Track By Tracks: DEGENERATOR - The Abyssal Throne (2023)

About The Album (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):

Degenerator is a sonic experiment that I conducted to unleash the noise that was haunting my mind. I wanted to capture the essence of retro The Smashing Pumpkins, with their saturated fuzzy guitars, but also add a touch of gothic darkness that I find deeply appealing. Interestingly, we started with the drums and then built everything else on top of them. The result is a contrast to anything I have done before. It’s darker, but not as heavy, as All Else Fails, slower, but more existentially profound than the Misfires, and though it has more Structure than The Secret Places of the Earth, it retains some of the mystery.

The Abyssal Throne is a lyrical journey of how I fit in the cosmic scheme. It touches on themes of time, madness, despair, and contrasting dark and light. The music, which came first, was shaped to match these themes.

Track By Track Explanation (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):

The Abyssal Thorone in Haikus

1. Eternalism:

Time slips away fast

Aggression and melody

Balance the darkness

2. Finality:

A crow seeks the end

The last human soul to guide

To the afterlife

3. The Day that Never Comes:

We postpone our lives

For a tomorrow unknown

But we miss today

4. Darkness Prevails:

We chase empty dreams

Money and happiness bought

But all for nothing

5. Neurotonic:

Loss haunts our hearts

We must cherish our loved ones

Before they are gone

6. The Children of the Night:

They resist tyranny

Sacrificing their own lives

We owe them our all

7. Hiraeth:

A place in my heart

That I can never return

Hiraeth calls me

8. The Spiral:

A mind in anguish

Resists the modern culture

Seeks a different path

9. Hearth Like a Hole:

Alone in the world

Searching for a purpose

Meaning is a lie

10. For Every Truth:

We tell ourselves lies

We believe them to be true

But truth always wins

11. A Way Out:

Eat the rich eat the

Rich eat the rich eat the rich

Eat the rich eat them