Ashes of the Brightest Void

Modernblackeneddeathmetalwithblast-beatdrivenverses,tremolo-pickedminorriffsanddissonantchordstabs;malevocalsalternatingbetweencavernouslowsandscrapinghighs.Chorusesslowtoastompinghalf-timewithwide,reverb-drenchedleadsandchantedbackingvocals.Bridgeopensintoabrief,almostpost-metalcleansectionbeforeafrantic,melodicguitarsolocutsthrough.Thickbasslockswiththekick,rhythmguitarsrazor-tightandpannedwide,vocalsdryandupfront.,relaxing

[Verse 1]
Gravel in my throat
Rust in my prayer
I counted every failed dawn
Like teeth in a snare

White flags in the gutters
Stained the color of sand
I tried to lift my own cross
But it slipped from my hands

[Chorus]
Ashes of the brightest void
Raining in my lungs
I breathe
Kneeling at an empty throne
Nothing there
And still I bleed
Every step
A quiet verdict
Every hope
A drafted lie
Ashes of the brightest void
Falling from a hollow sky

[Verse 2]
Temples made of plywood
Signs nailed into rot
“Entrance to salvation”
Exit wound of thought

I traced a circle on the floor
Until it carved a pit
Stared into the patient dark
The dark just stared back
Unlit

[Chorus]

[Bridge] [clean guitars
Distant vocals]
Slow walk through a dead field
Grass grown over failed beliefs
Names erased on broken stones
Wind recites their disbelief

I whisper to the absence
It answers with a yawn
Even the shadow of a promise
Has packed its bags and gone

[guitar solo – fast
Melodic
Bending into dissonance
Then resolving]

[Chorus]