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Shards of the Void - Act I

by Dusk

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I - Hollow 05:09
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This reality is a shattered truth Bathed in blissful hues of forgetful blues A placating peaceful palette Where the sanguine past becomes obscured In purple, orange glass Zirconium hearts and pyrite minds glimmer dim beneath the sky But with pressure, heat, and time Diamonds bloom of strange design A brittle truce A family in twain The absence of violence is not the absence of pain This void we know is by design Choice by choice Yours and mine Hey Wait I've got some things I need to say Before I watch you fade away Blame Hate Every action that you take Has made it clear that things have changed Wait Wait All that we do All that we knew Will only lead to violent truths All of our lies Love in disguise In line with our lifeless silent eyes I don't want to think About anything In spite of what I had in mind Hollow we are, idle Lay Waste To all the memories enslaved Sincerity that we've betrayed Am I gonna be the one to say goodbye Give it all away, I doubt you'd even mind It's a cynical reform Together we can end this war Forever we can end this All that we do All that we knew Will only lead to violent truths All of our lies Love in disguise In line with our lifeless silent eyes I don't want to think About anything In spite of what I had in mind Hollow we are, idle Levee has to break Time has died out Shatter clean this slate Show what we are now Ascension has to wait Take your dive down Just take a look around Know what we are now All that we do All that we knew Will only lead to violent truths All of our lies Love in disguise In line with our lifeless silent eyes I don't want to think About anything In spite of what I had in mind Hollow we are, idle The harder we grasp The faster we slip
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II - Attack 06:14
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[All units in place Visual on the targets] This severed chain Is leading him astray No turning back Fade out to black His heart ablaze His demons now in phase [Countdown to detonation in 3...2...1...] There is no other way And every soul Somehow can feel each body No way to know… They all scatter like roaches driven out While another dark cloud approaches Swift and efficient like a flash flood flushing out What's needed a disaster working for A purpose, though inconclusive In the search for a source elusive All that's left is the incision bleeding out Into a disbelieving city And every soul Somehow can feel each body No way to know Just how to heal this moment Take back our days A meeting up of prey Lock on, attack, fade out to black This is our fate We're digging our own graves There is no other way Assess my body, my blood, my being We're paralyzed but we're all still breathing Another shot to every Wading loved one Searching for sons and daughters Reunions punctuated by the sirens And every soul Somehow can feel each body Burning No way to know Who brought this cemetery Take back our days A meeting up of prey Lock on, attack, fade out to black This is our fate We're digging our own graves There is no other way Great job team Grab the shard and let's clear the building Stick to the shadows Leave no trace And every soul Somehow can feel each body No way to know… [Shit! It's not here!] Desperate The pleading of the broken The bleeding and the choking I see you crawling I won't let you go another moment Afraid of what you know when The truth it cuts you open Believe in Odin No one's gonna save you from this life
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III - Decay 02:31
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The best laid plans of mice and zealous men now laid to rest The veil of twilight lifted for one solitary breath Luxurious amnesia dulls the anguish the trauma and the grief Who consoles the sober? What path lies at their feet?
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IV - Odin 03:34
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Warm afternoon Off in the distance Discovered a slow rising plume And I couldn’t move Pulled into doom Letting the anguish Wash over me, slowly consume In all that I do Leave me to decay Leave me to decay Leave me to decay Cold thoughts collude Eyes locked on the wreckage Fracturing, tumbling, spiraling down Leave me to decay Leave me to decay Leave me to decay Sinking Try to find the will to stand up... When I sit up I can see all of their nameless faces Something stirs up Down in my gut Long enough for me to try And stand up But my heart and legs discover That it's something I can’t take Please leave me to decay
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V - Phantom 04:02
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It’s better to know better Just pick a spot Don’t ever shake it up, no For me it’s flight then fight I never summon Proud of what I have become I’m just a humble rock Long line to walk upon me But there’s a doctrine that That says the humble are weak Phantom Venom Cannot suppress But as it stands I’m Forced to use these hands, rather Touch, bless, caress Until then (Catch, catch, catch...) Split open at my knuckle Not callusing just yet I’d rather be left alone There’s nothing I can’t handle Just stand tall Look close, you’ll only find my ghost Built you a bridge to cross Still chose to walk upon me I might have shown you love If you loved anything Phantom Venom Cannot suppress But as it stands I’m Forced to use these hands, rather Touch, bless, caress Until then I don’t want it But I want it I can push it Down Phantom Venom Cannot But as it stands I’m Forced to use these hands, rather Touch, bless, caress Until then
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VI - We'd Love To Help You Drown 04:20
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Beyond the maelstrom Beneath aphotic depths Settled in the shrouded tides, there lies a chest And now you've found the key We've hidden inside for so long Wouldn't you like to be free? Take the plunge What else is left? GIVE IN "show me." (whispers:) ...follow...follow...follow All I can see Is the hate I’ve realized It’s burning my insides All that I know Is the pain I’ve left alone It’s spreading to my bones I finally feel my blood No longer like it was Replacing indecision No longer feeling like a child Reverting to my animal There will come a day When this all will end in rainfall But your sins will leave a stain And you’ll carry them everlong Follow Follow me down to your shadow We’d love to help you drown There will come a day When this all will end in rainfall But your sins will leave a stain And you’ll carry them everlong They took it all away from you Why not ensure that they suffer too The answer’s been there all along Kill them all Kill them all Kill them all and stain Kill them all Kill them all Kill them all and stain

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Shards of the Void is a concept album, told across three acts. A strained relationship between mother and son leads to an emotionally charged adventure, set in a fractured world where shards of reality create distortions and grant those who wield them unique abilities. Odin, the leaders of New Earth, carefully study and use the powers of the reality shards to maintain order in their isolated city. But when Ajax, son of Mary - the leader of Odin, decides to steal one for his own benefit, a chain of events is triggered that drags him down a path towards self-realization.

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released September 24, 2021

Aaron Rudin - drums & synths
Trent Rowland - vocals & guitar
Alex Madrid - guitar & vocals
Michael Rudin - bass & theremin

Produced by Joel Ferber
All music recorded at Secret Hand Studios with Matt Cerritos; Drums for "III - Decay" recorded at Woodcliff Studio with Frank Rosato
Artwork by Frog Machine

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Dusk Los Angeles, California

Dusk is an Alt-Rock band from Los Angeles, CA, formed in 2018. The band consists of Aaron Rudin (drums, synthesizers), Trent Rowland (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Alex Madrid (lead guitar, backing vocals), & Michael Rudin (bass).

All of Dusk’s songs are connected through a narrative story, written by the band, which explores themes of utopia, morality, and control. ... more

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