Ptolemaea - Ethel Cain (Official Visualizer)

[@kawaiidemonprincess]

so y2k

[@jeremymcguire8385]

HI IM GOD THE CREATOR OF ALL

[@lightlylemony]

@@jeremymcguire8385 Go off schizophrenic!

[@jeremymcguire8385]

@@lightlylemony ACTUALLY IM THE DOCTOR WHO PRESCRIBES MEDS

[@lightlylemony]

@@jeremymcguire8385 yassssss

[@kaidensu]

What

[@kryptomanik]

Fun little tidbit, "Ptolemaea" is the name Dante Alighieri gave, in the Inferno, to a place in hell especially reserved for those who betray the guests in their house.

[@elisabeth2193]

god i fucking LOVE references to Dante

[@heavensfavorit333]

I´m a slut for dante references

[@line-kq2ph]

@@elisabeth2193 SAME IDK WHAT IS IT BUT I JUST LIVE FOR DANTE'S INFERNO REFERENCES

[@c2e.7877]

What does it exactly mean, "betraying guests"

[@elisabeth2193]

@@c2e.7877 you'll find in a lot of old wives' tales about honor, betraying a guest to be a common occurrence. basically, when you invite someone into your home, you are giving them your word in their wellbeing, and in your hospitality. it's a significant thing, morally, to honor this understanding, as the guest trusts you. you are offering them trust by taking them under your roof. so it's an extremely heinous and dishonorable thing to go against that standard and harm your guest. to trick and betray them, killing them under your care. it's seen as most sinister and atrocious to betray a common code. think of game of thrones: the red wedding was seen as an atrocity all across Westeros whether people were allies or enemies to the Starks (the guests in the castle). in the same show, one of the characters tells of a tale of a lord killing his guests' sons and baking them into a pie to feed to their father. the lord is then cursed by the gods to be an endlessly starving monster. another character asks if it was because he cooked them and fed them to his father (because that is obviously insanely evil), but the storyteller says "no. the gods care little for cruelty. he had to be punished, you see, because they were guests in his home, and he betrayed his word."

[@withlove4327]

Adding this one to my "relaxing before bed" playlist for sure

[@V3inmistress]

Currently doing just that

[@thenightranger987]

I could never. This song gives me anxiety

[@faithi2559]

That’s exactly what I’m doing, I cannot get enough of this song.

[@k4rito674]

@@thenightranger987 same

[@samuelfoisy]

The way she screams that last "stop" and the break down after it are so soothing.

[@bluecali4na]

Ethel Cain has reminded us we’re not alone in our pain. That’s why this album is so special.

[@xeonzone]

this exactly

[@Eduardoo2001]

i wanna like this comment but it would ruin the 666

[@bluecali4na]

@@Eduardoo2001 hahaahha

[@GagaBoy1346]

YEP

[@MMUTG3R]

We're all just a little special. Lol. But, seriously. The pain will always remain. It's just that sometimes it's prominent and right in our faces.

[@adam-ll1yf]

You know when you get so high that it stops becoming fun because everything just feels scary? This songs feels like that. Love it.

[@geniussy-u2d]

gibson girl to this song rly describes this perfectly

[@julesp0ds353]

literally omg

[@sorrelbee113]

You mean any time I have any weed at all? Yeah

[@DrDelicious_FDM]

You hit that right on the mark. I tried telling my friend is sounds like an overdose.

[@M.A.T.A.333]

bro I was just listening to this song high asf and this is what it felt like but it was nice at the same time 😭

[@adrelougarou149]

The last stop is the most cathartic shit I've ever experienced, nothing like silently shouting along with it

[@Itsjaviohhh]

💯

[@user-yr9ts1fh4b]

or fully shouting along with it

[@MOCHI_DWAYNE]

The sound of all the fly's makes this sound so much more "disgusting" and "icky" and "scary" it's perfect

[@intheskatepark]

i don't know if this makes it worse, but they're not flies. they're bees.

[@cry-piddawg]

@@intheskatepark kinda like that movie Candyman

[@lookingsubmissiveandbreeda1512]

@@intheskatepark NOT THE BEES AAAAAAAAAAAA

[@fullkneegrowDaHuman]

@@cry-piddawg I gotta say this, but candyman is fine asf

[@ReubenWalton]

@@lookingsubmissiveandbreeda1512 not the bees! Anything but that!

[@aaravos4371]

This is genuinely the first time I’ve been scared while listening to a song. It captures dread so perfectly

[@lppaiva64]

It feels like some swans songs like 93 ave blues

[@kev8346]

Listen to Nico's 1968 album The Marble Index.

[@piercethepaige]

same it made me feel like I needed to look over my shoulder 😭

[@cj_260]

​@em🕷️ I was laying on my stomach before this started and had to turn to face my room😭

[@metalyuncle]

You ever heard “do you doubt me traitor”

[@melancholy_joy]

When you deal with years of physical abuse, hearing that "stop..STOP" scream is so triggering yet strangely so cathartic. I can feel her pain. Her helplessness. Her grief. Her strength- I can hear it all because i experienced all those things. The trauma lasts more than people want to admit. It's in everyday things like when someone oversteps your boundaries, personal space, or patience. When they raise their voice at you, when they touch you, when they make jokes at your expense. All you want to do is defend yourself or run away and cry in silence. After all these years and i'm still fighting. I'm still waiting for the day i get my peace.

