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The Dimensional Nexus

by Throng of Shoggoths

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1.
Breathing a stale air, Terrified within its gaze Imagination fails to capture I see it spreading, Consuming organisms A world of nothing but grey And the strangest light... Test of resiliance Enduring the plague A sentient disease Burning within Brightness fading Simmering, dull glow Distant visitor receiving Height of arrogance Selfish needs feeding, It conquers Distant visitor receiving Height of arrogance Selfish aims feeding Its empire Somewhere in time Touched by the divine Corroding my essence Pacing my home Attrition, alone Aching to find some solace Lost in here Just a step outside The ashes beneath my feet People are vapours Words I cannot speak And I will go And I will go Another face dissolving into a colourless cloud Flames of murder devouring whole What remains of this place? The blasted heath, swallowed by waves
2.
Visions in my dreams Pressure me again Time stretches thin They follow me Beckoning me home, Wherever that is High in this empty sky, Or down below my feet Awake to cries Rodent, a curse Slither, the beast Failure, the truth Awake to cries Rodent, a curse Slither, the beast Failure, the truth Dying, dying, dying, dying Dying My skin is beginning to peel In the closeness of the sun I am slipping away I see here clutched in my hand A relic of a world many parsecs beyond With guilt I consider my course Here's an infant and a blade right in front of me And when I choose to slay the witch It's a shame my sacrifice is only made in vain
3.
Lament 04:37
Life no longer cedes anything, A drag into mediocrity Though, with a new obsession, Mind gives in to curiosity Intentions of the design The pleasures received in pain Lament unto the divine, Infernal, and absolute Hear the toll of the ravenous The air is still in this cemetary And when the beast brings its vision, Flesh gives in to perforation Intentions of the design The pleasures received in pain Lament unto the divine, Infernal, and absolute Feel the never ending expectation When our skin is flayed Hear the screams of a thousand exhalations Through our ringing ears Our future belongs to the Priest See the corridors of abomination: Our nightmare is only beginning
4.
I take flight In skies of green Dreams are pale, White light fading In the night, Journeys unseen Silver string, Release me! Into night Into night I will stare into the flame I will never be the same I will now forget my name I will stare into the flame! Dead Dead and free
5.
The emergence of a Mass, Beyond my field of vision. Cursing air and coating skin, With secretions malignant and vile. My garments stained a russet hue, Flesh sore and riddled with lesions. Eyes foggy and burning to close, My voice is but a whisper. The Mass has consumed me, The Mass is unyielding. A village in fear Children starving Motivates me To remedy Our village is in shambles, Crops tainted with its gale. Cattle bloated and stagnated The lake screams in terror. I have betrayed these people In my quest for fire. The silence feels so numbing, Will this be the end of me? With her voice With her moans With her blood With resolve When the earth And the skies Quiver and quake My cries resonate Arise from this smother In a haste to liberate. What's left of my village, What's left of my greed. My chest aches with malice, Limbs stiff and hesitant to move. Pushing through this misery, Floundering over the dead and weakened. Her presence is clear Nyos is where she dwells Our lives are forfeit My eyes swell with hate You're almost through; keep moving, Feel the will of C'thalpa. My efforts are for naught, The Mass bellows through. Forever consuming, Forever neverending. I have nothing left to give you, Skies blackend with her gaze. For your cries For your deceit For your curse For your reality I called upon her I pleaded to her I sacrificed for her I trusted her I'll reap what I have sown Eyes piercing through the Void I'll reap what I have sown My soul has transformed I'll reap what I have sown
6.
Dagon 00:32
7.
Federal Hill 05:15
A view in the distance See the steeple rising high above They don't speak its name or even look up, if possible The still beating fragment Of blackheart on the hilltop looking down On the slums that cower under its oppression The tug of a question: From where does this fear emanate? Curiosity has dragged me through the streets and up the hill A cult's apparatus, Artefact of an infernal nature My hands trace the edges of its surfaces Now it knows me, and it's on its way As it sees me in the dark Now it knows me, and it's on its way And it finds me in the dark A manifold problem, Featureless faces hidden behind their cowls Its presence stifles all optimism in the city (I've found what it hides and it knows me) Now it knows me (I've seen what it holds and it haunts me) And it's on its way (I know what's inside and it finds me) And it sees me in the dark Cowering here, cowering here (I've found what it hides and it knows me) Now it knows me (I've seen what it holds and it haunts me) And it's on its way (I know what's inside and it finds me) And it finds me in the dark Cowering here as the lights go out
8.
Vapours 01:42
9.
An unexpected silence The snow is caked with blood And there's no one left Lifeless bodies stare The Things we found are gone What happened here? It's almost like they wanted To see what makes us work Methodically Dismantled like toys Arranged and organized So clinical! Far away from another human, So far from help Should we fly away while we can, Or do we need an answer? Far removed from rational choices Searching for truth Should we run away while we can, Or do I need an answer? From the skies, these unnatural features: A mass of towers unlike any on Earth, In the middle of a frozen wasteland, An ancient settlement remains preserved On the ground, looking up at the ramparts: Nothing man has ever made can compare The incredible size of this city, It could hold ten Manhattans within! Do you see it? Can you believe it? Can such a thing exist in this world? Do you see it? Can you believe it? Can such a thing really be true? With my eyes, I see these incongruities: Lines and angles that don't meet as they should, These unusual shapes and geometries, Something more horrible than time has withstood With my ears, I hear unnerving whispers: Is it the wind or is it something inside? We're determined to delve in these caverns I can't conjecture what we will find Do you see it? Can you believe it? Can such a thing exist in this world? Do you see it? Can you believe it? Can such a thing really be true? My zeal for discovery is overwhelming every instinct Of retreat that I have I don't know what I'll find in this place But I have to see it, I have to know A horrible, whistling sound is echoing through These Cyclopean walls I don't know if I'll even survive But I have to see it, I have to know And once I am inside These ancient artworks catch my eye The history they show Of beings whom our scientists don't know The wars these creatures waged And how their civilization aged The last thing that I find Is all about the monsters that they left behind So we travel even deeper into the bowels of this tomb Everything that I'm documenting could be lost with me What will I do if I can't find my way back home? Will anyone else ever see what I've seen, Know what I know? Something giant like a train is barreling down Through the tunnels directly at me I don't know if I'll even survive But I have to see it, I have to know My greed for hidden knowledge Is overwhelming every instinct Of retreat that I have I don't know what I'll find in this place But I have to see it! I have to know!

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released March 25, 2022

Recorded between June 2019 and January 2022.
Produced by Throng of Shoggoths.
Engineered by Andrew Young & Mike Johnson.
Mixed by Andrew Young.
Mastered by Mike Johnson.

Deon Wills: fretted and fretless basses, didgeridoo
Andrew Young: vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, Ebow, sequencers, accordion
Saíd Villamar: drums, gong, triangle, frog
Etzar Cisneros: rhythm and lead guitar
John Bella: Mellotron, organ, synthesizers

Additional arrangements by Deon Wills, Andrew Young, Saíd Villamar,
Etzar Cisneros, John Bella, Chris Hendrix, & Allen Eaton.
"Dagon" interlude created by Andrew Young.

Art Direction by Andrew Young.
Illustrations by Andrew Young & Deon Wills.
Band motion and still photography by Jordan Hudecz.
Additonial photography by Andrew Young.
Netherworld Priest portrayed by Alyssa Austin.

Gratitude to Chaosium, Inc. and The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society for inspiration.

Dynamic Range: DR11
Dynamics are good. Turn up the volume of your audio apparatus to hear them.

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