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Convulsing

November 26th, 2016

10 tracks

65:02

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Descend Beneath

0:00

6:08

Descend Beneath

Convulsing

seethe, black beyond bounds deep within innermost self deeper still than can be known lightless - here exists nothing suffering the purpose of flesh is to suffer unrelenting misery to know the anguish of existence is to know the highest truth fall into anguish descend beneath, never to rise dismal thralldom awaits never to be released

6:08

Altered

Convulsing

confront the inner face deformed by idoctrination horrific vision of within ouroboric forms writing in agony underneath the foundation crushing gnosis facing desolation strip away falsehood walls reduced to dust destroy, let nothing remain consciousness forever altered piercing the veil of perception to reveal what exists beyond to be reborn, recreated uncorrupted and for ever altered

5:11

Severed Hemispheres

Convulsing

duality halves of a whole pillars of flesh, united in filth cranial surgery to sever the link cerebrally split to sate my desires perception lost separated mind solace in self-mutilation severed hemispheres phrenic dissection wake from the dream of self exit the lie and be released

4:54

Dis

Convulsing

sink further into aether vessel emptied weight lifted becoming air existence transcended i dissolve as if into an endless dream no earthly trace remains reaching final bliss drifting toward void eternal long awaited emptiness beyond the veil bathed in white still and silent there is nothing at last

7:00

Eleven Sigils

Convulsing

breath of aeon echoes through chambers shade awaken take possession come forth, apollyon! in ancient rites I summon thee! rise now, fallen one! eleven sigils carved into my flesh passage opened into shadow perfect hatred manifested breath of chaos whispers unto me lost words of woe servant to pain and death

5:33

Invocat

Convulsing

submit yourself to self-destruction surrender unto its will forfeit the soul - it will not serve you here embrace the emptiness within serpent crest ablaze, symbol of servitude burn the innocence to ashes flames of hatred, engulf fragility until all life as been consumed perish, wretched one! spawned of cowardice! perish, wretched one! you shall fall! ALL SHALL FALL

5:37

Sky Moves Sideways

Convulsing

(originally composed by Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree) We lost the skyline We stepped right off the map Drifted into blank space and let the clocks relapse Sometimes I feel like a fist Sometimes I am the colour of air Sometimes it’s only afterwards I find that I’m not there We laughed the rain down Slow burn on the lawn Ghosts across the downtown swallowed up the storm In the dream dusk We walked beside the lake We watched the sky move sideways And heard the evening break

6:42

Dragged

Convulsing

shut inside locked away blackest pit I am left to rot time has passed yet I remain waiting to die slow and pitiless death pulled ever downward drained by every moment cursed to suffer at every instant dragged into abyss hanged from the neck above the precipice savage tumult below devours weakened souls a helpless captive solitary burden total fucking blackness clawing at the threshold cannot be ignored i will succumb, i will submit never was any fucking doubt

7:23

After (Deleted Scenes)

Convulsing

This shit basically sounds like Frozen Planets (Arti B), so I deleted it. Never wrote lyrics. Was done somewhere around the time of Eleven Sigils.

7:23

Winter (Deleted Scenes)

Convulsing

(this song was cut and re-written into Dragged, lyrics partially reused elsewhere) I am stirred by piercing cold, bones aching under mortal weight beholding vast nothingness. longing for sleep ifeless fields unfolding bleak horizon ever distant within as without hollowness and misery without end dust and pained memory scattered heedless evermore cold of winter there is nothing I am nothing

9:11

The source of all my problems is me.

This version, slightly modified in 2019 for the 12" LP pressing, also includes two "bonus tracks". One was cut entirely, the other was re-written into "Dragged"

Credits

Brendan Sloan - All instruments, vocals, drum programming. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Brendan in "Norway".

"The Sky Moves Sideways" originally written and performed by Steven Wilson / Porcupine Tree. All other music by Brendan Sloan.

Artwork by the inimitable Josh Skinner (@dusoodoo).
Logo by everyone's mate John-Ernest Dinamarca

Unending Thanks:
Johannes Chuah, John Snyder and James Horne for tonal cornerstones. Nick Andrews for opinions. Michael Tokar and James Thomas for putting up with me. Dax Liniere for philosophy.
John-Ernest Dinamarca & Josh Skinner for fathomless radness.
Patrick Loggen and Josh Christie for giving a shit.
All of half/cut, Jack and Greytomb, Rob Galea, God and WLTS, Alex and SMW, Leon and Old Love, Dawes/Cheggs/Grove of Instrumental Adj, Evan / Lachlan / Cam for a "stolen" groove, Morts and Kurushimi
Everyone I inflicted a demo on, and anyone forgotten.

In loving memory of K. G. Bartlett