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Overtaker

by Hammers Of Misfortune

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1.
Overtaker 03:28
Overtaker With force the hammer smashes Down upon the stone Heat ignites a molten surface Strike with might Breathe life into steel A second sight Will come to those Chorus: Playing - with the fire that's upon you Promise - to welcome its toll Paying - a price for those who walk alone Embers spark - a vision to behold Swaying - away And oh the overtaker Breathes spirits of kings Succumb to death and face the fiery breath Truth's flame is stronger than will Chorus Reborn in the hell fire burning away The bitterness, the saltiness It left a taste upon the tongue Bring scorn with each new breath Carry the burden Of this path you chose The wisps of flames lick your skin It draws you close
2.
Dark Brennius Five years I've been to battle Ceased all-consuming fear Challenged by Roman daughters Channelled by Roman seers Chorus: On the road to conquer Gaul! What good is trojan custom? For old Etruscan kings? How can this land divided Succeed my father's ring? So much for Bran the Stingy And lands from Celtic raids When the great one invaded Gaul After all joint warfare is all Chorus: On the road to conquer all! Peace and welfare offered to the Gauls Then merging armies with ruthless command New kingdom's daughters were purged from their lands Then peaceful offers fell dead from their hands Fell dead from their hands Dark Brennius merged grateful His arms embracing Gaul Avoiding Frankish kingdom's Authorities and all Chorus: On the road to conquer all! On the road to conquer Gaul!
3.
Vipers Cross 04:17
Vipers Cross Spectral vexation Riven reveries Spells that demand a conjurer's hand Rapt in the gloves of a dream Chorus: Terrified of what's outside your chamber So oft reminded of the danger Desperate to remain in your container Under the vipers cross Endless contagion Blessed by pestilent saints Casket slams shut on what could have been what Echoing mutated strains Chorus Icy disfavor Gardens of disdain Marked as a fiend scoundrel supreme Seance of the estranged
4.
Don’t Follow the Lights Under the vault of heaven Slumbering blossoms sway Turn your gaze upon them And feel your mind decay Flocks beyond description Encryption in their wings When their throats begin to croak The Neuromancer sings Chorus: Don't follow the lights Unsettling scene Don't follow the lights They are not what they seem Wild flowers surround us Encircled in shimmering light Fields of mystification Oh they overthrow our minds Mystic apparitions Visions of delight Distant voices calling 'Til sirens split the night Chorus Thy own form: dark and formless In a game that plays you Absence is the only move There are only two dimensions here Just turn sideways to disappear Thy own form: dark and formless Chorus Downward spiral descending To the nethermost deep Skittering shallows unending The Neuromancer's keep
5.
Ghost Hearts 04:29
Ghost Hearts Oh blissful peace You evade me still Sinking quickly is the heart that bleeds With every ache you call from shores Of a distant world One that's just beyond the brink Of no recourse Oh blissful peace You elude me still In this heart there lives a ghost Say farewell To the gentle waning moon It hangs so delicately Here among the stars It shares a glow Illuminating the way home Chorus: The frenzy runs deep Hallucinating Fever dreams A tempest roars Awakening Embitterment quickly settles in Where is the space Containing joys of spring? Winter creeping in Takes my hand You feel the pull Its always felt this way Before Chorus: Illusions run deep Hallucinating Fever dreams A tempest roars Awakening Embitterment quickly settles in Usurping grounds In a bleeding gesture of a foe Like a nightmare spawn Relive the dream that calls You kept it warm Embracing misery in her ghost
6.
Outside Our Minds Psyche dissolves as the planets turn to eyes Wild breath of heaven ascent to the azure skies Patterns possess the horizon stellar gazettes intertwine Fragments of frenzied perception echoing legend Splendid demented complexities in the trees they Rise like a moth to a flame Chorus: Spirits fly outside of our minds Led to whence our grace has fled Outside our minds Flora's uncanny performance sorcerous chatter of leaves Floating majestic cathedrals bless'd and behest by the breeze Racing through mad skies of blue like furious arrows of light Moonrise on lunacy's mountainside conspiring tonight Flames of salvation the chains of gravity fail Strange coronation the serpentine fleet set sail Ice giants sing telepathic wings of insectoid detail Stellar machinery in our eyes Call of the magpie chant of the dragonflies Spying astounding surroundings senses decentralize Psalm of the fauna calls as the dragon flies Wild breath of heaven still whispers betwixt the spires As the sonic cathedrals rise Chorus
7.
