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Radiance of a Thousand Suns

by Whalesong

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    Black and gold tapes housed in heavy decorative die cut cardboard cases. Lyrics printed on carbon paper and hidden inside the covers. Radiance-coloured slipcase with transparent banderole.

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    Hand-painted with oils on wood. The box includes RoaTS 2CD, few gold metal flakes and a hand-painted piece of wood. Each box is different/unique! Each copy is signed, numbered and can be personalized. Limited edition of 16.

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1.
Black Hole 03:48
black hole in my chest inverted star is reforming and becoming the emptiness and forming a new sun
2.
Rebirth 07:57
i am reborn my flesh is gone and new cycle is born as I am reborn again and again and again and again I will be there this is my rebirth now I am reborn I was nothing I am god I am reborn.
3.
I enter your mouth to hell within thy flesh I am purified within thy hells I am purified by flames I enter your body your flesh your pain I seek the truth the light the flame I enter your mouth to hell crush my soul crush my spine as I enter your mouth to hell I see the flames and I say purify myself purify myself purify myself purify myself
4.
Flesh 05:38
I was born beneath the sun I saw the end of the world I heard the screams of endless times that is the knife that has split my heart in half you deform me you deform me and I cut my flesh and I cut my broken bones I swallow the darkness within my mind and I vomit off the sky as I find the light endless! and I'm hanging on the beautiful rope fallen from the sky and when I will loose my last breath and as my whole life shall expire as fire shall rain down again I will be purified cut off my arms cut off my legs cut off my heart cut off my soul cut off my flesh you deform me I was wrong to trust you! there is nothing but cycle after cycle deep cuts in my flesh purify me and bring me the release of darkness within I feel the emptiness inside fire runs through my veins distort myself as you deform me
5.
Bliss 04:46
I've been blind I feel the emptiness inside we are the atmosphere and we feel the fire running through our veins all we are now all we have become is silence and when the silence falls nothing stays behind and I was born beneath the sun and I saw the end of all life I heard the screams of light that is the knife that has split my heart we are the light we are the sound of future and the past of future and all lies and the light is bursting out from my chest through a door in my mind through the wound in the sky as we shine as we shine so bright please open my mind cut off my past and form the sun implode the black hole in place of my heart you drained me each step hurts so much I am no-one I am the falling sun breathing dying trying to reach the skies save me and clean my mind with the fire burn me now please, please, you are my bliss
6.
breathe in / breathe out hear the sound of light bursting from my chest through a door in the air a wound in the sky shining bright forming new sun breathe the light breathe the sun open my mind swallow the light bursting out of my mouth
7.
Consumer 14:07
the skies are covered by dust and ashes of our past the sun no longer rises water tastes like poison the skies are red this cycle is dead breathe the fire consume the flames I leave my body (behind) I give my despair flames consumed the world we are the plague of this world we bring the flame like rats intertwined in cycles we move in cycles we live we exist swallowing the tale we are the plague we bring the plague beyond horizon burn down consume the flesh receive the world and as you crush my soul CONSUME
8.
once I thought that dreams came true, that happened thanks to you I thought I have found the piece of light burning like the sun but I was so wrong the sun became the black hole and it swallowed all joy broken promises broken dreams broken friendships broken peace I started to loose my mind then I went blind there is a suicide growing inside me like a flower in the rain and I see the light through the wound in my chest and I ask is that the sun? as it shines so bright you are my biggest failure nothing can save us now I was supposed to find the stars yet all I found was dust I am drinking blood from your crushed skull and my past has fallen down I struggle between reality and dreams I can't escape the void burn me now all meaning is gone and I ask myself: what does it mean to survive?
9.
radiance of a thousand suns shall burst forth thru my chest and shall enlighten my path radiance of a thousand suns shall burst forth thru my chest and shall enlighten my heart radiance of a thousand suns shall melt my flesh and free my mind radiance of a thousand suns shall cleanse my soul and purify my heart and I burn, and I melt, purify me now PURIFY in rain we wash our tears as we escape the pain and the emptiness we disappear and as we cleanse our minds and souls in rain we are purified the flesh, the mind, the spirit, the light unified by radiance of a thousand suns I am the light I burst forth through your chest and we burn and we melt again and we fade away purify my soul release me let us burn radiance of a thousand suns, shall melt my flesh my spirit, my mind, my eyes the light is here let us burn let us burn we fade away we fade away let it go let it go let it burn let it burn let it go let it go and radiance of a thousand suns falls upon the earth and paints the world in flames purify let it burst through you eyes let it burst through your chest let it burst burst! may the radiance of a thousand suns enlighten you once and for all let it purify you! purify!

about

'if the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky that would be like the splendor of mighty one - I am become Death, the shatterer of worlds'
J. Robert Oppenheimer

Whalesong is back new full length album.
Among collaborators are: Thor Harris (SWANS, Xiu Xiu, Wrekmeister Harmonies, The Angels of Light), Wacław Vogg Kiełtyka (Decapitated, Lux Occulta), Aleksander 'Pope' Papierz (Sigihl) and award-winning vibraphonist Tomasz Herisz.

'Radiance of a Thousand Suns' is monstrous and punishing. Whalesong attacks with heaviness, slow industrial rhythms, hypnotic arrangements and overwhelming, sometimes more than 10-minutes long compositions. Constantly repeated riffs and rhythms mixed with huge loudness don't let anyone ignore them. Whalesong understands the great value of dynamics and uses huge variety of instruments: gongs, hammered dulcimer, tubular bells, theremin, vibraphone and also objects like sheet metal and springs.

Since the very beginning the band has always been highly influenced by genres like industrial, no wave and drone. Over time they created their unique uncompromising style consisted of sludge, doom metal, jazz, noise rock and post punk. Notwithstanding this, Whalesong music can't be easily described with just one genre, but one thing's for sure: the band doesn't follow any trends and negates up-to-date fragmentary listening of music.

credits

released February 29, 2020

All music by Neithan except Black Hole, Flesh, Bliss and A Wound in the Sky by Neithan and Grekh
All lyrics by Neithan

Neithan - guitars, bass, vocals, theremin, textures, keys, vibes, gong, dulcimer, violin, sitar, bells, circular saws, percussion
Grekh - drums, percussion, circular saw
Thor Harris - hammered dulcimer
Vogg - accordion
Pope - saxophone
Tomasz Herisz - vibraphone

Recorded at Antisound Studio, Tarnowskie Gory 2017-2019
Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Michal 'Neithan' Kielbasa
Art direction: Michal 'Neithan' Kielbasa

Band info and contact:
www.facebook.com/whalesongofficial
whalesong.bandcamp.com
neithan69@gmail.com

Artwork concept by Neithan
Booklet pictures taken by Michał Biel
Front cover and artwork by ftr

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Whalesong Tarnowskie Góry, Poland

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Whalesong started in 2009. Since the very beginning the band has always been highly influenced by genres like industrial, no wave and drone. Over time they created their unique uncompromising style consisted of sludge, doom metal, jazz, noise rock and post punk. Notwithstanding this, Whalesong negates up-to-date fragmentary listening of music. ... more

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