Track By Tracks: Art Of Attrition - ...And It Will All End Forever (2024)

Drowned in Fog Musically: Is MUSICALLY brutal. It was written with speed and intensity in mind. It is an extreme and fast song that offers a lot of emotions such as anger and anxiety. The guitars are driving, the drums are fast while maintaining technicality and it also showcases a lot of groove. By the way, it ends with the heaviest breakdown we’ve ever done!

Drowned in Fog Lyrically: “Drown in Fog” is a song about trying to understand the reasons behind substance use as a means of coping. Whether or not the effects of a substance are worse than the feelings they are helping to mask, can be a very difficult question to ask.

However, in chemically soothing these lower emotions, we often inadvertently rob ourselves of natural highs. Pain and suffering bring healthy balance to our existence. Without a frame of reference, we trudge leniently through the fog.

Vitriol Musically: is MUSICALLY technical and epic. It starts with a melodic intro that is reflective of the first verse riff and gives an eerie rising effect. It is fast and technically proficient. It has a very epic chorus haunting and catchy! Throughout the track you’ll experience speed, emotion, groove and sway. This one showcases the definition of our newly found ebb and flow structure.

Vitriol Lyrically: If left unchecked, anger tends to fester over time.

Whether it be directed at individuals, circumstances, or otherwise, this may build to a burdensome degree.

Vitriol is an introspective foray into the worthiness of allowing space for such feelings and actions, into one's own life. It is a delicate subject, and we cannot be too hard on ourselves for succumbing to the allure of vengeful thought. Life can be difficult, and we are not always dealt a fair hand. However, it is important to note that in hurting others, we are often hurting ourselves. Regardless of how redeeming it may feel to be enacting a supposedly necessary retaliation. Such is the irony of Vitriol.

Emaciate Musically: is MUSICALLY very intense, driving and emotional. It was derived from the classic black metal feel and given the AOA treatment. Bludgeoning, catchy, technical, groovy. Emaciate is one of the most emotional and intense songs we’ve ever written. It features a very creative drum part that is almost impossible to play.

Emaciate Lyrically: It hurts to wither, emotionally. “Emaciate” is a metaphorical description of the feeling of watching oneself become increasingly jaded.

It is heavy. To yearn for the days in which you were more open to vulnerability, feared less, and had more cheer to bring to those around you, is a difficult experience. It promotes a painful awareness of the continuation of said decline, as well as a bitter sense of nostalgia.

However, there are always more sunny days ahead. There is always an opportunity to burn it all down and take your life back.

…And it will all end forever is musically: is MUSICALLY our most juxtaposed song. It’s up and down, and up and down. In the middle you will hear our most brutal and disgusting breakdown yet, then right back into beauty and emotion. The solo is hauntingly memorable, and the ending gives you a heroic feeling as the song climaxes and burns out.

…And it will all end forever lyrically: Every material has a breaking point. We as humans, are no exception. We too, have an elastic limit. Pushed far enough, we may break.

“...And It Will All End Forever” is an acknowledgement of a collision with the breaking point. A sublime release of pent-up emotions, held hostage by a patient tongue. The dam has broken, and a surrender has been made. Hate-free and loveless, in true neutrality.

Pride, gumption, and fortitude. Swept away.