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Ethereal Riffian - I AM. Deathless

by Ethereal Riffian

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Dust abodes, ephemeral and fettered All things riddled with the script divine Epiphany unfolds with the pulse of the matrix Behold, and you'll see its might Surrender No matter priests bawl No matter eras fall No matter mind's noise Tune into drum's voice Just stand in the middle of the war That leads us to the selfless notion Ascend, absorb this potion Just sail, from the never to the core Of what we are in this formful fable Lay down in the Deathless cradle Drum's heard, ships sail All to witness the gale
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The agony and torture once more are delivered Faceless tormentor emerged once again Dire chimaras see you, their teeth shimmer Know, they're all but a reflection of your pain Introspect the duality's riddle to locate the real enemy On the anvil of Thy, put your will and forge Forge, till mind gets melted, and blacksmith is no more But forge diligently, scurpulously Step on the path of timeless legends Tormenting consciousness: You're empty, you're nothing, you're meaningless, a broken torch. A tiny spec of soulless matter that came out of nowhere and that will dive back into the bleak, cold eternity. You can't protect the ones you love, life can take them away any second, and you will watch this with a grim, helpless stare. You want to change the world but you can't even change a tiny shameful habit of your precious so called "personality". You can't protect yourself, you seek shelter in drugs, sensual pleasures, religions, gurus, but they can't offer you anything but a short relief, and then you fall back into the abyss of your psychotic ignorance and misery. You can't even love, it's an imitation of love based on egoical addiction which forms a lifetime of suffering with short glimpses of sensational joy. You have no license to exist. You are the misery itself, can't you see? Can't you see who you are? WHO ARE YOU? Suffering consciousness: I...I'm sorry, I'm so sorry...I couldn't do anything...I'm sorry that I...that I exist...I'm sorry for being the scum I am....I didn't mean to have all these thoughts, I didn't mean to perform all these actions...It's just in me...it's in me...I'm so dirty, I'm worthless...I had no right...no right...I don't even deserve to be loved...I don't deserve anything, because of how dirty I am...I want this to stop...Oh, God, The Great Spirit, anyone in there, I just want it to stop, I just want it to stop right now!!! Egoical consciousness: So you think, you don't need me? You think you don't need me anymore? But who are you without me? I have served you, I have protected you all your life. And now you want to abandon me. Abandon me? You dirty little fool! You're NOTHING without me! Absolutely nothing. If you abandon me, you will perish forever. Do you want to perish forever? Who do you think you are without me? The Deathless: I AM. Deathless Hold this sword of the warrior He who has slain all the enemies

about

Ethereal Riffian is:

Val Korniev – guitar/vocal/didgeridoo
Olexander Korniev – bass
Max Yuhimenko – lead guitar
Nikita Shipovskoi – drums

Guest Musicians:

Maha Tretyakova – djembe
Yaroslaw Kaminskiy – didgeridoo

Written and performed by Ethereal Riffian
Recorded at Bobina Records during summer-winter 2015
Mixed and mastered by Max Poops at Bobina Records
Release prepared in association with Robustfellow Prods.

Artwork by Mila Hopeful, Oksana Zinkovskaya,
Max Gavronsky, Phill Dobrov and Val Kornev

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released May 10, 2016

Reviews:

This year the Ukrainians Ethereal Riffian have presented their latest EP. The album came out via Robustfellow Productions in May and was called "I AM. Deathless". It became a great CD to renew the collection of psychedelic/stoner/experimental rock releases.

It’s worth saying that the record has several impressive traits. First of all, you’ve got just two songs in the tracklist, but that’s enough to feel the saturation and such noticeable dynamics of the material. With a total length of just over 15 minutes, "I AM. Deathless" seems to be an illusion, some short-term phenomenon, which disappears, but leaves a residue. A lump of emotions, thoughts of something lofty, spiritual, aesthetic. And here all impressions are supported by the album’s design. The artwork have surpassed all the band’s previous releases. Working on the exterior and interior view, Ethereal Riffian have made their CD to be great stuff to listen to and also to put on your music shelf, somewhere in a visible place.

"I AM. Deathless" consists of two similar compositions, which complement each other. The musicians play with a growing atmosphere and juicy multi-instrument sound. The EP was recorded with the session musicians who enriched its sound with some sonorous djembe drumming and soft vibrations of didgeridoo. In this way "Drum Of The Deathless" with the drums, and "Sword Of The Deathless" with some kind of ethereal chants involve you into monotonous meditation and later the songs reveal their warlike motives, crashing guitar riffs, impressive solos and fierce vocals.

Noizr (UA)

noizr.com/news/reviews/shamanic-music-ethereal-riffian-i-am.-deathless/:1093/

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