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MORDRAKE

by HOLLOW

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SkunkBeatManiac
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SkunkBeatManiac This Symphonic MDM album rewards listeners constantly with good riffs. Unlike so many other bands of this genre, they managed to keep orchestral elements from ruining the darkness and aggression. Love the occasional inserts of rock/heavy solos. There are no filler songs in this album. Favorite track: Lament Configuration.
Abyssius Murkraken
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Abyssius Murkraken One of the best Quebec blackened Death metal bands! A fusion of Brutal and melodic music all merging to create something unique and awesome. Do the band and yourself a favor, buy the album. Because Hollow perfected that Montreal black/death metal sound, and there's no escaping such brilliance. Favorite track: Vlad.
audeath
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audeath Jeff Mott is legendary!
Maison Planàterre
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Maison Planàterre Le groupe québécois de Montréal Hollow présente une musique que je qualifierais de black/death métal symphonique progressif. Les lignes musicales sont diversifiées tout en gardant le côté percutant et rapide du death metal, et l'aspect mystifiant et agonisant du black metal.

"Sunriser":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipkGI0ZiiWk

"Landscape":
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s7DCmwXkI8 Favorite track: Anomie.
Nuno Lourenço
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Nuno Lourenço From the first time I heard it, I just knew I'd need to have it in CD format. Amazing stuff, really! Favorite track: Iscariot.
b3nnyJ
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b3nnyJ Pretty interesting fusion of genres (symphonic black metal and melodeath with some classic heavy metal guitar lines). At $5 Canadian, it's a fantastic deal to boot! Congrats on a great full-length debut. Favorite track: A New Life.
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1.
Puzzle solved teleport Hell awaits Tortured soul taken down Cenobites Puzzle solved taken down The Lament Configuration is the key to their domain Travel ‘cross the schism to the realm of pleasure ‘n pain Beyond the vortex hole immortality is sought Death smiles to those whose deathbed lay drenched in blood Drenched in blood As the blood pools on the floor, it sinks in the cracks Bulging embryo of hatred nourished soul contracts Regenerating form with the lives that are consumed Following the carnal call it leads them to their doom Chains fly out hooks in sound smeared on the wall In pain they scream their agony answering pleasure’s call Banished back to hell the puzzle box is closed for now!
2.
Piercing A scream to tear the night Frantic shriek of disharmony Holwing ‘fore the scythe Keening In horrid melody Coloratura crescendo Macabre elegy Elegy Death, another corpse is thine to collect Its soul is reaped through tragedy Cries the herald of the dead She moves with the mist her gown flowing forth Her grace enthrals though tongue is sharp Her wail sets the score.
3.
A New Life 05:32
Rise of the carnage Price for all knowledge Strife everlasting Dawn of a new age Since the beggining of time man has fought his peers Discovery of fire light a flint is all we need Evolution endowed us with the gift of speech But fast are we to use our tongue and decimate the weak Science came through for our race and changed the way we live Science came through for our wars plutonium was the key Then one day as was foretold a child will come to be From our mother Gaïa’s womb and set the people free Freed from all they endured A new life awaits thee all A new life awaits thee all A new life awaits Rise of the carnage Price for all knowledge Strife everlasting Dawn of a new age Freed from all they endured A new life awaits thee all A new life awaits thee all A new life awaits Rise from the carnage Dawn of a new age
4.
Landscape 04:47
Gray and brittle Now shunned This blasted heath Once fields of green and bountifullness Grew trees and crops profusely Up in the sky through the darkness Came star of death unearthly Brown meteor mound from space Wasting away in the air Crops started growing again But bitter and acid in taste Tainted the water in the well Poison the colour out of space Out of space! Nothing but ash nothing but death Naught but the fear the people’s dread Nothing but ash nothing but death It draws people near and consumes them Gray and brittle Now shunned This blasted heath This blasted heath!
5.
Iscariot 04:29
Assassin - purveyor of death Hide in plain sight a way of life Deciever - they are mislead His strike is swift and none survive The Reaper - your soul he takes A contract killer a heart of ice. Consider - with your last breath Your life was ended for a price Not a whisper not a sound He can feel your heartbeat Blade in hand he cuts you down with speed Not a whisper not a sound As your throath is sliced clean Blade and blood once more are bound Sicarii Be it dark or be it light He will keep you in his sight Patience is a virtue Be it day or be it night Payment in gold shall suffice He has come to kill you Assassin - purveyor of death Hide in plain sight a way of life Deciever - they are mislead His strike is swift and none survive The Reaper - your soul he takes A contract killer a heart of ice Consider - with your last breath Your life was ended for a price Not a whisper not a sound He can feel your heartbeat Blade in hand he cuts you down with speed Not a whisper not a sound As your throath is sliced clean Blade and blood once more are bound Sicarii Not a whisper not a sound!
6.
Sunriser 04:21
Bored, from a fallen star, Shining ore akin to the light of the sun For years at war besieged and bestowed To our foes of the Underdark Can it be harnessed the power of this stone In our darkest hour to change our fate? Minions pouring forth from the abyss As a typhoon swarming ‘cross the land A million carcasses have felt the black flame’s kiss Leaving villagers murdered then raped Murdered then raped Slaves to the king of the dead The kingdom is stained The fire surrounds our domain Ore burning ore Forged with might and resolve Dark’s bane henceforth known as the Sunriser! Dayblade of cosmic fire Unsheathed in the Underdark It’s light is of the sun’s power Dawn shines beneath the soil Minions fleeing blind, in the abyss As the sunflare scorches the undead A million hollow eyes have seen a sunrise glimpse Burning demon-witches at the stake Burned at the stake No more slaves to the king of the dead His remains have been sent To the putrid pit from whence he came Sunriser! Dayblade of cosmic fire Unsheathed in the Underdark It’s light is of the sun’s power Dawn shines over us all Dark’s bane, wrath of the sun The kingdom of men Shall be overtaken never again For I bear the will of the sun in my hand
