Cursed To Witness Life, by Worsen

Cursed To Witness Life

by Worsen

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dainton Melodic BM on another level, but don't let the melodic tag throw you this still snarls like a cornered wolf, that riff at 1:40 on ''Cradled by The cold'' is a bit special! for fans of mgla/Uada Favorite track: Haunting My Mind.

SANDRA.N.696 This album is brilliant hidden Jewel releasGotbit on Vinyl and just order a cassette to on wolvesofhades.myshopify.com/collections/cassette/products/worsen-cursed-to-witness-life-cassette-1 .
Totally agree with my travel music mate here @Blackened_Hate_Productions .
Perfect words and nothing can describe the feeling inside when you listen it.
⚔🖤⚔ Favorite track: A Blade in the Dark.

Lorenzo Vicious American style black metal with a cold nihilistic sound. Abounded in carving riffs and harrowing melodies, this album even carries a crust / d-beat aggressiveness and a whisper of heavy metal that exemplify the songwriting. The moments of more beauty filled atmospheric leaning black metal perfectly contrast with the bleakness of the depressive black metal catharsis.

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1.	Open Grave 04:05	lyrics	buy track
Loss in my hands, Life just takes away And replaced with burning spite Every passing day pay a price for another's wicked choice Burning alive and remain Burning alive in my open grave Torn, this entire world Everything we've ever known And betrayed, one more familiar face Fire burns with painful glow Burning alive and remain Burning alive in my open grave Make no mistake and neither did we With minds forever made this pain shall never cease This pain shall never cease Fear these eyes and this void of light Someday we'll be lurking and come for you in the night
2.	Aspirations Rusted Shut 04:42	lyrics	buy track
Burn, falling down below Choking on ashes in a freezing cold Fear of the uncontrolled My aspirations rot into a poison mold Flames that burn with no end in sight Light the path into my vengeance, into my vengeful night All the hopes and dreams that were made They're soaked in gasoline waiting for the flame A feast of flesh, no blade to cut These aspirations have been rusted shut They are rusted shut All the hopes and dreams that were made They're in line waiting for the flame A feast of flesh, no blade to cut These aspirations have been rusted shut We burn again We fall again We burn again We fear this end
3.	Weakened World 05:27	lyrics	buy track
No trace of life in this awful place I walk with nothing, not a single trace A shell of the man I used be No clouds to shade the sun of suffering I walk with nothing, not a trace of light These forgotten times, I wait in pain for the night Losing grip, losing time Force fed suffering, poison mind Breathing air infected with a curse Is this hell we live or is it something worse No sign of life in this weakened state I walk with nothing except this bitter hate A shell of the man I used to be No cloud to shade this sun of tragedy I walk with nothing, not a trace of light These forgotten times, I wait in pain And every hope that we knew has withered and curled I walk with nothing left in this weakened world
4.	A Blade in the Dark 05:30	lyrics	buy track
A blade in the dark to let me reach the top Pushing me further to where the hurt can't stop Holding on to fear and pushing me further and further in pain A blade in the dark just to let me reach the top Pushing me further into this hole that we sink in pain Holding on to fear, the fear of moving on Stuck in this hole I keep digging, I keep digging Remove the earth more and more everyday Stuck inside my head, wish it all away Self inflicted pain scorched inside my brain When we lost you we lost our way We watched you slip away
5.	Cradled by the Cold 04:07	lyrics	buy track
Cradled by the cold dark In this hell we fall apart Thirst for blood, we seek Down here below Come and take my hand Devil on my back Cold metal against my skin Rattles down the hall in this emptiness Feel the dark hell sinking in Cold heavy chains come and lock me in A prison cell where I feed on my mortal sin In this darkened room nothing can create Cradled by the cold, will these ever break Cradled by the cold dark In this hell we fall apart
6.	Cursed to Witness Life 07:04	lyrics	buy track
Harrowing life bleeding me dry Feeding the poison hand wrapped around my will to try Nothing turns out as it's planned Black label bottle empties fast When sweet release runs dry My life gone with nothing to mend A new release, to die Harrowing life bleeding me dry Feeding the poison hand wrapped around my will to try Nothing turns as we planned We are cursed Every endless night there is no more truth Razor lines of white erasing all our youth We suffer the dawn in every hidden moon Another wasted night riding to our doom We're all cursed
7.	Haunting My Mind 09:12	lyrics	buy track
So far away from our home and fertile ground Never ending pain left behind without a sound This lonely fear has control and I know we lost our way And there's no path back to the start We are lost our way when you let us go Nothing left to say Watch this heartbreak in the falling snow Haunting at my mind, these demons crawling into sight Never ending fear and we're left here to lose the fight We mourn everyday inside and everyday we fall apart Withered down and nothing to hide Living and breathing with this scar We lost our way when you let us go Nothing to give and how do we live Or do we die in this falling snow Haunting my mind We lost our way Haunting my mind

about

After several years of silence, North Carolina black metal entity WORSEN returned last year with the long-awaited follow up to 2014's Blood EP in the form of a violent and somber 40 minute full length album called Cursed to Witness Life. Founder and multi-instrumentalist Rick Contes noted, "If there was something I wasn't satisfied with I would trash it and start over. That's one of the reasons it took several years for this album to come together." Regarding the recording process he continued, "Just like the previous releases, I recorded all instruments and vocals. This a very personal and cathartic record for me that is lyrically focused on the death of my brother as well as dramatic conclusions to hollow friendships and the removal of toxic people and things from my life. It's something I started alone that I needed to finish alone."

Cursed to Witness Life was initially released in June 2019 on CD/Cassette/Digital formats and now after months of delay due to COVID-19 will see it's first vinyl release from Wolves of Hades (Europe) and The Hell Command (USA). Despite being a solo/studio project focus, Worsen has now evolved into a band with a full line up that has performed live and is preparing material for their next release.

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released June 30, 2020

Recorded and Mixed by Rick Contes at Seven Doors Audio Recording
Mastered by Jack Control at Enormous Door

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