Harakiri For The Sky - Dry The River

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Art of Propaganda is proud to present the highly anticipated third album of Harakiri for the Sky, III: Trauma. Released in 2014 by Art of Propaganda, Harakiri for the Sky's Aokigahara reaped widespread critical acclaim for its startling synthesis of skyscraping post-rock textures and emotive black metal fury. Breathtaking and torturous in equal measures, the highwater mark that Aokigahara set has somehow been eclipsed by III: Trauma. Immediately, the album kicks off with an 11-minute epic titled "Calling the Rain," and indeed do Harakiri for the Sky summon forces both natural and supernatural. As the record winds through seven more equally scintillating epics, III: Trauma swells and swirls, crests and crushes, effortlessly dancing between genres with nary an ounce of self-consciousness. Not for nothing is the album titled Trauma: the emotional landscapes the band travail scrape both the direst depths and fleetingly blissful extremes of the human psyche.
But, as masterful as the band are at this point, this is not new territory for Harakiri for the Sky; they have been a steady work in progress from the start. Founded in 2011 in Vienna, Austria, the aim of Harakiri for the Sky has always been to create a unique mixture of melancholy and aggression, madness and meaning, and wrapped in alternately manic/mellow songs that bridged black metal and atmospheric post-rock. The band was initially begun as a studio project by erstwhile Bifröst member M. S. joined by vocalist/lyricist J. J., and has recently been expanded to a live lineup. With that lineup secured, Harakiri for the Sky then embarked upon four successful European tours with the likes of A Forest of Stars, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, and Agrypnie among others, encompassing over 20 countries to date. Now prepared to release the masterwork III: Trauma, Harakiri for the Sky will take this volatile-yet-beautiful new concoction on the road for the remainder of 2016: massive sound-walls and the barest of emotions await!
Recorded by M.S. and Daniel Fellner
Mixed and Mastered by Daniel Fellner
Produced by M.S.
Words & Vocals by J.J.
Layout & Artwork by Tristan Svart
Lyrics:
There was way too much water, but these rivers refused to run dry
All worlds wisdom lies buried beneath, but these rivers… …they refused to run dry
There was way too much water, but these rivers refused to run dry
All worlds wisdom lies buried beneath, but these rivers… …they refused to run dry
Disabled and unarmed we are adrift on this sea of life
A shoreless tide of disorder, just to perish, just to sink
We reach the bottom faster than we think, we run out on breathe
Pass the realm of shades and reach their end, which is death…
Oh these rivers of nihil, so called rivers of no return
Swallowed and will not disgorge me for quite some time
They know their courses leading up the happy hunting grounds
They know the time of day, know, dead people won’t return…
I’m haunted by waters, drawn together till the end of days
My dear, it will find me, wherever I may roam…
I feel enamoured, like moths are attracted to flames
I’m the deluge, the greatest flood of all, my own nemesis…
…I am the flood…
…I am the flood…
Dry the river…
Dry the river…
Dry… …this river…
You can stop now, leading me up the garden path
I’m awoken, I see all people behind their masks
All these pale corpses hurrying along a winding path
Hurrying down these rivers, to their end, which is death…
All Rights Reserved To Harakiri For The Sky & Art Of Propaganda © 2016

[@bonsaiwithluv]

Such an underrated band.

[@colinsteele623]

this band needs way more recognition

[@anubhavtripathi8198]

To say that this song has become my absolute favorite by HFTS is just an understatement. It's more than just a song for me. Been looping this one over and over again as it becomes my catharsis. One of the best metal songs i have ever heard,let alone post black metal stuff. This is just pure gold. Thank you so much, HFTS. My favorite band, handsdown. :)

[@j1shin]

...that ending.

[@seenCT]

I've been listening to this song everyday for the last 2 years.It gives me goosebumps every time.

[@FatalPurpose]

That riff at 4:28 is so damn good!!! The harmonization at 4:48 makes it even better!!!

[@archexeros]

This song is simply a Masterpiece. Best song on III: Trauma imo

[@mhdqr897]

The song is a piece of art and the low number of views makes me most anxious.

