2018 - The Voiceless Dust of Ages (EP)

by The Meads of Asphodel

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通り魔
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通り魔 Laugh at Meads for their questionable graphic design, MS Paint styled logo, political lyrics; they don't give a toss.
Kudos to Metatron and Co. for including artwork with digital downloads for all their releases. Favorite track: The Voiceless Dust of Ages (Bonus).
Paul Schwarz
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Paul Schwarz What a cover! Sounds like bleeding British folk through and fru, m8! Also a rejuvenated return to raw form for a band who had ascended into a sort of haunted netherworld for Sonderkommando. One of the best British bands ever? Yes, no question! Favorite track: Crockett's Theme (Jan Hammer Cover, Bonus).
Annie
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Annie This EP is exactly what I needed this year. It is comfortingly consistent with the quality of other recent Meads releases while also sounding totally, insanely new. Worth it for the 2 bonus tracks alone. Free Palestine.
jpmontague
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jpmontague For an EP this has a helluva lot of content (6 tracks, 37 minutes) and includes some real experimental gems. Lots of folk influence, and not as heavy as some of their other material but still with plenty of raw energy. This is a great value download and includes all the images from both the cassette and split CD, including lyrics. Favorite track: The Angel With One Eye.
Tim
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Tim Stunning EP. The first track's opening synth/clean guitar section which leads into the main verse is one of the most wonderful, goosebump-inducing moments in recent memory. The entire EP is glorious and a perfect entree for next year's main course.

