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Metal Addiction It is a bodacious metalcore album in a flamboyant proggy and extreme outfit. The musical synthesis of prog, death and metalcore has successfully been moulded by an incredible musicianship in this sophomore effort. Favorite track: Heliacal Vessels II: In the Unity of the Lake.
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TheEliteExtremophile A lot of Zon sounds like it could have fit in on Automata or Colors II. Despite that, they manage to add their own twist to that distinctive prog-metalcore sound, particularly in the vocal arrangements. The riffs are speedy, pummeling, and technically impressive; and I really like the repeated use of chimes or a glockenspiel during quieter moments.

Full review here: theeliteextremophile.com/2023/08/07/odds-ends-august-7-2023/
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John Stanton These guys are 2/2 with their albums being amazing. They blend really proggy parts with death metal as well as any band out there.(even as well as btbam I think) Their new vocalist comes onto this album with crazy range and diversity, the guitar riffs are heavy, technical and carry an insane groove, the chonky bass is always present and constant and the drummer fucking nails everything as always. Moonlight is my favorite track as of writing this, with Apheloin coming in a very close second! Favorite track: Moonlighter.
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On my own now Thoughts pool… Just sit by the fire… Let the mind be your guide… Collapse! That sinking feeling The mountain top A true facade No Sun My own undoing Was there really nothing left to live for? Disconnect from mind and body A free self, limitless (our way down) Our way down, an anchor of thread Now I know, I won’t be remembered after all Clawing At my throat Eternity, choke and constrict The soul, confined After life, defined Impossible black, a lapse in assumption Faces, in half circles Deafening Mocking, break through the membrane Fleeting tethers from my former self Tunnel vision, close the eyes one last time! Now you’re on your own Reanimate!
2.
White Sun 06:07
Eyes open, Light flies into my peripheral Blurred sand falls through my hands A warmth I never thought I’d feel again Focus This place, it feels tangible Balance, upright, atrophy Shake off the rigor, keep your mind inside your skull and breathe Exhale Turn round, face front Whisps calling to and fro, back and forth A trick on the eyes? (no…) Dissolution plagues my senses Rewind (Take. Me. Back. Where.) I could not see No more games, I’m so weak Let me fall forever Rewind (Take. Me. Back. Where) I could not feel The Dive was a way out Cold, easy Calculated! Keep my identity That person has long since gone The universe won’t shed a tear No hearts will bend, no strings will snap Fruitless sight yields no pull The forest begs “water”, roots dried This cistern shows its wear My tearing will not cease Seamless to patch the rifts The basin is leaking, levee bound The flood begets The Flood Did someone shape my advent? Was I sent by liars, called by wretches? Is there a scope I’m blind to, or a fate I’m bound to? No trick on the eyes The ground shares a luster Questions oust my doubts Affronted by a radiant depiction Am I formed by a joke? Or ever-bent to mockery’s cackle? It must have another intent Have I been given a map? Is this knot worth unraveling? Is this not worth the reverie? I feel the gaze of The Seven I am cornered in their circle The ground shakes from their revelry The laughter splits my ears, quaking in my skull Low light reflects on my own dimming Red eyes Can’t drown out the call from the Black Void Dead eyes A reticent thunder Claps for relief Prodding until I relent And embrace The Pull Maybe next time the sun will shine brighter And the hand will loosen its grip (The Mothers) Vagrant is fully submerged The Empty falls silent Pathways, unobstructed The Sun holds its fixation Will they release? Perhaps it will consume Likely to flourish? Cartography in question Compass in orbit Did someone shape my advent? Was I sent by liars, called by wretches? Is there a scope I’m blind to, or a fate I’m bound to? The Featheries on the map Reason for the blots? Tangled and glistening Am I tangent or arctangent? Path ahead Obstructed Fathomless White abyss
3.
