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Society of the Spectral

by Prosperity Gospel

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    Professionally dubbed and printed high-bias cassette. Yellow shells, 3-panel J-card, norelco case. LTD to 25 units

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1.
no longer beings, accumulators. every last truth, inherited guidance enveloped by spectacle, an autonomous image. a weapon can’t be raised against itself when’d you realize the joy of the hoard? the emptiness of want? the connection of surplus? extraction, introspection, all life feeds the hungry maw "submit or die." embrace this truth: you cannot escape from within or without. every guidebook, every tool was written by the enemy, forged by the fool. when’d you realize the joy of pursuit had become your real death? your surrogate birth? extraction, introspection, all life feeds the hungry maw
2.
take this axe, split this tree between molecule and category. struck down by thirst for the real by an augmented stream. appearing alienated, mediated. gilded private moments hammered into replicas. can't circumvent the viewfinder that's implanted inside your skull. "that which appears is good, that which is good appears" what lies beyond commodification is the deep black rot we hold inside. so disappear into formlessness, disappear into rot. still, a wretched thing is squirming in a factory.
3.
ATOMIZING 06:28
"the spectacle is nothing more than an image of happy unification surrounded by desolation and fear at the tranquil center of misery." separation perfected, a mesh network of splintered beings. false consciousnesses connected: spectators consume with no meaning. wide area synchronous grid, a scatter plot cooked up in secret. a life encapsulated in a two dimensional blip. a remote handler collecting biometrics. line of best fit marching in place, alone and equidistant atomic units - atomic age tendril stake interconnection emerging only to transfer value, reactionary reproduction of the only social relation left. zero day identity hijacking, lonely meltdowns in parallel timelines. embalmed in future proof cemetery plots, rotting alone surrounded by thousands.
4.
GENERALIZING 05:47
the body appears without reply. hegemonic integration. we harmonize into meaningless impotence. renounce your aberrations. the body, it yammers for us. everyone a cellular member of a screeching tongue, howling with no directive. a decoy, a false consciousness. renounce your aberrations. obedience to the blur of time, obedience in the time of blur
5.
TRANSFORMING 04:40
sheared, grinding transmission transforming into curls of bright stainless and black oil. gunmetal blue marshland, caution tape swamps, lit by yellow flame. signals signifying nothing, creeps in this petty pace, day upon day. death’s dusty candle has finally gone out. generator combusting the last cemetery coal. human oil feeding an array of neon signs. self driving big rigs out of the shenandoah. low fields, low fences blot out the miles. textiles into nests, predators grazed upon, deer grow accustomed to the highway. boxcars into dens, incinerators broken down, perched over holy lands
6.
VIBRATING 04:02
volcanic cavalcade rumbles, vibrating across savannas. jungles lying flat as the ocean. with rafts of swords and spears, unspent nuclear shells pierce the horizon. pyroclastic songs clanging throughout the caldera. echoes of the dead, echoes of the dying. ten city blocks abuzz with music: sickened glass resonators, hurdy gurdy loopings, angle grinder blues. lava flows where subways once snaked through ancient burial sites. wash your feet in a hot spring.
7.
FLYING 04:18
flying on wings of carbon fiber. hubris. luxorious downward spiral. the first life of the new. the last plane crash. the sun setting on the years. the fates surmounted by growing scorn. the first life of the new. the last plane crash.

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released November 30, 2023

"[T]heir version of a progressive and modern black metal imbued with post-rock and post-hardcore influences is varied, complex, technical but also melodic a lot of the times, not just relying on power and aggression (of which they absolutely don't lack). They might also bring into mind at times the most forward-thinking and experimental bands of the Norwegian scene, like Virus and Fleurety, as the guitar riffs often turn into unexpected territories, while the vocals also often show an interesting theatrical and dramatic approach.

The recording is truly excellent in quality and the performance of the band is stellar, showing a clear way forward of progression from their already very promising debut. "Society of the Spectral" is an exciting listen from start to end and places itself as a big contender for album of the year, and we will not be at all surprised if the band breaks out into a much wider audience with it." - ANTI-FASCIST BLACK METAL NETWORK


PROSPERITY GOSPEL IS:
E NEWMAN - VOCALS, GUITAR
D JOSEY - GUITAR
M BAUKNIGHT - BASS
M LAMBERT - DRUMS

LYRICS - E NEWMAN
TRACK 4 & 6 MUSIC - D JOSEY/E NEWMAN
TRACKS 1, 2, 3, 5, & 7 MUSIC - E NEWMAN

TRACK 3 GUEST VOCALS - NATHAN KWON
FROM CRAWL ACROSS THE SKY

ALL SAMPLES:
'SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE' BY GUY DEBORD,
VOICE ACTING BY DORE BOWEN

LICENSED UNDER:
CC BY-SA 4.0

RELEASED BY:
COMFORT MONK 2023 - CM015

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