NEWEST RELEASE [REMINISCENCE THERAPY] AND OTHER NEW RELEASES! ;)

welcome 2023 music ^_^

This song came out of a freaking hellish two weeks of work at my job last year. It almost broke me lol. Feeling tired and overworked inspired this theme of being trapped in hell. I love stoner rock/doom metal/sludge music so it was so fun to finally pull from those influences and write something like it through my lens.

I didn't realize it but the majority of the stuff I have been working on has had my vocals on it in some way, which is so crazy to me lol. I would have never predicted that change in my music at all years ago.

Thank you and I hope you enjoy this!

cover photo taken by @keepitinside

produced/mix/master/vocals: KA$TRO

Lyrics:

Another day in hell has come and gone
I’m back to cutting all my veins for fun
I’m cutting deep
Slowly draining all my will to live
I’m trapped here and don’t know which way to run

I’m bathed in flames
Nowhere to hide
Cause the devil wrote my name

The devil wrote my name
The devil wrote

Another day in hell has come and gone
I’m back to drinking till my day is done
I’m running low
Praying for the pain to finally end
I fear my torture here has just begun

I’m bathed in flames
Nowhere to hide
Cause the devil wrote my name

The devil wrote my name
The devil wrote my name
The devil wrote my name
The devil wrote my name

bandcamp

the devil wrote my name

Produced/Mix/Master/Vocals: me

Hello everyone! ^_^ Back with a new song! This one is one of my favorites I've made (I say that often I realize haha) but this one was so much fun to make. I've been feeling more and more comfortable singing and I had so much fun writing the riffs for this song.

This song came out of the tail end of 2022, a lot of things changed for me and frankly it was a little hard to deal with. Having a song go "viral" kinda changed my life and with all the ups it had, there were still downs. And that taught me a lot.

Hence the title "wasted." I was feeling like spent goods, I had my one big song and now I'm just gonna be a nobody. But I realized that I'm still here and writing this song felt like confirmation that I'm gonna be okay. We are ever changing beings and I've come to internalize and thrive in that belief.

Special thanks to @keepitinside for taking this photo for the cover art! ^_^

lyrics:

I’m wasted, I’m wasted, I’m wasted
I hate it, I hate it, I hate it
I’m wasted, I’m wasted
I’m at it again

How did I get this far
It doesn’t make sense
I’ve been alone all along
I can’t take it

I’m wasted, I’m wasted, I’m wasted
I hate it, I hate it, I hate it
I’m wasted, I’m wasted
I’m at it again

How did I get this far
It doesn’t make sense
I’ve been alone all along

When I thought I had it all
Had it all
I stopped living for myself
For myself
When it all came crashing down
Crashing down
I’m just glad I hit the ground

I’m wasted, I’m wasted, I’m wasted
I hate it, I hate it, I hate it
I’m wasted, I’m wasted
I’m at it again

I’m wasted, I’m wasted, I’m wasted
I hate it, I hate it, I hate it
I’m wasted, I’m wasted
I’m at it again

wasted.

cover art by https://www.instagram.com/rafuline/ (thank you so much rafuline!)

produced/mix/master/vocals: KA$TRO

Hello! I really liked making this song. Though I went back and forth a lot on whether or not to release it. I'm not the strongest singer, but I like experimenting and writing songs. And sometimes that outweighs whether I feel self-conscious about how I sound. Lyrically this wasn't really inspired by anyone I knew or know personally, but more so people that were around me at the time and how they inspired me. I hope y'all enjoy it!

It's got a little bit of everything, ambient and shoegaze vibes.

Lyrics:

Do you remember how it felt
When they were standing right here

Do you remember how it felt
When they had stolen your breath away

I can remember their touch
And I can feel their embrace on me
And when I think of their love
It puts me back in my place

I can remember their touch
And I remember their lips on me
And when I looked in their eyes
I saw their future with me, with me

I can remember their touch
And I can feel their embrace on me
And when I think of their love
It puts me back in my place

I can remember their love
I can remember their love
I can remember their love
I can remember their love
I can remember their love
I can remember their love

do you remember...

chemicals inside of me
ravaged all my sympathy
hell is all that I can see outside

peeled away my soul in two
granted all my wishes though
traded all what I could give for hope

it wasn’t worth it

find my body down by the river
find my body down by the river

find my body down by the river

THE BODY DOWN BY THE RIVER

IN THE INFERNO

Big big thank you to @axelbloodyaxel for hopping the title track "JIGOKU"! A true legend.

