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Through the Vale of Earthly Torment

by TRUENT

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mourner
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mourner Engaging tech death enriched with all sorts of flavours like deathcore, djent and a little progressive. But don't get the wrong idea: this is heavy, groovy and a lot of fun. Favorite track: Silk and Bone.
brianwilliams82
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brianwilliams82 This is an album that seeps into your brain slowly like a glob of red dye thrown into a glass of water. It diffuses gradually to become something that pulls you back again and again. The moments that I find my brain repeating are actually the 'in-between' moments; solos, melodies, interludes, sinewy leads, etc. Not that there's any lack of emphasis on riffs or any kind of separation of parts; we're not talking old Opeth here at all. Favorite track: Scathe of Branches.
Lloyd James
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Lloyd James Ripping groovy technical death metal that grabs you by the throat early on and doesn't let go. Truent mix progressive and deathcore elements into their tech death base to make an engrossing ride across a tight 33 minute runtime. A favourite of mine from 2022. Favorite track: Silk and Bone.
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progdolphin This nimble combo of progressive groove metal and technical deathcore results in an outing that’s just as much the (lightly) jazzy chunk-fest of modern Gorod as it is a tamed version of the squirt-show that is Infant Annihilator. With a wisdom a cut above their peers, Truent packs tracks with hooks rather than boundless solos in the concise runtime of their debut full-length. In a genre that can often lack in fun, Truent feels like a band at play. Favorite track: Scathe of Branches.
Daniel Robichaud
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Daniel Robichaud More fun than a rollercoaster pigeon in the face! Favorite track: Scathe of Branches.
Leda XO
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Leda XO hard as fuck super groovy rain city mosh time
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1.
Malignancy, Coming from oceans unto the land Scour the forest floor, reaping the cold earth Born of winter to exhume Lost souls buried Flesh seeker, Starved spirit Corrupting wanderers Searching Through unending night Greed eater, sought winter Gathering blood from soil Dark forest, quest deeper There waits the wendigo Void eyes Sunken to the bone Torn smile Tempting men to the cold Culling to a husk Leaving behind blood and dust From this husk Leave blood and dust Shrouding the culled earth Cacophony Rolling through the wind eternally A silence so cold resonates through the mountains Forces seldom to refrain From feast of man Now reclaim and Scourge the sickness Rid the blight
2.
Heavens spilling blood The usurper of the sky The Tyrant of the golden age Fearing vengeance prophesied A vicious hunger And the fury of the divine The madness of the glutton grows Resting idle, eager A feast in the dark, fire illuminates Shame widened stare, narrow frame contorted, he clutches, whitening the knuckles, blood dripping spine Insatiably consuming, without restraint or respite Cower in darkness Oh titan succeeded by none Maniacal sickness Fulfill the promise, devour your son Swallow Gnaw the essence from each limb and Wallow In ecstasy, far from the light Heavens son Father's burden And elation Feast Saturn End the cycle Be reborn Harvester of kin Bear the seed of your demise Rake the stars of all your progeny Feel your burden slowly rise Esurience grows It festers and corrupts the mind Judgment cast to the sky will befall Disgorging in time A feast in the dark, fire illuminates Shame widened stare, narrow frame contorted, he clutches, whitening the knuckles, blood dripping spine Insatiably consuming, without restraint or respite Titan, renewed from the flesh, in time Undone by the hunger, with thundering cry, Deposed Usurped from the sky
3.
Bright falls From the basin shone a welcome draw A fair vision Lure of affection for the mislead Shimmering curtain, flowing In her reflection, a vision distorting a pale dream Her serenade flies, carried through the wind Coursing raw virility Young blood Let fly Shifting, snaring, binding silk and bone Rest easy, at the shallow waters of desire, where the meek and the callow resign, when the lust of the flesh becomes the silk that’s spun, in her web of song Beguiled. Allure of perversion yield to the entangling bride Sight blurred Sinking apertures, digging deep, anchored Gripping with faint desire Limb by limb deposed, expired A tainted vision enthralled in seizing, twirling spire Blackened, gaze extruding In their deception, a vision seducing a frail scream Caught by the bounds of tempering forest Seeping, taut, and festering She bores Still beating Snapping, skinning, binding silk and bone Suffer to the bride, frozen, petrified Bind silk and bone
4.
For reclamation A vow of unjust purpose For absolute valour A trophy to possess To prove superior Foray To the hunt, glory calls The fury Of pride preceding the fall Treading the path of delusion Pursuing game so elusive, tormenting Sworn to adorn with the spoils of vanity Humility lost to hunter’s conceit The hunters are converging Locking eyes Nature’s condemnation In the pursuit of a myth Piercing into the night Standing resolute with Its gaze, burning white Oh Burning white No lion knows mercy, only prey No man can see the Irony The sun sets on this rivalry The hunt ends today Natures creed is indifference Pursuing misplaced arrogance, faltering Tearing skin, adorning the blood of the enemy Primal judgement shall remain supreme
