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Abandon The Light

by Valley of Snakes

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David Fischer
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David Fischer Abandon the Light is even better than its predecessor, which is quite the accomplishment itself. Not only is it more of what has already worked well on Hooks/Hyena, but the dreamy, atmospheric parts - think of good Fallujah - have been refined and intensified without neglecting or watering down its violent, inherent aggression. These songs are constantly walking the line between brutal and beautiful, and they do so with grace. Thoroughly well written and tastefully produced. Keep your ears open! Favorite track: The Most Difficult Thought.
drunken_mammoth
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drunken_mammoth This album has some great atmosphere and composition, nice build-up moments, great quality overall. I love it. Favorite track: The Most Difficult Thought.
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silverpatriarch I friggin love you Mark.
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Metaphorical imagery you cannot see Visualise the words imagine it perfectly I exist in a cosmic unravelling Wondering forth without life or stability I find myself at the edge of eternity Looking back at the world that has moulded me Moving forward as time passes through me Fall into the depths, Hold my breath, Start the journey This journey, Full of love Undeserving, I don't belong I reach back to pull the plug But the distance grows and I'm stuck in mud I break free of what I've become Still I choose to follow the sun I see the exit vanish in blood I'm engulfed in fear but I will not run I walk amongst the tombstones A place that once called my throne While the dead claw at my frailty Peeling off the flesh that is rotting These strings I'm in Knotted in a life of sin Still I dream of a pure place Burning beneath endless hate Dead eyes turn to black God's lips begin to crack The blood leaking out glazes me in death I will find my answers when this journey ends. Torment rises through the dead They march in unison Knowing I'm not one of them They beg me to stay but I wont conform to it Here I stand with the victims of misery Lifeless, Soulless, Given into defeat Knowing full well that I helped them bleed Still I contribute maliciously I walk amongst the tombstones A place I once called my throne While the dead claw at my frailty Peeling off the flesh that is rotting Corruption seeps into my bones Letting me know it found it's way home. The dead speak of my agony Feeding off the flesh that is rotting Given a chance I'll do it again. Repair it all and tear it to shreds For the circle of life will never end A cycle of lost innocence The psyche bleeds on blades of knives While perception is moulded by time Born again as I'm skinned alive Beyond the empty sky Where ghosts have no tears to cry I approach the end With nothing left Just my final breath My journey descends Filled with dread One with the dead One with the dead This is my final resolve I am nothing, I am changing, I am too far gone What is left of my soul Corrupted by the taste of the demons involved Peel back all of my flesh Expose all that is left
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The demons howl Within my mouth Bathing on my tongue now It will bleed out Scriptures of hell Those now reading Hear my screeching Decipher it's meaning It is seething Beyond the seams Beneath my feet The ground opens up revealing teeth Before the eyes of god it speaks to me Succubus of dreams Alluring the hate that was born within me Seducing me to look what lies beneath And now I find myself Looking at the depths wondering about the screams from hell I see it finally It chews on meat until the bones release Drinking blood so blissfully Sadistic design in masochistic seams I try to hide It is never too far behind I finally look upon it's eyes Within a hole where the memories die It digs me a grave A place where my bones remain It begins inhaling my pain Drinking the misery Welcoming hate It swims in my mind Breaking my spine My life will decline. I become everything I wish I could fight I dwell in the hate even though it's not right I can never outrun What I've become When it runs in my blood Come to accept I know nothing of love It doesn't exist but who am I to judge I see it finally It chews on meat until the bones release Drinking blood so blissfully Sadistic design in masochistic seams The hate creeps upon me I feel inside begging for release I try to rip it away It digs in deep with It's claws and teeth The evil crawls into my mind Telling me I am the parasite I ignore it's whispers but I can't deny The lust for torment always satisfies The cruelty, Of man In the birth water where I began Always apart of the plan Bury it until it resurfaced again It's always Clawing at the flesh Twisting what is left Begging for my final breath It's always Clinging to my pride Looking through my eyes Shaping life into a lie The stench of misery always surrounds It peels my flesh as I hear it growl The demon calls from where it dwells Speaking in tongues behind the teeth in the mouth of hell It tells me in death there is no way out The soul belongs to heaven but the body is reserved for hell It waits for me to embrace the sound Of maggots breeding beneath my flesh eating me from the inside out They begin feasting on my mind They take away my soul in the mist of the blackest night It's a feeling that I can't describe See it in my tortured eyes Understand the pain of life