[@gooba2390]

I understand. And I’m so sorry that you still have to keep climbing this forsaken mountain. I don’t know if it’ll ever really get any easier, I just know I’m away from them now and all I have is also: now. Don’t let go of the rope, get to that peak. I swear on my life I’m rooting for you. They can’t continue to rob our lives from us. You will know peace. Someday I will as well.

[@melancholy_joy]

@@gooba2390 Your comment made me shed a tear. Thank you so much for taking the time to write that, truly. You piece words together so beautifully. I hope you find your peace and rhythm too.

[@kaylalissete7708]

praying you find your peace bby

[@Radechanicalarsonist]

Fr..i got mentally and physically abused for like 13 years my mom wasn't even there for my first 3 years of life

[@elliefcknkole]

It never ends for those of us with trauma--it's always there you just learn how to live better. Life is extremely unfair. I try to focus on the positive things in my life, but some days I'm better at it than others. It's been 10 years for me. Still no peace yet.

[@franka100]

this song deserves a horror movie inspired music video ASAP

[@marielle1339]

I read somewhere that Ethel Cain wants to make a movie about the preacher's daughter album

[@sarahruiz6553]

just go to church an you can have the experience in 3D!

[@YuugaoMegami]

"What fear a man like you brings upon a woman like me" Is such a raw and deeply unfortunate line that reflects reality far too often. It resonates with me, as a woman, and is something almost instinctual that lays in our bones from thousands and thousands of years of violence perpetuated against us on all levels and for all excuses and reasons.

[@Lizette-q2j]

Whyyyy?!!!!😢

[@sectec25blog]

Probably related to her being transgender

[@oculed1101]

oh god shutup

[@kobiecarroll3169]

@@oculed1101you came onto a video where the whole comment section looks like this comment. They didnt say anything, so u dont have to listen, so they dont have to shut up. take ts somewhere else

[@oculed1101]

lol shutup nerd@@kobiecarroll3169

[@soggybogwitch]

Not even exaggerating, this is the best song that I've ever heard and I don't think I can bring myself to listen to it ever again.

[@madsringswaldegan1058]

u should read beloved by toni morrison. same vibe

[@bndzmrno]

Do acid and listen again. Or shrooms.

[@c2e.7877]

I listen to it almost everyday, that and Gibson Girl are the best songs for me on the album.

[@RavenWolfDrum69]

It gets in the bones

[@sexyramen9504]

this

[@taranova222]

This song is abjectly terrifying. Like it's literally one of the scariest songs I've ever heard. Reminds me of when I'd see a scary movie as a child and be looking over my shoulder and cowering in fear at every "humanoid" shadow.

[@nati7925]

Listen to end of life by death spells

[@ImJustRandom-z]

Just listen to doom/death/black metal and you’ll have it💀 bro thinks it’s special

[@hotterthanhell777]

I know a lot of death/black metal songs and that's not what shes talkin about. This song is not terrifying bc of the brutality but the vibe and psychological effect. I dont scared of any metal songs, not scared of it either but make me going deeper into my darkness. @@ImJustRandom-z

[@chadwickmcfaggins9734]

@eladbenm bro thinks metal is cool

[@rosarolli]

​@@ImJustRandom-zshits not scary at all, just edgy. This song is scary because of the dread and atmosphere it sets up

[@rebeccaaurora6955]

I was listening to this while walking home in the dark and i had to stop the track and listen to some salsa or i was gonna have a heart attack omfg

[@girlinthelocket]

i literally almost like passed out it was insane how strong this song was the first time listening

[@vollmilchbaum6873]

@@girlinthelocketand I was high as f listening to it. Never felt my heart pumping so hard

[@DrgesBrd]

Bro had to salsa that shit off lmao ur so real for that

[@DanielHernandez-bo4pz]

Weak

[@andreysousa9546]

This is still one of the funniest things I've ever read

[@MarshallCake]

It sounds like Ethel is hallucinating and she's not only seeing/hearing Isaiah but an amalgamation of him, the devil and her father. An unholy trinity.

[@jazzy362]

i have not seen this point of view on the song before but OMGGGGG AN UNHOLY TRINITY!!!! IT MAKES SM SENSE!!!!

[@sgtxbox]

Hollywood needs to hire Ethel Cain to do soundtracks for movies. I can hear her music being played in the background of great movies like Silence of the Lambs. She creates hauntingly beautiful music.

[@chrispycore]

like she would have fit perfectly on the soundtrack of X, hopefully they reach out to her for the prequel movie

[@jeffreyletourneau299]

Spot on.

[@JasmineLovesJames]

@@chrispycore omg yes, the whole "preacher's daughter" thing

[@passivecactus]

That's actually what her music is! She wanted to make movies but her music is the soundtracks to the films she has in her head! : )

[@lightlylemony]

@@jinjasdiorlocket WHAT

[@blve.january]

fun little fact; in dante’s ‘inferno’ you will see that those in ptolomaea actually are up to their necks in ice and are eating the other traitor. ethel is a “traitor” to her community and family by going against their beliefs and isiah is a traitor to ethel by killing her, and eating her.

[@Nidorss]

can i know the name of the book?