5.
Ache of undying apathy Slovenly soul Forsake this life, resign from light and mortal duty Take self abdication, wallow in sloth and ruin Farther Deeper, the forest grows Emerald pillars of earthly judgment, scold A condemnation of sheer indifference A path forged, callous and cold And as winds draw listless, as above Beneath the fissured earth, so below Sunken, before the mire, whispering “repose” Renewing breath, of all life Ridding its weary toll Twisted, silent reeds lurking, Take their hold Feel warm embrace, break surface Pull flesh from bone liberate me of purpose and plight Rebirth Once idle hands, grasp at the air Expel the silence from my lungs Into the soil, breathe hollow prayer In the mire, forgotten by the sun Wake up now Wake Shed this dream and its mortal coil Enter the lucid collective, in pulsing soil Stretching thin, alone within and without form Faceless, piercing the earth, a burden no more Outward: rind from skin, desiccated and torn Inward: under bleak consciousness, a sullen, fragile core A resignation to indifference A soul bound, rotted and old And as the pillars reach into the sky Beyond the mire, never known No semblance to remember A visage lost, overgrown and exorcised Seize the bones and drive them deep into the fertile earth Forgotten Body and mind intertwined and dissolved Relinquishing life, a mercy to languish eternal inside Internally, cry out, silent forever Captive of the mire Tethered to to all things Rid of desire and devotion bare, the green man's suffering Forgotten, forsaken the sun Forsaken the sun Take Take the path of indolence Fade Without reverence Shade Forever bask in lights absence Wait An eternity spent Waiting
6.
In the Mire 01:22
7.
Rise World cleanser, branching forth, sweeping higher Stoke the embers, raze this earth, rebirth it into fire Burn And set the sun, for all time The scion of fire rides, to the north, from the sky Glowing waves of ash and thunder Rolling fast, bellowing louder Tread the flame, before and after Char the surface, brought to embers Clash the flaming tides Walls of stone, sink beneath, cloven skies Fan the blade, held high Brandishing wrath’s edge burning bright And from the ashes of old The skies will break open and burn A blade will outshine the sun The scathe of branches absolves Absolve Black, Resting upon the edge, at land’s-end Go forth and harry, scorch the vale, renew each world in fire, and carry the eternal flame, casting through heavens to tree of all life Plunge into the roots and hear its cry Thence the sons shall ride Melt the bonds, from the bridge, to the sky Let the blade's edge shine An inferno burning through the night Flowing from creation, rivers carve and scar the rime Pulsing with the venom, through the veins into the frozen primordial void Melting through the abyss, in a storm of cleansing fire Rising through the ages and burning all through the night To the ash return From torn sky and the blistered earth Let the world renew in time It will outshine the sun The scathe of branches absolves And to the ashes return Scion of fire
8.
A final judgement, prayer of fire, pulled to the depths It’s bellowing maw, boiling the oceans and forcing repent Coveting mortals, punishing man for what it’s without. Encompassing the world from its tail to its mouth The serpent lingers, on the branch, forbidden to rise Sentinel to knowledge desired Tormenting, borne by lights, so brilliant, Seduction of freedom from welcoming eyes Lamenting, the demon thirsts for life From waters, retire, found shelter, desired Slain monster, raise chalice, a feast for, the righteous Beast of envy Tortured beast, forged from the darkness, brought to the cusp Colossus, provenance of the deep and terminus Depth dwelling, created in vain, forbidden from sight Pierce through its skin and bathe in His light The serpent descends From the branch, its tongue splayed out Facing judgment, horns towards parting of skies A feast for the righteous Slain demon, deliver, penitent, deceiver Purge the sea, Slay demon righteously Sacred beast, Deliver unto thee Serpents plea, Penitent to deceive Leviathan damned to the deep Damned to the sea, sinking Down in the deep, far below Damned to the sea, farther Down in the deep, below the surface

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released June 17, 2022

TRUENT is:

John Roodenrys: Vocals, acoustic guitars, additional rhythm guitar
Matthew Pancoust: Lead and rhythm guitars
Spence McIntosh: Bass
Nic Landry, Drums, percussion
Daniel Clark: Rhythm guitar


All music and lyrics by Truent

Produced/engineered/mixed/mastered by Tim Creviston

Recorded at Creativ Music Space in North Vancouver, BC

Drums recorded at Flash Recording in Vancouver, BC

Drum tech: Jay Beni

Guest vocals on Scathe of Branches by Keaton Campbell of Of Modern Architecture

Artwork/layout: Caelan Stokkermans Arts (@caelanstokkermansarts)

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TRUENT Vancouver, British Columbia

Born in a small town outside of Vancouver, BC, Truent is an exhilarating Canadian metal act on the rise. Combining massive riffs, head-spinning technicality, and sharp songwriting, Truent has crafted a crushing brand of groove-laden progressive death metal that is uniquely their own.

FFO: Revocation, (early) Gojira, Fit For An Autopsy, Archspire
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