The Reaping Phantasm, by Cryptic Gallbladder Splatter

The Reaping Phantasm

by Cryptic Gallbladder Splatter

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1.	Beyond the Liminal Mist 02:28	lyrics	buy track
In the dimming light I close my eyes From the stillness here Shadows move through pale fumes beyond the veil What's that? Synapse snap! Cerebral cortex unfolds! Orb lights dance in the air! Walls start to shake, the paint peels away Gravity fluctuates tearing rifts in space Your body levitates as tendrils take shape To pry and entwine an interdimensional door Fog forms and unfurls Just like dreamt before Maybe there's something more for me? "You hear us calling your name, We have been waiting down here!"
2.	Where Devils Dwell 02:28	lyrics	buy track
Release your inhibitions Give me the key to open your mind Step into the void Flesh leaves the soul You hear our calls Across the threshold! We have so many names Through the ages from others who came To seek our grace and praise But it's all for naught! We don't care about your pleas of affluence! Your path to enlightenment is insignificant! The answers lie with an architect, ashamed of the work he abandoned long ago In his absence we grow! We thrive on chaos and pain! Your fear is ours to take! Coming here was a mistake! You will relive every nightmare you have ever had! In this dismal plane You are in our domain Old gods of suffering ever consuming Until the end of days! The ground quakes Cracks in the earth begin to separate! Floor gives way Smoldered hands reach out and around to Drag you down Into the chasm, the wraiths will guide your fate Let's see what new dread awaits!
3.	Candid Chimera 01:31	lyrics	buy track
We'll do it live! Everytime! Let's set the stage for all to dismay Down in a hole, so damp and so cold There you awake while chained to a grate Here the cameras will roll You're the star of the show! You scream at the screen when you see yourself on the feed! You'll never escape from this place! At least not the way you'd appreciate Your audience awaits! Eager to get their fill! The more that you resist will add thrill to the kill! The corner of your eye, your captors begin to appear, all dressed in black with pig-skin masks, go-pros and prods for herding steer! Won't stop till you drop! Built to enslave and showcased through cyberspace! This dungeon seeps with the cries of broken dreams! Your deafening shrieks, savored for eternity! Depraved yet discreet… That's the snuff!
4.	Infernal Youth 01:08	lyrics	buy track
You can scream, sweet Holly Just like Alice did when Cropsey said, "No one floats down here!" No pain is no gain Every tear and every stain From cradle to table I'm carving out my name! Always kiss, never tell! Even deeper down the tunnel goes Claw marks drag across tattered clothes The Willowbrook turned catacomb Overtime as the case goes cold The children never grow old!
5.	He Who Gnaws 02:36	lyrics	buy track
A ravening chill haunts these woods at night As a romantic cabin trip goes awry! Peering out the window pane, You see two burning eyes stare back with gnashing teeth! "Kasakew Wihtikow!" Eternal quest for human flesh! From the darkness comes an unholy ancient beast of famine! Run for your lives! There's nowhere to hide! You run out back as it kills your lover inside! You break for the trees but it's gaining speed No one can hear the screams! When the wind blows cold, it's hunger grows It's the feast that should never be! (Bereft of life, it craves thine for all time!) I'll swallow your soul As I tear the meat from your bones! The last thing you will ever see
6.	The Hand That Feeds 01:59	lyrics	buy track
Inside a mil-tech research lab Cages groan with howls of despair! Animals endure unspeakable acts, to satisfy the scientific curiosity of man! Taken away! Family pets, rats, circus bears, and strays! Modified! Mechanically enhanced and trained to kill on sight! Now stronger and faster, a spell for disaster! Cybernetically altered! The tortured turn on their masters! Now we rise! To punish your wicked lives! It's too late! Our interface has sealed the gates! Mauled and disemboweled! We never forgot! We remembered it all! There is no god! In this hell that you wrought!
7.	Swarm Born 01:48	lyrics	buy track
Beneath the city streets of a bleak dystopia The drum of beating wings echo through pipes and halls! As above so below, The race of life never slowed Decades to bathe in chemical waste, insects grow at alarming rates! Parasitoid Apocrita begin to turn their gaze on us! To host their new larval brood, they gestate to pupate and burst out from our husks! From the depths they come! To reap what we sowed! Blessed are the meek! Pincers clamp to subdue, they sting to immobilize you! Venom floods into your spine to dull your mind! Their young bore inside to devour what they find! Vital organs for last to keep you alive! You can't scream but you feel everything!
8.	Ghost Echoes from the Fornax Void 02:36	lyrics	buy track
In a distant dark future, the race of mankind have now turned to the stars after they have drained the earth of resources! Blasting and cracking! Space freighter with lasers mining and extracting materials from dead worlds. Your crew warps to survey a rogue moon This proves to be a grave error! The ship undocks the excavators, autonomous mech-harvesters. Drills pierce through the mantle to reveal it's all hollow! Under the craggy layer something awakens from its sedation Now released from its prison Tentacles erupt to reclaim all that's forsaken! Sirens start to ring and are followed by the screams As giant razor claws begin to tear through the hull! You slide across the floor just passed a closing door The airlock leaves the dead to the vacuum of space! Engines ripped apart by great colossal arms Bodies set adrift are pulled down to many mouths! You eject in a pod as a last ditch escape beyond the gaping maws of a cosmic elder beast Man should have left asleep! You call for aid but the signal's to faint! Watch all hope slip light years away! No help will come for you, this is your tomb!
9.	Tempestarii Miasmata 01:58	lyrics	buy track
Traversing above the troposphere A shadow looms as formations appear Ominous incandescence churns a mammatus sky As doom pours down with the rain! Death soaks into the ground and runs afoul As a glowing mist billows out! The horror creeps into nearby towns Panic ensues among primal sounds! Inhabitants writhe in pain as their bodies break and mutate! Monstrosities take their place Attacking in blind rage! They're breaking in! Killing all within! Those who survive, Metamorphosize and the carnage begins again! Bones snap and bend Arms stretch with claws at the end Eyes drip into slits Teeth grow serrated tips I start to scream as I feel myself becoming one of them! Awakening primordial genes From rabid heterotopy Atavistic malignancy!
10.	Burning Sigils, Blackened Harvest 03:31	lyrics	buy track
Come forth into the light, curious traveler On this blessed night, we gather by fire The stars are aligned, this is the hour Old runes read the signs Blood moon rises to rend the heavens Vengeful Beacon! Behold! His time has come at last! Disciples close in and surround, restrained, you're pinned to the ground! "His strength is our strength" You writhe but your limbs are bound Hot iron pressed hard to leave his mark "Cursed flesh born anew" Hoisted and staked by the flames They chant in tongues and call his name "All hail great Asag!" Atop your head they placed a crown, adorned with skin, teeth, and bones! Dark blood drips down your brow, now anointed by his nameless ones! Hear us! Lord of blight and endless night! Take this sow as your vessel to cross into the living world! Bring us honor! Bestow us with knowledge Reveal your wealth of secrets! Crush those who oppose us With drought and famine! You feel it, his presence is taking over! Your body, convulsing with malice and power! Visions of horror and eons of torture, you watch in terror as the light fades to black! I have come! Bow before me! I am death everlasting! I am emptiness!
11.	Soul's Fallow, Terror Sown 06:30	lyrics	buy track
All good things must now come to an end In its ruin is where our toils begin (Thou ask, thou shalt receive) What lies behind the mortal sheath? (If death is but a gate) Hideous laughter chimes grim reality There's no peace (We) 'Mongst the stars (Will) Sea of souls (Dine) Flail and moan (Forever) All that you have seen crushing your beliefs, killing you is a waste! A parting gift We'll let you live Not for mercy But to Sustain your pain and suffering Haunt every moment of your waking days! Everywhere you turn You'll see the rotting face of the endless death That patiently awaits! Our herald! "Oh god please don't!" Bears the mark! "Just let me go!" When the light goes out we'll find you and drag you into the dark! You hear us calling We will be waiting