7.
Vlad 03:23
Sold as a slave the prince returned brave Starring down at his father’s grave Crying revenge! Raise our banners high Feed them fear and sorrow Desecrate the earth and father it with horror Raise our banners high Feed them fear and sorrow Desecrate the earth and father it with horror Twenty thousand dead forest of the impaled Savage king ruled with and iron hand Prosperity! Raise our banners high Feed them fear and sorrow Desecrate the earth and father it with horror Drink the blood of life Let crows feast on the morrow Let your bodies die and glory fill the hollow Raise our banners high Feed them fear and sorrow Desecrate the earth and father it with horror Drink the blood of life Let crows feast on the morrow Let your bodies die and glory fill the hollow
8.
Anomie 04:00
Dépression - ronge éperdument Cessation - intérêts humains Ablation - sentiments abjects Perdition - société infecte Solution - simple et efficace Pendaison - le malaise s’efface Beaucoup trop d’information Véhicule dans tous les sens Le cerveau souffre de congestion À quoi bon perdre son innocence? Quoique soit forte la tentation Ne pas céder à l’incision Sans sursis Claustrophobie L’étau sur mon crâne se ressert En finir peut être nécessaire Ne me montrez point de mépris Je crois que nous souffrons tous un peu d’anomie Pression incessante Sans merci - charges irritantes Cette vie - infligeant problème Indécis - dois-je y mettre un terme? Ensevelis - la mort me fait face Asphyxie - la Faucheuse m’enlace La Faucheuse m’enlace! Sans sursis Claustrophobie L’étau sur mon crâne se ressert En finir peut être nécessaire Ne me montrez point de mépris Je crois que nous souffrons tous un peu d’anomie
9.
Snow 06:54
The date September 2nd 1930 We sailed from Boston harbor leaving eagerly A quest of knowledge do we crave Mustered for the occasion were men of righteous stance Nineteen men of skill and I with inquiring minds Towards the south pole do we sail Set foot two months later on the continent The explorations have begun the mountains soon in sight Unknown the terror that awaits Walked upon these peaks for miles The wind it blows relentlessly The loss of men and what we find As madness sets its sight on me At the mountains Fangs of ice and fear Hide in silence Caves that echo evily Lost in ice and cold Our Hell’s made of snow Upon returning to the camp a grim discovery We found our base and equipment were destroyed utterly Our comrades’ bodies torn to shreds It seems we’d found a species yet to be known to man Leathery skin with tentacles and horrid star-shaped heads In fear and wonder we dissect As we explored their dwelling a city–tomb of ice Carvings in the walls told of its aeonian history Realize an Old One still dwells here All this is too much for normal men to bear Danford’s mind has failed Escape our only though whilst running through the haze Fleeing things unnamed Escape our only thought whilst running through the haze Fleeing things unnamed Unnamed! Ran among this maze for miles The stench it grows infernaly The loss of faith from what we found As madness firms its grasp on me At the mountains Fangs of ice and fear Awakened Elder Yog-Sothoth Spawn pursuing me Fled from ice and cold Our Hell’s made of snow
10.
Push Breathe Her water breaks This woman with child She screams in pain it tears her inside Clawing at her sides It wants to rip her belly wide She feels him kick The pain takes control She leans back once more She feels it rip A pink and red gape His ivory gate She feels his grip My bowels, they burn She can see it churn She sees the screens Guess I should have known Her frailty it shows She fears he’s near the Grim Reaper walks the halls of this hospital! She takes a breath and holds it Strive to force out the child The pain is much too vivid! Her vulva is now open wide The blood in pools is flowing Her color pale as Moon His eyes all four are showing Her pulse will extinguish quite soon The doctors could do naught but stare One head yet two faces it bears! The doctors could do naught but stare One head yet two faces it bears! It was her demise To think she could give birth to child Gestation of the planted seed Grown grotesque indeed Her demise Give birth to child Planted seed Grotesque indeed GROTESQUE INDEED GROTESQUE INDEED
11.
Cursed at birth must look away from all you see Disgusted glares throw back the stares silently Malformation not considered a human being A mere cyst an excuse for my face to bleed Vengeance VENGEANCE! Observation block probed and scaned for all to view Doctors debate on which way to butcher you No way to separate our minds but this is true My torment will be thine yes you shall bear it too! Vengeance VENGEANCE! At night I whisper in your thoughts In your slumber torture starts At night I whisper in your dreams In your slumber torture screams Day by day ignored as if I were not real Loneliness is friend to this pitiful ordeal Scowl at your joy for this you have no right to feel Smile at your pain grin when karma makes you kneel Vengeance, VENGEANCE! Ever I’ll whisper in your dreams Twist your mind to make you see Cursed at birth burdened with the thought of me You may well deny but I do live within thee For all this suffering I’ll conjure in your dreams Ever in your subconscious for vengeance I will scream! Vengeance VENGEANCE!
12.
It’s now that I understand You and I were meant to be men Not two lost souls inside one shell It is now that I understand Not a curse a brother instead Silent friend Restless nights drowning in the laments Terrified the suggestions intense Silent hate at brother’s intent Whispering uncouth things in his head Sleep no more for you slew the whore our mother too frail for the bearing Rest assured my toment is pure Know I shall not let you forget it! Silence friend Least of all doth I wish to bear ill will towards my brother Not a say not a choice not a life Not a voice this existence futile But a face on the back of your head Not even loved for our mother is dead No control on the path I’m to take you took all from me but this life to which I still cling unwillingly Please brother let us die we shall meet again out of time be it below or on high And now you will understand as our lungs slowly run out of air as equals at last we must die

