THE BEAST

ORDER HERE: CD: http://pelagic-records.com/?p=11883 VINYL: http://pelagic-records.com/?p=11876 ---------- You are not the ocean. You do not orchestrate a beautiful cacophony of life and death, struggle and destruction, creation and dependance. You are not the sole reason for the existence of a nation of creatures to live and abide your stark and simple rules. You are not married to the moon. You do not allow the constellations to be your map. You do not destroy cities and drown their citizens. You do not embrace land's golden hem as your child, with calm and tenderness. You do not crash and spray craggy shores with fury and passion. You are not unstoppable. You are not powerful. You are not necessary. You are the patient. You are controlled. You are cared for, out of duty. You are maintained with medicines and examinations. You are met with cold hands and protocol. Your most intimate self is put on a form. You are questioned about pains and thoughts. You are dependent on those with knowledge. You are helpless. You are tired and bed ridden. You do no harm and you do not help. You are monitored and caged. You are kept away from others. You are contaminated. You are sick. You are keeping yourself sick. You do not know how to recover. You do not want to recover. You do not know what recovery is. Vancouver metal veterans BISON are making a devastating return with their brand new album titled „You Are Not The Ocean You Are The Patient“; already a serious contender for the „best album title of the year“ award. After 2012's Lovelessness, which was the band's last album for Metal Blade Records, the four-piece released the EP „1000 Needles“ in 2014, which already hinted at what to expect from their fifth full length album: a thundering opus of epic filth and splendor, with most tracks stretching past the 9 minutes mark. While Lovelessness was recorded in Chicago by Sanford Parker (Yob, Pelican, Nachtmystium, Corrections House, Rwake), the band decided to record the new album in their hometown. "Lovelessness was written during a dark period for a couple of us, the whole thing had an extremely oppressive and dark feel to it. The new stuff is by no means 'light' songs but so far they each have their own distinct personality," singer and guitarist Dan And explains. "The songs still sound like 'us,' whatever that means, but we aren't concerned with shying away from whatever influences creep up. The older we get and the longer we play together, the less we give a shit about trying to sound like anything in particular."