Album artwork for solar-paroxysm

Antaresian

from Solar Paroxysm

March 19th, 2021
5 tracks
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Solar Paroxysm
Solar Paroxysm
Antaresian
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Antaresian
Mare Cognitum
We have beheld the age when the cosmic sea was filled We have transcribed the formation of constellations Eyes coalesce into oneness With each generation, expanding We have become the archetypes of existence We have understood the purpose of ourselves Visions blessed with permanence Accursed everlasting sentience What has been seen must never be forgotten The wisdom of eternity we carry Into the furthest reaches of the cosmos Far away from our faded, dying suns Immortal memories embraced by time We have beheld the birth of our binary suns We have counted the days before their failing light The tide of life has risen And so too must it fall We have unveiled the harrowing end of our world We have foreseen the devouring of our galaxy And when the light has gone So too will be our memories What has been seen must never be forgotten The wisdom of eternity we carry Into the furthest reaches of the cosmos Far away from our faded, dying suns Immortal memories embraced by time We send our minds into the waves of the cosmic sea Our bodies remain to return to the void As one we defined the purpose of our own existence And we will find what lies beyond this dying world Immortal memories embraced by time…
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From the depths of the outer rim to solid footing of green earth, Solar Paroxysm, cosmic black metal entity Mare Cognitum's fifth album proper, finds itself moving from the impossible to the familiar. Now occupying himself with the failures of humankind over the past epoch, Jacob Buczarski's frustrations with humankind and politics find a new voice through five aggressive, metallic songs.

With a more human focus comes a shift in style -- Mare Cognitum sheds layers of cloudy, nebular atmosphere to reveal the exploding star beneath it. With a musician's flourish and mastery of songcraft and his chosen instruments alike, Solar Paroxysm lifts the veil and reveals the true musicianship which has fueled the Mare Cognitum project since its impetus a decade ago. Now suddenly so outwardly truculent and antagonistic does Mare Cognitum reveal its true essence.

Solar Paroxysm releases March 19th on I, Voidhanger Records (CD, LP [EU]) and Extraconscious Records (LP [US]).