Hearts of the Hollow
by Gurthang
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Vide de Cœurs (prologue)
01:47
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The abolished empires once grew
Reaching for the heavens above
Aiming for the attainment of gods
Yet insecure and undone
In fire consumed the rotting decay
By those who served to protect
Fallen to ashes and torn into shreds
Absorbed by regret
We have built the structures designed to withhold
Even strongest waves of the oceans of grief
To separate ourselves from the infinite storms
And endure solitude with bitter relief
We failed to predict the only thing unknown
That whispers within will grow into screams
We fractured foundations we’ve laid for our tombs
And embraced the sun as we gave up serenity
Crawling out of the chasms of our souls
Of wretched fate and hideous displays
Surpassing the visions of yore
Of yearn and inveigh
Like a foul and heinous disease
Ingesting with alluring disdain
Reviving abandoned concerns
And smothered embers
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Spasms of Reflection
06:05
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Fading flesh spoiled and decayed
Eradicated without hesitance
Neglected souls mistaken and left astray
Abandoned in gaping emptiness
We foresee endless turmoil
In a sudden moment of reflection
Deserted to dwell in isolation
And condemned to desolation
Ripped out of our grasp, torn out of our hearts
Scattered to shreds as desire fell apart
The call of the void, a distant applause
As blackness entwined the purpose we lost
The orgy of self-indulgence
A thousand souls devoted to mourn
In the shadow bereft of substance
Once loathed and scorned
Relentlessly deprived of serenity
By detachment of gradual demise
In affliction of scarcity
And of unwilling sacrifice
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Concealed Beneath
05:52
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Born of the lifeless clay
We, the sons of the earth
Neither heartless nor compassionate
Merely menaced from birth
Moulded from soundless void
Forged by the scorching flames
Veiled in rigid shrouds
Yet carved from weakened flesh
Like a rabid disease consuming the soul
A weakness obscured, a burden undone
In fever we stutter, in anguish we scream
With strains of our madness thoroughly concealed
The burst of a passion as two worlds collide
The rupture in shells as they cease to divide
Combining to whole what’s below and above
Merging to one what’s been shattered by love
Spawned in the pits unknown
The daughters of skies
Neither sacred nor profane
And yet not divine
Formed by the gasping breath
Shaped from the flowing streams
Shielded by only pity
With rigor hidden within
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In the secrecy of disbelief
In seclusion of mistrust
A concealment to achieve
And to wallow in disgust
A call from the void
Whisper from within
The illusion of choice
In misconception of sin
In the shrines of self-creation
We gathered to praise our gods
Unaware there is no salvation
And we’re forsaken amongst the stars
Amidst the pillars of stagnation
We kneeled to hail our hoax
Submit to our own negation
And deceptions we invoked
A fierce obsecration
And woeful prayer
Denied consecration
Seized grasp of the air
Wherein lies the difference
Between hope and denial?
Devious faith in deliverance
Or a sincere outcry?
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Hearts of the Hollow
06:34
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Amongst ashes we seek guidance
And serenity after the storm
Not a single sound can pierce the silence
Not a single face and no single soul
Caught amidst the undying vastness
Like smothered moths in the spider’s web
We searched for truth in anguish and madness
Yet all unearthed was bitter and dread
But what if the sun shall never arise
We’ll dwell in resentment of a tainted past
Severed from all hope and bound in rust
Striving to survive as our sanctuaries collapse
Slaves of our passion, we’re servants of lust
Struggling to cope we’re immersed in mistrust
Beckoned by the void we are severed apart
As we are the Hollow deprived of our Hearts
Not without fear we face our redemption
In solitude we suffer our conviction
A thirst for bliss and starved from affection
The sear old tree on withered soil
None shall give us the answers we seek
Nor be delivered from destined faith
The bleak embrace of shadows we cast
Vicious wraith of relinquished beliefs
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The Apathy of Decadence
06:13
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Layers of cowardice
An abhorrent gift
Destroying devotion
The ripples of borders once transgressed
Concealed wisdom we sought
Vivid insight unto consciousness
In pursuit of an elusive light
Disavowing all apprehension
In the garden of stone, under fallen shrines
With the wilted thorns of shrivelled vines
The relics of yore, remains of those succumbed
We perished to ash, shattered and numb
Sublime truths we deplored
In epiphanies yet to uncoil
Of the crumbled and sore
Blindly crawling on the frigid soil
In the apathy of decadence
With rabid joy of denial
Enthralled by hesitation
And divinity fiercely defiled
Nothing is real as all is defied
As the essence subsided consuming the light
Erased to oblivion, we cease all desire
Devoured by sorrow, we smothered the fire
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Constriction (reprise)
03:01
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about
Gurthang have returned with their 7th studio album “Hearts of the Hollow”. 2 years after we’ve released their 6th album “Ascension”. Their newest output is much stronger and complicated, the general sound is still Filthy Black Metal combined with the right dose of Doom Metal. The guitars are filthy, destructive yet very clear, where the bass guitar is overwhelming powerful and delivers that extra crushing sound on top of the battle hammering drums of which the snare and kicks are so bright and well mixed and the vocals on this album are haunting and mesmerizing.
All in all, “Hearts of the Hollow” is a very strong album with a lot of variation that every Metal fan will surely enjoy, might they be into Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal or even Thrash Metal, there is enough going on which keeps the album very interesting.
All in all, “Hearts of the Hollow” is a very strong album with a lot of variation that every Metal fan will surely enjoy, might they be into Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal or even Thrash Metal, there is enough going on which keeps the album very interesting.
credits
released November 26, 2021
*7th full-length album from the Polish black metallers
*Includes members from Crimson Shadows, Beyond Life, Unbowed, etc.
*Recorded at EXE Sound Studio & Nomadic Arts Studios.
*Mixed & Mastered at Nomadic Arts Studios.
*Additional percussion on Vide de Cœurs by Angus Pike.
*Artwork Paintings by Ronarg (Rene Thuys).
*Layout & Design by WrathDesign.
*CD Jewel Case with 16-page booklet, ltd to 500 copies worldwide.
*12” Vinyls comes in 3 different colours with 16-page booklet & A2 poster, ltd to 333 copies worldwide.
*7th full-length album from the Polish black metallers
*Includes members from Crimson Shadows, Beyond Life, Unbowed, etc.
*Recorded at EXE Sound Studio & Nomadic Arts Studios.
*Mixed & Mastered at Nomadic Arts Studios.
*Additional percussion on Vide de Cœurs by Angus Pike.
*Artwork Paintings by Ronarg (Rene Thuys).
*Layout & Design by WrathDesign.
*CD Jewel Case with 16-page booklet, ltd to 500 copies worldwide.
*12” Vinyls comes in 3 different colours with 16-page booklet & A2 poster, ltd to 333 copies worldwide.
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