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Vandari

by CORTEGE

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1.
Reluded 04:47
„Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further.” Job 38:11 Reluded In the north, and in the south, in the east and in the west A distant scream in blood and tears I hear Another chance for better years to come An empty chalice What will you put in it? Fire! How will you use it? Why don't we just die in a beautiful way? Learning the secrets of the Earth Reaching the stars and killing gods Remaining deaf for the voices of Defeatism and disbelief Allowing the doubts to get you Another step ahead Where No one has ever been before Why don't we just die in a beautiful way? Down on your knees! Now we will deal with Your pride and arrogance Why look for truth? Do you not know that It's always been Within your grasp An empty chalice? I don't know what you mean Fire! To burn this sinful world down! Why don't we just die in a beautiful way? We are going down All of us
2.
„Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end!” LEWIS CARROLL, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland Behind the Temple Veil Come a little closer Don't be afraid to enter the light Feel the skin, it's stone cold What you see is just paint The scent floating in the air Is it not repulsive? Fighting Losing Slipping Down Follow the hearse You might be surprised To find out that All the coffins are shaking But it is just your mind Playing tricks on you Leaving The warm womb Treading On your past Burying Shangri-La Take a look at the restless sky There's a heavy storm brewing You must not look behind A whip over your head One glimpse is just enough To see there's no one there
3.
"Even at night, in moonlight, I have no rest... Why did they trouble me? Oh, gods, gods..." MIKHAIL BULGAKOV, The Master and Margarita Tired of Dying Another Day here Another death Another Night here Another death The quern-stones have just stopped A time to take a breath And then without a warning The grinding starts again Reborn to suffer To watch them die To dream of hope To push the knife in And to twist it with a smile My eyes are open wide But I can hardly move Another Day here Another death Another Night here Another death Scorched earth under my feet And darkened skies above my head A new life is born The lie I always fall for Reborn to suffer To watch them die To dream of hope To push the knife in And to twist it with a smile The promises to end it all They're never fulfilled I know the glowing eyes And here we go again
4.
„Don't worry. Everything is getting nicely out of control.” DOUGLAS ADAMS, The salmon of doubt Collision Course Come and take a look It seems there's no one here Where is the captain, where's the crew? Our vessel is On a collision course Does anybody care? The speed's increasing And you'd better kiss your life goodbye In this mist, can you make out the rocks? We're gonna hit them soon We're gonna hit them hard But do not be afraid, we can die only Once How is it possible? Throughout the years We've almost reached the stars Despite the shadows cast by different gods And all the shackles Mob loves I can't believe how easy The world that had been pulled Over our eyes became what We now consider true Call me a madman if you wish Lock me up and throw away the key But I quite enjoy the thought Of seeing the world of men in flames I can't believe how easy The world that had been pulled Over our eyes became what We now consider true Should you see me one day Smiling at you from above Promising all the best life can give you Be sure the time bomb is ticking And the world as you know it Is coming to its end!
5.
Rahu 01:17
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Vandari 05:36
“Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.” ― GEORGE ORWELL, 1984 Vandari In the dead of night When you're embraced by darkness In the dead of night When all you hear is silence You can see a path Leading to a place The place you are afraid to visit Years ago Do you remember that day? Someone was buried there alive Do you remember the name? Your body's trembling with fear And yet you want to know Though for years you have been turning A blind eye It's time now Put your ear to the tomb wall It's never been a place of death Can you hear the voice? Are the memories Coming back to you? Who is within these walls? Far from the Father Far from the Son Far from the Holy Spirit Vandari come! Two worlds are colliding There is no turning back Only fire and pain Heaven is about to fall The beast is out of hell No mercy will be shown Hear the battle cry Annihilation The bloodthirsty shadow is swift Walking on the blood-soaked ground You see the lifeless eyes Beware of their power Walking on the blood-soaked ground You are embraced by darkness And all you hear is silence
7.
Filth 04:47
“The broken image of Man moves in minute by minute and cell by cell.... Poverty, hatred, war, police-criminals, bureaucracy, insanity, all symptoms of The Human Virus.” WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, Naked Lunch Filth Take this shroud off and see the ground red Lie down here and feel how dry it is Submerge in the dust and hear it talk Let the stories take you straight to hell The sky is turning black Blind fury on its way Fear is thick in the air This must be a madman's dream A kneeling child A trembling mother A silent weeping Transmission failed Black angels, they are gone Blood's going back to earth How inapproriate This silence is now Sentenced to oblivion Suffering is meaningless Another layer of time Covering the bones Keep believing in your saviour Is it not his own creation? The rock is shaking Destruction's coming
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9.
On the Edge 04:44
„The dead. Do they sleep? Why should they, when we cannot?” MALCOLM LOWRY, Under the Volcano On the Edge Lies! They all refuse to belive it Lies! Cowardice is a virtue Lies! The fire slowly dies out Let the sleeping dogs lie Kneel! Down! Bow! Low! Lies! They all refuse to belive it Lies! Cowardice is a virtue Lies! The fire slowly dies out Let the sleeping dogs lie There is a wasteland here The splendour and the glory are long gone Now it's nothing more than a mirage Playing tricks on the hungry eyes Kneel! Down! Bow! Low! Kings without kingdoms Still on their thrones They are too blind to see They have no power It's been years since The new shadow master came It's been years since Dignity was traded for...? The work is in progress
10.
Purgatory 04:22
„Sometimes we have the absolute certainty there's something inside us that's so hideous and monstrous that if we ever search it out we won't be able to stand looking at it. But it's when we're willing to come face to face with that demon that we face the angel.” HUBERT SELBY JR., Last Exit to Brooklyn Purgatory Buckle up and hold on tight Here the journey begins Bless yourself and feel the thrill Next stop is my world All the lights are gone And now the fun begins You know you're here alone So who's the man behind your back? A starving creature Now awakened Darkness is Flowing in your veins Forget all you know There is no up There is no down There is no left or right! You will never be forgiven! Your breathing's shallow And you cannot make a sound Are you standing Or are you lying down? Your chest is About to collapse What's the point of carrying on Maybe there is another way out! You are far from here The light is so bright The vision is clear You're falling apart
11.
Ketu 01:03
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„I care so much I’m sick.” RAY BRADBURY, Fahrenheit 451 To die, to sleep, no more Word by word Verse by verse The door The key Endlessly Hopelessly Silently Openly A flash and it starts again The shadows seem to be gone The souls tormented are healed And yet something's not right Grain by grain Drop by drop The way The dark Endlessly Hopelessly Silently Openly It's getting colder in here The someone next door's a foe Nobody plays by the rules The old beast's hungry for flesh Let us pray! Brothers and sisters Let us make Stones speak Only true believers Are gathered here Let us pray! Brothers and sisters Let us make Stones bleed Another try Another fail Doomed!