The Raven’s Bell The raven emerging From the smoke thats circling An ebony being Lilting woeful psalms of the dead Intoning heavy mortal hopes That toil and pass I swear, I heard it say Oh one by one we Drop away Hear the narrow grave Calling you my child Moth like stars that flicker Twilight undone Oh vanity of hope Hearts fruitless desires I swear, I heard it say Oh one by one we Drop away Hear the narrow grave Calling you my child In decay Flame under flame Till time be no more As tides reel from shores - Ohh Everlasting Sweet voice be still Where does thy beauty lie Oh how dim the fire And the breath that I hold Oh and it all comes down To this breath I hold
8.
Orbweaver 04:02
Orbweaver The webs encapsulating Empty doorways luring prey Glowing orbs surrender In light that filters Through cracks in mirrors A beast is lurking Into frame They spin deadly A dream between Weaving their spools of silver thread Familiar is the air The lingering of beings Chorus: Oh come to me they whisper Through a broken tongue Oh melody Guiding our movements as one Oh destiny I am speaking in tongues A symphony ensnaring everyone And oh how I see Orbweaver The wooden frame It's edges worn Encasing memories that are torn An apparition moaning on Roaming helpless in the hall And in her dream a vision gone A hand that clutches wisps of form And the husk of what was Now hangs at dusk They spin deadly A dream between Weaving their spools of silver thread Glowing orb surrender Chorus
9.
Overthrower 04:34
Overthrower Hordes: In shadows we dwell. Forgotten By our collapsing mills forsaken Priced out of life itself…awaiting Lord Overthrower: Warlord of the parking lots Lordes: Opulence ensconced. Aristocracy Lavishly entrenched. Deep technology Let them eat themselves! Hordes: Vagrant armies cross the land By the overthrower's hand Lordes: Packs of mecha-dogs and swarms of combat drones Contactless deliverance from sin Hordes: Now the battle lines are drawn To the crystal keep at dawn! Lordes: Through electric eyes our hornets fly Surprised to find our spies are blind! Vandals and malcontents approach our keep It's time to activate the master scheme Hordes & Lordes back & forth: Profanum Vulgus Now you've gone too far Unchain the multitude Now we go to war Our legions endless Now you've gone too far To the last drop of blood Lordes: Now we go to war Payment overdue Nothing left to do But kill the lot of you Solo: The Battle Lordes: Countdown time leave it all behind Hordes: Wading through our dead And smashed automatons Palisades ahead Prey awaits not far beyond All the hosts assembled felt the trembling of the earth Terrifying sight the blinding light Of crystal ships the engines roar And then they soar into the night Aghast we stood upon this ruined world As their vessels sped to gain the stars Left in the smoke that chokes a blood-soaked earth Lordes & Hordes together: A new Jerusalem awaits on Mars Knock knock - Its time Choose your skin - Get in line Time to toil in the data mines Knock knock - Its time
10.
Aggressive Perfection Within your mind the Nexus hungers Alien and ravenous Extra-sensory telepathy In search of prey It slithers through the weeds Of your thoughts and deeds Hunting, haunting Welcomed to the hell of your interiors Escorted to the cell with your inferiors To live the life ostensibly And host the parasite designed for thee The parasite - designed for thee (2x) Aggressive Perfection Tyranny of optics A picnic in the nexus Pedantic semantics Vanity gymnastics A beautiful apartment So tastefully appointed Relentlessly updated Convincingly paraded Chorus: Voracious parasite Aggressive Perfection Alien ravenous Aggressive Perfection Raiment so impeccable A banquet so delectable And repartee so charming It borders on alarming No implement outdated Meticulous, curated Consistent with the scriptures Would you like to see some pictures? Chorus Gesturing to charity Resembling sincerity Who wouldn't be impressed? Let's activate the guests! Suffocating luxury (the parasite) Drudgery of vanity (designed for thee) Extravagant captivity (the parasite) In a monetized reality (designed for thee) Undone! Within your soul the Nexus hungers Telepathic tentacles Extending through the lenses To occupy your senses It slithers through the weeds Of your thoughts and deeds Alien and ravenous

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released December 2, 2022

Jamie Myers: Vocals
John Cobbett: Guitars, Bass, Mellotron, Solina
Blake Anderson: Drums, Piano, Timpani
Sigrid Sheie: Hammond B3, Backing Vocals

Guest Musicians:
Mike Scalzi - Vocals on “Dark Brennius” and “Overthrower”.
Frank Chin - bass on “Dark Brennius” and “Outside Our Minds”.
Tom Draper - guitar solos on “Overthrower”.
Steve Blanco - synth solos on “Vipers Cross”.
Brooks Wilson - Backing Vocals on “Aggressive Perfection”.

Drums, timpani and piano recorded by Sanford Parker at Electrical Audio, Chicago, November 2021. Guitars, bass, keyboards and percussion recorded and re-amped by John Cobbett at Hammers HQ in Montana. Vocals recorded by Jamie Myers at her home in Texas. Mike Scazi's vocals recorded by Avinash Mittur at a practice space in San Francisco. Final mix by Sanford Parker and John Cobbett at Hypercube Studios, Chicago, August 2022. Mastered by Justin Weis at Trakworx. Artwork by Saprophial. Photography by Aaron Cobbett.

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