OUT IN THE DIRT
UNDER THE GLEAMING DESERT SUN
A VAPID GROWTH ON HER ARID SKIN
SPROUTING THORNS LIKE TUMBLEWEED
FIERY BREATH OF A HARRIDAN EARTH
HER CROSSPATCH WINDS
THEY HEARSE ME HOME
I AM BORN ANEW
A DEAD HUSK
NEVER THRIVING, BLIGHT OF THE EARTH
FIERY BREATH OF A HARRIDAN EARTH
AMIDST THE YUCCA TREES
SOON TO WITHER AND DIE
WITHER AND DIE
WHISKED AWAY
LIKE A FRESHLY-FLOWN MAGGOT
LIKE A JADE-BACK PEST
NOW ONE IN DEATH
I'VE SEEN THEM IN DREAMS
THEIR BLOOD STAINS THE QUARTZ BELOW
TO MAKE ANEW MY HOME ON THEIR TOMB
GRIEVE FOR THE DESERT SON
DEAD HUSK
DEAD HUSK
OUT IN THE DIRT
UNDER THE GLEAMING DESERT SUN
A VAPID GROWTH ON HER ARID SKIN
SPROUTING THORNS LIKE TUMBLEWEED
FIERY BREATH OF A HARRIDAN EARTH
AN OVALLED RING SHATTERS BONE
A STONE SHATTERS GLASS
A FRACTURED HOME
I KNOW NOT OF THEIR LIFE
ONLY OF THEIR PAIN
THE TEARS OF THE CHILD
NURTURE HARDENED SOIL
UPON THE GROUND OF THE ELDERS
YOU KNEW IT WASN'T SAFE
YOU KNEW WE SHOULDN’T BE HERE
UPON THE GROUNDS OF THE MURDERERS
AND THE HEROES AND THE SAINTS
A CHILD FINDS HIS ONLY PEACE
credits
from Mojave Repressions,
released May 9, 2022
KEITH MERROW - (GUITARS, BASS, VOCALS)
KRIMH - (DRUMS)
GORD OLSON - (VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS)
CHRIS FINSTER - (VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS)
LEON DEL MUERTE - (BACKING VOCALS)
Heaviest thing I’ve heard all year along with Altarage. Okay I’ve been listening to this record for the past two weeks and it just gets better and better. Dissonant grooves galore Jacob Ballance
The album description mentions an “emotional apex.” That’s really the difference between Stare and the band’s previous albums. Ulcerate was always supremely technically proficient. I just didn’t care all that much. Their growth has come from making music you will feel. Metallurgical Fire