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Released by ADG Records www.facebook.com/people/ADG-Records/100077047842772/

Reviews of the album:
progressor.net
Polish band Cortege are out with the album "Vandari", and progressive metal is how I would categorize the music explored on this production. It is an extreme variety of the form we get here, and one that comes with high pace and high intensity runs of the kind you would expect from a band with a more extreme orientation. The vocals are of the harsh variety too, albeit in this case they aren't all that disruptive in nature albeit having a bit of a primal character to them. The more defining aspects of this album, apart from a variety that see them include side steps into thrash metal as well as what is borderline doom metal, is the liberal array of unusual and quirky guitar riff and rhythm patterns, combined with both subtle and more up front alterations in pace and intensity. While not similar in style or sound there is a similarity in nature here to the kind of exploits a band like Voivod built a career around. If you tend to have an affection for a more quirky and off kilter variety of extreme and arguably progressive metal, getting familiar with this album should be quite the rewarding experience.

Deadly Storm Zine (Czech/English)
www.deadlystormzine.com/2022/12/recenzereview-cortege-vandari-2022.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR0SHNZFTuQHGRRzkm-yBB7puRreW2jB_iV9vREWDqZ99xRJ2OqeIE42qrg

Metal-Rules.com (English)
www.metal-rules.com/2023/01/01/cortege-vandari/?fbclid=IwAR1rUlSNM9h426zLv58nN1HzTkVSZAW_L_8f20N4LGxjqCK127vw64T84U4

Voices from the darkside (German)
www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/review/cortege-vandari/?fbclid=IwAR2LqpBq3ImV-_myZgxhUlJNYtvxZzU5RRtRNkAgdzMM_gqReZKySTE-eB8

Gift und Galle (German)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xca_1_9QBM

Cross Fire (German)
www.crossfire-metal.de/26930-0-CORTEGE-VANDARI.html?fbclid=IwAR2XsD8ynjL_gd_ynzTmIctjITsvDBorpbehSEP73C_E8UOmYlOoibh7u4o

credits

released June 23, 2023

Kamil Szuszkiewicz - drums
Artur Ambroży - guitars
Sebastian Bartek - vocals / bass

Music by Artur Ambroży
Lyrics by Sebastian Bartek
Cover artwork by Kamil Szuszkiewicz

Produced, mixed and mastered by Jarek Toifl at MAQ Records Studio between 2021 and 2022.

CD limited to 500 copies.

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