![]() ![]() Discover nature’s dark secrets, harness genetic regrets. Natural order bends as we drain from this world. Through sacrifice and attrition, can we seek we to condition. They cannot understand the world they know will never be the same and they have nothing but themselves to blame Reconstruct Reintegrate Experiments of altered fates. Tamper with the laws of man Heed not their warnings. Rigor mortis claims their bodies, their souls are bound to thee. Morals are sacrificed like those that perished for this cause. Truth will come to those who seek to believe. Our contribution will bring them to their knees. Rebellions ensued as we scoured the land. Volunteered for sacrifice, just as we ordained though some of the unwilling we chose. Sewn from the threads of our enemies veins their scavenged corpses disposed. After the culling of our masses decreed, man and woman were plagued with infertility, sons and daughters were ripped from their hands and through this sacrifice the earth we know still stands. ![]() For generations, we have taken all control. EST.Abomination, infused with the blood of us all. In a post on Facebook at the time, they promised fans that the band would continue as a way to fulfill Oakley’s passion and “make him proud by keeping it alive.”Īwaken I Am will host a public Q&A session this Monday, March 18, through Ask Me Anything at r/posthardcore. Oakley passed away in May 2018 in what the band referred to as a “tragic accident” though no further information was given on his cause of death. The five-song record is due out via Victory Records on April 26 which also happens to be Oakley’s birthday. Two of the songs (“By Your Side” and “Dissolution”) were written by Oakley before his untimely death while the other three tracks (“Kin,” “Indifference,” and “The Stages of Grief”) are tributes to the act’s fallen bandmate. “Kin” joins previously released tracks “Dissolution” and “ Indifference” on The Beauty in Tragedy.įollowing Oakley’s death, the band made their way to the United States to write and record their new set of songs with producer Taylor Larson (The Word Alive, Asking Alexandria). ‘Kin’ was our chance to bring those emotions to the surface and say what we needed towards the responsible party.” “Part of dealing with the loss of our brother Connor was coming to terms that he was taken from us far too soon and the anger stemming from that. ![]() “What would you say to someone who took a loved one from you if you had the chance?” begins drummer Luke McKenzie in a press statement about the new track. ![]() With lyrics such as “I hope that there’s no peace” and “What I once loved now just brings pain and what brought pain has become my escape,” the group is making it known that they will never forgive the responsible party. The video continues with the band performing the song on a soundstage while shots of the people who were affected by the accident are interwoven.ĭon’t expect the band to shy away from calling out the person responsible for the tragedy. The song begins with the spine-chilling news report of the tragic accident that claimed Verner-Oakley’s life. On Thursday (March 14), the Australian band released the music video for their third single, “Kin.”Īs with all five songs featured on the forthcoming record, “Kin” is a tribute to the group’s late guitarist Connor Verner-Oakley. Awaken I Am have returned with another new song off their upcoming new EP. ![]()
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