The Redemptive End

by GROZA

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sachavonkarl74 Though with a tendency to sound a bit repetitive and dragging a bit in the 8+ minutes long tracks, I really dig the very melodic black metal that GROZA are making. The vibe is good so it doesn't matter to me if they drag the pleasure along. Bands trying to redefine things calling themselves "post-whatever" are a dime a dozen, but who cares really? It could be a touch more aggressive, or more on the raw side, to fit the "mold"... I dig it I get it, that's my motto. Give it a try it is worth it!! Favorite track: Elegance Of Irony.

Emanuele Biggi This is an amazing bm album, definitely one of my favorite EVER, since when i listen (and sing) this genre (back to the 90s). They packed an atmospheric yet not "cheesy" bm with amazing vocals and riffs. They play "riffs", you can actually remind every song as a single masterpiece. I just love this album and the band's production. Favorite track: Elegance Of Irony.

cwfeage words can't describe how much i love this album Favorite track: Homewards.

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1.	Sunken In Styx - Part I: Submersion 03:01		buy track
2.	Sunken In Styx - Part II: Descent 04:55	lyrics	buy track
Endless march down the dead end On broken glass, every broken mirror A shattered self, empty – hollow And the remains are trampled to dust and beyond Through smouldering fields swept off the joyful laughter Everything burned and erased Peace has turned into eternal slaughter As the past descends into the waves Vaults filled with your dreams of blood and iron Caged fears and lusts, painfully oppressed The pulse of Hades, the Odem of Thanatos Gentle breeze, forging oceans of souls Stripped of mortal flesh Stripped of sins and guilt Stripped of sense and mind Sunken in Styx No matter the heroic acts, nor the vile betrayal Kings and beggars, sinners and saints The crooked lines meet where emperors serve and slaves reign There’s no dignity in burial grounds But decay, rot, worms and shit At least there is use in your end As there was none in your fucking life Into the heavens ascend To the hollow realms of hypocrites Wander the ruins In search for blessings obsolete Into the darkness descend To the obsidian planes of Erebos Wander the ruins Become lost and buried by aeons
3.	Elegance Of Irony 07:15	lyrics	buy track
Come forth! Gleam in the east Dusk of a new day Appear and enlighten Uncover every blemish As rats chew on the cadaver of aeons As monuments wither beyond recognition Under the march of modern slavery Ground to dust, scattered in the winds The elegance of irony A sight to behold Hopefully, it enlightens other worlds Between light and dark Between recognition and obscurity Between oblivion and repression Certainty is lurking, waiting No hymns of praise will sound The yoke of silence will fall No light will come from the sun Bones to ashes, souls to dust Bring forth a son, his name be war His body be steel, his words falling bombs Bring forth a daughter, her name be famine Her gaze be drought, her touch spoiled harvest Bring forth a bastard, his name be pestilence His breath be plague, his semen be poison Bring forth the last child His name be carved in tombstones And his will be done
4.	The Redemptive End 08:33	lyrics	buy track
I see a pale moon rise into the nightly sky pure rays breaking through thick fog embrace my tired eyes I will awake the blood This lunar sighting sends a shiver down my spine I will cleanse this world as moon and earth align When I finally turn on my own Blood moon – shining in the sky Blood moon – wolves howling in disguise Blood moon – shining in the sky Blood moon And as the pale moon shines over numbed heads Determinedly trotting forward, straight into collapse I will awake the blood This lunar sighting sends a shiver down my spine I will cleanse this world as moon and earth align When I finally turn on my own Blood moon – shining in the sky Blood moon – wolves howling in disguise Blood moon – shining in the sky Blood moon Through eternal night Through eternal dark Its glooming guides the way Through eternal sorrow To everlasting void Guide us to the redemptive end
5.	Nil 07:31	lyrics	buy track
The sick mare drags itself ashore From the depths of the abyss Bloated, disgusting, weak and defiled The crippled and sickened legs Cannot bear the dead weight Cannot pull the chariot No more The corpse of Patroclus rots in bright daylight Flies and maggots do their work And the shining Achilles has left long ago Betrayed his people, his friend, himself Dices are rolling And every side is Nil Equal to the sum of chances Equal to the worth of mankind We are left with grandiose dreams Of peace, wealth, accordance and progression Relentless regression to zero and beyond Embrace the nothingness! Embrace the nightmare! We built shiny castles in the miasmic air Illusions, and nothing but hollow For all feelings, emerging from within Are blind hatred, cold wrath and burning envy From blade to bullet to bomb Thus are the ambassadors of extinction Thus are the children of men Nuke the fucking world off Atlas Shoulders And behold the fall Dices are rolling And every side is Nil Equal to the sum of chances Equal to the worth of mankind Dices are rolling And every side is Nil Equal to the sum of chances Equal to the remains of Dignity, holiness, humanness, benevolence, pureness, honesty, mercy and grace Dignity, holiness, humanness, benevolence, pureness, honesty, mercy and grace Dices are rolling And every side is Nil Equal to the sum of chances Equal to the worth of mankind
6.	Homewards 10:46	lyrics	buy track
Photon fingers ransacking the skies In search for every last angel To cripple and dispossess Pillage and burn the forefather’s crypts In search for forgotten values Our worlds were built upon And the collapse is imminent Behold! Beware! Embrace! A glimpse, a glimmer, a chance, a shot at dignity Your personal zero vector perpendicular to life, true to death Fuck this life, fuck this world Bottoms up – down your cup of Hemlock Get shitfaced the Socretean way Ride Boreas! Dance on Phobos! End this life, end this world Gaia, welcome thy apostate child And as the last rays of dusk decease So does the flame within Nothing but my own sundown Nothing but another life down And yet the sun will rise again To scorch everything that’s left behind And only eternal night can Set you free Walk into the sea – quench the eternal thirst Walk into the fire – stop the numbing cold Walk towards the final salvation At last, homewards

