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Velvet Incandescence

by Dawn of Ouroboros

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Matt The blackened vocals and the intricate musicianship culminate in what is certainly an album-of-the-year candidate. Favorite track: Velvet Moon.
Lloyd James
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Lloyd James I simply can’t get enough of Dawn of Ouroboros’ unique blend of black, post and prog metal. Each of these aspects work together to provide an album with a warm & varied sonic palette, while the dynamics of each song are arranged such to give the album a superb flow.

Particular highlights include Testudines, Levitating Pacifics and Castigation. However, the sublime feeling of melancholic hope conveyed by the melodically driven Velvet Moon is simply outstanding. Favorite track: Velvet Moon.
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benslaughter11 Amazing record! Killer balance between melodic and heavy as hell! Favorite track: Iron Whispers.
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1.
Evergreen animates expansive imagery, stirring notes with cerulean bodies of calm rippled surfaces. Gray veils, a shield resting over biosphere mixing sleeping hues, ohhh Silvery shines gives way to gold’s superiority, shooting warmth through evergreen, lighting rust brown floors that give home and strength Healing grounds gorgeous and seldom known, a place to take refuge from negative grips of memories past, start feeling again, to live at last. seek change and resolution, wiping the mind, making room to create. Healing grounds, enlighten To catch fire and rain down over the problematic uncertainties. A sweet howl from the velvet moon. Soothing crisp air, create sanctuary
2.
Plague the mind like fungus sporing and spreading. Through guarded gates of a protected mind. Potion, medicine for my mind. A sweet high ranged howl. Meaningful serendipitous bursts of color. Soothing crisp air envelopes creating sanctuary, a home. Forget the days when a fight was anguished alone, experiencing light lift darkness, gain flight through wings unrestricted. Sensitive boundaries, paper thin. Blindly following her lead, a powerless fall of designed to feel like strength, an illusion of the mind's creation. I’m withering away release me. My mistakes, grasp me, taking me under! Flood your mind as you sink further down in this moment in time. Laughter scales to screams, fears, losing the purpose. Open your eyes to emeralds that stare upon your vulnerability.
3.
Lights have fallen, loss is abundant, new surroundings. Start anew fashioning a life that will last for all time. These grounds cover history past, Wood grains hold memory of centuries past. Enriched with mystery of a hollow pass. Evil lurks near, trapped in a well of lost years. Conniving, crude narcissist, latching onto your emotions and mind. Fighting a force unknown, clues to assemble a formation. A drawing board of support, bound by a blood force. Love and compassion unites, never ending the grueling plight. Unlock your mind, step into the environment that encompasses you. Holding memoirs in our hands, filling the gaps in cognitive minds. Free your spirit to absorb ancestor past. Free your spirit to explore these grounds, absorbing wisdom of ancestor past Interlocked hands, with strength we take our stance.
4.
A saunter into purification, absolved of all perceived as wrong, unlawful and shameful. Free from responsibility of conducting the end for so many lives. Striving to dim out lights. Religions preach to mentality unseen, guiding a hurting hand. Empowering the ill minded to obstruct the light to the growing by creating a motivation backed by something larger than life. A voice speaks out and demands a sacrifice, standing amongst many, the only echo in darkened mind. Fear of morality, creating their own rules of acceptance. A slave to the guru only visible to one. Fearing their weightless hands so strong from a disillusioned brain stuck in derealization, carving last words of wisdom. Into the translucent worn papers from years gone. Decades spent honing the craft, manifesting purpose in an otherwise bleak, bland flatland. In an otherwise bleak bland flatland, so many days, wasted away watching and learning. A strike flowing effortlessly into the next. With the best intentions, he leads them, to transcend.
5.
A paucity of structure and lead, no confidence in decisions made. Survival feeds exhaustion, search for a goddess. Draw my path, draft my future, outline my goals. Glomming onto anything that resembles her grace, simple thread keeps us bound. My mistakes grasp tightly pulls us quickly under the water shoreline. I’m alive, I swear I’m awake again, I lay in despair, take me home again. Exhaustion, the flicker burning red, the smile of grace – cathartic familiarity, the warmth of predictable life. Safety, welcoming arms wrapped around me. A puddle of melt, these feelings that are so deeply felt. An illusion of the mind’s creation, paralyzed by, I let my life go, spectator to my failure. I scream from within, I beg for change, I plea for a chance at my life again. Falling apart, my fragile world breaking apart. Asleep, I stand, finding the strength to grab ahold again. Fight for the love that never left me behind. I will shatter the shelter’s grip of my mind. A gentle cascade into better days. Cutting ropes that bound and feeling these limbs move forth. Liberated from chaos intertwined with mystery, intertwined with mystery. Exhaustion, the flicker burning red the smile of grace and compassion – cathartic familiarity the warmth of predictable life. Safety, welcoming arms wrapped around me. A puddle of melt, these feelings that are so deeply felt. (Choir) Our stars collide, burst of energy for the everlasting night. Darkened skies gain light for the first time. Home is near. The beholder of fate deteriorates and weakens. I’m going home again. I’m frightened, I’m going home again.
6.
Castigation 03:28
Warmth radiates, energizing, filling heart to limbs. A crescent upon face, stretching upwards and expelling tears like memories rain from lush colored eyes. Float with me into better days. Warmth radiates energize filling heart to limb – a crescent upon face, stretches upwards, expel tears like memories rain from lush colored eyes. Float into paradise, come lift away. Feel for the first time since you lost those days. A slip of audible joy watching the sound bouncing Shaken into fear, for the one loved lost, pull in reverse out of the pockets lost in between a time. Ascending to the surface, praying to drown, aggressively pull down as ropes of reality strengthen against your mind. Kissing goodnight to a memory so sweet. My gratitude to have the chance to live so deeply. Hope ignites the thought of living again, some day…
7.
As the swirling cosmic gates arose Unleash the fate of the unknown Concluding the realms of humankind With the light comes the end of time Cloud covered skies convey one’s omen. Shrill darkness of shadow casting shapeless forms of condensed moisture. Luminous outlines tinged with a gradient of grays rippling outwards towards energetic scales of vibrancy. Umbrage upon the virtuous. These spears of light, they strike again. Bass filled skies scream for its hunger. An array of fuel, sustenance flees, snapping into their fear filled canals, fired off Receptors. Stunning fate, so unworldly with its gorgeous complexity Cold sleeping sickness slithers within. Descending from the cosmic cursed fields of ethereal beauty. Icy slick tendrils gyrate in mesmeric patterns causing ecstasy commencing paralysis to engage. A stunning fate, so unworldly with its gorgeous complexity. Damned with the sorrow of undeserved fates. Shaking screams fill the airwaves, reverberating off each spineless sound. Vibrations of choking and pain tense and relax with no feasible end. A land dotted with sets of eyes gazing lustfully at the sky. Ear numbing clashes thief hearing for moments of time. Convulsions overtake.
8.
Hands to velvet, a smooth soothing serenity builds within, a gentle rumble pulls in mellow toned colored therapy. A silvery glow gleams. A swift cohering to your chest, casting life on all the good that is left. Let the sea of promise flood your mind where you find it okay to exist in this time, find it okay to exist in this time. Here and now you become, a surrender, a surrender to the present. A gift from the velvet one. Simmer down into a puddle of one-sided consciousness. Ice covered numbers of time pleading to stay, to wake the past again, to be home, with you. Velvet one, home with you, you take me home. A breath that takes ahold of yours, slowing into rhythmic effervescent flows of life filled intakes release Swimming back to the surface, grace so fragile, don’t leave me behind ahhh grace so fragile a hum that spills through airwaves like love cascading over lace Unquenchable thirst for home, sending us home again, exhaustion sets in. A vision of clarity, blessing your mind like you’ll live for the first time. A swift cohering to your chest, casting life on all the good that is left. Let the sea of promise flood your mind where you find it okay to die. (Choir) Unquenchable thirst for home again, take us home again – home.

