The Pledge

by Orestes

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Five years have passed since we released our debut album, 'Equivocal Paragraph'. And now, "The Pledge" acts as the first release from us after taking a long-haul. This song is dedicated for those who feel deprived to be inventive in making some desirable beautiful tunes, but are afraid to accept a bad appraisal such as "not so frightening" or even more offensive expression like "you'd better not play heavy music".

"The Pledge" itself has successfully produced because of our concern with all these things. We also thought there is too much homogenizing in the various subgenres of metal that actually feels dull and even nauseating. Is it really a pleasure to listen to the same music offerings that merely sound typical? With that being said, "The Pledge" will indicate a major change of our music to a heavier way, but contain a strong enticing and harmonious composition at the same time. We are leaving our form of high intensity in the past that we currently deem as unnecessary to be repeated. With the presence of a wide variety of new musical influences—starting from the severity of death metal, the restlessness of black metal, to the fiery spirit of hardcore music, we let your opinion to assess or define the music that we’ve created.

lyrics

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Why would you kneel to those greedy pigs
Why should be pretentious when you never embrace
We reign of this blood and flesh
Don't liquefy the ice in the north and kill the candle in the east
You should be the one who is censurable of what you sow
For each hollow shell you've lived
For what measured a man
Restricting change is absolute ignorance
Scolding growth is another way of shallowness
Public scamming is structured wickedness
Homogenizing taste is inherited dumbness
Though your steps are falter and heavy
Utilize your instruments with no doubt
Play the sonic of honor and righteousness through continents
Like legends once said
To accomplish what we stand for
To stain our tones of life
To toast until our very last breath
For this is our creed, our oath, that we keep until the end
We will write the resistance words
We promise the opposition
For our creed
For the oath
The epiphany
The elegy
Burying weary and tears in depth
Rebuilding ruins through devotion and glory
Numbing our wounds to hell and back
Striving forwards to eternity

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released June 15, 2016
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Music by Orestes
Lyrics by Johan Franklin and Mathias Pradityanto
Guitars and bass recorded by Auliya Akbar at Noise Lab Studio
Drums recorded by Dimas Dwi Kuncahyo at 49wreckchord Studio
Vocals recorded by Gemilang Ramadhan at Suara Nyata Studio
Mixed and mastered by Khemal Landau at Landau Postpro Studio
Cover by Herdityo Wibowo

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