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Cold and The Silence

by Martriden

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CARPAGE Once based out of Montana, I thought this great band was no longer active. Now based in Denver, CO, they have come back with a vengeance! Check out their EP and first two LPs too, a gifted and POWERFUL band, glad they are back. Favorite track, Invisible Cities. Favorite track: Invisible Cities.
TRAV HART
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TRAV HART One of the best. Would love to hear more from these guys. Favorite track: Pendulum.
Brian Apel
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Brian Apel The new album "Cold and the Silence" is the Martriden follow up masterpiece, I have been waiting for since Encounter The Monolith! I love the influence of Enslaved stylings in the new tracks! Encounter The Monolith was already on the outer limits. This new album continues the forward progression. Marvelously recorded and arranged. Too hard to pick a favorite track on this modern gem. A live show will be on my bucket list.. Cheers!! Favorite track: Invisible Cities.
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1.
Pendulum 07:47
Observe the spear slashing through Swaying in perfect form The arcane equation that binds Dimensions that manifest eternity The unmoving point Never changing in great cosmic expanse The luminous mist that has no shape No Soul. No place. No time. Kneel before the altar of certitude Encounter your first and last This is the place of universal refuge The ineffable damnation Darkened path revealed Cosmic seas align Disengage the galaxy of now The universe is born before you Dissolve into the astroplane Illuminated by a star Shift your gaze The curve of a rose Mirror the celestial mystery Colors turn to white Rivers lead the way The sound surrounds Like icy water underground Over the sun Breaking the shadows of time Prophets of the sun Scenes from a dream Connecting shades of light Matter falls from death Kneel before the altar Encounter your first and last A universe is born before you Dissolve into astroplane Darkened path revealed Cosmic seas align
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Reach to me Forget your pain tonight Run past the trees Follow the glow of light The scribes write the Verse, dust in the wind Forget her face Her pale downturned eyes We fall Reach to me Forget your pain tonight Run past the trees Follow the glow of light The grey will swallow and drown the earth The pendulum of the universe Chaos and beauty fill us all Past mountains past the forest The cold and silence Past the ocean through the deep Beyond the grips of time
3.
A void not filled with words Wonder through in thought Cities made from dreams and fears Walls cover the distant years Rain falls down Streaks the glass The night glows Upon the past Neon signs shroud my gaze And empty glow resides A shiver down my spine Buildings black and formless The streets with blank names Strangers pass me on the way Their faces all the same Rain falls down Streaks the glass The night glows Upon the past A wave of memories flow in The city soaks and expands I sit and look across the bars Shudder from the cold inside The mist of dusk Luring me down Reaching out to The cries of the wind This empire a formless ruin Traveling through trees and stone Live in the depths of the black lake Zodiac of this formless land Celestial spheres collide The great pendulum Image of the mind’s eye Rise and fall Paradox Projected shapes align The clouds move in the grey A dull rose fading away My voyage Continues The city fades The eclipse of shadows Time stands still
4.
The Grey 06:50
Pale, shimmering lights Reflecting your death to me Farewell, my friend, farewell Lost beneath the trees Say goodbye to me One last time Fade beneath the light Fade beneath the leaves Try to bend the flow away Farewell, my friend, farewell Lost beneath the trees Say goodbye to me One last time Fade beneath the light Fade beneath the leaves Try to bend the flow away Memory’s rush inward Blood stains crack The bitter cold The time is here Plotting, through the stark white cold Waiting. Minds unraveling Trails disappear Under this cold white dust Sanity buried in blizzard beasts The tender flesh Insatiable Obsesses and torments The numbing steals the wits Visions forebear Limbs unmoving, observing the madness Snarling with mist filled breath Shadows appear Letting go of life Our time is here With a flash of cobalt We conclude this quest Eyes go cold with shock Warmth flows, crimson in the white One last libation I offer you Our journey ends here Final breath Filled with ice and blood To compliment this life In a loveless world
5.
Tattered gods slouch in their rags A view from the waste Fallen earth around the land Dark from an invisible moon The mummies, dead, surround us all They call for languor and death Piercing shrieks in the sky Ashes fall in the land I feel gravel underfoot The infinite and heartless road Branches hide the light The nights are endless The journey manifolds truth My legs weary, my heart weak But I must prevail Nobody wants to be here But no one wants to leave There is no god Yet we proclaim his will Paths of feral fire Light our path The numbness and dull despair Fighting our fears Crows linger above The dull glow A fading light Dark grins and shrunken eyes Crying out Fear gripping my throat The sunken cheeks reflect Streaked with black Flesh cloven along the bone Turns to dust Dark grins and shrunken eyes Crying out Fear gripping my throat The sunken cheeks reflect Streaked with black Flesh cloven along the bone Turns to dust Drop of water Fading light The bare and blackened trees No sound in the shrouded night The bare and blackened trees Remain
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The voices of reason Are lost to hellish inferno The flames of madness Crawling up the wall That is my sanity Open the gates Unravel in violence Trapped in delusion Vomit and blood soak the ground Lost to throws of brutality Forcing each breath Clinging through flesh Drifting away Lost to fear Life spills out in crimson flood Mercilessly toiling the mind Unending loyalty frayed Pushed beyond the break The fight in me drowns In a lake of fire and blood Depraved and senseless Ideals melted away Like flesh in a fire Meaningless fear Innocence lost Liquid born, brash action Loyalties shift A washed in blood Remove your mask And show me fear Sing a song for me Fleeing as phobia And dread pursue And I await A curse with no Loss of scorn I watch the facade The embodiment of lost humanity Hatred brims Hatred within me I bear down and cleave through Spilling the guts of indignation Fear and dread Leaving me hollow I will keep you safe Your sordid watch dog I will take you with me Drifting away Lost to regret Lost to hope
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Consequence 09:05
The price of judgment Stretches beyond The grasp of sentience leaves To be buried deep, deep within Buried beyond this farce of war Confusion renders the mind To the fruitless equation Empty are the words That shields us from the pain Sailing through the crooked waste Death has opened its grasp again Reaching out to the weak Chaos reins us close to its breast Greed’s stench fills the air Restricting the mood to affray Poisoning the well of this paradigm I cannot imagine The consequences Lies shroud the truth Cancer seeps through the crust Hemorrhaging through the cracks Earths blood seemingly weeps A quake of fear erupts Shocking to those who dare to peer into the void Poisoning the well of this paradigm I cannot imagine The consequences Creating, destroying, You cannot let go from this plane The light dims down, down the same The earth’s love dies again Creation, destruction I cannot fathom Not until the candle burns To the cusp of mortality Not until I am free Without direction One must repossess the thoughts of hate To open the mind is to create the key Through death’s sorrows and life’s joys It must be forged In time Power is just a word Power is just a means The force that comes with knowledge is universal strength The light is so far away And I tried, I tried to see

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released November 28, 2015

Music Written and Performed by: Shane Howard (guitars, vocals, lyrics), Will Thackeray ( guitars and lyrics ), Kyle Howard ( Keyboards and lyrics ), Sam Murphy ( percussion ), and Marc Grabowski ( bass guitars )
Mixed and Mastered by Dave Otero at flatlineaudio.com

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