[@MermmyDermmy]

@@NidorssDante Alighieri’s divine comedy; specifically the first book, Inferno

[@fki3nxir]

But in Televangelism she ascends to heaven, so the sin of treachery is no longer hers to bear but Isaiah.

[@jasminkatetorrejos7452]

That 'stop' was so beautiful oh my god... Perfectly captures the desperation when we are faced with danger

[@sunscreeen4270]

The “I am the face of love’s rage” after the scream is so tragic to me

[@konnectmulch]

the way the "you can't hide from me forever" sticks out so tastefully at the end is incredible

[@Pyricangel]

At the very start I feel like Isaiah was talking to her, but the next voice is literally Death. Basically telling her that it's too late. Isaiah attacked her at the beginning of the song. That's why she can't stop it, and that's why Death was like, "there's nothing you can do. It's already been done." She's already dying. She's just been refusing to believe it.

[@KaiteyDave]

Anyone else notice that from 3:50ish the lead vocal went from being amplified to having the mic essentially cut off? He silenced her, that's why she had to scream

[@aloomey]

Holy shit i cannot BREATHE after this realization, he took her voice i cant, i literally cant -this song haunts me

[@phoxsii3542]

what do u mean?

[@LunarEclipseIsCoool]

@@phoxsii3542 I think it has something to do with S.A, how they take your voice or dont listen? I'm not too sure.. Grim subject

[@catsinwonderland7473]

@@phoxsii3542 Her voice in the song was drowned out, the commenter is talking about how that's symbolic for how the woman in the song was overpowered, and denied autonomy, her wishes for him to stop were never heard

[@phoxsii3542]

@@catsinwonderland7473 ohhh thank u

[@Blacktarhorse]

idk how to explain but i wanna live in the resident evil 7 house with this song in the background

[@intheskatepark]

YES YES YES

[@mintyyy111]

u literally put my thoughts into words. this feels rotten like resident evil n a lil bit of outlast

[@SwiftMoments13]

@@mintyyy111 OMFG I ALSO THOUGHT OF OUTLAST (especially the one with the priest and weird cult thing, i think it was whistleblower) AND RESIDENT EVIL 7 WHEN I FIRST LISTENED TO THIS

[@mintyyy111]

@@SwiftMoments13 YESSS when they were in that weird village and this whole weird ass anti christ thing djskskdk this song literally feels like being thrown back into that world

[@sinfulsoul-2003]

@@SwiftMoments13 YES

[@Bolero451]

This album covers every genre: Gospel, classic rock, lo-fi, hick ass country, and this song, the sound equivalent to having a panic attack while on speed in the woods

[@guyroo9974]

dream pop, slowcore, shoegaze, post rock, ambient, and folk rock are also some more notable genres

[@sorrelbee113]

Ajdjsjdjsjdjsjdjahdhsjs

[@joeygonzales3815]

Hick ass country 😂😂

[@himbokoopa]

aka “post-metal” if you want to hear an entire album of something that sounds like this, check out stuff like neurosis, cult of luna, and the one that i can’t mention due to their name aging unfortunately

[@MustachioIcecream]

doom metal?

[@drewinsects]

my favorite Christian music album!!

[@katiegrace4588]

Not Georgia peach 🍑

[@skjbhdjh]

HELPP

[@ReubenWalton]

@@katiegrace4588 what is Georgia Peach?

[@ReubenWalton]

@@skjbhdjh what do you need help with? Be more specific.

[@Star_qt]

@@ReubenWaltonit was a joke, they dont need help.

[@colebennett3830]

i’ve never listened to a song that left my stomach so sick, the shriek, shivers

[@victoriayusibova1606]

yeah the first time i listened to it my tummy hurt but i listen to it everyday its a masterpiece

[@colebennett3830]

@@victoriayusibova1606 I agree, probably didn’t help that I was watching Dahmer at the time so the imagery of this song was quite powerful 💀

[@jadeswagerty9865]

Thought this said like Shrek instead of the shriek at first

[@minnystrawb8453]

Honestly, Ptolemaea really speaks to me. I’m a poor autistic girl that grew up in the south. And I’ve been abused by men. For me, the building, overwhelming nature of Ptolemaea, really feels similar to the escalation of being berated by the man you love, afraid he’s going to hit you. The noise of things hitting the wall, of his rage. The expectation for you, the lamb, to bend to his will. To retain your “purity”. The “betrayal” of every imagined infraction that you commit. And all of your senses are extra sensitive and you don’t know what you did to deserve this. The only thing you did was reject his sexual advances. The part where she screams “stop” felt like an amalgamation of those feelings and it honestly makes me cry my eyes out. I find myself silently screaming with her. It’s so therapeutic. I know that isn’t the meaning of this song. But that’s how I interpret it because of my experiences. And I think that’s the beauty of her music.

[@georat16]

Dang, whew.

[@tobypoopoo2902]

Oh boo hoo, cry us all a river!

[@soto8639]

@@tobypoopoo2902 what’s your problem

[@tootertoetashlyn9834]

sending love

[@user-yl1xz7ek7h]

@@tobypoopoo2902 why are you here?!?

[@jade3866]

I truly believed this is one of the greatest songs ever made.

