Ritual On Black Mountain, by Of Doomed Morale

Ritual On Black Mountain

by Of Doomed Morale

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Doomed Dork I love this album for the feeling of hopelessness it evokes in me. Even the up-tempo riffs feel bleak. And the unintelligible growls and screams sound like they came off of a cellphone recording from a call placed in the thickest forest of Canada. All the more complimented by the occult inspired lyrics that feel incredibly genuine and creative in an age where those themes have been all but been reduced to tropes and cliche's. These songs are dark, scary dark. Favorite track: The Haruspex.

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1.	Pilgrimage 04:53		buy track
2.	Lights 06:39	lyrics	buy track
Walked for For ten thousand Grueling days 'Til flesh separates From heel. On the horizon The behemoth Grows larger And larger And destiny Becomes ever nearing. Expulsion Ritual Will soon be complete And rest will Surely come rest will surely come rest will surely come in The form Of Death's warm And Loving embrace And rest will Surely come And take The form Of deaths Warm and Loving embrace
3.	Black Mountain 13:30	lyrics	buy track
Years of Ceremony and preperation Incantations Drilled in embedded All that remains: A shell Cold and Vacant "Ascend the golden path" Mind melts Pours out As mercury. Was once Tarnished, Filled with Good intention. Apparitions Along the golden path claw and pull and Whisper lies "Ascend the golden path!"
4.	Goatsblood 06:52	lyrics	buy track
At his arrival They greeted him by name As if his apearance was expected They Slaughtered A young goat And marked The pilgrims forehead With thick Coal colored blood Bless you, for you will turn this world to black Forget what you've been told! They marked his forehead And spoke "Bless you! For you will turn This world to black"
5.	The Haruspex 05:18	lyrics	buy track
The Haruspex Sits cross legged On the plateau Ceremonial blade In hand Removes Pilgrims skin, Discards it, gift to vultures. Disembowels Pilgrim swiftly And examines his innards. He sutures The wounds, After wrapping The Pilgrims ragged frame In a A white Hooded cloak He spoke, "you will bring the end"
6.	Apparition 09:01	lyrics	buy track
hear ye mankind! the voice of satan! recieving command to pray to the black altar appear appear hear ye mankind! the voice of satan! recieving command to pray to the black altar command him! appear appear Materialize Materialize Lucifer rise Materialize Materialize Grand apparition WIll rise MATERIALIZE MATERIALIZE LUCIFER RISE GRAND APPARITION WILL RISE
7.	The Moon Devoured The Sun 06:17	lyrics	buy track
The parasite Has been purged Cement scabs And steel/ glass growths Are slowly overgrown By a fresh green embrace As gaia breathes A sigh of relief Her Black top chains Crumble and shed As gaia breathed A sigh of relief Her black top chains Crumbled and shed And the moon Unhinged her Gaping jaws And devoured the sun
8.	Endtimes 04:33	lyrics	buy track
Sky is broken Cloud line broken Revealing a Red, swirling sky The earth will consume The Structures of man That dot the earth's Landscape like Ragged festering sores, Grey, on vibrant green

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Recorded January - November 2014.

"So what happens when you have two 19-year-olds isolated on the prairies of Canada who want to destroy the world, one monolithic riff at a time? You get Of Doomed Morale"
-CVLTNATION

Experience the bludgeoning and ethereal new concept album from Saskatchewan's premier drone/stoner/doom metal band Of Doomed Morale, titled "Ritual On Black Mountain".

Synopsis: After studying and preparing for all of his existence, an immortal pilgrim in an ageless time makes a trek to save the world. He makes a pilgrimage to the black mountain, a place of great evil, in order to conduct a sealing ritual on a cosmic tear created by an inter-dimensional demon who has been trying to use said tear as a door way into our plane of existence for many millennia. During the pilgrim's ascension of black mountain by route of an illuminated golden path, he comes upon a village which is situated on a plateau. The leader of the village calls upon the pilgrim, slaughters a goat and marks the pilgrim's forehead with a sigil written in the blood of the offering, and prays, "bless you, for you will bring the end". They send him on his way. As he continues on his climb, spectral guardians along the path cloud the pilgrim's mind with visions of apocalypse. The pilgrim stops to briefly rest on a ledge and notices a monk meditating cross legged in a white robe on a stone lip slightly below him. The pilgrim goes to investigate. The monk greets him by name, and without another word unwraps a ceremonial blade sheathed in cloth and skins and disembowels the pilgrim. Upon investigating his liver and intestines the monk introduces himself as a Haruspex and after replacing the pilgrim's innards with tar and sawdust he confirms that the pilgrim will bring the apocalypse. The Haruspex wraps the now-skinless pilgrim in his robe and sends him on his way. The pilgrim finally makes it to the altar situated on black mountain's peak, conducts the expulsion ritual and instead of the ritual sealing the demon out of our dimension, it causes the demon's portal to burst open fully. This brings forth a torrential rain of fire and sulfur. The demon enters our realm, brings an end to all of mankind and the earth mother rejoices that the parasite which once covered her flesh has now been purged. The earth lives on for all eternity and the pilgrim's life long duties of saving the world have been fulfilled.

1. Pilgrimage (Instrumental)
2. Black Mountain
3. Lights
4. Goatsblood
5. The Haruspex
6. Apparition
7. The Moon Devoured The Sun
8. Endtimes

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released November 3, 2014

Jacob Wk - hatred, bile, venom, rhythm guitars, lead guitars, vocals, lyrics, and bass. Engineering, editing, and production.

Mark Jarocki - misery, blood, mysanthropy, percussion, lead guitars, acoustic guitars, vocals, lyrics, and bass. Engineering, mastering and production.

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Of Doomed Morale regina, Saskatchewan

The sound of the two-piece outfit is blurred and droney, shrouded in a overwhelming fuzz that makes the listen quite a painful experience.

The music conveys a psychotropic vibe, an aura of gloomy decay; the voice is a drone-drenched bellow, as drone-drenched as the rest of the instrumentation. Go blindly into the abyss.

Of Doomed Morale is comprised of Jacob Wk and Mark Jarocki. ... more

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