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Ruins of Life EP

by Tomistoma

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Earth under the sky, Under the Gods, judging on high, Under the moon, under the stars Under the changing will of the cosmos, Wondering why, nobody feels Settled in life, nothing is real, Nothing is set, nothing is done The battle goes on and nothing is won Here under the sun Dead under the skin, Under the face, under the grin, Behind the eyes, empty and pale, Between the ears, deaf to the wails Under the lies, under the smile, Is there truly any thing worthwhile? Under control, under the thumb, Is there still a flicker of sentience Here under the sun Trapped under the Earth Waiting for the trumpets to be heard Rotting away into the soil Oozing and black like cemetary oil Spent all their lives waiting for death Praising their God with every last breath He never showed up, now they are done Their names are forgot and people move on Here under the sun
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Black hearts, blank minds, slackened mouths curved in false smiles with Brown teeth, in defeat, cold eyes stare out of cold meat in Dark Dreams, stretching seams, sneaking schemes and silent screams in Grey scenes of old regiemes Men wired to machines in the ruins of life Blood, pain, driving rain, out of time and out of phase A stained name, thick with shame, victim of averted gaze, these Sick games, quest for fame, credit to the limp and tame, a Thought haze, shrunken brain, Man trapped in the maze of the ruins of life Blood red rivulets snaking from a fractured head, a Crushed skull, leaking mud, thoughts have thickened into muck A sad sight, out of luck, finally your time has come and Lonely, in the night, God blows out the lights in the ruins of life
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Man needs something to fear Something that he holds dear To keep boredom and idle feelings at bay Were there no end to living Were the fates more forgiving He would still keep on killing his time today And he would rise again until the heat death of the universe And he would see the sun until it burns away And he would rise again until the heat death of the universe And he would walk until the skies fade into grey Watching Waiting And he will rise again until the heat death of the universe And he will see the sun until it burns away
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We are the Angels of Artifice We cut the cards and we dim the lights We are the Angels of Artifice You are merely our plot device We are the shivers in the corner of your eye Peripheral vision, yes, you never look twice We are the Angels of Artifice We are the Angels of Artifice We cut the cards and we dim the lights We are the Angels of Artifice You are merely our plot device We are the crimes that you regret more every night We are the dead, we don't look better in hindsight We are the Angels of Artifice

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"We live, as we dream — alone."
- Joseph Conrad.

Electric piano, clavinet, organ, drums and vox performed by Cai Brown.
Written, recorded and produced by Cai Brown.

Cover art by Frederick Catherwood (1844), based on a stone alter at Copán, a Mayan city in Western Honduras. Edited by Cai Brown.

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released January 12, 2019

DOOMED & STONED E-ZINE REVIEW:
"The piano is my instrument and while it's renown for its languid soundscapes, I've always admired the percussive power and those dark, dark notes of the lower register. As I've dabbled with the late works of Franz Liszt and feebly attempted to scale the Satanic challenges of Alexander Scriabin and Sergei Rachmaninoff, a part of me has always wondered how the piano would play out in a doom metal band -- not as an accent (the keyboards are no stranger to atmospheric and funeral doom) -- but as a prime mover.
Tonight, I received at least one answer to my query, an act hailing from Stoke on Trent that self-describes as a "reptilian piano-led doom project" that takes "influence from early Black Sabbath and experimental acts like Botanist," using "distorted electric pianos and organs to conjure up dark, heavy atmospheres via vast, scaley riffs."
This is TOMISTOMA the UK one-man band, helmed by one Cai Brown, who manages this groovy sound using just keyboards and drums. Somehow...it works! Tomistoma's latest, 'Ruins of Life' (2019), brings the concept to life quite well, in fact. Granted, it's strange as fuck, but strange in a good way -- reminding me of the wonderful variations of progressive rock that came out of the mid-seventies and sadly disappeared before most people had a chance to soak it in. I'm now eager to delves into Tomistoma's two previous releases. Recommended for fans of Bloody Hammers, The Night Stalker, Purson, and the work of those few, ballsy mad scientists of heavy music."

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Tomistoma Stoke On Trent, UK

Reptilian piano-led doom from the darkest heart of Stoke-on-Trent, England.

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New EP, "Cathedral City", out 07/09/2023.

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