[@dead8.6]

So perfect!!!! Hail from Brazil

[@leonardorafael6515]

wonderful song

[@TheAyalonb]

wow...

[@wilsonmj1807]

Great song and magnífic album 🤘

[@aldi1978]

Perfect!

[@biomozgjele]

Очень круто. Так рад,что нашел их

[@alukard2137]

++, после agalloch сильно классного не слушал ничего такого, а эти ребята прям круто звучат. Посоветуешь ещё что подобное?

[@Piscodellic]

temazo

[@oMorteA]

Fantástico! Não há um tema que desgoste. Sois imensos!

[@mburakerman]

❤️

[@AOPRecords]

Karg (project of the Harakiri for the sky vocalist) on tour in February 2020 07/02/2020 Oberhausen - Helvete facebook.com/events/2517973985088377/?ti=icl 08/02/2020 Erfurt - From Hell facebook.com/events/2664811180293063/?ti=icl 09/02/2020 Hamburg - Bambi Galore facebook.com/events/1149962035393724/?ti=icl 10/02/2020 Berlin - Nuke Club facebook.com/events/439767630275235/?ti=icl 11/02/2020 Nürnberg - Golden Nugget facebook.com/events/2419493538318563/?ti=icl

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North America tour with Ghost Bath& Unreqvited Tickets: linktr.ee/harakiriforthesky 20 Apr. 23 - Brooklyn, NY 21 Apr. 23 - Philadelphia, PA 22 Apr. 23 - Baltimore, MD 23 Apr. 23 - Atlanta, GA 25 Apr. 23 - Nashville, TN 26 Apr. 23 - Little Rock, AR 28 Apr. 23 - Houston, TX 29 Apr. 23 - Dallas, TX 30 Apr. 23 - Austin, TX 01 May 23 - El Paso, TX 02 May 23 - Mesa, AZ 03 May 23 - Tucson, AZ 04 May 23 - San Diego, CA 05 May 23 - Los Angeles, CA 06 May 23 - Cupertino, CA 07 May 23 - Portland, OR 08 May 23 - Seattle, WA 10 May 23 - Boise, ID 11 May 23 - Salt Lake City, UT 12 May 23 - Denver, CO 13 May 23 - Kansas City, KS 14 May 23 - Chicago, IL 15 May 23 - Detroit, MI 16 May 23 - Pittsburgh, PA 17 May 23 - Rochester, NY 18 May 23 - Toronto, ON 19 May 23 - Ottawa, ON 20 May 23 - Montreal, QC 21 May 23 - Quebec City, QC

[@Chad_Fuckhammer]

Are there any plans to come to Minneapolis, MN on a future tour?

[@kataki7p21]

3:50 - 4:39

[@v1244641]

i am the flood !

[@bedirhanince5684]

aferin

[@orhundursun9924]

sağol kardeşim

[@luisberumen4398]

at first I thought that this Japanese band but no. is from Austria 🇦🇹

[@jr974]

té si zote i coné comen mi yimb zote misic é a quel poin "

[@cyatophilumfr]

*Me trying to transcribe by hear* There is no way this is in standard tuning :(

[@RaulBujor]

I play it in D standard, but you can easily play it in drop D tuning :)

[@AnnieDarko]

Can anyone explain me the meaning behing the lyrics? I am not english and don't really understand some things :s

[@MrNKagnito]

There was... -but these rivers… …they refused to run dry. (The description of sadness and how it is seemingly endless ,rivers as tears that never run dry, no matter how sad you get there is no end to it . The feeling of helplessness. I think this is the general theme of the song

[@AnnieDarko]

oh, thank you

[@thepunisher236169]

Actually, it's about suicide. The songwriter proclaims himself as the river and that it won't go dry. Or that's how I get it because I too am killing myself daily with my poisons.

[@thepunisher236169]

MY OWN NEMESIS

[@igneous061]

.........ffs im an idiot.....harakiri for the sky is name of band........ -.-