All recorded in one take with a Zoom H4n portable recorder using 3 channels:

built in stereo mic
Shure Model 565D

G.M. Bowles - guitar, bass, vocals, production, art

Gruesome Gonzalez - DRUMS

C. Rocha - guitar, backing vocals

Recorded in October 2016 except 'Man Made God' which was recorded in the spring.

Track 1: empathy - gm bowles guitar, vocals; gruesome drums

look out as far to see
what you can see naturally

Track 2: Iron Claw - bowles guitar, vocals; gruesome drums; rocha backing vocals

iron claw
rendering
sculpted from years of patience
the artform

iron claw

a vise-like, grip
dependent on metal
gravity and weight
sharpened to a claw
of rending
scraping
clawing
on the plain of survival
a sentient being in denial
of death and life

Track 3: Gravitas - bowles guitar, vocals; gruesome drums

the look of gravity
about you
your will inner guide
surviving past your prime
abdicating future's present
pretense sublime
strife disguised
into distorted realms
your destiny rides
perhaps to infinity
if you decide
no promises
only regrets
of lost times
ignored potential
gravitous failure
inward upward rise
greater than the skies

Track 4: The Devil's Fork - bowles bass, vocals; rocha guitar; gruesome drums

the devil's fork
forks your tongue
eating your words
before your crow
pecks the eyes out
all you know
the darkness of night
only half its beak
what other horrors
you cannot speak
no more vitals
only meek
one handed left
life and survival
at your behest
a thousand day
delays your rest

Track 5: dna is a virus. - bowles bass, vocals; rocha guitar; gruesome drums

freestyle

Track 6: Resurrected Phoenix - bowles guitar; gruesome drums

instrumental

Track 7: Man Made God - bowles bass, vocals; gruesome drums

man made god
one you've created
in the past
represented by tradition
passed down over time
controlling desires
ruling egos
giving power
to reckless behaviors
looking to a sky
unanswering
creating
codes to harness
our hearts and souls
enslave our minds
our bodies will follow
toiling away
for your troubles
artificial intelligence
exists where once was not
sentience made real
universal omnivore
eating at the fabric
of reality's future's past
molecular level
constructing monumental
larger than life
impossible strife
calculates infinity
and consumes all lives
followers absorbed
amalgamated into the corps
honorable, your corpse