credits

released April 21, 2023

Recorded & Mixed by Nick Loiacono @ Fang Studios, San Mateo, CA.
Mastered by Jack Shirley @ Atomic Garden, Oakland, CA.
All music by Dawn of Ouroboros.
Lyrics by Chelsea Murphy.
Chelsea’s back-up choir on Rise of Disillusion & Velvet Moon are:
Déhà, Kyle Schaefer, Mar Stacy, Otrebor, Mosahef, and Ryo Hardy.
Koto on Iron Whispers performed by Diego Bittencourt.

REVIEWS:

"they continue to marry elements of the symphonic and the progressive with black metal, resulting in a kinetic sonic boom that's sure to please die-hard metal fans." (8.5/10) metalinjection.net/reviews/dawn-of-ouroboros-velvet-incandescence

"Velvet Incandescence is a testament to Dawn Of Ourboros’s hard work and veteran acumen. From the moment the first single dropped, the anticipation skyrocketed. And I’m thrilled to say the remaining seven songs are just as dynamic and remarkable as the first." (9/10) www.ghostcultmag.com/album-review-dawn-of-ouroboros-velvet-incandescence-prosthetic-records/

"The band’s ability to deliver a multitude of musical personalities within one song and have them not sound disjointed is testament to the quality of the songwriting. Velvet Incandescence is textured and detailed throughout, and Dawn of Ouroboros have improved upon their early promise significantly." wonderboxmetal.com/2023/04/18/dawn-of-ouroboros-velvet-incandescence-review/

" f they continue on this creative trajectory, album number three could very well see DAWN OF OUROBOROS rise to even worldwide prominence as one of the premier purveyors of progressive metal." (8/10) distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-velvet-incandescence-dawn-of-ouroboros/

"l comes in closing track “Velvet Moon”, a beautifully sad-yet-melodic song with a vibe I’m inclined to compare with that of the iconic ending of Between The Buried And Me’s “Selkies: The Endless Obsession" metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=18499

" The instrumental work is impeccable, and the vocals are engaging in both styles. It creates a feeling of wonder, curiosity, and makes you ponder your place in the universe. This is definitely a contender for album of the year." www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/d_2/dawn-of-ouroboros_2.htm

" I love this record a lot and love when bands “challenge the norm” and seeing how they can push the genre or blend so many genres in their music that it’s hard to put the band in a particular genre box." (9.5/10) thisdayinmetal.com/album-review-dawn-of-ouo/

"Velvet Incandescence is an album with clarity. You can pick out every
note and beat, but it’s a much better album if you just let it wash over you and experience each song as
a whole." (8/10) metalpurgatorymedia.com/2023/04/28/dawn-of-ouroboros-velvet-incandescence-album-review/

"The contemporary witness presented in the form of "Velvet Incandescence" will seamlessly join the series of future and groundbreaking milestones, "that's as sure as amen in church"!" (10/10) metalfactory.ch/music-reviews/aktuell/lp-cd-reviews/review/dawn-of-ouroboros-velvet-incandescence

"So I see myself forced to pull out 9 points here, because it's been a long time since a release from the broad Black Metal sector has entertained me as well as "Velvet Incandescence" (9/10) powermetal.de/review/review-Dawn_Of_Ouroboros/Velvet_Incandesence,40206.html

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Blackened Progressive Metal with members from Botanist, Cailleach Calling, and Red Rot. On Prosthetic Records.

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