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Astral Rot

by Lake Baikal

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Gary Davidson Give this track your attention for 15 minutes and you will get a superbly executed journey through black metal, sludge, post-metal and even touches of ambient. On paper that sounds impossible, in practice it sounds amazing.

My Review for Echoes & Dust: www.echoesanddust.com/2020/04/lake-baikal-astral-rot/
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lyrics

May God be with you
As you believed that all your life, as you smile and as you shine
As you slide through narrow gates
And shaking hands of those who pass by, your gloved hand reaching into the sky
We think of you very well
And imagine your face from time to time, I see the Sun in your eyes
I went through all your things and took what I liked, from what was left of a life long lived

And we set them aside, these feelings we hide, complex to comprehend
And I'm coming to terms with what's left to learn to appreciate life
I've found no benefit in squandering it
I just hurt myself
And in the end I can't defend hurting those around me

I'll remember you in my own way, you were never a stranger to the world
Celebrate you hopelessly, a mind is a shrine if you want it to be
I guess it's cliche to come to say that you have to live for the both of us now

Who we could be and who we are is not a pattern in the stars - it's in us
It's in the marrow of our bones, interference on telephones - it's in us
You're not unborn you're not unheard there's more left to learn - in us
I wrote a letter to myself 'Anchor yourself to the earth or be left behind - I can't wait for you'

When all seems lost and hopeless I remember your grace and thoughtfulness, always offering a kind and unjudging ear
Thinking of my past actions and behaviour, is that how I want to be seen and thought of I'm shaming a memory, I'm shaming myself
I'm shaming myself
Shaming myself
Shaming myself

I will remember you happily, shamelessly. For we are after all family
We don't feel something for nothing, what's the point if we are all we seem to be
As we all carry your bones within us all, we are not made of stone
For you know who we are and who we could become
We don't feel something for nothing

I'll remember you in my own way - you were never a stranger to the world
Celebrate you hopelessly, a mind is a shrine if you want it to be
I guess it's cliche to come to say that you have to live for the both of us now
I'll remember you in my own way - you were never a stranger to the world

May God be with you
As you believed that all your life, as you smile and as you shine
As you slide through narrow gates And shaking hands of those who pass by, your gloved hand reaching into the sky
We think of you very well And imagine your face from time to time, I see the Sun in your eyes
I went through all your things and took what I liked, from what was left of a life long lived

credits

released February 29, 2020
Vocals - Chris Reese
Guitars/Bass/Saxophone/Vocals - Tom Dring
Drums - Ste Wilkinson
Additional Vocals - Harriet Hughes

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Dring @ Vagrant Recordings

photo: Ryan Fallon
logo: Zac B (soulsdue)

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Lake Baikal UK

Sprawling Black Doom from the UK consisting of Chris Reese and Tom Dring from Corrupt Moral Altar

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