Scorched Earth, by Gnaw Bone

Scorched Earth

by Gnaw Bone

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Limited Edition vinyl version of our EP "Scorched Earth," featuring ultra-heavy 180+ gram records on crystal clear transparent vinyl, a double-sided insert, and a heavyweight 24pt jacket.

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Deluxe vinyl version of our EP "Scorched Earth," featuring ultra-heavy bone-infused 180+ gram records on crystal clear transparent vinyl with bone-fragments pressed inside. Includes a full color 11" x 11" double-sided insert, a 12" x 12" screen-printed white on black insert, a loose set of center labels, a clear box with bone shards, and a certificate describing the creation process, all housed inside a heavyweight 24pt jacket. Photos by New Orleans Record Press.

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"Chapter II" - Screen-Printed Poster
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12.5" x 12.5" screen-printed poster for GNAW BONE's debut performance of our second Chapter. Custom dark maroon/brown ink on manila kraft yellow 100lb French Paper. Limited Edition of 10.

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1.	The End 05:04	lyrics
B + S \| stones and spears B + S \| swords and shields B + S \| powder and gears B + S \| missiles and fear R \| there is a call into the dirt R \| follow the body that is burnt S \| sky rains down to the soil S \| ash and bones into the ruins R \| to death the battle the war B + R + S \| total annihilation! B + S \| stones and spears B + S \| swords and shields
2.	Crown Lust 04:36	lyrics
B / S \| nourishing vascular / pulp B / S \| cementum in the gum / roots B / S \| dentin sheath yellow bleed / cloak B / S \| hard as bone enamel / crown R \| i have your teeth R \| i own your mouth R \| pluck your fang R \| bite your tongue B \| beautiful bicuspids B \| humankind incisors B \| pearly whites canines B \| crunch crunch R \| my teeth are falling it’s coursing outside my mouth R \| the pain inside grows S \| nerves are dying gums decaying B / S \| nourishing vascular / pulp B / S \| cementum in the gum / roots B / S \| dentin sheath yellow bleed / cloak B / S \| hard as bone enamel / crown
3.	Scorched Earth 06:25	lyrics
B \| greyscale ash clouds B \| skeletal trees lacking rings & leaves B \| blackened husks scraping raw B \| bark flaking off like rotten skin debris B \| concrete ruins B \| crumbling street foundations filled with weeds B \| sanctuaries built of dust B \| flaccid erections of mankind's lust S \| pour the sand out B \| scorched earth! S \| bare no fruit B \| scorched earth! S \| hold no faith B \| scorched earth! R \| “ ” B \| greyscale ash clouds B \| skeletal trees lacking rings & leaves B \| blackened husks scraping raw B \| bark flaking off like rotten skin debris S \| pour the sand out B \| scorched earth! S \| bare no fruit B \| scorched earth! S \| hold no faith
4.	Fallen Rulers 04:38	lyrics
B \| air land sea S \| their kingdom B \| germs plants meat S \| nourishment B \| black brown green B + S \| worship fallen beasts! R \| all change comes from starts R \| before our birth came their death R \| in their life they were the rulers R \| in our death we shall be the same R \| in your death we still prevail S \| thunder rolling in the distance B \| air land sea S \| their kingdom B \| germs plants meat S \| nourishment B \| black brown green B + S \| worship fallen beasts!

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After dropping a debut self-titled EP that Cvlt Nation called one of the “Top 10 Sludge Releases of 2016,” GNAW BONE returns with a new slab of blackened metal in “Scorched Earth,” their second EP and first with a new trio lineup. Featuring the addition of bass guitar as well as 2 new vocalists, “Scorched Earth” presents a world as bleak as its title, filled with greyscale ruins destroyed by the crushing doom, crust, death, and black metal of GNAW BONE.

Although merely a trio, GNAW BONE lay waste to fuller bands by employing a dense and distorted sonic arsenal comprised of vintage amp walls and cascading stages of distortion and fuzz. The percussion of GNAW BONE is utterly primal - intense and pummeling yet remaining steadfastly in the distance. As a final layer of odious intent, GNAW BONE is fleshed out by vocals delivered from all three members, each featuring a distinct style & timbre ranging from high-pitched shrieks to guttural growls.

The album opens with “The End,” a suspenseful introduction that quickly changes course by cascading into a wall of blast beats and black metal progressions beneath ghastly screams describing the instruments of death. Balancing dynamics with fury, the track rises and falls in intensity multiple times before exploding into a mirror image of its opening and evaporating into fog. Like slow-moving tar, “Crown Lust” immediately submerges the listener into a down-tempo pond of murky sludge before finally strangling them with dissonant, angular rhythms and a barrage of call & response vocals. Continuously descending, the track builds in speed and technicality until it collapses into a bottomless pit of tortured howls over glacially-paced chords of pure distortion. “Scorched Earth” offers a slight respite in its extended intro, an epic and darkly-melodic prologue to the carnage of death metal riffing unleashed after it. Emphasizing the unforgiving nature of an obliterated landscape, the track devolves into an atmospheric cloud of noise, providing a soundtrack to the doomsday proclamations emanating through the rubble. After moments of solitude from a sparse acoustic passage, the album climaxes in the utterly pummeling doom of “Fallen Rulers,” a trudging tribute to the beasts of past eras.

- Auris Apothecary

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DELUXE VERSION: The deluxe edition of “Scorched Earth” was made in collaboration with NORP Laboratories, a subsidiary of New Orleans Record Press. Launched in 2017 and opened to the public in January 2018, New Orleans Record Press is the first and only independently owned and operated vinyl record manufacturing plant in the city’s history. NORP performed hours of research & development to create the records, meticulously placing the pieces of bone into the vinyl press by hand for each & every copy. The result is a stunning audio artifact that is as beautiful as it is unique.

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FULL STREAM ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaRdxcipycI

ALBUM TEASER VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KmvnxwQ-ns

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released January 15, 2018

On this recording, Gnaw Bone was:
B | Rhythm & Voice
R | Thunder & Voice
S | Noise & Voice

Recorded live in the studio at the Artifex Guild by Gnaw Bone April 2017 CE
Vocals and minimal overdubs recorded Summer 2017 CE
Mixed by Gnaw Bone Autumn 2017 CE
Mastered by James Plotkin

Design & Layout by (das)
Pressed at New Orleans Record Press
Released on Auris Apothecary

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B | Rhythm & Voice
R | Thunder & Voice
S | Noise & Voice

GNAW BONE channels the primitive power of the natural world through monolithic tones and pummeling rhythms. Insanely saturated
distortion and thunderous percussion construct a sonic skeleton that is filled with organs of filthy doom,
crust, death, and black metal to form a powerful creature of distinctly malevolent intentions. ... more

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