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about
‘Venom’ is the fourth of a series of new songs leading up to rEvolve, out on Klang Machine Records. With ‘Venom’ you enter the 2nd chapter of Kassogtha’s concept album rEvolve, a chapter that will take you into the darkest parts of its journey.
The band elaborate:
’Venom’ is about helplessness and self-hatred, when nothing is controllable anymore, when we’ve decided to surrender to the poison controlling all our behaviours. The song tells of wanting to abandon ourselves to another reality, to forget the present, letting the destructive forces in our life settle in, deliberately. All this while realising that it’s wrong, and hating ourselves for letting it happen.
To musically match the darkness of the lyrics, ‘Venom’ relies on its dark and heavy atmosphere in place of instrumental technicality. Ultimately, the song is a mix of all our childhood influences, channelling the angry and sombre attitudes of the likes of Korn and Slipknot (Yes, we are 90’s kids).
lyrics
Swallow my thoughts
Slough your way through my soul
Wash my sickly body of all its purity
Come to me
I will obey
Letting your wisdom glare
upon everything I know
My misty soul will follow you
every time you come to me
Wash my fate of all hope
I’m standing straight behind the fence
Like a trapped pig waiting for its fate
I am waiting for you now
I know
It was only a pilgrimage
that would bring me to you
You’re my master
Feed on my anger
My haughtiness blinds me
Giving you a chance
To pervade me
With your bitter, twisted lies
I’m standing straight behind the fence
Like a trapped pig waiting for its fate
(I am waiting for you)
I am waiting for you
To stop my soulful cries
(my soulful cries)
Like a newborn child
Hoping to be warmed
(I’m waiting for you)
Torture
Obsession
Terror
Addiction
I see the light flicker
Slowly envenoming unscrupulously
My life
I hate you
Horrendous venom
I hate you
You who let it in
Now
I am waiting for you now
Wash my fate of all hope
Now
I am waiting for you now
I will obey
Swallow my thoughts
Slough your way through my soul
Wash my sickly body
I will obey
credits
released July 7, 2022
All music written by Kassogtha
Lyrics by Stephany Hugnin
Produced by Mortimer Baud and David Castillo
Recorded by David Castillo at studio Grondahl / Fascination Street Studios
Mixed by Linus Corneliusson at Fascination Street Studios
Mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios
Additional recordings by Ricardo Borges and Tobias Sillman at studio Grondahl / Fascination Street Studios
Acoustic guitars recorded by Martin Burger at Royal Studios
Additional lead and clean guitars recorded by Mortimer Baud
Cover design by Stephany Hugnin with photography by Geoffroy "Tako" Baud
Kassogtha are: Stephany Hugnin, Mortimer Baud, Martin Burger, Dylan Watson and Valerian Burki
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