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Gruesome Shades

by A Vintage Death

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the savior revelation is pure filth when the weak drag along the edge and will come soon the curse from raven to raven everyone wants the head of the guilty everyone hopes that the head is not theirs and will come soon livening the sour from corpse to corpse a humble servant that savors life a humble servant that breaks the pact unveiling savage mi sentii dentro il mio dolor presenze oscure e penso al vuoto al vuoto del mio tempo affine al mio silenzio ho il cuore spento all we hazard bones see none they claim, their flesh they reject distress of their absences his god don’t listen to his voice, this god don’t want our penance the soul of the river is reflected in the skies from crow to crow
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Vetusto I 06:01
looking in subdued light weakened to claim surrender the lies fade into thin corridors inside gloomy massed bodies seeking missing light I never want to hide drag me slowly I feel its stench I feel its stench I warn its rotten past dead skin, peels off the claws fall, the will of the king seeking missing light I never want to hide thoughts buried in the oblivion of decaying hopes marked the land of the platonic mystery thoughts set aside soiled by ancient mourning I go down in the pit we are seeking life seeking life death they prevent us from climbing we are seeking the light seeking light dead this god doesn't listen to his voices this god doesn't want our pitiful penance humiliating our consciences looking in subdued light weakened to claim surrender the lies fade into thin corridors inside gloomy massed bodies seeking missing light I never want to hide drag me slowly I feel its stench I feel its stench I warn its rotten past dead skin, peels off the claws fall, the will of the king seeking missing light I never want to hide
3.
Vetusto II 04:38
look the undertaker to await your soul, water of your selfhood poor seeker in the endless way not to lose his efforts we have seen the ecchymosis we have some folds, bloody and proud we have seen the glorious age we have seen it vanish in the fumes of greed where the slime is alive where pitch is blood curved bodies petrified faces they meet unchanged we’re the servants that slow down the span until the distortion of earthly life soothing salvation look the undertaker to await your soul, water of your selfhood poor seeker in the endless way not to lose his efforts we have seen the ecchymosis we have some folds, bloody and proud we have seen the glorious age we have seen it vanish in the fumes of greed
4.
Vetusto III 04:37
take a respire lives in the mind through yourself now! dismantle your empire lives sore and live it in pain and live it in pain the wind of death rises and live it in pain and live it in pain poured out on the sea of sloth … in the stench i took sleep unbeknownst to my mistress lies, in another world of lies wake up by the keeper rarefied presence it will scent the marine it will scent of your past will be gone only affections remain the stick of life it will never fold it is never the same let them go let them discover let them suffer my heart is torn apart from tortures torn from blackened grace in the swarming of restless souls the redundant ringing of the distant bell the agony is leaden what I see don't have a sense what you see don't have a shape where I don't be fine leads the mind to perish where I don't feel sad bring my heart to the afterlife
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breeding the spawn hear the call vivid, vivid bias poor pale lovers exhausted in mercy of the burial death rise tremulous of the sores memories ease abruptly and let the sour burn fumes of discord that float in the sky lives and die forsaken forever covered with deteriorated embroidery vivid, vivid bias poor pale lovers exposed to malefic timeless cures death rise tremulous of the sores
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frustrated, wicked sin of birth when the circles closed and your entity feels inferior it all ended for nothing in a perpetual lethargy wicked elderly sleep in a perpetual lethargy serpent... let me up now from deep gorges of the darkness let me see beyond where I see let them more suffers where I can't get it a pray to love a pray to leave love a pray and also more to wake me up ... frustrated, wicked sin of birth when the circles closed and your entity feels inferior it all ended for nothing in a perpetual lethargy wicked elderly sleep in a perpetual lethargy serpent... let me up now from deep gorges of the darkness let me see beyond where I see let them more suffers where I can't get it
7.
I preserve the faint light born in the moldy soul oppressed by my suffocating apathy loving desire to crumble and burn desire dynasty, endless dark trilogies millennia among the wonders forces them to leave in a perpetual light life becomes a becoming a series of fall to be free to run to other side without fall behind dynasty, endless dark trilogies millennia among the wonders forces them to leave in a perpetual light life becomes a becoming a series of fall to be free to run to other side without fall behind
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they had been seen alone they wanted to dream alone just dream alone show intrepida, intrepida joy endured for lifetime felt felt for a while blasfemia wedged in a cleft of heaven blasfemia, blasfemia wedged in a cleft of heaven and they fall lost in novice time in a perpetual, perpetual lament where the fiction is mind and they fall lost in novice time in a perpetual lament where I feel into cold anguish where I say nothing meaningful where I see and don’t care

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A Vintage Death is a one man band that mainly plays death doom metal, with various influences in the glamorous 90's black metal sound. The sound is primitive and essential, with a depressive and archaic melody. The lyrics are the interpretation of ancient local history stories, handed down by my ancestors. Often in traditions and folklore much more evil component is perceived than we can usually imagine.

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released December 20, 2022

Recorded, mixed and mastered between January/May 2022 at "Isolated Studios" by Carmine
All vocals, lyrics and instruments by Carmine
Logo and layout by Carmine
Cover artwork by Raf The Might
Photo by Tina

2022, Archaic Sound

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My reaction after probably my tenth listen to GRUESOME SHADES is that it gets better with each listen and I’m glad I’ve got this soapbox to tell you all to go check it out. Projects like A Vintage Death hit all of the right buttons with the listener, giving them exactly what they want but with just enough of fresh inspiration to keep it from becoming doom metal karaoke. And there’s nothing wrong with some heavy metal comfort food, right? Take your antidepressants, turn the lights down and submit yourself to A Vintage Death. 4/5
www.metal-rules.com/2023/03/01/a-vintage-death-gruesome-shades/

Al di là di una produzione non eccellente e dei contenuti resi in maniera abbastanza scarna, il lavoro in definitiva, pur dividendosi in due parti, una prima estrema ed una seconda più evocativa, convince e conferma le numerose ed efficienti idee del proprio autore difficilmente deludendo e rendendo monotono il tutto. 68/100
www.metalwave.it/recensione.php?id=10478

Un passo avanti dunque, ma non è il solo: nel tempo intercorso tra "Acrid Death Fragrance" e questo "Gruesome Shades" si può notare come sound e songwriting siano maturati, con brani dall'afflato maggiormente Black Metal in molti punti ed una maggior attenzione ai dettagli. 3/5
allaroundmetal.com/component/content/article/26-releases/10159-primo-full-length-per-gli-abruzzesi-a-vintage-death

On this recording A Vintage Death remains true to the mixture of black, doom and death metal that he had established on his previous release. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics Ancient Local history Stories and Folklore themes. 8/10
bringerofdeathzine.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-vintage-deathgruesome-shadesarchaic.html

As elemental and malevolent sounding as ever, A Vintage Death drop tomes of blackened death and doom metal with this debut full-length. Warped and choked by thick layers of dark atmosphere, each offering on Gruesome Shades has tectonic weight and unrelenting intensity. 8/10
www.gbhbl.com/album-review-a-vintage-death-gruesome-shades-archaic-sound/

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