IceaxeColorado mountaineering metal.Lone Climber on the Longest Ridge, released 30 March 20201. Part I - Menacing Grey2. Part II - Gloomy Clefts3. Part III - Look in the Mirror4. Part IV - Unsuspected Forms5. Part V - Climb If You WillThis is one 30 minute song that has been split into five parts for your listening convenience. If you purchase the album, you will also receive the full contiguous song.There is a collection of different styles here that may suit your fancy. Black/doom metal is prevalent across most of the piece. You can find "gaze"-ier elements in Part IV, folk inspiration (ocarina and choir) in Part V, and more traditional metal influences in Part III.This song was written in 2018. The drums were recorded in 2018 (Dungeonswill Studios). The guitars were recorded in 2019 (Sporelord Studios). Vocals, keys, and reamping was completed in 2020 in the Puke Pile, Golden, Colorado. There is a 30 minute companion song in a similar vein that will likely never be recorded.If you are interested in a physical release, please let me know. I am thinking about a small run of CDs and/or tapes.Catalog number: NWR 203-0Lyrics-Menacing grey columns heap high, towering above the tallest peaksI stand silent in still airDoes distant thunder speak?Like a fallen mote of dust entangledWithin these rotten spiresMy silhouette in the thin sky yieldsTo swarming electric pyresThe mist peels backfrom gloomy cleftsLurking graupelIs all that’s leftLike all of the times beforeThe menacing rumbles will fadeThe sun scrubs it all awayThe cloud sea recedes from the shoreSoon to forgetThe recent pastI soak in the viewsAnd cry and smile and laughThen hubris comes crawling backDisdain that I bowed to a godDisdain that I bowed to the Earth,Disdain for what stands in my wayAnother stepThrough this wretched fucking place…I curse the fucking groundAs the sweat pours down my faceThe shrieking of the mindless windSnow torn away blasts across the ridgeThe sharp stones shake and shudder and groanIt stings my eyes -- I feel so alone!And when your fingersHave lost sensationThe iron of your axe feels hotDon't lose your gripOr stumble or slipThe end may come before you expect itProgress is sometimes impossibleThe goal concealed by mistNothing seen except an indescribableWrithing in the air, the wind made visible And when your legsWill not budge forthYour blistered skin is falling offDon't stop and sitHead in your hands you quitThe end may come before you expect itWho is responsible for your current suffering?Look in the mirrorLook in the mirrorFeeling sorry for your self-inflicted misery?Look in the mirrorLook in the mirrorClear water sparklesAs it cuts through jagged stone,Cyan lakes frothed by windPush against green flower-brushed fields And one may think Those mountains that tower beyondThey rise above an impure worldBut you have brought that poison here!Run to the hillsBut what do you run from?Sure, society is ridden with illsBut you think you’re not scum? If the strength of the mountaineerCould be used against malice --To help the weak and poor living in fearOf inequities that can crumble like talusThe slanting raysWatch how the the sun stealsShadows within shadowsPure snow revealsCountless unsuspected formsOf the infiniteTime has lost all meaning hereThe horizon converges up aheadIt’s clear what must be doneI will get there, or die insteadAnd once arrived - it’s not the endThe joy will fade, struggles begin againIt’s even harder to make no mistakesTowards the valley, the direction that granite breaksThe sun is slipping, turning redMy dark reflection stretching, blackand it’s hard to go on, when your one goal is complete When the acridness on the tongue used to be so fucking sweet"Still the last, sad memory hovers 'round and sometimes drifts across like floating mist, cutting off sunshine, and chilling the remembrance of happier times. There have been joys too great to be described in words, and there have been griefs upon which I have not dared to dwell: and with these in mind I say, Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end."And so it comes, when the mountains have passed awayYielding to forces which nothing can withstandNaught but a heap of shapeless dustBut until then… have humanityFeel no fear in the face of nonexistenceBut until then… have nobilityIt may not matter in the end,But until then...Reach far beyond the highest heights!Exult the grandeur of the Earth!Let the waterfalls wash away your sweat!Soak in the splendor of the sun!Let the long grass brush against your legs!Tear down all obstacles in your way!
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