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Self​-​titled

by Gnaw Bone

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    12.5" x 12.5" screen-printed poster for GNAW BONE's debut performance of our first Chapter. Custom metallic gold ink on off-white 100lb French Paper. Limited Edition of 15. Includes download of "Self-Titled" EP.

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    Limited Edition cassette version of our self-titled debut album, featuring pro-duplicated Type II Chrome+ tape stock in gold or black cassette shells with white imprinting. Housed inside a clear/white hardshell norelco case with screen-printed j-cards on ultra-heavy white cardstock. Released on Auris Apothecary & Sygil Records.

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Initium 05:01
iron & flames boiling rain volcanic plains the first of days crust of stone core of bone ancient throne earthen tome initium
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Prime Ape 03:50
prime ape walks through dark lands prime ape make tool with hands prime ape hunt for fresh flesh prime ape is me prime ape is you prime ape are we fresh flesh wounded prey make easy meal for me no green flowers only meat for me prime ape walks through dark lands prime ape make tool with hands prime ape hunt for fresh flesh prime ape is me prime ape is you prime ape are we prime ape is everyone prime ape walks through dark lands
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the hunt begins he stood in the tall grass and stared across the plains when a bison with blackened eyes cut through his gaze a soul heavier than the fur its flesh adorned like a bog in muck his feet did bore the beast approached, burdened by no man in a voice like a bellow from the core of a mountain, it spoke: “get off my fucking land or i will crush your skull beneath my cloven hoof i will spill your blood” the hunt has ended
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crunch crunch. yum yum. crunch crunch. yum yum. we will rip the flesh from your bones and gnaw on the marrow and watch your eyes as the life escapes from them

about

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GNAW BONE's debut self-titled EP is a bludgeoning lesson in pre-history, detailing in distinct tones & tongues the perpetual struggle of survival and dominance that has existed since the dawn of time. Over the course of 4 tracks and roughly 20 minutes, GNAW BONE bask in the punishing mortality of the natural order by evoking moments of crushing doom, murky sludge, blackened metal, and full on dissonant noise with reckless abandon, passing from one form to another like a parasitic ooze.

Although merely a duo of guitar and drums, GNAW BONE lay waste to fuller bands by employing a dense and distorted sonic arsenal comprised of vintage amp walls and cascading stages of harsh fuzz and pitch-shifting effects. The percussion of GNAW BONE is utterly primitive - intense and pummeling yet with an equilibrium of technicality. As a final layer of odious intent, GNAW BONE is fleshed out by harshly-shrieked vocals coated in a wall of saturation, delivered using a linguistic style that parallels each track’s subject matter, ranging from primitive minimalism to eloquent prose.

The album opens with "Initium," an intricate and sprawling track whose chaos perfectly mirrors its message of Earth's formation - "iron & flames, boiling rain, volcanic plains, the first of days" - and it strikes a balance between furious blast beats with abrasive riffing and glacially-paced sludge promoting subsonic worship. "Prime Ape" moves forward in the evolutionary timeline, and exists as a stream-of-conscious narrative from a tool-making, prey-hunting ancestor in a bleak and unforgiving world. Repetitive heavy chords lead to a swampy rhythm before exploding in stripped down black metal and hints of melodic reserve, only to return to its trudging roots. “Beasts of Burden” begins with a haunting melody of melancholy that builds into a suspenseful and dynamic story of a man learning the power of the natural world through an encounter with a wild bison. In the end, GNAW BONE fully realize their sadistic vision with “Wretched Bag of Bones,” a cannibalistic anthem which revels in the act of consuming flesh. It displays GNAW BONE in their most primal form, tedious in monotony but seething with unbridled aggression, as they proclaim “we will rip the flesh from your bones, and gnaw on the marrow, and watch your eyes as the life escapes from them.”

- Auris Apothecary

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Released as a limited edition cassette on Auris Apothecary & Sygil Records.

www.AurisApothecary.org
www.SygilRecords.com

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credits

released September 9, 2016

On this recording, Gnaw Bone was:
A | Rhythm
B | Noise & Voice

Recorded live at the Artifex Guild by Gnaw Bone April 2016 CE.

Mixed at the Artifex Guild by Gnaw Bone May 2016 CE.

Mastered by James Plotkin June 2016 CE.

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www.theArtifexGuild.org
www.PlotkinWorks.com

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Thank you to John Dawson for the microphones.

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Gnaw Bone Bloomington, Indiana

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.
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