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lyrics
“Look down, ye clinging onto dear life. This place you’ve awakened to contains a gazing horror. Bear witness the urge to view this place, for us watchful eyes shall burn you alive. The terror! All your aspirations close, but your fate is in the hands of the malignant optic being. Look down, ye grasping onto greed. Your sin is ever fruitful, but you mustn’t lose your creed.” The ruins of my darkest deeds have opened its gates - this is the manifestation of all that is greed. The pillars built on avarice - the hallways, with rapacity, all possessed by visions waiting for me to see myself die. “You will die, one way or another. Within our shrouded palace or out, you shall be smothered. The sin will find a way to make its final laceration. Death starts here in the temple of aspiration.”
The ever-watchful eyes in the temple of aspiration.
What is this unholy temple I have come upon? Is there no way out? Never-ending maze. I walk in the dark. I shall close my eyes, for they watch me still, still staring. Gazing. Waiting. Anticipating my demise. Glaring. Leering. Peering. Provoking visual contact. My oddly-fueled longing to look into the black curbed by my growing sense that she is near. In my peripherals, the anomaly follows close, aroused with every showcase of my fear. “You will die, one way or another. Within our shrouded palace or out, you shall be smothered. The sin will find a way to make its final laceration. Death starts here in the temple of aspiration.” I view a light protruding from the plafond - and there I see her. Kneeling, praying, is my long lost love, scathed and bruised. I call to my love, as she gets up in a stir. I weep in affection, yet she seems mused. “Lover, why have you come this far?” I cannot fathom this question. “Lover, why not leave me to die?” I cannot fathom this question. “Lover, why have you tainted me with your sin?” Disbelief. “Oh lover.” I searched for you, lover. I nearly died, lover. And now you’re not the fucking same.
supported by 19 fans who also own “Watchful Eyes in the Temple of Aspiration”
never been a big death metal fan but this is actually super accessible for the genre, has fun concepts, and personally i'm always a fan of albums with short tracklists and huge runtimes (for individual songs) Great time, good jumping on point for newbies too. alienasu
supported by 16 fans who also own “Watchful Eyes in the Temple of Aspiration”
i checked out bands coming to my town, and xoth were on the list. at first i thought they were cheesy since i only liked metal to be deep, dark, and atmospheric .
i did enjoy the technical complexity, so i gave them another chance. i equated shredding with jockishness (ugh), but i now see it as a creative choice. i just had to approach it on my own terms, and xoth was the perfect gateway for this. they really opened up a new world for me. quasiotter
supported by 15 fans who also own “Watchful Eyes in the Temple of Aspiration”
Distilled death metal with catchy riffs and well written songs. It's not reinventing the wheel or anything but it's osdm, if that's what you want look elsewhere. grahamy
supported by 15 fans who also own “Watchful Eyes in the Temple of Aspiration”
I dig this album so much, definitely a keeper. Subtly and masterfully mixing death metal subgenres, backed with an over the top production. They're true professionals. Can't wait for their next release! doive