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In Darkness Alone

by Scars of the Flesh

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Metallurgical Fire I’m slightly disappointed that it’s not a proper full length, but three out of four of these covers are quite good. The original material is highly compelling as we’ve come to expect from Bryan’s projects. Excellent melodic and heavy riffs, with solid drums and vocals. The Metallica cover doesn’t quite satisfy, but I’ll try it a few more times. Favorite track: Memory Unknown.
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IAmRevEvil love all songs on this album. Scars of the Flesh always deliver. Favorite track: The God That Failed.
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Warangelic Melodic, sometimes blackened, sometimes progressive but overall brilliant songwriting and performance. One of my proudest discoveries of this year. Favorite track: Only I.
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1.
Only I 05:34
-- Only I -- Only I can see all my failures Only I am one with disaster Only I can tame this pain in my mind Only I can kill the truth that I find Only I can unravel this puzzle Only I will live with the struggle Only I can taste this all like cancer Only I can decipher the answer The theory of myself to see past the brink of death I cannot exhale nor accept Followed by the image of timid longing I repent it all with an inhale of regret Only I can erase the decree Meals of lies and righteous disease Now a feeding frenzy Only I can tease an end Wishes of a harmless escape God I hope its not too late For me Withered inside I am becoming That which I detest again Loss beckons Watered down the soul To drown out the bleeding anguish within Breathe it deep Choking on the ash That floats like smoke and dust in the wind Gone and vapid Into depths I disappear Further from an end that begins Only I can feel the immense pressure Only I can fathom this rapture Only I can shed this skin of retreat Only I will shoulder this defeat Only I will be the fallen apart Only I will live with scars in my heart Only I can taste it all like cancer Only I can decipher the answer The theory of myself to see past the brink of death Followed by the image of timid longing and regret Steadily and slowly disassembling my self respect Eagerly and wholeheartedly planning my final exit (Solo) Only I can holster the torment of being me Never-ending dreams of anxiety Blackened sight with a narrow point of view Depression gets the better of you I will settle with my anger and the world Pissed off by true necessity The endless collapse of my woe, kill yourself God I hope it's not too late For me Withered inside I am becoming That which I detest again Loss beckons Watered down the soul To drown out the bleeding anguish within Breathe it deep Choking on the ash That floats like smoke and dust in the wind Gone and vapid Into depths I disappear Further from an end that begins...
2.
-- The Hooded One -- "I traverse the shadows, deepest of depths I tread" Ahhhhhh!!! I traverse the shadows, deepest of depths I tread Slow walk towards the end of your life Beckon this fateful end Taming lines of reality, I call to each by name Twisting lives endlessly, all drown in my gaze Once I enter your sight Those who know you are never left the same My cloak made of skin, pieced by the threads of time I can never change, this is my claim in this world My ever swinging scythe, severing the links to this life Frayed and withered to ash, burning like a flag unfurled I am the hooded one, the thief of dreams and pride I am the shrouded one, this touch of death I provide Not a prayer can stray, nor a promise be made That would cease my tireless pace Day and night, years and lifetimes All find me still, never-ending chase Lead you to your grave, a tombstone with your name Etched with the things you achieved in vain Skeleton hands outstretched, summoning this defeat I steal away the poor, the dying, the elusive elite!!! (Solo) Sunlight and moonlight, Intertwine Reflected upon, my bloody scythe Embrace me when I come and take my hand I am the hooded one so understand I am in your bones, I embody your mind I'm all you will ever need and all you will find My cloak made of skin, tethered from beginning to end Tied strings of the damned, to dust you will return My dead and empty eyes, the windows to your demise I take those left behind and those who never even tried I am the gift for your birth So little your soul is worth Nothing ever said or felt Last words were shared in doubt Take you from your mortal shell Introduce you to endless hell Shackled to this path unpaved From this you cannot be saved...
3.