[@beans_avi9382]

Ive been replaying it for hours ethel is a goddess and she has me in a trance i cannot escape from

[@soupoup]

Oh easily

[@emzee1030]

It literally is, like the emotional reaction that it evokes and captures is one of the most masterful things ever achieved in music, not exaggerating.

[@jocelynflowers]

I struggle with apathy. When I need to cry, I can’t. It’s the worst thing ever. Playing this song helps me dig out all of my inner emotions, release them, and shed tears.

[@trinitysings777]

Yes!! It annoys me when people pride themselves on not feeling emotion, it’s such a soulless feeling

[@EB-xc3zd]

^so real. I'm just now starting to take ownership of my emotions and music is part of that healing process. I'm proud of my progress

[@shelzblack488]

This is so me. I only have a good cry at certain songs and I need to do this regularly now, or I get ill masking no lie.

[@baileymoran8585]

I use music like this as a way to feel catharsis. I’m not a vulnerable person and there are some traumas you just can’t bring up when your friend figures out you aren’t really fine, and it’s just never been comfortable for me. So I just sort of hide them from myself. But when they try to resurface I turn to music that skiers close to my experiences, or if it’s more vague, at least captures the emotions. It lets me release it on my terms because someone already said the words and I can just sing along, if I’m alone. I can stop my release at any time, which is harder if you actually do try and open up. We have all been pressured to talk and all of it comes out when you didn’t want to share everything just yet. For some reason with music, the feelings don’t linger at the front of your mind and make you feel worse after the release is over, like talking about it with people.

[@xsugar-demonx]

♡ Lyrics: I followed you in and I was with you there I invited you in twice, I did You love blood too much But not like I do, not like I do Suffer does the wolf, crawling to thee Promising a big fire, any fire Saying I'm the one, he's gonna take me I'm on fire, I'm on fire, I'm on fire Suffering is nigh, drawing to me Calling me the one, I'm the white light Beautiful, finite Even the iron still fears the rot Hiding from something I cannot stop Walking on shadows, I can't lead him back, uh Buckled on the floor when night comes along Daddy's left and momma won't come home You poor thing Sweet, mourning lamb There's nothing you can do It's already been done What fear a man like you brings upon a woman like me (show your face) Please, don't look at me I can see it in your eyes, he keeps looking at me Turn me, what have you done? Stop, stop (make it stop), stop, make it stop, stop Make it stop Make it stop, I've had enough Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop I am the face of love's rage I am the face of love's rage Blessed be the Daughters of Cain, bound to suffering eternal through the sins of their fathers committed long before their conception Blessed be their whore mothers, tired and angry waiting with bated breath in a ferry that will never move again Blessed be the children, each and every one come to know their god through some senseless act of violence Blessed be you, girl, promised to me by a man who can only feel hatred and contempt towards you I am no good nor evil, simply I am, and I have come to take what is mine I was there in the dark when you spilled your first blood I am here now, as you run from me still Run then, child, you can't hide from me forever

[@chloskyskies4399]

The monologue at the end makes me think the voice is Death, just my interpretation

[@alexeverson3604]

Thank you!

[@ReubenWalton]

@@cocteaupvssylice is it the same exact voice that spoke in the album opener?

[@la2aru593]

not the heart signal have u LISTEN this song bae im crying

[@ReubenWalton]

@@cocteaupvssylice no it’s not.

[@grahamkristensen9301]

Can you imagine how the people who were brought in by American Teenager and thought this would be a pop record must've reacted to this track?

[@JamesCarter1998]

I’m one of those people. This song traumatised me 😭

[@xxjennifersbodyxx]

Yeah I came the other way and I got so confused! had to check I was listening to the same person, i want more like this!!

[@terryblueberry]

Yep that's me 😍

[@rbbluvr]

I'm one of those. This made me love her more. I love an interesting song.

[@sushisnail]

i came from this song so american teenager was the odd one out for me

[@pattyurendaaa]

This captures the rage of a woman. The rage of not having the right to own yourself. What a beauty.

[@freethesoft1088]

Yes

[@basiliterhino2699]

the ambiance in this track is so rich. the flies, the background voices, the layering; it’s perfect

[@sufferinginheaven]

I grew up in Kentucky. One day I was riding my bike through the cemetery. There was a dumpster outside the fence. There was a completely skinned deer laying next to it with some flies buzzing. I heard growling. I look back it's a doberman showing me it's teeth. This song reminds me of that. And when I have panic attacks I see it again. I've always felt like the skinless deer. Wasn't fast enough. Easy prey.

[@beautifulprincessoftheworld]

damn 🧍

[@yuhloveya9793]

@@beautifulprincessoftheworld 😭

[@beautifulprincessoftheworld]

i burnt my hand while trying to make instant Mac and cheese and I think that was my most terrifying shaking in my pants experience idk what’s up with you tho xxxxxx ❤️

[@beautifulprincessoftheworld]

@@sufferinginheaven why are u being such a hater I’m just a fifteen year old girl 😨

[@EclipseOfTheMoonsMood]

@@beautifulprincessoftheworld BRO SAME THO I TOO HAVE BURNED MY HAND MAKING INSTANT MAC

[@zsebestien7050]

Grew up in white trash Mississippi with a grandma suffering from some severe munchausen by proxy, the fear at night and overwhelming paranoia while only being 10 is captured so well in the darkness of this music. I often feel so scared to write my music using expressions of such dark subject matter but clearly it can be done tastefully and in a way which other people can resonate. Thank you.

