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Scapegoat's Doctrine [EP]

by Heart Of The Bereaved

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[Part I: The Vision] [Part II: Cultural Gas-Lighting] Operation of inefficiency Insalubrious hierarchy Of rape and abuse, submission and distrust Existential incongruity Systematic dilapidation Authoritarian inferiority complex A foundation that stands as pillars of sand The ball and chain of command This slavish code of misplaced honor The projection of one's personal trials We're going through the motions of the downward spiral Life? Survival? Immortally suicidal [Part III: Frog In A Boiling Pot] Imperialism is composed by many layers Pervaded with contaminated ideals Conveyed flavorfully, affected with zest Depersonalization: classic hegelian dialect Depression portrayed with enthusiasm Poverty portrayed as wealth The ones who are the buyers Are also the ones who purvey it the best
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-Live at Behemoth Grove- [Part I: For The 'Greater Good'] "Always trampling each other to achieve Your illusory completions You will never see what is right before you If you never stop to look..." [Part II: Not Merely A Lie, A Mistruth] Stop the whalers as you celebrate The abortion of your young And much like everyone else, you speak With a double-edged sword as your tongue One side resembling a lie And the other the truth We are aging into The petty squabble of our youth - We eat each other alive like cannibals No conscience, just arrogance and selfishness Forged into our hearts Were we doomed from the very start? - Preach the words of Jesus Christ As you invade the middle east Fight for your right to own a gun Whilst you illegalize homosexuality Elitism: in the pursuit of amelioration Live to "cleanse" the black from the white With all your avid fixation on dominating others How can you honestly say that you are "pro-life"? [Part III: The Shadows Of The Valley] So allow me to demonstrate This fortune of fortunes You will proceed your evils But with good intentions With your maker as your scapegoat You breed hatred in Her name All in vain... Is this really what we have become? Are we all but adumbrations - cast by the sun? "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil..." But must we fear ourselves For have we become What we've walked through In this valley That we should both allow And demonstrate it Whether in broad daylight Or in dark alleys It is unfortunate That we have become ...What we believed we were running from: The shadows of the valley... [Part IV: Descent]

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"But under the surface of both sky and water there is the grim business of preying. Men and birds against fish, fish against fish. The torturous process of life continuing by the painful transformation of one form or body into another. To creatures who do not anticipate and reflect imaginatively on this holocaust of eating and being eaten, this is perhaps not so terrible. But poor man! Skillful beyond all other animals, by being able to think in time, and abstractly knowing the future, he dies before he is dead."
-Alan Watts (1915-1973)

This demo is dedicated to the life of Ian McKinney (January 22, 1985-April 6, 2015).
Musical contribution differ per song; refer to each track to see their specific credits.
Recorded and engineered Spring through Winter, 2015.
Produced by Xavier "Abysmal" and Heart Of The Bereaved.

credits

released December 31, 2015

Musical:
Xavier "Abysmal" - voice, Native American style flute (key of A), guitar, bass guitar, sound manipulation
Michael Frost - guitar
Matt Mendians - drums and percussion
Also featuring The Mute Ensemble for additional vocal accompaniment

Technical:
Xavier "Abysmal" - recording, editing, engineering
Matt Mendians - (drums) recording, mixing
Michael Frost - additional editing and engineering

Visual:
Ian A. McKinney - official artwork
Xavier "Abysmal" - sleeve design

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Heart Of The Bereaved Nashville, Tennessee

Neurodivergent, interdisciplinary performance art howling at you from the putrefactive bowels of the Bible Belt since 2009.

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