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1998
outer himilayan records

Outer Himilayan Records
P.O. Box 59
London N22 1AR
United Kingdom

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RUDIMENTARY PENI: ECHOES OF ANGUISH


A total departure from Pope Adrian. Whilst the songs on the previous record could be accused of lasting too long, the ones on this E.P. are the polar opposite: 12 songs clocking in at a mere 15 minutes. As soon as a musical idea is expressed, the song is over. This time around, the lyrics are all written by Grant, shewing him as a competent writer with short, sombre verses reminiscent of Emily Dickinson's darkest hours. The music hearkens back to the simplicity of the band's earlier days: 4-chord riffs and growled vocals which convincingly convey the anger, pain, and desolation of Grant's words. There is something less punk, and more vaguely heavy metallish about this record... It is gloom and doom in a way that differs from all previous releases. Can hardly wait to hear what kind of monstrosities are in store for us now, with an upcoming E.P. called The Underclass.

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the flame of insanity
in memory of pain
dissolution
only death (.mov/quicktime)
womb so scorned
time passing
echo
voice
stone (.mov/quicktime)
trial by separation
from the heart
your secret life

 

 

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LYRICS

THE FLAME OF INSANITY
What is this that burns through every cell and every fibre of my being? Divine decay, pure and infernal Divine decay, the flame of insanity
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IN MEMORY OF PAIN
Ruthless blade of trespass upon soft flesh of mind. In absence still remembered, you will return in time
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DISSOLUTION
It matters not that I did seek to conquer fear and vanquish pain, for victory belongsto grief, so into tears dissolve in vain
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ONLY DEATH
There is only Death. No god, no love, no joy. There is only death, and the fear of it
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WOMB SO SCORNED
Bereaved of that for which I live, you have chastised me. Womb so scorned with hollow rage, you have chastised me
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TIME PASSING
Time passing, unseen, heavy with mortality With memory and sentiment, and fearful regret Bitter seed of futile fertility
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ECHOES
Language of agony formed into sound Weeping of ancestors formed into words The echo of anguish, primaeval sorrow
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VOICE
Should I speak or silence keep, your verdict is unswayed. Communicate we never will, so hatred has its way
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STONE
Fashioned from stone, our blood is cold as the lifeless rock through which inertia flows
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TRIAL BY SEPARATION
When we first met, I was alone and so were you When we first touched, I was alone and so were you When we first fucked I was alone and so were you You have deserted me, I am alone and so are you
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FROM THE HEART
To your consent to life or death, to life or death I will not yield And though you wound me, and though I bleed, to your heart's desire I will not yield
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YOUR SECRET LIFE
I know all about your secret life, your feminine mystique, your falsity Your innocent promiscuity and your hypocritical cruelty hold no mystery for me
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