[@Wes-Tyler]

I grew up in Mississippi too :') the whole state is trash

[@ahttacca]

even though i’m young i’ve got a lifetime of anger repressed. knowing that someone could scream emotions out your system like that amazes me... it makes me feel a lot better, regardless of the headaches for listening to it on repeat

[@jennys209]

I’ve dealt with a whole lot of repressed anger too, remember, your anger loves you. Realizing that has been the most helpful thing for me, I wish you the best of luck

[@drdoofenstock5559]

@@jennys209that line holds a lot of wisdom “anger loves you”

[@syd5380]

Lingua Ignota is another artist who makes music that feels almost overwhelmingly cathartic to listen to. It's disturbing and unsettling and possibly the most intense emotions I've ever heard expressed through any artistic medium. Her album Caligula is the one I'd recommend.

[@G.D.G.]

​@@jennys209Your anger loves you. Holy shit man. Fuck.

[@jordanferguson2254]

That's why I always felt comfort and at peace listening to heavy metal. It's like someone did all the screaming for me.

[@bun2287]

unironically my comfort song rn

[@tjg121389]

I can't believe McDonalds actually added this song to their Grimace's Birthday Playlist on Spotify.

[@ReubenWalton]

Wow that’s crazy it really is on there! I thought this was some kind of girlypop BTS y2k stan twitter lingo ironic joke but I just checked Spotify and it’s REALLY on there! 😮

[@heaven8mysoul]

genuinely just shitty corpo trying to appeal to gen z

[@sp4cegrl27]

one of the employees is going through it 😭

[@NullAndVoidTV]

I'm celebrating my 34th birthday next year with this on my playlist. Its only fitting considering the election results.

[@austinrose2248]

I wish she made more songs like this the feeling it gives me is almost like a trance

[@yuhloveya9793]

fr thoo

[@DontFretAboutIt]

Its like Type O Negative on steroids

[@pabloboney7413]

​@@DontFretAboutIton estrogen*

[@cheesybirdmess7349]

THIS LEFT ME SPEECHLESS but I HAD TO write something. Totally unexpected. Brutal. The sound of flies adds to the realism of it all. Truly respect your attention to detail throughout the whole album. Stunned.

[@hudsonbarbour7361]

On the night of the release, she went live on Instagram and I asked her what insect it was, and she said bees because bees have smoother droning :)

[@cheesybirdmess7349]

@@hudsonbarbour7361 didn't know that! Thanks for the info

[@terrafade]

I’ve never felt a song put sexual assault so perfectly into sound… the dreading, the knowing it’s going to happen, the fear while it’s happening and the terrifying scream when it finally happens… it’s all in this song. So perfectly presented.. I feel seen, so many of us feel seen. Thank you.

[@janekiryu3409]

YUPPP and it's so triggering but also cathartic as fuck

[@TaraLokami]

yes, i can't tell if listening to this is healing or triggering? the build up and release of it is so visceral.

[@sunnyiee_03]

i thought this song was about drug abuse?

[@rowanh420]

@@sunnyiee_03 it’s about both (sadly)

[@mirvk0]

the way i just felt it was about that omg 😭

[@Juneau04]

The first few "stop" of hers sound so much like the narrative we women are expected to play even in misery, pain and the most horrid of experiences. We are expected to be quiet and clean about it. Make no fuss. Bring no disrespect and shame to your family by screaming that you've been tainted. That is the belief for the women in my country. I'm glad she screamed like that. I too, have wanted to scream like that for a long time.

[@freethesoft1088]

Same!!

[@BonoLightier]

The fucking doom metal outro! This girl came for blood!!!!!

[@minchyoda8723]

It makes me feel so understood, not just as a woman but as a person. Ethel Cain is amazing at portraying emotions.

[@emmysitnik1605]

this was my number 1 song for 2023 on spotify 😭

[@Sza4L]

HOW TF DO U LISTEN TO THIS SONG CONSISTENTLY ???

[@atadbitahistory9660]

​@@Sza4L As somebody who listens to thus song constantly, really bad mental health.

[@Sza4L]

@@atadbitahistory9660 oh 😧😭

[@kaseyjohnson8425]

When you work at McDonald’s and listen to Ethel Cain something happens to your brain

[@undigesteddonut]

panera bread*

[@wish4fish_]

Panera bread happens to your brain yes

[@gino7lord]

I am not terribly familiar with her work but the title made me curious as a fan of Dante's inferno. This song really captures the lonely frigid feeling of Ptolomaea, one of several regions of Cocytus, the frozen lake which is the 9th and lowest circle of Hell, the circle of Treachery Ptolomaea is where those who have betrayed their guests linger on in frigid agony

[@benminer7071]

Basically her album, Preachers daughter follows a storyline of a preachers daughter and her life and tragic death at the hands of her second lover. It gets VERY dark lore wise as this song is her character getting sa’d, murdered, and then cannibalized. She goes to heaven after this and looks back at her life and gets conflicted because she’s very upset at what he’s done to her, but still has feelings for him. She then decides to kill him from the grave by food poisoning.