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In a pitch black fate I end up in this place full of decay Crowds of fiends Paying to see Endless screams from my withered being I plead The red room is not what it seems It doesn't provide the answers that you seek Still they ignore my agony Force nails through my feet I grit my teeth in suffering And here I find myself In a contraption of hell There is a man tied down opposite to me We are forced to compete relentlessly He screams And pleads That we Shouldn't obey what they say We are tortured into submission Forced to play this sickening game This place a living hell No hope, No life, No doubt We take turns pulling teeth from our rotten mouths Pain measured in units for the crowd They watch Until The end Hoping to see our deaths But they won't get nothing from it Just entertainment through dopamine hits We are pawns subjected to misery Our only worth is our agony I see humans No humanity Fiends giving in to depraved insanity Manically they watch suffering happening The blades come out WIth the cheering from the crowd Slowly we remove the flesh from where it's usually found The screams are so loud Everyone is so proud Reluctantly we tear the ligaments from our bones out. Despair comes to find me again Amidst all the agony I feel before death Humans are ever so sickening Depraved creatures indulging in suffering They can't escape what leads them into this place A hidden pleasure that exists beneath their peaceful gaze I bleed into a cup so they're satisfied Stripping flesh from my impulsive life A servant of pain in this moment of time I take the knife and start to sever ties Cutting the throat of my opponent To gracefully spare him the fight We are pawns subjected to misery Our only worth is our agony I see humans, No humanity Fiends giving in to depraved insanity Manically they watch suffering happening Dragged before a pit of fire They engulf two strands of wire Piercing them into my eyes Melting out the whites Blisters formulate inside Blinded but I can see the life Draining out of my melted eyes Punishment for my sacrifice Sparing the pain of another has led to this hateful demise Humans are ever so sickening Depraved creatures indulging in suffering They can't escape what leads them into this place A hidden pleasure that exists beneath their peaceful gaze A colosseum of sorts The crowd begs for death and they get what they want But they know nothing of the pain I've absorbed They overwatch with pleasure as I suffer the sword I am fearless I become a corpse The blade crushes through my spinal cord Still I know only of the pain I've absorbed I leave this life I no longer adore Moments after death I can hear them rave Pleasured sexually by the torment they crave My headless body twitching within it's grave Burning my remains as they celebrate Finally the torment leaves me I now surrender completely Finally the torture leaves me I can escape, eternity Finally the sickness leave me Giving into complete serenity Finally the savages free me I walk into death So freely
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Imperfect design Brought into the light so we cannot deny Flawed creatures always unwilling to fight No point in it all when we know of our kind Ashamed of our lives I see them bury it so my hatred will rise I wish I could pressure my finger Pull the trigger Eradicate all of human life No excuses No lies The nihilist breathes it was always I I know I'm sick in this tortured mind But I can't escape all I feel on the inside So I embrace all it provides Knowing full well utter hate would come into my life I wish I could pressure my finger Pull the trigger Eradicate all of human life There's always an ugly side If we knew what's under our flesh we would be crucified The sickness can't be purified Stained on our being like symbiote or parasite Denial is a way to thrive Seen it all my fucking life It feeds the hell we keep inside Until the day that we eventually realize We aren't perfection but incomplete until we die Until we phase out I am unsatisfied Filled with doubt I don't believe that we could ever repel From our corruption that leaks into this hell Until we phase out I am unsatisfied, filled with doubt The creatures that crawl start to rape themselves Rot fills the air I inhale the smell I'm a cockroach within the slime Been this all my fucking life Observing pain chained to time In the gutter you can see the crime Constantly dodging footsteps that will end your life Observing hate in every form Watching from the corners because no knows that I'm born All I hear is the humans scream and mourne A sound smothered out by the piercing of the thorn In the light of day Amongst filth and decay You can find me wandering feeding off scraps as I observe everything They bleed within the light No one blinks No one cries. They suffer within time As decay consumes the mind Until we phase out, I am unsatisfied, filled with doubt I don't believe that we could ever repel From our corruption that leaks into this hell Until we phase out I am unsatisfied, filled with doubt The creatures that crawl start to rape themselves Rot fills the air I inhale the smell Until we phase out I am unsatisfied, filled with doubt. Nihilistic tendencies within my mouth I chew them down but can't spit them out Until we phase out I am unsatisfied, filled with doubt Born of hate it became myself I worship the place you all fear to dwell But who am I to speak A mere cockroach in the dirt All I know suffering But who am I to speak A mere cockroach in the dirt I deserve nothing But who am I to speak A mere cockroach in the dirt A creature so disgusting But who am I to speak a mere cockroach in the dirt I believe in something The world I see Once a part of broken dreams Watch the world become unclean Validated by false beliefs This cockroach will die Leave behind a stain of life Infecting those of fragile minds Sickness spreads, Globalised
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Pessimism begins to thrive Lost inside optimistic minds You'll see in the end we aren't worth the fight Behold a pointless existence Just chaos undeciphered As the cruelty arrives it's humans to burn in the hands of the righteous In time you'll suffer Know of hate Know of pain when it finds its place. Know that people aren't what they seem Nurture versus nature A fallacy Experience a pain you can't return from It breaks the mind like a motherfucking curbstomp Take your time in the place you observe from Watch the world burn when the light starts to turn off Know in the end the darkness breeds In the minds of those who are suffering

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released September 17, 2021

Mark Poida - Vocals & Lyrics
David Freeland - Music & Production
Thrashwolf - Artwork
Lance Prenc - Mix & Master

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Valley of Snakes Melbourne, Australia

The minds of David Freeland (LUNE, Valiance) and Mark Poida (ex-Aversions Crown, I, Valiance) join forces amid quarantine to form Valley of Snakes. Pushing themselves to new creative heights and showcasing unrelenting brutality interweaved with expansive soundscapes. ... more

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