Pulse
male epic a cappella metal odyssey, dark cinematic ritual metal, experimental groove/folk-metal fusion Instrumentation & Sound: Layered bass and baritone vocal harmonies, monastic-style choral stacking, throat singing, guttural growls used as rhythmic elements, cello basslines performing djent-style riffs, crushing groove metal guitars, relentless double-kick drums, jaw harp, nyckelharpa, dobro textures, warped boogie-woogie and off-kilter swing piano, shrieking violin leads, distorted wailing cello Structure & Dynamics: Shifting tempos, irregular time signatures, transitions between stark a cappella ritual sections and full instrumental onslaughts, orchestral choral breakdowns, suffocating builds, sudden drops into near silence, unsettling folk rhythmic twists, dense layered arrangements Mood & Tone: Dark, ritualistic, predatory, obsessive, oppressive, cinematic, unhinged but controlled, like a forbidden ceremony unfolding Vocal: baritone leads, blackened growls, whispers
Pulse
male epic a cappella metal odyssey, dark cinematic ritual metal, experimental groove/folk-metal fusion Instrumentation & Sound: Layered bass and baritone vocal harmonies, monastic-style choral stacking, throat singing, guttural growls used as rhythmic elements, cello basslines performing djent-style riffs, crushing groove metal guitars, relentless double-kick drums, jaw harp, nyckelharpa, dobro textures, warped boogie-woogie and off-kilter swing piano, shrieking violin leads, distorted wailing cello Structure & Dynamics: Shifting tempos, irregular time signatures, transitions between stark a cappella ritual sections and full instrumental onslaughts, orchestral choral breakdowns, suffocating builds, sudden drops into near silence, unsettling folk rhythmic twists, dense layered arrangements Mood & Tone: Dark, ritualistic, predatory, obsessive, oppressive, cinematic, unhinged but controlled, like a forbidden ceremony unfolding Vocal: baritone leads, blackened growls, whispers
Lyrics
I saw it flicker when you held my gaze,
That quiet fracture beneath your restraint,
You wear your innocence like it’s a shield,
But I can see exactly where it breaks.
You don’t recoil when I get too close,
You let it linger, you let it breathe,
Like part of you was waiting for this—
Something that doesn’t leave.
Don’t dress it up,
Don’t make it clean,
You know this lives
In what we mean.
Say you want it, don’t turn away,
Say you feel it crawling your veins,
Call it twisted, call it wrong—
You’ve been holding it this long.
Let it take you, let it show,
All the things you don’t outgrow,
If I’m a sickness, say it slow—
You don’t want me to let go.
You lean in closer when I confess,
Like every word just tightens the thread,
No fear in the way that you hold your breath,
Just anticipation instead.
You trace the edge but never retreat,
You match the rhythm under my skin,
This isn’t something I do alone—
You’re pulling me further in.
No absolution,
No disguise,
You meet me steady
Eye to eye.
Say you want it, don’t hesitate,
Say you crave what you can’t escape,
Call it hunger, call it fate—
You were never meant to wait.
Let it take you, let it grow,
Feed the thing you barely show,
If I’m your ruin, let me know—
You don’t want me to let go.
Stay.
Closer now.
Don’t pretend
You don’t know how.
You felt it
Before I spoke—
Every glance,
Every choke
Of the silence
You let bend…
You don’t want this
To end.
Say you need it, say it plain,
Say you love the weight, the chain,
Call it dark, but don’t deny—
You were drawn to what I hide.
I won’t fight it, neither will you,
This is everything we choose,
If this consumes us, let it through—
You were made to want this too.
Don’t ask me to stop.
You’d hate the silence.