Ossuary 07:56
Where did they all go? Has each one been slivered? The bright luster once possessed, Seems too far away now Each scenery bled from me Beautifully pooled Never one for faces Plenty in the ossuary Shaped grins bear less Endless elements to form Works of my conflict Pangs ring within each one Were they a distraction? Siphoning what remained They couldn’t be for nothing I feel it was all for nothing Do they all remain here? Bodies long laid to rest They must still be waiting Time to wake them up Her laugh left it’s sting Like a deepened splinter No endeavor has numbed it Maybe I always wanted it Much has been left behind Far too much to forget Is it something I can still find? Am I nothing without it? Do they all remain here? Have they been exhumed? Bodies long laid to rest Left in mounds, they slowly rot They must still be waiting Has their time been misused? Time to wake them up Time to lift them up What if they’re only ash? Could they still be shaped? Displaced, an impostor Feels like I’ve already escaped The path before me Unclear in it’s motive May be blind to them May find them lackluster Begging for release I cannot quiet their pangs Relinquished from me Are they freed from the fangs? Because if I can’t stay here, and if I don’t have a home I’ll find my Xen in the stars, and crawl, tooth and claw, to what’s waiting I’ve danced this dance before, my feet bled from this sickening waltz! Find me, don’t find me! I just want to bring back who I was What brought me here and nowhere else? How should I have done this? What was the right way to die? The climb, the loss, the sun, and now forced penance The Climb The Loss The Sun Bring me to her light, let me beg for her gaze I’m not the man I was before, and that’s all of mine to blame See me now, see me now, the shell standing here is cracking The structure is shaking, the metal, bending! Ossuary Who holds the key? Shallow graves hold vapid slivers Dredge or drown? Have they become marred? Revived? Will we escape the carnage? Survived. Will the drowning pursue? The Dive Will the earth be lifted? Alive Have they been exhumed? Concrete brain! Left in mounds they slowly rot Paper body! Has their time been misused? Paper mind! Time to lift them up Concrete man! Sever mind and body Pull tooth from root Rip crown from claw Disconnect! Back to the Dancing Desert No more tarnishing winds Foundation laid bare Construct the author’s path
4.
(Alkahest) Send word for me! Call of The Bloodied King Breath of The Absent Anther Pitch in The Inkwell Cast the Ochre Feather Move how I move Your stride is now mine Speak with my tongue Fold to me Allow the eclipse Take wing on my wind Be brought to your perch Answer The Bloodied King Breath of The Present Anther Soak in The Inkwell Cast The Foxing Feather Mothers, let me in Grant dominion Oh, misguided oracle Neglect your scope Yield your flesh Ahmuron Balphimas Ordasah Elthidia (The Mothers) Quickly now Too little time to waste The hand comes grasping Structures collapsing (The Mothers) Not long The Vagrant within calls Soon their ears will bend As our guidance falls Too soon Unwilling thralls Eluding moment The Alchemist calls (Alkahest) Tongues held tight Breathe no word of threat I give you light I, who slows the sunset (The Mothers) Failure Laid bare Savior Unclear Converge! (The Mothers) You, of Salt and stone Air in your bellows Your head in the shadows Purge your mind of former worry, Let your eyes be your guide We, as Mothers, will help find your cleansing We gather with you on the Ladder Where men go when they are through Ahead, near insurmountable We’ve seen Drowners come and go (Pro) Bathed in ethereal Drenched in devouring gloom Offer your radiance Wear your heart as your habit What do you want from me? Why did you bring me here? I need to know I need to know (The Mothers) You have no name Ignorant to The Flame Your eyes are drawn No Red Sky at Dawn You’ll earn no ending Congeal with no mending You hold too many clots Can’t untangle the knots Unfit to be Cleansed A means to no end No Light to wake you Eternity will take you Seldom walked, this path is laid with gold that far too few have seen Lives like yours have no relief, succumbing to your own torments See for yourself Savor the shimmer See for yourself Become something bigger Comply! (Pro) You spoke of a choice One of my own Now you fall silent And share stinging glances Concede now! Relentless! (The Mothers) Feast your eyes! Sink once again! Let it flow! Let it consume! Become more! Be one with all! Drown to breathe! Breathe to be free! (Pro) On my own again Ne’er a warmth to be felt, without you Aging flame, scorches your embers Burns through my fetters Feed the warmth Peel the flame All alone, though this flame is my home Sit by the fire Sit by the fire Let the mind be your guide Let the mind be your guide On my own path now On my own way down Let your mind be the fire Let the fire be your guide Let your mind be the fire May the fire be my guide Carve my name across the mountain And sit atop its peak with open eyes! Let your mind be the fire May the fire be my guide! My mind may be the mountain But the fire grows inside The wasteland holds oasis I won’t fall for guilty smiles Let me drink, bring me to water! (The Mothers) Find the Lake Become what you were meant to be Free your thoughts Your mind at ease, the body will follow See for yourself! See for yourself! See for yourself! Your mind at ease See for yourself! See for yourself! See for yourself! The body will follow! See for yourself! See for yourself! See for yourself! Your mind at ease
