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Bite the Guiding Hand

from Sharpen by ASYLUM

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    Our brand new 2021 album! “SHARPEN” is the second album by technical death metal band ASYLUM. A collection of thirteen meditations, “SHARPEN” touches on a variety of topics from current societal issues to mental health, lifespan development, and psychedelic exploration. Ultimately, the purpose behind the album is self-improvement, hence the title “SHARPEN”. The album was composed and arranged over the course of four years, which becomes obvious when one takes note of the depth and rich texture of each track. Like an exotic dish or a fine painting, “SHARPEN” satiates the hungriest of musical palates, exhibiting a broad variety of genre-defying expressions. This music transcends modern technical metal parameters and permeates the subconscious like nothing before.

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lyrics

"Bite the Guiding Hand"

Why do you want to live alone
In your holding cell of a mind?
Waiting out your best years in solitude
Staring at a screen
And scrolling away
This portal of egocentricity
Which your ancestors would correctly denounce as demonic
Erodes and degrades your attention span to that of a rodent

It only matters when it happens if it happens to me
You only walk in the sunlight
I live and die in a Moonlit Rite
Endless isolation
Ritual Apprehensia
Gives me plenty of time to think

I need it
The social credit
Instantly gratifying
So very satisfyingly bleak

There are rather nefarious
And subversive atmospherics on all fronts
It affects, it manipulates, it influences and persuades you
The guiding hand that dictates
Your every thought and action
Handheld vampire elixir
I hear it calling
One must resist it
I feel it calling me

My favorite device
Open the app… check it… nothing
Check again
I need attention
Open and close the phone
Repeat
Time and time again
I need attention
Feed me attention
I want the dopamine flush

It only matters when it happens if it happens to me
Because it’s only about me:
The universal centerpiece of ignorance

Post and scroll again
I need attention
Give me attention
I need the dopamine rush

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from Sharpen, released July 22, 2021

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ASYLUM Fort Worth, Texas

ASYLUM has developed in sound and design to become a statement on current societal trends concerning humans today. While plenty of musical acts flirt with the edges of sensitive topics, ASYLUM strikes at the root, explicitly and unapologetically, discussing uncomfortable subjects ranging from technology addiction to psychedelic research and mental health. ... more

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