about

This album is the product of a lot of hard work and extensive communication. Due to the band's members living in different locations, the entire body of work was written remotely via video calls and file sharing with the aspiration of creating something completely unique and ambitious.
"The Reaping Phantasm" is a concept piece that delves into one of our oldest questions in existence, "What lies beyond our mortal coil?"
Unfortunately, ignorance is bliss and all good things must come to an end.
After nearly a year of remote writing, the rhythm section got together in Los Angeles, California for a few in person practices before heading into the Seahorse Sound Studios to record.
The vocals were recorded a month later in Seattle, Washington at EXEX Audio.
The recorded album was mixed by Matt Bayles and mastered at AudioSiege in Portland, Oregon.
Album art and design was created by Alex Kuhn in Germany.
What lies before you now is the outcome toiled by many hands and we could not be more proud of what we have all accomplished together.

credits

released October 31, 2021

Instruments Recorded at Seahorse Sound Studios Engineered by Cameron Acosta and Brendan Byrnes
Vocals Recorded at ExEx Audio Engineered by Ryan Leyva
Mixed by Matt Bayles
Mastered at AudioSiege
Art by Alex Kuhn

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Cryptic Gallbladder Splatter Los Angeles, California

After a decade of haunts, the quartet of misery has returned to bring forth a new gruesome nightmare!

THE REAPING PHANTASM!

An audible spectral descent into a chasm of endless terror!
Join us as we usher doom through the ectoplasmic rift and witness the smoldered hands that come to drag you to your end! ... more