Vestigial

Lo! - Gods of Ruin

Vestigial

by Lo!

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Azza Fantasic album from one of the best live bands I have ever seen.

stuart wilson I'd call this progressive hardcore. It's like the heavier bits of The Ocean. With a keen sense of dynamics and songs that never overstay their welcome, it has an edge that few can match... Favorite track: Butcher Birds.

Darknight This is truly a stunning album,its heaviness is so remarkable I can't stop listening to it.Vestigial is so addictive just like a good novel I just can't put it down. Favorite track: Gods of Ruin.

Michael Van Oöyen Winner, winner, chicken dinner. Lo! you mother fuckers make some sick as metal.

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1.	Hall of Extinct Mammals 01:01	lyrics	buy track
made wingless to be consumed - lead me down to the path - of the slaughter yard - lead me down to the path
2.	As Fools Ripen 02:53	lyrics	buy track
vestigial heart - mongrel seed - spectres of soul - neglected synthetic - our puppet life - i can’t deny - squandering time - a shell forever - your plague elect - all heavens sheep now shall receive - their judas goat i will deceive - all heavens sheep now shall receive - their judas goat i will deceive - your usurper repent suffer - cruelty personified - we nullify inside - wade out in a silent sea of human grief - come drown with me - wade out in a silent sea of human grief - come drown with me - hollow as prayer - empty as a psalm - mans grotesquerie - awe and abuse - our ape deities - cluster fucks - hollow as prayer - empty as a psalm -snake amongst hens fools ripen - blind vanity gluttons - i am the canker - the mouth of dirt - carrion beggar - your vile christ
3.	Glutton 04:40	lyrics	buy track
curse of technology - ill lust of the west - a horde grown insensible - life spent craning our necks - such wastage of flesh still glued to that screen - our love now mechanised - death of intimacy - morons en mass - granular identities - our doubled edged sword - plugged in humanity - connected but empty - hollow as prayer - false as a psalm - you’re absent from your present - fear of regrets addicted to staying abreast - cyclops of distraction - clutch the world in your hand - cyclops of distraction - glutton - glutton - maladaptive modern man - whores for convenience - slave to fashion - maladaptive modern man - whores for convenience - slave to fashion - glutton - glutton
4.	Locust Christ 01:38 video	lyrics	buy track
we monkeys die a martyrs death - via a million cuts - i call for regicide of our vulture christ - performing anti miracles - spordadric whims - tyrant democracy - dethrone unrobe world breakers - nailed to the beehive - pray to the locust christ - emperor of demise - skin slaves chained - to this ball of ash - skin slaves chained - to this ball of ash - marvel at our dying reef - choke on this last gasp of hope - decapitate our bloated priests - ape blood debt
5.	Butcher Birds 04:29	lyrics	buy track
a tailored dread - keeps insects at prayer - dull witted worms captives of terror - this blind faith is indefensible - meek is our herd - all the more malleable - praise our western bliss - raise our glutton kids - kept in fears paralysis - scape goats and witch lists - praise our western bliss - this horse with blinders on - theatre of war - butcher birds - play out our gruesome acts - mouth of coal - skin of ash - pretty as the crucifix - the bankers pawns - we bower birds - use death to line our nests - wings of lead souls of dirt - pretty as the crucifix - stripped naked exposed you’ll be thankful - home grown demon - for meagre robes - home grown demon - stripped naked exposed - willingly we succumb shepherd us - dull witted worms captives of a tailored dread - bow down now stay mute and loyal
6.	Bombardier 03:02	lyrics	buy track
they came just after dark - shortly after the sirens wailed you could hear the planes grinding overhead - in my room, with its black curtains drawn across the windows - you could feel the shake from the guns - the motors seemed to grind rather than roar - and to have an angry pulsation - like a bee buzzing in blind fury - as we stepped out onto the balcony a vast inner excitement came over all of us - an excitement that had neither fear nor horror in it - because it was too full of awe - the whole horizon of a city lined with great fires - scores of them - perhaps hundreds - there was something inspiring just in the awful savagery of it - into the dark shadowed spaces below us - while we watched - whole batches of incendiary bombs fell - then quickly simmered down to pin points of dazzling white - burning ferociously - all around below were the shadows - the dark shadows of buildings and bridges that formed the base of this dreadful masterpiece - these things all went together to make the most hateful - most beautiful single scene i have ever known - (correspondence of the london blitz by ernie pyle)
7.	A Tiger Moths Shadow 05:13	lyrics	buy track