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Take me now, lead me to The Lake Show me it’s worth, it’s grandeur Whisper no more, only righteous speak You’ll hold no pull, choose not for me Will this uncoil me? There’s a mile between these horns, And I’m on the wrong side of the chasm My ears are filled with bent words Side-eyes lead the blind Twisting tongues go on and on and on... (The Mothers) So much to offer! So warm in it’s hold! Unite with the voices! Let them sing! Let them sing! Let them sing! Be one with the choir! Abolish synapses, headfirst into blinding light They welcome new voices, they sing out in praises The wider we run, the deeper we become Orchestrate! Bend your ear to me (Pro) Hold your tongues! Bite your words! You speak in circles Your breath holds no sway You deafen the deaf (The Mothers) Show me your hand, I’ll take it to the shore (Pro) Incandescent, the sight is dimmed by the shimmer The surface can’t hold the echoes, freed to spatter Feed me your strength, bring life to my lips Your love is the key, help the fallen one see A place beyond the sun, deliver him to me To know what he’s meant for, a pillar of progress (Alkahest) The Drowned looking for salvation once more! You’ve surely stepped into the hope you’re looking for You know, you can catch the Devil all you want But you can’t hold him for long Youngbloodied like yourself don’t last out there with the Guild But here, your scars and Torments may be spilled In the Unity of The Lake, the needs of we outweigh the needs of you Your future has been paid for in full! (The Choir) Videte te in Stagno Corpus Abiecisse De exitu Animae argentum animum (Alkahest) Ahhh… a hand without teeth? So it seems We don’t take too kindly to the anomalous around here No matter, death always finds a way to dig deeper Let’s open you wide, and see what we can’t fix My! Split my heart asunder! A Thinker worth its weight in gold is no use around here One last push should get you on the narrow Try diving one more time. Come on now, with feeling... (The Choir) Videte te in Stagno Corpus Abiecisse De exitu Animae argentum animum (Alkahest) No more! Rules are rules and followers follow Stare into mirrors, see a better self At arm's length my Sun won’t envelope Feel the burden weigh on your shoulders A lifetime of spiraling, what have you got to show for it? Gravity has worked it’s miracles before Open your eyes, breathe out one last time Your mind at ease The body will follow Your body will cease The mind will swallow Feast glutton! Now you’ve seen it for yourself Living your life in solitary miasma, created this shell A grip held taut tears fear from reluctance Succumb to The Choir, an empathetic retort will drag you down (Pro) Ripples at ease Roiled by my hand Once translucent Gone turbid again You lead me here Promising splendor Assembled hope Dismantled grandeur A turning tide’s eruption Peels through the skin The visage of distortion Keels from within Breathe alone Hollowed, heavy air Tearing Burrowing Fraying Burgeoning It resides in the lungs! It resides in the lungs! It resides in the lungs! It resides in the lungs! Fleet foot, breathe in, breathe out That “thing” is close behind (The Mothers) Weary wanderer! Find repose in mercurial (Pro) What lies ahead will lead to darkness (The Mothers) What lies beyond the Sun, a void worth calling to Cull all of your loss From your cliffs will flow Chaos The Watch shield their eyes from your radiance Remove their sight Cull all of your loss From your cliffs will flow Chaos The Watch shield their eyes from your radiance Remove their sight (Pro) Swim on Back to The Light Return Back to The White (The Mothers) Breath is shortened Tethered to our Pull Voice is lessened With a silent mouthful Ties will strengthen Keep you in our hold Chest is Tightened Left out in the Cold (Pro) Sink in the Well Descend in the Lake (our way down) Bent to the Chasm A clawing I can’t seem to shake Sink Descend Bend Claw Is this absolute? A directionless hollow The anguish unhindered No map to follow (Alkahest) Forgotten, Abandoned Dismantled, sunk in the homogeneous chaos Amorphous, abyssal It’s the root, grown too deep. I’m ingrained All is within my Reach! The air in your lungs, the sand holding your step The world cannot be without Me! The Light that you lived for, The Empty you died for Where all things end, I will remain (Pro) A true sight to behold, a rarity never seen Prospect or risk, an evening of the world A satellite realigned, a compass, North is undefined Fleeing on fear on the back of unknowing Evader, remember Hold fast these musings, gather your slivers Unearthed, shake off the rigor Keep your mind inside your skull and breathe, exhale Seeing in circles I’m crawling again, the flame of the Sun sets Fire to my eyes, with the heat of a thousand others The Lake is everywhere, not a drop of water It speaks to me, again, it rings in vain Leviathan silver, heavy and weightless Is this the path of eternal existence? “Worry not.” it calls, The voice speaks tenderly A deluge in my mind, it’s gravity against mine Unwelcome in the hollow Follow the empty howl Cycling through moments, they whisper in winds Eroding, erasing, until I am nothing
