Lineup:
Andrew Rankine - Drums
James Macdonald - Guitar
Gregor Meldrum - Vocals
Blair Mcfarlane - Bass
Radovan Zubek - Guitar (not on this recording)
Rhythm guitar recorded by our previous member Andy Willis.
Music by Tower of Flies
Lyrics by Stuart Hall
Recorded DIY at The Black Cave
Produced, mixed and mastered by Andrew Rankine
Drums recorded at Napier University by Sheenagh Murray and Alex Templeman
Additional vocals on 'War in the Cradle of Man' by Ross Necro and James Macdonald
A scholar raised to war, uniting kings under his law,
Pious exempt from flaw, righteous in his people lore
With Hattin he forged a path, Jerusalem is taken back
The west is left standing aghast, as this Kurd plunders and sacks
Called Forth by god
Gregory demands a holy war
To purge the cities, of their sin
And their blasphemy
To Acre via Tyre, outnumbered in every way
We are just in the eyes of god, we are saints gone to war
A truce was made and thrown away, another follows just the same
They took the heads of my men, so I will do the same to them
Engines and garrisons, a double siege the death begins
The infidels will burn in hell, their despair does not quell
Moats filled with death
Trebuchets and mandolins
Heathens about
Burn Satan’s servants to the ground
War in the cradle of man, hallowed as this soil x2
Justice shall be received, vengeful by night
I wage war that rages on. I'll burn these lands to ash
War in the cradle of man, hallowed as this soil x2
I fear to make peace, not knowing what will become of me
I see them forth across the lands
I shall stay put and the end shall come
I shall not perish
Blackened death metal riffs and Lovecraftian horror go hand-in-hand on the Seattle brutalists' ferocious eight-track epic. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 6, 2023
