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Unto Arcadia

by Kraton

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1.
Stone cold ground Under a pale sky The sun has cracked and bleeds to death Scratch the surface Split the crust and cut the rock Dig deep, dig deep, dig deep! Come closer Do not stop Can you hear the noise? Can you feel the cold? Can you taste your death? Drown in my disgust! Dropping into this roaring cave Swallowed by freezing waters Stiff to the bone, gasping for air The cold drags you down! It’s time To drown… It’s time To drown in my disgust
2.
Hades 05:01
Feeble shadows, beings without will Abandon hope, when you enter here Follow the guide of souls To the river Styx Charon expects your obolus Or roam the shore eternally Cross the river, pass Kerberos Await your final judgment In the realm without a sun The place no one wants to go Aiakos, Minos, Rhadamanthys The judges have chosen your path Will it be Elysium? Or the plains of Asphodelos? Maybe even Tartaros… Hades welcomes a new soul
3.
Pulled from the void An ethereal existence Taking human form In unrestrained agony Brutalizing conscience Lashing out at sanity Phantom Solace Hidden in emptiness Time is a cruel mistress As I long to return to the cosmos Bound inside this human shell Every atom screaming for release A vicious cycle The most cruel of fates Taken from the celestial sea Spat out to live amongst you Surrounded by empty husks Ill intentions as far as the eye can see Phantom Solace Hidden in emptiness In emptiness! Emptiness!
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Let no joyful voice be heard, let this day be cursed With eyes wide open, let the hunt begin Driven beyond sanity, touched by terror All masks are falling, the truth is revealed Revel in Chaos! Chaos! Let no man look up To the sky with hope Make them choke On newfound disbelief A dreadful stream of thoughts invades your mind Bursting, crushing, pulsing, radiating free Dark forces pull and push, tearing barriers apart Fueled by ravenous desire, negativity is amplified Revel in Chaos! Power overwhelming Don’t look back Taste victory And revel in chaos
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Doom Breaker 05:02
Where is my salvation? Where is my deliverance? Filled to the brim with dread And crushed by the weight of the world Here I stand As I stare into the abyss Just a hollow shell All emotions depleted All emotions depleted Nothing can prevail, nothing will remain Carve your dark spells deep into my flesh The human element is cold to the touch Devoid of all empathy Bound to the ground by heavy chains A soothing cold embalms my soul The bells of doom chime in the distance I am longing for a ray of light Nothing can prevail, nothing will remain Carve your dark spells deep into my flesh The human element is cold to the touch Devoid of all empathy Enthralled by black mirrors I will not accept this cruel fate
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Walls inside me come crushing down Every notion of control has been lost Flood gates have been opened A raging wave about to consume me A state so pure So clear and well defined Tyrannical power Drawn from the deepest core Engulfed by this boiling fury Dragged into the depths of madness Reaching for light and reason Futile! Everything is futile! Immersed in Wrath Floating in this primal form Unbound and unshackled Humanity cast aside Completely overwhelmed Fueled by your presence The flow does not cease Growing stronger by the minute Now it is time... To bring the world down! The haze has lifted Clarity returns What have I done? Immersed in Wrath Staring in disbelief These mistakes cannot be undone
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Unto Arcadia 04:29
As I rise from my tomb Called violently back to life All my senses are burning Searing pain tears through every limb Thrown back into existence by an unyielding force Fueled by fury as I stumble towards the light How has it come to this? Why do you keep mocking me? Grasping for moments of clarity Is this the path I have to take? Arcadia! What are you trying to show me? Setting ablaze every fibre of my being Arcadia! Unto Arcadia!

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Music and lyrics by Kraton

Guitar: Jacques Zahlen
Guitar: Jason Brink
Bass: Marc Geiben
Drums: Véronique Conrardy
Vocals: Mike Bertemes

Recorded and engineered in autodidactic DIY fashion by Mike Bertemes

Cover art by Erika Hutchins
Band logo by Christopher Horst

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released April 20, 2019

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Kraton sets out to create a raw and vibrant sound by combining aspects of post and doom metal injected with a dash of ferocity sourced from other extreme metal genres. Themes are drawn from the bleak corners of the human condition dominated by the arduousness of our shared mortal coil. ... more

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