old vessels for the yard - guilt ridden and battle scarred - nostalgic impotence - as our own children stalk us - masterless warriors - senile with sheathed swords - dull dreams all burnt out - once were gods now slumber - usurp life pathetic - kneel in your dying church - of thriving lies accept it accept it - usurp life pathetic - kneel in your dying church - of thriving lies accept it - heres to your legacy - judge me hung jury - wardens to a sty - dead birds fill a black sky - usurp life pathetic - kneel in your dying church - of thriving lies accept it accept it - usurp life pathetic - kneel in your dying church - of thriving lies accept it - heres to your legacy - judge me hung jury - wardens to a sty - dead birds fill a black sky - the constant feast left you hollow - all hail your locust christ - his age of sorrow - he’s always been here our psychopomp - the judas steer is one of us - old vessels for the yard - guilt ridden and battle scarred - masterless warriors - senile with sheathed swords - dull dreams of past burnt out - heres to your legacy - judge me hung jury - wardens to a sty - dead birds fill a black sky
8.	Judas Steer 04:26	lyrics	buy track
to fillet through our hides to savour each of our crafted lies - you’d prefer to wield the blunt knife revel in this fear you smear - inhuman nature - melt you down to mend my rotten crown - who’s smiling now - your veneer of god - segregate us apes we - ignore our dna - now clamber over our family skeletons - hail the judas steer - hail our psychopomp - he’d love to leads us to the axe - melt you down to mend my rotten crown - who’s smiling now - your veneer of god - spread my wings to flee your sufferings - who’s smiling now - your veneer of god - we all shit seed choke - snakes among us - you’ve always been here - you never loved us our judas steer - snakes among us - you’ve always been here - you never loved us our judas steer - we’d love you to lead us to the axe - we’d love you to lead us to the axe
9.	Bestial Beginnings 04:46	lyrics	buy track
a muse not worth truth - kept in the cage of my chest - no respite in the flame - no warmth in the breath - this longage of life - chains amass i suffer - this skin tarnished and worn - it’s just more of the same - this longage of life - chains amass i suffer - this skin tarnished and worn - it’s just more of the same - and we’ll fester forever - the battered spouse and her vile christ - cake on the mask comply - the battered spouse and her vile christ
10.	The Worms Lament 05:11	lyrics	buy track
our past forever clings - fresh paint on old sins - we are damned men laughing - we are damned men laughing - pack us well no room to fall - we stand in death erect loyal - war monger first world snake - present false flesh to rake - so the worms cry out “inject us with fear” - so the worms cry out “hand me a gun” - raise a glass - stave off the horror - flesh drum beats on - gods of ruin - the grand deceiver spoke - "addicts for terror!" - the grand deceiever spoke - "sheep for heaven!" - raise a glass - stave off the horror - flesh drum beats on - gods of ruin - the grand deceiver spoke - "addicts for terror!" - the grand deceiever spoke - "sheep for heaven!” - our past forever clings - fresh paint on old sins - we are damned men laughing - we are damned men laughing - our past forever clings - fresh paint on old sins - we are damned men laughing - we are damned men laughing - so the worms cry out “inject us with fear” - we the worms cry out “beat our flesh drums" - the grand deceiver spoke - "addicts for terror!" - the grand deceiever spoke
11.	Gods of Ruin 04:48 video	lyrics	buy track
cloak our dying forms - in liars robes - silther on life enders - twisted will guilty smiles preaching peace - elect the tainted - pray to gods of ruin - cashing in war lusting for death - trusting in wolves - gods of ruin - gods of ruin fatal love of guns - death immediate become a flood of bullets now - gods of ruin fatal love of guns - death immediate become a flood of bullets now - worship opionion over fact - primal rejection suit of false flesh - bow to your death pope - behold our locust christ - draw up extinction plans - pontificate demise - raise the runts worship mediorcity - praise the stunts - rejoice romance my rifle - deep throat the cold barrel - rejoice romance my rifel - deep throat the cold barrel

about

VESTIGIAL contains several repeated characters throughout the album; the JUDAS STEER , the LOCUST CHRIST and GODS OF RUIN. These are anti heroes , the wolves among sheep figuratively. The ghastly Donald Trumps, The Kim Jun Oungs, The extremists and ignorant tyrants of our modern lives. The absurdity of Gun culture and the addiction to technology are also a major curse of the western world we live in.

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A vile, evil, intensive yet very satisfying heavy release, one that moulds elements of the heavy music giants such as Converge, Lamb Of God, and Meshuggah to create a familiar but damned solid record overall. ‘Vestigial’ is Lo!’s strongest offering to date, from front to back. Do not sleep on this shit any longer! - Killyourstereo.com

credits

released October 6, 2017

All songs written and produced by Lo!
Recorded at Adversary Studios and Mr Milk Studios by Aaron Warboys and Carl Whitbread
Mixed by Magnus Lindberg
Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege
Artwork and layout by Carl Whitbread

Thanks to friends and family, all the bands we’ve played with and anyone who has supported us in any way.

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Lo! Sydney, Australia

Lo! herald the end of the existing order of things, executing crushing judgement upon those tyrants who put the poor to powder.

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