-- In Darkness Alone -- Cast away, the dark has me chained Forever enslaved to invoke this spinning cage I'm blind, not a light can shine Former self now sold and thrown away Splitting apart, heavy the ash in my heart To this pain I sell my soul The pit of my life, the dwindling hope Always find myself in darkness alone If I disappeared Who would be aware, no one around to care This selfless exception Remain unrepaired, What should I fear (your fear is here) The damage is born, from the womb I am torn This selfless oppression Watching the world go by I sit and watch myself die with this stain of contempt Bury my pride like nothing's alive I sit and watch my love die with a taint of regret Faster I am falling, this darkness keeps calling Cut my tongue and bleed me dumb No one cares and no one may Rip me out and sell me doubt No one comes and no one remains I am the mistake, my life is meant to be this way Lived for only one day, I was never meant to be saved I am the mistake, all my life I live it ashamed Lived for only one thing, find the empty and there I stay Numbness grows over me I am the obscene Always unseen in the black of my dreams Cater this voice as a lonely choice Always unheard is the depths of my screams Wretched my ways Puking my guts for these words make me sick Make me wish I was enough Wretched my ways Spilling my guts for this world claims my bones and my blood Filtered through me, the ever longing Wretched my ways Puking my guts, filtered through me, the ever longing I crumble down, I sunder over I blankly stare, at the grave I uncovered M. vigilia spiritus meus (watch my spirit die) Involucris, mihi tenebris (darkness envelopes me) Ego mortuum quam vivere (i am dead beyond life) Solus necat (loneliness kills) (Solo) In darkness alone Where I belong and where I was born In darkness alone Where pain begins and takes its final form Wretched my ways Puking my guts for these words make me sick Make me wish I was enough Wretched my ways Spilling my guts for this world claims, my bones and my blood Nothing I am or ever was, nothing I can or ever want Nothing I grieve nor perceive, will ever be before me In darkness alone, where I find myself to die In darkness alone, where I live the rest of my life (Outro)
4.
-- Memory Unknown -- Condolences to the path un-walked, a shadow unseen Gritty my touch, from digging out from in between Echoes the voice, the laughter I love from what I create Forever engraved, upon my soul is your namesake All the times that pass, empty halls Empty rooms like an empty glass Apologies that never ascend, leave my heart Leave my mind completely smashed Each step away, (remains) another memory unknown Each end of each day, (buried in me) a memory unknown If it was only up to me, if only this could be You and me in the same dream, yet never asleep Pour myself out, bleed the pain, for when I am without I am within!!! Condolences to the ones that wake, a presence unfelt Screaming yet hushed, in silence I drown, alone with guilt Envision a void, full of hopes and joy, instead of silent noise Endless I slave, to give all I can and never destroy Each step away, (remains) another memory unknown Each end of each day, (buried in me) a memory unknown Lessons, I will teach, hold your tongue, grit your teeth Find the world, is not so empty, as it seems Cherish, every moment, every question, every answer Find your solace, find it freely, keep your dreams (Solos) All the times that pass, empty halls Empty rooms like an empty glass Apologies that never ascend, leave my heart Leave my mind completely smashed Ever-long, I will live And hold you close, protect your interest Never gone, only away I will return, forever and always Ever-long, I will love Never gone, I will return
5.
Mors Aeterna 03:00
6.
-- Chant for Ezkaton -- Fly (fly) high my Black Eagle Let golden thread bind our eyes May our minds and hearts blood unite On your wings carry me over the abyss Beyond The Reason and across the burning seas Then, with your claw tear the earth And usher me into the secrets of her bowels Down to the light of the new beginning And the end which shimmers Circle round and round my Black Eagle Let our senses be touched by ultimate pleasure May the passion of hunting become all devouring Slash!!! Slash!!! Slash (slash), slash with your beak Remove all gods from my way And thoughts, and sorrows And let me trespass the barriers of fear Scream, whole cosmos tremble May echoes become my sweetest mantra Spirit of Freedom, Eternal Wanderer, Joyful Solitude Higher and higher, towards the stars of awareness Let the worlds of imagination and fact become one When I am you and you are me!!!
7.
