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Ascension

by Unfurl

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Stella Rotko
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Stella Rotko its like if BTBAM were fed a steady diet of sludge and black metal and subsisted off that while getting increasingly prog as they did normally. Favorite track: Burning Question.
David Fischer
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David Fischer TDM (things David missed) 2023 #1: Unfurl ascended, out of the question. Sleeping on Ascension was one of the worse decisions I have made in the last year. Starting off very dark and aggressive - though a vivacious bass is constantly brightening and pumping up the mood - the album is a multi-headed beast revealing its true character in the course ov the last three songs. Hyperviolet Estuary with its sweeping, dramatic climax is especially magical. The most improved artist I have heard (of) 2023. Favorite track: Hyperviolet Estuary.
Adam Andrade
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Adam Andrade Its rare for a band this extremely heavy to bring such a diverse album. Unfurl are just showing off with this release with some of the sickest and most sinister performances of the year. Favorite track: Longitudes & Leylines.
Jono Schneider
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Jono Schneider Holy shit man! Have not heard a band shift styles so seamlessly and seemingly naturally. Heavy as fuck, too.
YomaBarr
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YomaBarr The sound of the end of the world. Goosepimples.

In a couple of days I'm going to metal heaven, what would be better to take along than this.
Darknight
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Darknight Unfurl are BACK! Ascension is the masterpiece I had been dreaming of, I love this band and how cool they are in shifting between different styles of metal, it's this ability of ever changing that blew me away, Unfurl is my saving grace inside all the madness of planet earth. Favorite track: Entity Reunion In The Sky.
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Wading through ashes of ages Reciting verses from moon painted pages Rewriting history with the blood of the last living sage Our coiled path unravels and the way is revealed Dwelling on the threshold This is when I let go Speaking in riddles Beyond all shadows Wincing at the naked truth while your mind plays tricks on you Clawing for the key to the door Flickering in and out of existence Rung after rung Kicking out the way behind me Rung after rung I can’t take you with me As I inch closer to the sun it’s just beyond my reach From these staggering heights you can see everything but there’s nothing you can do Except sit and stare and watch as it all unravels Paying for the privilege Instant gratification Singing songs of freedom to celebrate our chains The cracking whip echoes through generations Untouched by the fears or cares of mortals I shuffle from this wretched coil Tipping karmic scales out of balance Careening into the soil
2.
Light as a feather Stiff as a board We shall by morning inherit the earth Can’t you hear them calling your name from beyond the gates? Where there is a will, there is a way. You’ve spent a lifetime digging your own grave The only thing left to lose are your chains I am not this body I am not even this mind I am the will I am the way
3.
Mining mournful depths Returning with the jewel A relic of jubilation Obscene radiance burning unbearably bright Illumination The burden of reflection You can’t take this with you What lies beyond this trembling threshold? Be not afraid This is the way of all flesh Fissures spread across fractured firmament Clouds congeal into concrete The sun sputters weeping scarlet shades Ruptile rubescent Cherished impermanence When did the aching begin? When will this aching end? Your jaw hangs open as heaven descends Your jaw hangs open as we begin our ascent
4.
Forever toiling unseen gardens Drinking nectar The juice runs down your chin and the fleeting memory as it turns to ash on your tongue Shadows cradle me, for I know not relief Deeper yet into pitch I plunge Stretching shadows guide me Crawling onto the muddy banks at peace with the worms caught in the treads Crossing the threshold The great conjunction Nothing short of perfection Abyssal expectations Coveted relic of jubilation Holotropic shepard take my hand Leading me rung after rung Stirring inside Shimmering obsidian Fractal corridors A cosmic duality Taking shape Ever forthright Spasmodic apparatus Taking shape Being reborn (Curving back within myself. I create again and again.) The burning question is not if but when? Mangled white hot iron clenched in my hand Casting the first stone again Aching sockets long for light Nourished on scraps of serotonin The burning question is not if but when? (A sea of treachery, the wave crashes through.)
5.
Innumerable tears falling like a hale storm of crow corpses Fragile frames kissing fallow fields As the last drop fell, this empty planet rang like a funeral bell
6.
Will the hammer ever fall? Will the iron ever be hot enough? Clinging to the illusion of freedom It’s not what you think that makes you who you’ll become in this life Pitch black skies spare no stars for guidance It’s what you do with your time that makes you who you are Empty shrines provide no providence Sweating bullets White knuckled waiting for this fever to break Fingers laced Free falling hammers kiss the clean slate Too little too late You have been staying on your own, in a hyperviolet estuary I can’t seem to find out where we went wrong Our collective past bleeds into the future Where angels reveal their true nature Circling overhead just like vultures Before the beginning Without end
7.
Behind the curtain, a broken window barred with wrought iron Standing on the shoulders of giants A column of light pours in I’ve seen this place before in a vision I know it like the back of my hand Much like salvation I know that it does not exist Forged in the fires of indifference Empty sockets survey an orchard of broken glass Behind the curtain, a broken window barred with wrought iron Standing on the shoulders of giants Look towards the sky and take it all into your soul (Gravity makes no demands of me) There is nothing left to hold you to the ground (Gravity makes no demands of me) If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it one thousand times The best place to hide the truth is between two lies Sun rays become black bars of wrought iron Now I’m learning to read between the lines As they blur before my sun starved eyes Endless shadows stretching over And now I’m learning to read between the lines As they blur before my sun starved eyes We clean the bones to starve the crows Your silence won’t save you Walking between worlds Clutching the memory of stability Like clouds caught in a dream Poised for disintegration Gravity makes no demands of me Speechless Soundless Sightless witness
8.
Aching Vibrating Retracing our steps back to the beginning Grasping at nothing Did you hear the name sounded out by clanging chains? Tasting patterns Hearing colors Skin crawling revelations Burning at both ends again My remnants scattered into the wind Transmuting this lead into gold Tangle my spirit into bliss of the soil The passing of ages, makes it hard to believe this body behind (And mind separates, and soul separates, and heart separates) Yet like the candle I shed my skin, and the wax grows I shed my skin and the past feels like yesterday All mirth and mire forevermore We’ve been dreaming again, about the space between (our minds) Our minds are empty without a place to go, in longitudes & leylines Can you tell me where the circle starts? Pulling at the thread, watching it fall apart What is all this sweet work worth? All time and space flows within you, and around (all you see) All you see are patterns that bend within you, and around all you see (All you see) Are patterns in your eyes Can find them in all you see

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'Ascension' is the culmination of 8 years writing, honing, and sharpening the blade of Unfurl's repertoire. Each of the 8 songs on display was refined to rigorous demand. The lyrical content and instrumentation are influenced by dreams, nightmares, and visions to paint a surrealistic picture for the listener to remove themselves from the daily grind and into a world of Unfurl's creation. A kaleidoscope of shapeshifting sounds, colors, and landscapes forming their most expansive outing yet. To quote the band on the theme of the album "It was written, recorded, and influenced heavily by the pandemic. Lyrically it takes the form of a eulogy written for the world as we knew it. Dwelling on themes such as mental health, human rights and social inequality. The revelations and inevitable acceptance of a bygone era. The apocalypse for an audience of one."

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released June 2, 2023

Artwork by View From The Coffin

Produced by Very Tight Recordings and Unfurl

Engineering, Mixing, and Mastering by Matt Very of Very Tight Recordings

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