THE BEAST

Pre-order "Premonitions" here: https://smarturl.it/S-Premonitions Out May 8 Mike L. states: "For as long as I've known him, Emilio has always expressed the desire to write lyrics based on 'Fatal Frame 2', a game we are both huge fans of but one that has a particularly special place in his heart. While I was visiting him in Sweden earlier last year we played through the game together, and I pressed him about finally doing the Fatal Frame song that he had been talking about for so long. Chloe was busy writing another song from the album at the time ('The Apocalyptic Theater'), so once I got back home I jumped into it and within a few days I sent Emilio a finished song with the placeholder title 'Fatal Frame'. I really wanted to capture the oppressive yet strangely epic and beautiful atmosphere of game, and in the end the song just came together effortlessly. It's probably the heaviest and most technically difficult song we've written, and features a beautiful guest solo from Jostein Thomassen of Borknagar." Emilio says: "'Fatal Frame', while following the general theme of the album, actually was not based on personal experience. It’s a song based off of my favorite game of all time, 'Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly'. I’d been trying to write lyrics that could do the game justice for over 10 years. After writing a small portion of the lyrics, I received the finished music for it and was blown away. It was exactly what I had in mind for so many years and I was immediately inspired. The rest of the lyrics came together effortlessly. In the game there are twins that are being trapped and forced to do a ritual where one must kill the other. You follow their path as they try to avoid their destiny at all costs. I always found the story behind the game to be so riveting, I always wanted to write these lyrics." Lyrics: The lingering scent of a dying dream Fulfilment of damnation from aeons past The promise once broken to be kept encaged in a prison of lies Unjustly until we meet our demise This crimson scar will never bloom A bloodstained tear takes the plunge from your face Madness seeps from your mind as you slash through this realm Despair, hatred and sadness corrode your reason The mourning dawn shall remain out of sight The pain refuses to subside All those years lonely because I failed you Never again! The caress of the dark and the daggers that wound Faithful to none but the endless void beneath Piece by piece, our souls break down into shards of glass Do not forget me and as the roots take hold, don’t let go! It constricts and chokes the life from our bodies The malice lurking in every crevice Cracking the foundation of this plane To continue as a hollow shell Begging to be broken and released from this torment Yet, the time is upon us To fulfil our destiny I feel your veins pulsate as I clench And as the whimper of your fading life escapes your lips The horror evokes an anguished bellow from the depths of my soul Forgive me... The rays begin to shine through the ebony clouds Bittersweet, as it warms my pain I begin to howl I reach out to your translucent silhouette and you flutter away. We exist within the very fabric of reality only as one...