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Aphelion 06:32
A pillar to the world between worlds An unfinished escape of the brain in a cage Doldrums! Doldrums! The bleak and beige I am an absentee My hand, a wasteland Find me a spark, find me a watershed The first sight of love Like a dance in the air A born-again high The best in my life, the sea and the stars The rabbit hole, I’m sinking further Far and away, I feel everything The aches and pains of the years have ravaged us But smooth waters don’t make strong sailors Beyond the pale, I feel it slipping The path that leads to you Dreaming, dying just to break loose It seems so far away The moment electric The planet halts for us From the edge of it all You found me Drowning and breathless It took one look in your eyes I’d swear I’d live forever “Where do we go when we die?” The Great Unifier Cruel and ancient The earth can keep us But happy I’d be in a cosmic forever The work made early meant nothing The flame came from your gaze The colors that permeate A glow that rivaled our Sun Falling end over end Never a second unworthy “Nothing”, a blissful, blank canvas Crumbling under the weight of each other Swimming through the frame A crippling hunger to plant roots Flickering in and out again Burn it down! Beyond the pale, I feel it slipping The path that leads to you Dreaming, dying just to break loose It seems so far away Comforting void Empty handed It stares back at me Reflecting nothing There was never another The world lost its color I saw them circle Closer and closer One by one, their voices say “The dark only gets darker” “Stop living a life on the drain” “A broken skull will end your thinking…” Drop. Eyes closed. Give in. Exhale! Farthest in my orbit the center Of everything that I am Slipping through the cracks of the surface A burning Icarus Grasping and force feeding of what’s dead Poisons the well of Flailing thoughts of memories of feelings I won’t feel again Tremble! Tremble! Peel away the Layers of me Rebuild from ruin I feel it breaking down Until I am the only One left in my way In the dream, We fall away I find you solitary A face in knots Your skeletal silver Frozen in fractals Is this what we are? Awed by onlookers? Where is the muse? Who would love you? I see you I feel you You aren’t lost on me A lesson A warning To be the better of us We are human Only human We are flawed and starving We are dreaming! We are dying! Crashing through each other! Terrified!
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Moonlighter 06:27
Empty Entry A deserted invitation Tracing footsteps I’ve made once before Shapes aloft, my chest compresses The breeze flows in shimmers Resonate! Behold, another hindrance Flooding, consuming me An imposing, intricate will Illustrator! Fabrications! The wind in the leaves The cool sting of night on my face A golden moment, a sight with no palette Impossibility dancing for me The moon as the sun These lines drawn stagnant The scene bled dry of its color World’s intent, subtle and latent This air breathes like no other Stellar window, lost fruition Moonlight holds its fixation Structures come crashing. A dwelling embedded Two worlds fighting, perfection in chaos A guiding lamplight. Mangled and waning It’s halo grounded, feeding the unknown I’m home, it’s homeless Vacant, deprived Here I am someone, but among nothing Finding abandon Wretched, picturesque The Mass’ eviction, nuclear isolation Welcomed with an empty howl The echos lay dreary and hidden Held out overnight No one to listen Creeping, heavy loom Swallows all within its shadow Blooming silhouette Growing finality Reaching far beyond sight Contorting the space in between Shortened stride, dragged by the tide Brought into view of what’s to be seen A likeness amidst the figures Acting only in cycles Frantic and urgent they hurry through shadows Their pace is quickened, invader. Hour of witches demands blood to be spilled The lights show no timely soul The dark of the threshold competes with the night Visions of idleness can’t hold Forever Callous bludgeoner What more could sate the thief Irreversible permanence You’ll earn your penitence Callous bludgeoner What more could sate The Thief Irreversible permanence Glutton, you must have had your fill Gaping eyes bestowed by the moon Calls deafened by the fall A hand extended, breaks the fixation What hides behind the night (The Thief) On my own too long Do you hold the Key? You’ll uncoil me? Surely, my savior Will this release me? I know why you’re here. I’ve begged and prayed for it Don’t spin me your lies, I’ve heard it all before I wish it were me, the second fate went swinging But this wasn’t the plan, I never knew his name Open the door, find solace in the absence Pull me from this strain The echoes that gnaw, toothless and silent Send word of me Oh my god it’s starting… Sinking, sinking, sinking, Can’t relive this, stop this Let me just be nothing! You weren’t here before You have to be the way It must be, you must be! I’ve learned that blood can’t soak deeper than this End me here, I’m changed, I’m done Look at my hands, look at me Look at me now! Look at me now! God, please, look at me now! Look at me now! Look at me now! My God, Please! LOOK AT ME NOW!