-- Silent Night Fever -- Let's fucking go!!! Ahhhhh!!! Written words that fell from grace Unmasked to show its solemn face Thrills are born beneath our skies Fear is shown where evil lies In my deep eternal darkness I'm reaching for the edge Can't hold on much longer I shed my final tears Silent - Is the air I breathe Night - Has now been feeding me Fever - Has been brought to you Silent night fever - Madness my believer Shadows reap these dirty walls The demons laugh as his conscious falls They feast upon the grey and cold Unleashes the unleashable, your story is told Silent - Is the air I breathe Night - Has now been feeding me Fever - Has been brought to you Silent night fever - Madness my believer In my deep eternal darkness I'm reaching for the edge Can't hold on much longer I shed my final tear Madness is my believer Silent - Is the air I breathe Night - Has now been feeding me Fever - Has been brought to you Silent night fever - Madness my believer My Believer
8.
-- Victorious March -- Kill... Ahhhhh!!! Ten heavy feet walks the blood-soiled ground With rhythm these five warriors march No matter how much the bleeding wounds From enemy sword-cuts hurts to the bone The revenge they sought Was taken, in blood No mercy was showed No mercy was showed They ignore the pain that hammerlike pounds From falls, off slain horses, to the ground No signs of weakness, no signs of weariness Not even a glimpse of remorse in their fucking eyes They slew men ruthless fed the wolves with flesh And now they leave this land side by side Now they're headed home Five swordsmen who fought repentlessly Their story will be told Of five brave men, endlessly (Solo) All sorrow is left For the women to bare The children cries They'll live in fear No man was spared No house or farm remains No Christian woman un-raped Their church consumed by flames By flames!!! Their church consumed by flames By Flames!!! Ahhhhh!!! Their steel shines red with enemy blood It sings of victory granted by the gods And as they return Bleeding but proud The horizon burns And the song is ringing loud!!!
9.
-- The God That Failed -- Pride you took, pride you feel Pride that you felt when you'd kneel Not the word, not the love Not what you thought from above It feeds (it feeds), it grows (it grows) It clouds all that you will know Deceit, deceive Decide just what you believe I see faith in your eyes Never you hear the discouraging lies I hear faith in your cries Broken is the promise, betrayal The healing hand held back by the deepened nail Follow the God that failed Find your peace, find your say Find the smooth road on your way Trust you gave, a child to save Left you cold and him in grave It feeds (it feeds), it grows (it grows) It clouds all that you will know Deceit, deceive Decide just what you believe I see faith in your eyes Never you hear the discouraging lies I hear faith in your cries Broken is the promise, betrayal The healing hand held back by the deepened nail Follow the God that failed (Solo) I see faith in your eyes Broken is the promise, betrayal The healing hand held back by the deepened nail Follow the God that failed Pride you took, pride you feel Pride that you felt when you'd kneel Trust you gave, a child to save Left you cold and him in grave I see faith in your eyes Never your hear the discouraging lies I hear faith in your cries Broken is the promise, betrayal The healing hand held back by the deepened nail Follow the God that failed Follow the God that failed Broken is the promise Betrayal, betrayal

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"In Darkness Alone" is the 3rd full length release by Scars of the Flesh, featuring 5 brand new original songs plus 4 covers. Seething with dark melodic atmosphere, this new album dives deeper into the elements that SOTF outlined with their first two releases, all the while expanding upon, 2017's "Harvest of Souls" and 2020's "Reaching into the Void". Bringing epic song structures, mixed with brutality, melody and sheer emotion, "In Darkness Alone" sets to make a definitive mark in a genre already defined by many great bands without sounding like another of just the same.

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released November 18, 2022

Recorded, engineered, produced, mixed and mastered by
Bryan Eckermann at Bonespill Studios (2021-2022)

Kobey Lange - Vocals
Bryan Eckermann - Lead Guitar/Vocals
Derek Russell - Rhythm Guitar
Collyn Rios - Drums
Robert O'Briant - Bass

(Tracks 1-5)
Music written by Bryan Eckermann, Derek Russell
Lyrics by Kobey Lange

Track 6 by Behemoth
Track 7 by Dimension Zero
Track 8 by Amon Amarth
Track 9 by Metallica

Guest Lead Guitar on track 4 by Jon Santiago

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Melodic Blackened Death Metal from San Antonio, Texas

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