JIGOKU ft. AXELBLOODYAXEL

FASTER THAN THE BULLET THAT ENDED YOUR PAIN

happy new year ^_^ im working on two projects right now but here's this new single, it'll be on streaming in a few weeks, i just wanted to release something spontaneously for soundcloud like the old days. thank you

LAWLESS

Endure

Lyrics:

Out of habit
I was let down
I felt useless
I felt nothing
Cause I let go all my hopes and dreams
I came apart from all my seams
A dreamer
A sleeper
I gave up
On finding happiness inside of
Of me
Don’t let go
Don’t let go
Don’t let go
Don’t let go
Don’t let go
Don’t let go
Don’t let go

Don't Let Go

Severance

special thanks to @tributaryvhs for co-production on this! this song couldn't have happened without him!

https://www.instagram.com/tributary.vhs/

Rebirth

What Never Completed Me

Fallen

https://soundcloud.com/tsunamibitchclub/laced-up

one time for the legend @tsunamibitchclub ^_^

tsubi club - laced up //KA$TRO remix

music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THfSOS5dPU4

artwork by herodog ^_^

lyrics:

I’m lost in the first time
Picturing what we could have been
I’m stuck same spot
Wondering if I ever moved on

You’re fading away
I can’t seem to remember our love
I’m running away
Running back to relive what I lost

I’m lost in the first time
Picturing what we could have been
I’m stuck same spot
Wondering if I ever moved on

You’re fading away
I can’t seem to remember our love
I’m running away
Running back to relive what I lost

You’re fading away

I’m running away

Fading...

music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSHwgO_3pEA

artwork by @herodog

lyrics:

Counting all the ceiling tiles
1-2-3
Haven’t been outside in a while
What time is it
The pictures on my bedroom wall
Show me who I was
How long has it been since we talked

I waste away
My day with sleep
Only to
Just to see you again

I saw the ghost that haunts my dreams
It looked like you
I saw the ghost that haunts my dreams
It looked like you
I saw the ghost that haunts my dreams
It looked like you
I saw the ghost that haunts my dreams
It looked like you

Underneath the bed and the rot
Here lies my corpse
Shadows shaped like people I lost
Have you seen this ghost?
I’m taking shots of liquor and wine
Just to knock me out
Re-read texts that I had forgot
Like I used to do

I close my eyes
And drift away
And hear you say
Boo

I saw the ghost that haunts my dreams
It looked like you
I saw the ghost that haunts my dreams
It looked like you
I saw the ghost that haunts my dreams
It looked like you
I saw the ghost that haunts my dreams
It looked like you

Wake up
Wake up

I Saw A Ghost

music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1_zJUpaHV4

artwork by @herodog

lyrics:

I can’t escape
This feeling
A sick embrace
I’m bleeding

Can I go
Can I leave
Why can’t I be
Like how I was before

I can’t escape
This feeling
A sick embrace
I’m bleeding out

Can’t explain what’s on my mind
And all I ever want
Wandering on this path alone
Abandoned all my hope
Crawling when I once stood tall
A pitiful being
Maybe I should end it but
I know, I know, I know, I know

Can I go
Can I leave
Why can’t I be
Like how I was before

Can’t explain what’s on my mind
And all I ever want
Wandering on this path alone
Abandoned all my hope
Crawling when I once stood tall
A pitiful being
Maybe I should end it but
I know, I know, I know, I know

I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know

I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know

I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know
I know

How I Was Before

featuring @theliewithincallie (thank you for being a part of this!)
Callie's vocals mixed by
www.instagram.com/wisdombibbs_/

artwork by @herodog

lyrics:

Bury me or take me home
With words alone I can't atone
Painful lies I've said
I can't escape the light

Bury me or take me home
With words alone I can't atone
Painful lies I've said
I can't escape the light

Bury me or take me home
With words alone I can't atone
Painful lies I've said
I can't escape the light

Your deception led you here
Looking straight into the mirror
Your reflection is so clear
I can see you fill with fear

From yourself you cannot hide
Now you gotta face the light
From yourself you cannot hide
Now you gotta face the light

It might
Bury you alive
Yeah, it might
Bury you alive
It might
Bury you alive
It might
Bury you alive

I Can't Escape The Light ft. The LiE Within CalLiE

Welcome to REMINISCENCE THERAPY. Each beat a memory of the last 3 years since my previous tape.

Tracklist:
0:00 LONELY
1:16 MAGIC
2:26 BREATHE
4:05 REMEMBER
5:29 THOUGHT
6:38 HEART
7:59 ANGEL
8:45 TONIGHT
9:46 TOGETHER
10:31 GIRL
11:19 MYSELF
12:04 PAUSE
13:06 REWIND
14:54 CHASE
16:09 CREEP
17:11 FALLEN 
18:26 FEARS
19:27 DIAMONDS feat. @jupiluxe
20:32 FOREVER 
21:45 AWAY
22:53 GET OUT

Thank you to ThisIsMyBeat (TIMB) and BurgersNBeats. New people, new friends, new memories. I made a few of these beats for TIMB beat making challenges. Played a lot of these beats at various Open Aux’s during events thrown by these two groups.

www.instagram.com/thisismybeatsd/
www.instagram.com/burgersnbeatsla/

Enormous thank you to @jupliuxe for her feature on DIAMOND! She’s an amazing rapper and I’m so happy to have been able to work with her on this!

And a final shout out to culp, @dr00pyyy, @antoje, and @dpeee I made the loop for “GET OUT” as far back as 2021 as I was obsessed with their style of synth beats (still am). And that song went through so many evolutions that it ended up being this weird blend of synth beat, grunge singing and guitar. I dedicate that song to them. teamcanaduh.

Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this album! ^_^

REMINISCENCE THERAPY

"I tried." <---- my life in a nutshell.
Feel free to message me for any beat inquiries!
kastrosbeats@gmail.com
Check out my newest EP "Oscura"! :D
Slowly branching out.