The most consistently interesting band on the planet in my humble opinion.
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1.
Palestinian child intro speech “And let history know the number of bombs, it kills the children and destroys the houses, and let days speak about the betrayal of rulers. And the conspiracy of the regime as if they were monkeys. And the battalion of Al Qusam, refuses to surrender, it keeps moving forward as if they were thunder, and are many in number. Its ideology is luminous, in its heart is foresight, its weapon is solidarity, so come ‘O brothers, lets keep going forward to paradise, so we catch up with the delegation, our blood is pure, our souls are proud, our lives are a gift to the lord we worship, our weapon is faith, patience and solace, and we supplicate to the most merciful, that accept the testimonies.” Kings of fleas, patriots Throne of flies, fanatics Swarm of gnats, terrorists Rodent idols, assassins   Nakba, kill ‘em all Every fucker & his mother hates some fucking one Israel, kill ‘em all Every fucker & his mother hates some fucking one Islamic State, kill ‘em all Every fucker & his mother hates some fucking one Zionists, kill ‘em all Star of David, spitting hatred, on star & crescent moon   Nakba, kill ‘em all Every fucker & his mother hates some fucking one Israel, kill ‘em all Every fucker & his mother hates some fucking one We hate you all, we always will East hates west, south hates north Cankerworm, sons of Christ Reaping choices, with sour scythes   Behold a land where thieves clad in gold become a sacrifice to chaos. Palestine, this dark abortive blunder that is three gods, three weeds from one root, an abomination of a desert nomad’s mumblings. This is the forgotten key to a conundrum of hate. The morning star, has lost its gleam Kill your dreams, the dreams you dream We count the cost of crescent & cross Explosive belts, where all is lost Nakba, kill ‘em all Every fucker & his mother hates some fucking one Israel, kill ‘em all Every fucker & his mother hates some fucking one Come feast upon Gods glory, but heaven tastes of rotting meat, come drink from the fountain of grace, but only if you like warm piss. We write the word ‘freedom’ in the seductive puddle of warm blood. Yet, freedom is an illusion in the nadir of unfettered violence, and war, the epitome of human indifference. Yet amongst the seemingly timeless autumn of echoing sobs, there is always the tiniest leaf of humanity to cover the bones of hope from the all darkening shadow of dripping woe. We wander the ulcerated land worshiping the grotesque reflections of God in the mirrors of madmen, with our eyes burning like fires in angry caves. In the end, we are all just players in this ethnic gang rape pantomime.
2.
Gods at War 04:54
Under one god, Allah Kill for me Under one god, Jesus Human meat Under one god, Allah Kneel in blood Under one god, Jesus Kiss my feet Gods at war Gold and tears Gods at war No frontiers Gods at war Guns for hire Gods at war Our hell fire Under one god, Allah Phantom states Under one god, Jesus Slitting throats Under one god, Allah All must kneel Under one god, Jesus Through me kill
3.
My dried up tears, a lingering mist Festering shades of heavenly bliss The hatred of god has never ceased With mirthless sorrow from buried smiles No resurrection, no falling sky Just an angel, with one burning eye No god decrees my sins forgiven for all I am is heaven given With one eye shut and one eye open With one wing strong and one wing broken I reek of sin, of flower and thorn Deny me not this wine of scorn I dream of death, alive I breathe In sacred silence, on fear I feed For I am legion, I am many I am nothing in a land of plenty I am the fallen, lost among sheep A celestial star that never sleeps A burning memory of dark divine A turning century of another time Lives of men can never last What is now will come to pass I looked for sleep but sleep found me now I rest, now I’m free I am the angel with one eye East, West, North, South I am the angel with one eye East, West, North, South Fishing for dreams with hope on a hook I am the abyss, the sunless brook A hang man bites in nethermost springs A nightmare caught and there he swings
4.
For god we thirst For god we starve For god we crawl For god we bind For god we rot For god we die For god we slay For god we kneel There is no shame in being free For god we flog For god we bleed For god we take For god we crush For god we cheat For god we burn For god we maim For god we scar Kill, fuck, rape Rape, Fuck, kill There is no shame in being free We are the fragments of the earth We fall asleep and never awake We wear a crown of servitude & tragic masks of burning fate Dying shapes of dreams unfold The end of all has been foretold We drown our dreams in deicide & icy rivers of suicide The gates of heaven are rusted tight So we live in hell awakened & so for we, who never dream We must live among the taken For god we rot For god we die For god we slay For god we kneel
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I am a fallen tile from the roof of heaven broken in pieces on the floor of hell I am the voiceless dust of ages an echo of death that none can quell Grave digger, worm killer, death piper, shaman Ghost dancing corpse, on wind pulled string Now I’m alone in a deep dark hole lost in a pit with a worm & a song lost in a pit below, lost in a pit below lost in a pit with a worm & a song alone buried dreams rot, buried dreams rot, buried dreams rot lost in a pit with a worm & a song Hell, war & ash - burning Hell, war & ash - searing Hell, war & ash - smoking Hell, war & ash - scorching Hell, war & ash - gleaming Hell, war & ash - glowing Echoes of death I hear voices of yesteryear I’m....blind to wander in mists unclear Will I see the night again forever lost in never-ending dark descending, unrelenting nothingness spinning, whirling, Suffocate in coffin dust choke on ash and human soot we become the stifled air to rise and fall like frayed moth wings frayed moth wings frayed moth wings splintering into emptiness Lost in a pit with a worm and a song counting the cost when its all fucking gone wallowing deathly sallow throng to fade to ash where I belong iron and rust is all that’s left haunting shades of emptiness to melt into eternal rest a slave of sleep at times behest

about

This EP is from the limited edition audio cassette tape 'The Voiceless Dust of Ages' & consists of the Meads half of the Pre-Album split CD 'Imperial East-West Onslaught' with Rerthro & has two bonus tracks.

credits

released November 22, 2018

All lyrics by Metatron
All music written by J.D. Tait except track 5 written Jan Hammer.

Produced & recorded by J.D. Tait @ The Bridge Gate London, England between 2016 - 2018
Drums recorded by Andre Thung & Siv H. Nyhus @ Roligheten Studio between July / August 2018
Bass for track 2 recorded by Alan Davey. USA 2018
Mixed & Mastered by Iain Smith & J.D. Tait

The Meads of Asphodel are:

Metatron - Vocals
J.D. Tait - Guitars, Keys, Bass & Vocals
André Kjelbergvik Thung - Drums & Percussion

With the following guests:

Mike Jolly - Narration - Track 1
Alan Davey - Bass - Track 2
Mirai Kawashima - Keys - Track 3
Will Banyard - Vocals - Track 4

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