive vocalists, variable and skilled guitarists and a tight and very powerful rhythm section. That plus the ability to write a song really leaves nothing left to desire here. mourner