LEAP THE FIRES, UNDER THE RED MOON
DREAMS OF BELTANE, FLOWER OF DOGWOOD
BLACK OLD SPIRE LAY SOULS TO FIRE
FLESH IS LEADEN, EARTH NOW RIOTS
STORM TRANSFORMING, TWO ARE JOINING
FIRE SO GOLDEN BURST FORTH FROM THE EARTH
GLIMMER OF PALE HOPE, STARING THROUGH FOG WALL
RUNNING FROM DRAGON, INTO THE SNAKE JAW
SHRINKING FROM DANGER DEAD MOUNTAIN RANGE
BEAST MADE ANEW, DIMENSIONAL SCREW
SCAR UP THE VOID, SIGHT UNALLOYED
TIME AND PLACE UNDO HATE WITH GRACE
BATTLE WITHIN, BATTLE WITHOUT
EMBERS THAT SHOUT TELL OF BATTLES TO COME
CULLING WITHOUT, CULLING WITHIN
ASH IN THE WIND TELLS OF VILLAGES BURNED
LEAP THE FIRES, UNDER THE RED MOON
DREAMS OF BELTANE, FLOWER OF DOGWOOD
BLACK OLD SPIRE LAY SOULS TO FIRE
FLESH IS LEADEN, EARTH NOW RIOTS
STORM TRANSFORMING, TWO ARE JOINING
FIRE SO GOLDEN BURST FORTH FROM THE EARTH
SILVER BLOOD
FREEZING FLOOD
WIND THAT SCREAMS
PERNICIOUS DEEDS
SHUN SIGN, THE EARTH THAT IS BURNING
BREATHING, THE SALT OF DEAD OCEANS
SKY CHIMES, A PEAK TITAN WAVEFORM
RAIN MINES, VAULTED DESERT HOLLOW EARTH
CHOKING, IS NOT HOW TO SURVIVE
SHATTER, THE FUCKING STRANGLEHOLD
SUNSHINE, BLEACHES AWAY BURNT EARTH
SCATTER, WATER RISES TO THE SKY
GOLDEN, THE SUN OUR EYES ARE GLARING
DRAGON, POISONED TONGUED CHORONAZON
RISING, ON PATHWAYS THE ELEVENTH
CROWNING, WILLFUL SACRED AMBITION
RINGING IN THE AIR,
SINGING HOLLOW MOUNTAIN GLARE
GROOMING PLASTER DESERT FLOOR,
EMPTY VOIDED OCEAN DOOR
TURNING TONGUE INSIDE THE HEART,
BURNING FINGERS IN THE DARK
FUMING CHEMICAL CARESS,
LEARNING HAUNTING EMPTINESS
TWISTING IN HELLISH WINDS
BETRAYED BY THE BOOK OF LIFE,
SERPENTS SCREAMING NOW COMBINE
WRITHING IN RAPTURE SKINS
NEW FLESH BORN IN COLD MOON LIGHT,
SOLSTICE BOILING TROUBLED MINDS
TWISTING IN HELLISH WINDS...
TORMENT PIERCES SENSE OF SELF,
GOD LIKE SUFFERING DENIES ALL ELSE
FORGED IN PAIN A CRYSTAL SEED,
BLACKOUT AGONY TRUST THAT BLEEDS
YOU CAN HAVE WHAT YOU WANT MARTYR ME,
FAITHLESS RITUALS COVER GREED
BLINDNESS CAN NOT STOP THE CHANGE,
EQUINOX TURNING NEW BLOOD STRANGE
WHEEL OF SEASONS CARVES OUT EARTH
TESTING WEAKNESS WOUNDING HEART
FLESH TRANSFORMING OUTRUNS TIME
HATCHES WINGED DARKNESS CLIMBS
CLIMB
BELOVED BORN ANEW
IN BLOOD FILLED POOLS
CHILD OF THE NIGHT
THE DYING MOON SIGHS
"This record is in honor of the northern lights, which very few things in the world are more beautiful and awe inspiring than" and we can say the same of Panopticon's work. Even a EP with "leftover" songs carries so much beauty. Thetruebia
The album description mentions an “emotional apex.” That’s really the difference between Stare and the band’s previous albums. Ulcerate was always supremely technically proficient. I just didn’t care all that much. Their growth has come from making music you will feel. Metallurgical Fire
I think the concluding song encapsulates what I most enjoy about this album: a defiant hopefulness that stands against the dark, determined to rise again when its knocked down, determined that it will know hope. archival_blob
Not a duff track on it, for some reason some of it reminds me of FOTN! It must be the dusty western influences? I'm looking forward to catching them live later this month dainton