[@Kirb171]

This is our reminder that still here, on this planet, there is monsters living among us unhuman things and that we need to be always be cautious about who we trust

[@siqqybaby12]

One of the best songs ever created I'm so serious

[@jadalikestea]

So real

[@tapasyasuman]

realest ever

[@ouijabored000]

WOW???! this is absolutely PACKED with emotion, like vacuum sealed packed. this woman is genius. the breakdown or climax is insane & so carefully crafted to convey an incredibly strong tone & atmosphere.

[@SafiVidal]

It’s funny to see that this is every woman’s comfort song and every man who listens to it nightmare song.

[@PrentedImNotHere]

I sent the lyrics to this super religious guy I know and he was really freaked out 🥲 they just don’t get it

[@swimreaper9990]

@@PrentedImNotHereas someone who is religious i disagree lmaoo music is meant for everyone regardless of their beliefs. this is a bomb ass song so just enjoy it:)

[@blueyeshadow2738]

@@swimreaper9990I think the discrepancy comes that this up is such a female song especially given the context of a man brutalizing his gf

[@skrungusVEVO]

idk i think its pretty cool

[@rottingaristocrat7956]

This has me feeling like I'm sinking into an inky abyss. It's both simultaneously disconcerting and comforting.

[@alicelaker7258]

As someone who was in a state of severe paranoia for months due to a traumatic experience this song hits really close to home. This is exactly what the fear felt like to me.

[@cielliddell]

the fact this became a comfort song to me

[@raesifers]

yknow how it feels when you've always cried in silence but you've figured out you can scream and rage and curse everyone who unsanctified you? thats this song

[@jonathandavisinadress]

my heart goes out to any sa survivors like myself, i see yall and please remember we are not our past, wedo not have to rot in our own tragedies that we couldnt control at the time, you are stronger than anyone knows.

[@KayceeKKK]

Omg I really needed this thank you😭

[@lenadelrey9]

Thank you ❤

[@cutsperson]

god, what a bloodcurdling scream. thank you ethel cain for making such a writhing, agonizing, beautiful, and holy record

[@bluedahliacharles]

after years of childhood molestation and doing all I can to heal and get sober from heroin and other hard drugs and being shunned by certain parts of my family and friends for being trans I feel seen heard and understood I started last year off in a hospital I had an overdose and something snapped in me and I saw much around me that I was becoming all rooted in pain and trauma and this album felt like having a hand to hold while I walked through my own physical and mental hell

[@HS-rw1cq]

Your coment was so chilling to me because the exact same thing happened to me. I hope u can find a way to move on, and have a happy life find you : )

[@BRIANNA_00]

God, I resonate so much with this comment.

[@rosarolli]

Damn we're pretty similar then, except for the drugs since I've never been a drug type of person

[@americansteve2585]

Wishing you the best! You've got this ❤

[@AdamGYodaWars]

Still waiting on the Kidz Bop version of this song

[@sparrow_posts_stuff]

LMAOO

[@AdamGYodaWars]

@@sparrow_posts_stuff hey a fellow Swiftie

[@sparrow_posts_stuff]

@@AdamGYodaWars heyy

[@AdamGYodaWars]

@@sparrow_posts_stuff hello

[@MrLatthawat]

@@sparrow_posts_stuff omg a swiftie hiiii

[@e_clown]

a song to play during dinner on a lovely christmas night with the family 🌲🎅

[@megandolley]

this was actually terrifying, the LYRICS?!, the fly buzzing noises, the eerie humming, the repetitive stops, that scream?! this made me feel some sort of way and i love it

[@Acquaintance6336]

KZbin deciding to play Temu's theme song as an ad after this was fucking emotional whiplash

[@hungtotheover3385]

“What fear a man like you brings upon a woman like me.” For some reason this line rescinds with me so much.

[@ceejae7352]

This is the voice of every woman who has ever been terrorized by "love".

[@waitrosewooyo]

obsessed with the transition of gibson girl to ptolemaea to august underground, this album is a masterpiece

[@ezekielandrada941]

getting ready for the club kinda track

[@rebbyy95]

Ethel didn't stand a chance.. :( This album makes me so emotional.

[@anitacigarette]

"stop... stop... Stop. STOP!!" God, how many times I've said that in my life to try & save myself from damage. This song hurts, but feels so releasing when she says that part. Like my chest blowing open & my heart screaming.

[@hafiqzariq342]

Love this too😢

[@ririko_asakura]

Yes. How many times do I want to or have to scream like this to let them know that I do want them to stop what they're doing to me. And How many times do I have to control myself from screaming like this so as to keep them from feeling offended, as if they are the one who should be offended. I couldn't even count.

[@auxlen]

@@ririko_asakura The worst thing ever was I read posted Lyrics that read 'stars' instead of 'stop' ludicrous.

[@yavral4]

I’m not exaggerating when I say that this is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard in my life

[@Nessie18896]

Thanks Ethel, needed this pov from my sleep paralysis demon

[@mandalasky]

I laughed out loud to this!

[@dinnerbone444]

@@mandalasky i rolled on the floor laughed to this!

[@rejdzer6]

woke up in a bus in the middle of nowhere in Czech Republic listening to the chanting at the end of the song 10/10 experience

[@ratboi_1]

This song sounds like what it felt to be betrayed by my uncle as he sold my body out to men. Very few songs make me feel this way but this song... this song makes me feel seen, heard, understood fully and completely.