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Prisoner! Shackled to this torment! Only horror and loss to fill your void Your errors echo in silence! Leaving shadows in your wake! Ripped and scattered, I welcome the semblance Held captive in the wretched hour This horrid penalty unfurls with no end Could this all have been erased? Why was I displaced? Forced out in a blink Captured in sounds, released in silence Do these cycles have limits? Wash my hands of self destruction Thought erasure Blot out intruders of malice Mind absolver Find me suited and willing Manifester Yet to spill a drop of blood Fetid protestor Surmountable obstructions Monolith looming, beckoning Lifted, righteous Omen Framed Oscillator, pulsing The vacuous pull, hypnotic null The tilting of the world Emptiness Welcomes my purpose Fathomless How grand, the distance A temptress Offers my egress White Abyss Prevents my progress Purge my vision, One by one, my footsteps fade Sound distorts, reflections mame Horrible glow can’t be contained Inferior Vessel My writhing gait will only hinder The glitching static Carry me Gleaming, infirm light Bury me Mend our blight Writhe with me.
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Arrival! Pixelated in chroma Eon of dissonance The clamoring choir Vagrant! Abandoned visitor A thread once torn Split landscapes sewn anew Have I found the path? Climb! Will I be repaired? Ascend! Can I find my way? The Ladder! Or will I succumb? Choir! Do I hold the key? Dredge! Will I be released? Drowner! On my own again Dig deeper! No one to lead me Old nostalgia Dream alone Rewrite the page You’re on your own now O, Mind Mountain Overtones On our way down Outlined in colors, I reanimate! Who brought me here? An esoteric pull Tethers from myself Burdened by another? Advent shaper Did someone paint The Sun? A trick on the eyes The sands burn with luster Veiled Impostor Lost Passenger Veiled Impostor Lost Messenger Bathed in ethereal Drenched in devouring gloom Offer your radiance Wear your heart as your habit Conjuring Coven Send word for me Conjuring Coven Send word for me! Old nostalgia Dream alone Rewrite the page You’re on your own now O, Mind Mountain Overtones On your way down Outlined in colors, I reanimate! That deviant shimmer Illuminating all within view Lofty promises sunk to the bottom The hidden hand will not release you This Lake holds no unity The needs of one outweigh the worth of many A roil of silver, an all-consuming deep A hollow home, where the voices may only sleep The wider we run, the deeper we become What might I find, in the place beyond The Sun? The empathetic retort Begging to be answered How does one catch The Devil? Efforts met with a transient grasp A vision of distortion Endlessly calls from within Tethered to their pull With a silent mouthful Empty voices Nothing to say All in my head Cannot escape Will they release? I have no name My eyes are drawn No light of day Red sky at dawn Can’t untangle the clots Your mind at ease The body will follow Your mind at ease The body will follow Your mind at ease The body will follow Your body will cease The mind will swallow! A corrupted frenzy fell within the husk The cracks in your shell won't shatter the frame Fleeing The Lake with blinded aims With a craven anchor cementing your place We are infallible! Seeking meaning We are impermanent! Fleeting thoughts of the world We are incomplete! Aglow in the After The Body, the vessel A construct we leave behind Tear down the mountain The flood of the self Bends the will of the ocean Carrying fate from falsehood Grand Fabricator The fear of a god feeds the Comfort in knowing I am the Architect And there’s no turning back! Free me, from me! Come sit by the fire And take in the view No, there is nothing here For anyone Not you

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Lineup:
Lou Kelly - vocals
Isaac Stolzer-Gary - guitar
Ethan Felhofer - guitar
Tyler Dworak - bass
David Lamb - drums

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released January 27, 2023

Zon was mixed and mastered by Spencer Fox (Pangaea). Guest appearances on the
album include guitarist Ivan Chopik (ex-Painted In Exile), guitarist Kee Poh
Hock (ex-Native Construct), and vocalist Max Mobarry (Others By No One).

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