credits

released August 13, 2021

THE REDEMPTIVE END
was recorded August – November 2020
All songs written and performed by GROZA

Recording, editing and mixing by P.G.
Mastering by Michael Kraxenberger / Sick Of Sound
Lyrics by P.G. and D.M.

Spoken word on “Sunken In Styx – Part I: Submersion” by D.M.
Session saxophone on “Elegance Of Irony” and
“The Redemptive End” by Peter Zilles
Ambient Effects by R.G.
Orchestration and samples by P.G.

Artwork concept by P.G.
Front cover photography by Philipp Hartinger
Back cover photography by Annamaria Skultety
Illustrations by Morgoth / Asphagor
Layout assistance by Heresie Studio
Released through AOP Records

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GROZA Germany

Black Metal from Bavaria, Germany. Founded in 2016.

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May 18

Silo 1

Töging am Inn, Germany
Jun 1

Salle le Trait d'Union, Montagny

Lyon, France
Jul 26

Burning Q Festival

Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany
Sep 28

halle02

Heidelberg, Germany
Oct 2

Backstage München

Munich, Germany
Oct 3

TUROCK

Essen, Germany
Oct 4

Stiftung Kultur Palast Hamburg - Kronensaal

Hamburg, Germany
Oct 5

Badehaus Berlin (raw-gelände)

Berlin, Germany
Oct 6

Stengade

Copenhagen, Denmark
Oct 7

Willemeen

Arnhem, Netherlands
Oct 8

The Black Lab, Wasquehal

Lille, France
Oct 9

Glaz'art

Paris, France
Oct 10

Musigburg

Aarburg, Switzerland
Oct 11

Arcanum Fest

Bologna, Italy
Oct 12

Vienna Metal Meeting

Vienna, Austria
Oct 13

Orto Bar

Ljubljana, Slovenia
Oct 14

Močvara

Zagreb, Croatia
Oct 15

Zappa Baza

Belgrade, Serbia
Oct 16

A38 Ship / A38 Hajó

Budapest, Hungary
Oct 18

Blauer Salon

Dresden, Germany
Oct 19

2progi

Poznan, Poland
Oct 20

Kamienna12

Krakow, Poland

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