[@uncertain_zee]

Idk if this is a good recommendation for you because it could be super fucking triggering (i have it with this song in a playlist called "put u in a bad mood" for when i just need to get all the gross feelings out after a panic attack or something :,)) but daddy by korn also has this vibe, but a lot more explicit.

[@ratboi_1]

@@uncertain_zee yeahhh, I've listened to it lol. I still listen to it every once in a while... it also is weirdly comforting to hear for some reason lol

[@Daelyah]

Witch Fever's "12" It's another dark one, but I can get wanting to scream like the vocalist does, after my own fucked up shit I've been through. She screams about how a religious figure abused her when she was just a kid, and she never got an apology after being condemned for what happened. While I didn't have an experience like that, I've had some screwed up experiences that have left me enraged for a long time.

[@LiveLoveLaugh102310]

That screaming 'stop' towards the end gave me chills

[@gabrielhouser9677]

No joke, a friend of mine used Strangers in a presentation about horror in music and theater and I was instantly intrigued. She described that the album Preacher's Daughter was a scary album about a preacher girl getting caught up in a romance with a psycho cannibal killer and knew I had to give it a try. Being a self-described metal head, I charged head first with an eager interest and WOW. I have never heard a blend of sounds like this before! It is also genuinely terrifying as well! It honestly reminds me of hearing groups like Meshuggah for the first time in terms of sheer brutality yet beauty as well. There's such a wide mix of genres here I'm almost certainly Ethel Cain has invented a new one with this album. It is way more than your average pop singer-songwriter kind of music. I wouldn't even bat an eye if she opened for a death metal band with tracks like this. One thing is certain, and that is I am now a big fan of her's! If Ethel happens to be reading this, I love what I've heard so far and can't wait to see what you do next! :)

[@lisakoerth1125]

Same when I first herd Meshuggah exactly w cain

[@probably_aidan]

It's crazy how quickly this became a comfort song

[@ronank4784]

Haunting, nostalgic, spinning, atmospheric and layered in desperate passion. Best from the new album.

[@archideades]

This kind of music makes you look behind your shoulder nervously while listening in headphones, and I'm all for it

[@aljones75]

Haha I had to take one ear bud out, it was too much

[@_4200h]

This is a really hard song to wake up with it stuck in your head. As a survivor with c-ptsd, this song is cathartic but extremely triggering for me. Put me in the weirdest headspace for the day. I'm barely even here today living in the traumatic memories this brings up. This song is a spell and it is extremely powerful. The first time I heard it I had a full on physical reaction, my whole body broke, the scream sent me reeling, the pheonix fire in me got reignited. Thank you for this song but damn if I can't handle waking up with it as my earworm for the day

[@lissasokay]

“I followed you in and I was with you there I invited you in twice, I did You love blood too much But not like I do Not like I do Heard you, saw you, felt you, gave you Need you, love you, love you, love you Heard you, saw you, felt you, love you Love you, love you, love you, love you Love you, love you, love you, love you Love you, love you, love you, love you... You don't have to say yes to me Suffer does the wolf, crawling to thee Promising a big fire, any fire Saying I'm the one, he's gonna take me I'm on fire, I'm on fire, I'm on fire Suffering is nigh, drawing to me Calling me the one, I'm the white light Beautiful, finite Even the iron still fears the rot Hiding from something I cannot stop Walking on shadows, I can't lead him back, uh Buckled on the floor when night comes along Daddy's left and momma won't come home, oh, uh You poor thing Sweet, mourning lamb There's nothing you can do It's already been done What fear a man like you brings upon a woman like me (show me your face) Please, don't look at me I can see it in your eyes, he keeps looking at me Tell me, what have you done? Stop, stop, stop, make it stop Stop, make it stop, make it stop I've had enough Stop, stop, stop, stop Stop, stop, stop, stop I am the face Of love's rage I am the face Of love's rage Blessed be the Daughters of Cain Bound to suffering eternal through the sins of their fathers committed long before their conception Blessed be their whore mothers Tired and angry, waiting with bated breath in a ferry that will never move again Blessed be the children Each and every one come to know their god through some senseless act of violence Blessed be you, girl Promised to me by a man who can only feel hatred and contempt towards you I am no good nor evil, simply I am And I have come to take what is mine I was there in the dark when you spilled your first blood I am here now, as you run from me still Run then, child You can't hide from me forever”

[@danieldau4764]

I’ve waited my whole life for this album.

[@Ri_5475]

bro when i was listening to this album on spotify and this played my ass got so scared😭 but i still sat through it and ended loving the whole song

[@thespectralchannel]

Like something out of Silent Hill...true, horror laced atmosphere. Haunting, amazing

[@MiladySK]

Exactly. Someone above mentioned, Resident Evil and I'm like, no, more like Silent Hill. Lol

[@Dvgteeth]

I hate when people say this song is “scary” or “angry”. This song is a trapped animal. This is the prey screaming out one last time with its throat trapped between sharp teeth. This is the sound that I heard in my head when I was 14 in the back of a car with a man I had no business spending time with.

[@QueenFreaq]

So... I struggled with an abusive relationship, as did my grandmother on my mother's side. The older i get the more people tell me i look like her. That last "STOP" is personal. Blessed be the daughters of cain.

