1. "Hell and Heaven are within you, both gates are within you. When you are behaving unconsciously there is the gate of Hell; when you become alert and conscious, there is the gate of Heaven."

2."Then I saw there was a way to Hell, even from the gates of Heaven."

3."Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seamed with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with fire, and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gates of Heaven."

4."We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent and G-d is shining through it all the time. G-d manifests (him)self everywhere, in everything - in people and in things and in nature and in events... The only thing is we don't see it... I have no program for this seeing. It is only given. But the gate of Heaven is everywhere."

5."Day, like a weary pilgrim, had reached the western gate of Heaven, and Evening stooped down to unloose the latchets of his sandal shoon."

Come out, ye gifted kings and queens and hear my sad complaint:
No martyr is among ye now whom you can call your own, but go on your way accordingly and know you're not alone.

Heaven's Gate

My Descent

G-d Unknown

Open Hands

Winter's Song

Caroline Is In My Eyes

Open Waters

Down In The Valley

Brujeria

August is the solo project of August Eliason (b.August 18, 1998). Based out of Anacortes, Washington; August's influences range from philosophy to nature and all of the extremity that comes with: vastness, hypnotism, and contrast.

August's debut album Songs For A Martyr was written as a series of improvisations built into songs in the studio and this often becomes the case for August's songwriting which is mostly a process of starting with one thing and then building everything else in the recording process.

He often recruits collaborators from all around and his live shows often are unique in their separation from one another. Sometimes having different lineups in the band even only one show apart.

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