Dark Light District

by Narakah

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John Chaos Alexander Discordant Grindcore that Buzzes its way in Like an infectious Disease, Narakah use A mixture of Death Metal ,Hardcore and Grind they produced this powerfull blastkreig of sheer brutallity \M/ Favorite track: Red Turtleneck.

usversusthem94 A perfect album, I love how at heart it's grindcore but carries so many other elements along with it. Death Metal, Hardcore, the list goes on. If you're a lover of fast, heavy crushing music, this is absolutely for you!

Greedmachine Fuck yeah... More music like this needs to be made.

Darknight Stunning is one word to describe this album, it's amazing. Grabs hold of your jugalar and doesn't let go! Every track is a pulverising exercise of awesome grindcore and Dark Light District is going onto my AOTY list. Favorite track: Davidian Haze.

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Narakah "Dark Light District" CD
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1.	Grand Paradigm Warrior 01:40	lyrics
Under the domes A life noir The Deco Aeon Rise... Raining glass Pneumatic Thrust Head in the clouds Titans lift us... The ultra sentinel A looming guard Shield us / Save us Rise... Memories Of another life A new world herald To battle all Mega... CAST IN THE NAME OF GOD... YE NOT GUILTY... Choose your master They choose you Drenched in legend Arise and destroy...
2.	Saturation Level 01:00	lyrics
Sadistic little freak Drinking grease down like it was Coca-Cola A fucking crater-faced man A victim of filthy fucking grease An outcast holed up in his room Disgusted by his own sister He gives her a taste...
3.	Migrate To Electronics 01:02	lyrics
Blood and muscle and bone When these are lost Each human being confronts his own death Awaken your spirit Shed the filth of your physical body I don't want to disappear Desire remains present
4.	When Azazel Weeps 01:49	lyrics
An ancient marionette From a time now gone A lurid, seething curse For our dimension I see life Through filtered light... I bring strife So I can live... You will suffer So I can live... When you fall I will jump... Isolation / Suffering Kill yourself to kill me Theological underbelly A dismal end Abysmal torture A dead black heart For now, still lives A dead black heart True embodiment
5.	Gutting The Infamous 01:12	lyrics
Deep abyss We’re bound together Aching for mischief Daring lust Heist everything in sight Except for you This is business Assassinate with no heart Gutting the infamous In the outer dark... Serenity found Bleed the void Browncoats with big minds... “Take me out to the black Tell them I’m not coming back Burn the land & boil the sea You can’t take the sky from me”
6.	Davidian Haze 01:35	lyrics
Mercy... Welcome home The return to desolation A haven Drink the fuel 12 rounds Cold stares Bright eyes Run the gauntlet with your bond Fight to the ends of the earth We’re here for annhiliation... Conquer... No Resistance To the liquid blue Free to do what I want...
7.	Dark Light District 01:19	lyrics
Create the living From a burst of darkness Crime bleeds... And the creeps feed The spires rise The wings glide A frozen heart A lurid grin A melting face A moldmaker A hallucination An umbrella Claws catch the poison A sharp twist of green words Wear this hat, marionette Keep the perfect time and sharpen your teeth Sleek noir justice at a drop of the fist And it begins again...
8.	Endless Waltz 01:38	lyrics
As long as mankind exists There will always be battles... Silver coffins kiss the golden sun Fooled by the false sense of peace Fanatics led by a child A mere corporate puppet A meteoric operation To bring about nuclear winter Will always be foiled by the people
9.	Red Turtleneck 01:27	lyrics
Your Neck, Your Head They're very beautiful I want your head Your severed head Forgive Me Help Me I don't want to die I have to hold on Hold on... Writhe in Agony Writhe in Agony
10.	The Dreamshell 01:40	lyrics
Don't think out loud It might hear you Outsmarting it will only Make it smarter You know it's alive Worse It knows it's alive Even if your memory doesn't fail you It can't help you
11.	Unfamiliar Ceiling 01:50	lyrics
Another unfamiliar ceiling The city seems so lonely It's so desolate There's no place that's familiar Bad memories always seem to find me I'm home...

about

Brutal deathgrind from Pittsburgh with ex-members of Firstdaydead, Acolyte, Prostitution, Shiro-Ishii, Hurtpiece, Meth Quarry, & Officeworker.

16 minutes of blasting & grooving creative chaos fueled by anime, manga, comics, video games, TV shows, movies, and books. Reviving the late 90's & early 2000's Pittsburgh style with new twists.

FFO: As The Sun Sets, Discordance Axis, Deeds of Flesh, The Locust, Nasum, From A Second Story Window, Zao, Living Sacrifice, Pyaemia, Internal Bleeding, Burnt By The Sun, Soils of Fate, & Severe Torture

Vinyl available via Secret Swarm Records (starting 07/02/2021). 'Dark Light District' & 'Blast Haven' repackaged together with all new art as well as an accompanying shirt design. Pressing of 200, 3 insane variants 50/50/100. (Pre-order*)
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credits

released February 28, 2020

Narakah

Chris Smith - Guitars, Art & Design, Visuals, Lyrics
Jason Spence - Blasts, Percussion, Samples, Electronics
Adam Bailey - Vocals, Lyrics
Evan Kunkle - Bass

Recorded, mixed, & mastered February 2020 at Cerebral Audio by Shane Mayer

Additional vocals on this recording by Chris Smith & Jason Spence

Art, design, logo, & layout by Chris Smith for Grey Aria Design Studio

Samples by Jason Spence & Chris Smith

Lyrics by Adam Bailey & Chris Smith

Back cover photography by Karl Salvini

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Narakah Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

THE PITTSBURGH DEATHGRIND SYNDICATE.

Current members of Burial At Ornans, Aconitum, Cynocephalus, & Windchimes.

Ex-Firstdaydead, Acolyte, Prostitution, Shiro-Ishii, Hurtpiece, Meth Quarry, Hindsight & Officeworker. Always evolving, brutal & catchy, blast+groove creative chaos fueled by anime, manga, comics, video games, TV shows, movies, & pop-cultural curiosities. FUCK AROUND AND GRIND OUT. ... more

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