[@canaryxblue]

god what a masterpiece. the doom metal outro is the most horrifying sequence of music i've ever heard.

[@35caliber.]

u get it fr

[@annaaidekijustloveyoutube2194]

I feel understood with this track. Its comfortable and unnerving at the same time. This is how i have lived most of my life, always on edge with the falsehoods of peace by people around me. internally i have rage and twisted thoughts due to years of neglect and being forced into emotional isolation by my parents. This feels like a release

[@daviemoe0779]

one of ethel’s best songs in her top three and the best song on this album

[@virginiad.1911]

That scream is the Nov 6, 2024 mood

[@0101executioner]

if ethel was a game, she'd be outlast.

[@panzerf4ust]

outlast 2 🙏

[@hey8985]

outlast 2 specifically!!

[@Priimess]

The perfectly ambivalent chill and tension that comes from reliving abuse willingly. The warm, dense feeling that comes from leaning into your depression. And the disassociative glare that fills the empty space between the falls. There is a strange comfort in all this that sticks to your conscience and rests in the recesses of your mind untill it pushes to the front and takes control. Those are the emotions and thoughts that come to me from this song. Truly a masterpiece. Very very few songs can make me FEEL like this one does. It almost becomes impossible for me not to regress into my thoughts and internalize every ephemeral synaptic connection much more deeply. The emotions flow smoother, and its almost cathartic in a chaotic manner. Thank you Ethel.

[@isabellaescamilla2809]

I followed you in and I was with you there I invited you in twice, I did You love blood too much But not like I do, not like I do Suffer does the wolf, crawling to thee Promising a big fire, any fire Saying I'm the one, he's gonna take me I'm on fire, I'm on fire, I'm on fire Suffering is nigh, drawing to me Calling me the one, I'm the white light Beautiful, finite Even the iron still fears the rot Hiding from something I cannot stop Walking on shadows, I can't lead him back, uh Buckled on the floor when night comes along Daddy's left and momma won't come home You poor thing Sweet, mourning lamb There's nothing you can do It's already been done What fear a man like you brings upon a woman like me (show your face) Please, don't look at me I can see it in your eyes, he keeps looking at me Turn me, what have you done? Stop, stop (make it stop), stop, make it stop, stop Make it stop Make it stop, I've had enough Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop I am the face of love's rage I am the face of love's rage Blessed be the Daughters of Cain, bound to suffering eternal through the sins of their fathers committed long before their conception Blessed be their whore mothers, tired and angry waiting with bated breath in a ferry that will never move again Blessed be the children, each and every one come to know their god through some senseless act of violence Blessed be you, girl, promised to me by a man who can only feel hatred and contempt towards you I am no good nor evil, simply I am, and I have come to take what is mine I was there in the dark when you spilled your first blood I am here now, as you run from me still Run then, child, you can't hide from me forever

[@asafoetidajones8181]

Ah. Right into my "contemporary pop" Playlist between Diamanda Galas and Lingua Ignota.

[@jamesduksta5595]

LOVE Diamanda!!!

[@asafoetidajones8181]

@@jamesduksta5595 me too brűther

[@chloskyskies4399]

Thanks for the recommendations

[@TenshiDeadRose69]

Yes! This song totally gives me Diamanda Galas vibes

[@th3lo]

perfect company

[@jakerohlinger8838]

hauntingly beautiful... and on repeat it goes

[@Cristian-ku5fd]

Straight out of a dark and atmospheric horror movie, this is amazing.

[@aves8326]

hearing the beat drop after “it’s already been done” had me holding my breath for the whole rest of the album until at the end of strangers i lost it

[@35caliber.]

you get it omg

[@larissachanelle]

genuinely one of the best songs ever written

[@itsnotaphasemom4789]

This song sounds like a panic attack and suffocation. I've only heard a few Ethel Cain songs before and I didn't really like them but this one. This one.

[@Joozeg]

I love this song not only because of the dark aura, but it totally represent the feeling of feeling disgusted of yourself and not for the abuser, you feel gross, weak, disgusting, icky, because it's always your fault, its never his it's yours, and even after all, years pass and you think you got over it, that you got free from him, when you try to get pleasure for yourself (like segs etc) you feel extremely disgusted, realizing he never really left you alone. Well thats what I feel when I hear this song, the hate and the anger, everything (also I love Ethel Cain so much, thank you for this masterpiece)

[@nicorobyn]

How lucky i feel to be able to see the universe through Ethel Cain's eyes... both the character and the woman behind. This track feel like if it was written by Laura Palmer, in the best way possible.

[@dednolb1824]

I 100% agree with the feeling that it was written by Laura Palmer. It’s all I imagined when listening to the song. It's so haunting but beautiful, just like Laura’s story.

[@ariannalarsen8860]

HOLY SHIT THAT IS THE BEST THING KVE EVER. THIS IS SO FUCKING LAURA PALMER

[@normaharlean4457]

i completely concur. like, fu*k yes. x3

[@raina-u8l]

@@dednolb1824 is

[@moss_yt]

This album was recommended to me so I went in blind and am listening straight thru. For a lot of the songs I was like "ah, indie folk. This is full of feeling but still very chill somehow. I guess that's what it all is. But I'll keep going just in case." And then I got to the song before this. And then I got to this. Literally life-changing. Earth-shattering art.