Parables, by Underkript

Parables

by Underkript

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1.	Born Benign To This World 08:40	lyrics	buy track
I watch as the days Pass endlessly by I feel like I’m slipping Through the crevice of time The rain It burns As it lays waste to my skin It lays waste to my skin Pain Washed away I’m left to dismay for my life For my life The bind it is breaking I am your blood no more The bond it is breaking I am your child no more This is my story This tale I shall tell How a child grew and prospered Inside this mortal shell I was left at birth Alone, this is my curse My parent buried me Returning their child To the earth I struggle to find Any relief for this strife Relief for this stiff This burden I bare Is a pessimist’s life The rain It burns As it lays waste to my skin It lays waste to my skin Pain Washed away I’m left to dismay for my life For my life The bond it is is breaking I am your blood no more The bind it is breaking I am your child no more My life is benign I can’t recall Yesterday’s sky The people I’ve met And the life in their eyes Every single second Of every single day It feels that time Is slipping away
2.	Void of Light 05:06	lyrics	buy track
I was raised in solidarity Shunned and repressed by authority I spent my early years alone Desolated, body of stone The nights asleep No parent came for me A light up ahead was All that I could see The years it took To take the pain I’m yet to realise It’ll never truly leave It’s within my bones As you you sow you shall reap The nightmares will never leave your sleep Make sure you look before you leap As you’ll never truly know what’s underneath I can see in the back of my mind Inward pain A source of light I can see, an end to this road Breaking the cycle Forevermore I’m void of light Void of light I left behind solidarity I grew as a man indefinitely Morality was key in the Crafting of my cognativity This feeling I get It’s deep within my chest I bare a father’s burden Of pain and regret The years it took To take the hate away I’m yet to realise It is certain to stay It’s within my bones As you you sow you shall reap The nightmares will never leave your sleep Make sure you look before you leap As you’ll never truly know what’s truly underneath Underneath The nights they grow long And the days they grow short I teach my myself meaning I beg for a source
3.	Seasons Change 07:21	lyrics	buy track
I’m beaten and bruised I’ve been stained and abused My infancy was Ripped from me An adult for eternity As the seasons changed The longer days grow shorter The cold seeps into my skin and bones As I struggle to find A place to call home I beg for some clarity in this A sense of morality I’ve deciphered there's insanity is my bliss I struggling breath every day of my life I’m hit and I’m hurt I’ve been outcast since birth My infancy was important to me It shaped me as a man indefinitely As the seasons change The longer days grow short The cold seeps into my skin and bones As I struggle to find A place to call home I will never find clarity in this A sense of morality I’ve deducted there's insanity is this bliss In this bliss I’m beginning to learn that this is my turn This is my turn To show you what I have become everything Everything In my darkest nights alone I comfort myself My time is my own Deep inside my thoughts aline I’m hermit II know But never a clone The seasons change As the wind blows in The days pass by And I cry in pain It feels like time Is slipping away I’m closer to death With every breath I take Let my heart go A tormenting leech Inside my mind Draining my thoughts And making me benign Benign Demons so dark Raging inside Split my soul whole A callous divide I struggle with life Look forward to death Death embrace me
4.	Transcendence 09:33		buy track
5.	Dysphoria (feat. Niko Tsonev) 06:29	lyrics	buy track
I have seen a million scenes Of humanity closing its grip on me In my time I’ve lived in hate A consequent depressive state The disconnect That I feel to this world Was bestowed on me By my creator and lord Inside my mind I see the colour of red A mindset I return to Again and again I’m dysphoric to this world Inside my mind It never ends The yearning to absolve Myself again Looking straight into Another’s eye Reminds me I care not For another’s life Looking straight into My reflection's eye Reminds me I care not For my own life I’d rather sit by the lake and observe As a thousand others drown into the earth It’s the way it should be, we all shall return To this forsaken rock which we’ve proclaimed our curse I lost my way with this world A delusional sociopath on his own Give to me a chance To escape from this life I wish to escape from this life Give to me a chance To escape from this life I’m dysphoric to this world To this world
6.	Ascension 08:27	lyrics	buy track
Fortified Blackened eyes Living in a Feral time My skin is corse And Bones are taught Yet I’m pushing forward Evermore Give to me Sweet sympathy I’ve been lost my whole life In the tides of the sea I have seen A million scenes Of humanity closing It grip on me I wish to ascend to a higher plain To live in peace never return again I was born a Martyr and a hater I denounce my Father and creator Hear my plea I wish to ascend Go I live in your shadow Yet I wish not to follow I was born a Martyr and a hater Living my life In spite of my creator I was born void of any feeling As the seasons changed I found my life’s meaning I despise the Fact that you’re a father I’d rather slit my throat than Give you any answers My life is my own Give to me Sweet sympathy I’ve been lost my whole life In the tides of the sea Washed away in the sea Blood was never Thicker than water You abandoned your only Son and your daughter Blood was never thicker than water You abandoned your only Son and your daughter Blood will never be thicker than granite But granite is weak to corrosion and habit Now I ascend Forevermore To you Blood was never thicker than water You abandoned your only Son and your daughter Now I ascend Beyond the heavens To a new life Into forever Now I ascend For ever and ever Beyond this world Into forever Into forever I leave this world behind Into forever This is my story This is how it ends A standard of life That you never comprehend

about

Parables is Underkript’s second full length album, which sees the band take a stylistic turn. The six songs on this release see the band attempt more progressive elements within the genre. Moving away from the ‘raw thrash’ aesthetic of Sufferance and Sorrow, Parables focuses more on exploring different sub genre’s within metal, such as metalcore and groove metal, while still retaining the band’s thrash metal roots.

This album sees in the introduction of Ruari Ferguson on drums, as Patrick Ralph departed the band in early 2017. Kane Avery was also not part of this project, and so Parables sees MJ Anderson assume all guitar responsibilities. Josh Wilkinson also brings his guitar playing skills to the record in conjunction with his bass work, seeing him feature clean guitar and classical guitar parts throughout the album. Niko Tsonev, a friend and mentor to MJ Anderson, takes up guest musician responsibilities on the track ‘Dysphoria’ by supplying two ferocious solos.

Parables also marks MJ Anderson’s debut as a producer for a record. Having worked in the sidelines in the past, MJ takes control of the music in Parables and strives for an ‘in the room with the band’ aesthetic’ to the sound, by using classic recording techniques from some of his favourite staple albums throughout the genre.

credits

released July 31, 2020

Lead vocals/guitar - MJ Anderson
Bass/Backing vocals/clean guitar solo on track 4/classical guitar on track 6 - Josh Wilkinson
Drums - Ruari Ferguson

Featuring solo on 'Dysphoria' by Niko Tsonev
Sitar in clean section on track 2 - Kane Avery

All recording, mixing, production - MJ Anderson

Additional production:
Drum recording - Ashley Cantwell
Guitar reamping - Patrick Ralph and Kane Avery
Production - Ruari Ferguson

Mastering - Myroslav Borys-Smith of Jigsaw Audio

Artwork - Meghan Ferguson