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Crawling Worship

by THORN

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    The LP comes housed in a matte, full-color jacket with a full-color double-sided insert. The insert contains all of the lyrics and credits for the album.

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  • Thorn - Crawling Worship CD Edition - Life After Death Records
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    CD Layout by Ian Collazo @claweight

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    2 cassette color options: Translucent Blue Cassette Shell w/ Purple Norelco Case -AND- Translucent Purple Cassette Shell w/ Blue Norelco Case. The color/styles are limited to 100 each.

    The cassette comes housed in a norelco case with a full-color 4-panel j-card insert. The insert contains all of the lyrics and credits for the album.

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1.
Poem "The Pentagram" by Aleister Crowley
2.
Pillars of billowing smoke fume from its throat The flawed automaton stirs to consciousness Weeping wounds seep from its chest yet it does not bleed Gears whir in perfected synchronicity Wires give life to limb flesh entwined within Pulsing machinery electric surge in iron bones It murmurs a breath of life from behind its teeth of chrome Haze veils burning eyes seething hatred for all of man Knees collapse as the behemoth begins to stand Engulf the earth and sky mountains crumble into dust Nature begins to thrive as cities fall to rust Dawn of the world anew man has met his demise Aeons of steel from the ashes it will rise It does not bleed Wires give life to limb It does not bleed The flesh entwined within
3.
Beyond these stone walls My spirit wanders forevermore in this mortal veil This coil of suffering An endless maw of eternity Forever bound to this dream Wastelands of somber misery My skull rattles with banal musings Numb in this vessel. Eternally brooding. Festering. Maw of eternity; I collapse into its jaws
4.
Candlelight guides my path down spiraling endless wrath Summoning from chasms unknown. I regain flesh, sinew and bone Crimson smoke carries me from oblivion A sigil carved by blades of obsidian Shadows dancing in flickering candlelight By black salts, and carrion flesh, my thralls perform my rite Cast into bones again, I am flesh Dim light floods my eyes. A soul made flesh, transcendence of death For now, I arise
5.
Aeons spent as dust Ethereal prison, entombed in rust From banishment, arise Divine worship of venomous design On hallowed ground serpents crawl toward me Weeping echoes Sacrificial offerings. Crawl. Weep. The serpents crawl toward me Crawling worship of venomous design Crawling worship, praise thy serpents divine
6.
Poem β€œAn Oath” by Aleister Crowley
7.
Dreaming of serene waters as my coffin sinks To the blackest deep forgotten to the sea Forlorn//Drown//Fallow//Bound Crushed under the waves Drowned in cold chains Dreams of the rain Forlorn
8.
Ignite ancient roots Inhale and see the truth Sealed in a primordial tomb Visions upon my throne bane of the womb Beast unleashed from within Changes its own skin By the light of the moon I alter my consciousness Inhale and consume The bane of the womb Vexed by archaic smoke Ancient entity invoked
9.
Visions of a creeping abyss crawl back to my mind Trapped in a desolate rift I seize what solace I find Piercing isolation amidst boundless depths Comforted by a dark caress Captive in bleak surroundings Clawing at these bonds Absolved in the beyond Cast down Once again, it looms In this pit which I dwell. Festering. A towering hell My spirit shrouded in a mist Blindly wandering, forever adrift Succumb to the abyss Surrender to the nothingness
10.
Everlasting cimmerian gloom encompassing and exhumes all life in bloom Infinitely consume all life in bloom Encompass me in the end. Consciousness descends A bleak light faintly gleaming solitarily, so serene Fathoms apart. Hands outstretched to behold a phosphorescent glow As above, so below
11.

credits

released June 18, 2021

All music and lyrics written by THORN*
Spring 2020
*Tracks 1 & 6, poems written by Aleister Crowley

Artwork by Tanner Conrad @svchislife
Mixing/Mastering by Kyle Allsup @preyfordeathproductions
LP & MC Layout by: Big Daddy gore



THORN is Brennen Westermeyer
thornxaz@gmail.com



"Now, very much in line with that ethos and previous sound, comes the debut Thorn album Crawling Worship. Across 10 brief-yet-obliterating tracks, [THORN] distills the essence of death doom, post-metal, and sludge into a concentrate so potent that it just might burn a hole through your speakers."
www.invisibleoranges.com/thorn-crawling-worship/

"This new album track is a jolting, neck-bending experience, thanks to grime-encrusted riffs and gut-punching, skull-snapping beats that collectively hammer like big corroded pistons."
www.nocleansinging.com/2021/05/07/an-ncs-video-premiere-thorn-drowned-serpents/

"Thorn aim to crush your skull and offer it up to the Dark Lord with both their palaeolithic approach to death metal or the unrelenting weight of their doom. There is a time for complex and challenging music, but if the output is as strong as this, I can always find time for Thorn."
acertaintaste.co.uk/review/thorn-crawling-worship#more-415


"If you ever get trapped in some dusty vault then Crawling Worship must surely be your soundtrack as you pray for light. The deep, churning riffs, the grinding, severing percussion and the meaty, clanking bass are poisonous to the ears, as the title track oozes its fat, scabby arse from its led coffin and begins its sorry descent into further catacombs of consuming gloom."
www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/album-review-thorn-crawling-worship/

"THORN poured red-hot iron down my throat, burned a brand into my brain. This is a record I will revisit often and gladly. Death doom metal full of despair and hopelessness! Great!"
www.deadlystormzine.com/2021/07/recenzereview-thorn-crawling-worship.html

"Thorn delivers LP β€œCrawling Worship” resonating chambered phantasmal intonation... [Thorn's] musical dexterity punctures into your veins, galvanized by Grind & Powerviolence, succinct compositions integrating elements of Death Doom, Post Metal & Sludge."
www.vm-underground.com/review/thorn-crawling-worship/


CD:
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lifeafterdeath616.com/products/thorn-crawling-worship-cd-preorder?_pos=1&_sid=c281d3c55&_ss=r
www.necrolatryrecords.com/collections/life-after-death-usa/products/thorn-crawling-worship-cd
www.dawnbreed.com/nl/cds?product_id=2687

Cassette:
lifeafterdeath616.com/products/thorn-crawling-worship-cassette

LP:
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