about

“Clad in black and painted in ghostly, skeletal white and gray, Montreal’s Hollow is one of North America’s most deceptively original and subversive underground metal acts today. Exploiting the surface aesthetics of black metal, the band surprises with an abundance of musical diversity and depth.” – Metal Underground

“A primer on how extreme metal ought to sound: adventurous, expansive, daring, and heroic.” – Metal Underground

"Mordrake is the sound of a band that knows fully well what they are capable and then not only doubles the task at hand, but triples it!" – Heavy Metal Time Machine

"I was pleasantly surprised when I first listened to Hollow and I think they are a band to watch in the future. Canada has produced a lot of exceptional metal bands and Hollow are one of them." – The Nine Hells

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released May 30, 2014

All songs written by Eddy Levitsky.
Guitar solos written by David Gagné.
Arranged and performed by Hollow.
All lyrics by Jeffrey MacDermott except "Vlad", by Eddy Levitsky.
Guest vocals by Maude Thebérge on "Birth".

Recorded, Mixed, Mastered and Produced By Kevin Jardine at Uplift Studios. Co-Produced by Dan Lauzon and Hollow. Keyboards and Orchestrations by Ophélie Gingras. Photography by Malcolm Garn.

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One notable feature is the band’s make-up which is applied before every show using the airbrush by a Montreal’s artist Bob Skelton. The music combines symphonic and orchestral elements to heavy riffs, progressive structures and a black metal atmosphere. Highly energetic performances that give out a very theatrical vibe, HOLLOW are a band made for the stage. ... more

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