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Ataraxia Tunnels

from Solar Paroxysm

March 19th, 2021
5 tracks
56:10
Solar Paroxysm
Solar Paroxysm
Ataraxia Tunnels
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Ataraxia Tunnels
Mare Cognitum
Visions conjure throughout A delusion searing into memory So vividly Once compulsively wrought Now imbued to confine a once-great mind Forever Paradigm abstraction Contortion absolute Reduction of wisdom into basest impulse The faintest glimpse of the reflections remain The visage presenting itself as a wretched beast A gruesome debasement of vigilance released Corpulent sycophant Forcibly satiate Parasite omnivore Ravaging nescience Bastardized abomination reveling in self-destruction Restructured horrendously through eons of suffering Bastardized abomination reveling in self-destruction Self-flagellation, infinite thought regression Reason crumbles throughout An illusion permeating identity Completely Once impulsively mocked Now rejoicing in the deadened halls of lucidity Heedlessly Ambitions recanted Degeneration complete Reduction of wisdom into basest impulse The faintest glimpse of the reflections remain The visage presenting itself as a wretched beast A gruesome debasement of vigilance released Corpulent sycophant Forcibly satiate Parasite omnivore Ravaging nescience Bastardized abomination reveling in self-destruction Restructured horrendously through eons of suffering Bastardized abomination reveling in self-destruction Self-flagellation, infinite thought regression Infinite Thought Infinite Regression So tranquil… So tranquil… So tranquil… Has my erasure become Blissfully I depart And separate from my mind Blissfully I depart And soon I will forget
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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]).