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Prosperity Gospel
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Rio Ooka

Society of the Spectral

Prosperity Gospel

November 30th, 2023
7 tracks
34:02
Society of the Spectral
Society of the Spectral
BEING into HAVING
0:00
4:46
1
BEING into HAVING
Prosperity Gospel
No longer beings Human accumulators Every last truth All intuitive 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 Minimalism Maximalism All life feeds The hungry maw Submit or die Accept this truth You cannot escape From within or without Every guidebook Every tool 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
4:46
2
HAVING into APPEARING
Prosperity Gospel
Take this axe, split this tree Between molecule and category struck down by thirst for the real By an augmented stream Appearing Alienated mediated A gilded private moment hammered into replica Can't circumvent The viewfinder Implanted inside your skull Appearing '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 squirming is born in a factory
4:01
3
ATOMIZING
Prosperity Gospel
'The spectacle is nothing more than an image of happy unification surrounded by desolation and fear at the tranquil center of misery.' Separation perfected 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
6:28
4
GENERALIZING
Prosperity Gospel
The body appears without reply. Hegemonic integration we harmonize into meaningless impotence Renounce your aberrations Renounce your aberrations obedience to the blur of time obedience in the time of blur The body It yammers to us. Everyone a cellular member of a screeching tongue Howling with no directive a decoy a false consciousness
5:47
5
TRANSFORMING
Prosperity Gospel
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 Signals signifying nothing Creeps in this petty pace, day upon day Death 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 growing accustomed to the highway Boxcars into dens, incinerators broken down Perched over holy lands
4:40
6
VIBRATING
Prosperity Gospel
Volcanic cavalcade rumbles, Vibrating across savannas. Jungles lie 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 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 Let the earth be silent after yo
4:02
7
FLYING
Prosperity Gospel
Flying on wings of carbon fiber Hubris luxurious 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
4:18

"[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

Credits

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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