If you allow me to show you for what I've come in
I bet, if you let yourself you'll resonate with

There is a discomfort I thought only I had
No matter what I do, it is always there

Yes, you can try
As I've tried
Take your pills and reshape

This happiness
Is not for me
I feel like I'm caring a mountain

Growing inside of me
This can't be for lack of try
It never goes far enough
When I have to hold this mask on
All you smiling faces
I wonder how the fuck you survive
And if I cannot hold back
There will be a time when I will burn out

Don't you count on me for that pitiful role
Don't you dare force me into that poor play
You won't hold me captive to serve you

You won't

It is so easy to look at us and call us misfits
You're all, after all, the ones who bare the whip

I can't help to conclude that I'm not the problem
I dream of the time when we will take

The mountain

Growing inside of me
This can't be for lack of try
It never goes far enough
When I have to hold this mask on
All you smiling faces
I wonder how the fuck you survive
And if I cannot hold back
There will be a time when I will burn out

Infinite Canvas

No Way Back

There's no other way but to start anew
This blank page is something I'm not used to
There was always a starting point
This is an infinite canvas waiting for me

Extending to as far as I can see
Surrounding me, suffocating me
And when I look at the mirror I can see a smile
I can see despair but I can't deny the hunger

Come to me, oh, Infinite Canvas
Let me forget who I am

To rediscover
To reshape

Come to me, oh, Infinite Canvas
Let me forget who I am

Being in authenticity
Leads us to a lonely road

To be clear this is not a bad place to be
I'd rather that than going back
To the cage I know and love and hate
It's good to face a different enemy

Plunge into the void
Leap into the unknown
Show you hand and see
Serendipity is your ally

Plunge into the void
Leap into the unknown
Show you hand and see
Find what lies in your soul

Blinded by the different paths
Crushed by the oppressing time
Juggling for the right to live
Reviving the grant to dream

Eternal is lie
Go to the oneiric

To rediscover
And reshape

So alternate won't feel like betray yourself

Being in authenticity
Leads us to a lonely road

For the power they've always gave me
For the times I've been called

You and me
We're all just tales we tell ourselves
But I live through you

I'm the one who brings you down
To the ground and beyond
I'll show you your darkness
You just have to look at me

I'm there when you are alone
Your mind is the place call home
We'll never separate
I don't exist without you

Is this love?
Do you love me back?

You won't shatter
You won't need a sacrifice
This drawings are meaningless
I'm inside every single heart

For the power they think I have
I shall this old truth
I've always been an allegory of you

We mark each other in such a deep way
I feel almost alive
More than the part you let come into light
I'll always be your friend number

666
Realize you cannot live without me (666)
I defend you from what could drain you
I share this vessel with many more (666)
One could say that this is really love

I'm the one who lift you up
I'd take you higher if I could
I'll show you what's hidden in you
You just have to look at me

Living right beside you I cannot wait until you summon me
Longing for the day you gonna know this other side you have within you
Let me come to light otherwise I would rather you have me killed
However I wonder if you really could

You and me
We're all just tales we tell ourselves
But I live through you

One could say this is love
Should we go on?

Allegory of You

Allegory Of You

Face yet another one
There is no break in between the blows
Breathing is a luxury
We cannot afford

It's always now
It's everywhere
It's close to me
It's close to us

How the hell am I to find time
To fight the real problem that we have
If I'm constantly pushed by my own shit

I wouldn't be here to tell a story at all
I'll get myself free from this

Face yet another one
I can see the end of us but not of this
Until then you'll hear me shout

With an opened wound, I am still capable
And I pledge myself again to my made up hopes

I'm a grain of sand but we need no heroes
Let us be the storm that will wash all away

With an opened wound, I am still capable
And I pledge myself again to my made up hopes

I'm a grain of sand but we need no heroes
Let us be the storm that will wash all away

Sandstorm

So, I've changed again
I don't know when it's started
Maybe it's never stopped

I can't just pretend
I don't feel like I have to
Even though I'm dragged to it

Can't I just flee?
Can't I just be...?

Get the masks ready,
The spectacle is the remedy

As I paint all my feelings again,
I put all my tears away

I won't say "forget it"
I don't regret my past self
There's pride and joy on what was

When will we face it?
You're counting on coherence
And I won't stay to see this

In these moments I feel the pressure,
I blame the world, I blame you and me

Wouldn't it be so much easier to
Settle and be oblivious?

As I paint all my feelings again,
I put all my tears away

This frail shed of me
Carries its truth within

Faint Echo

When you cried for me
Claiming to be myself
I've played my role
And found no joy

Baring the crushing weight
Of two different worlds,
- I've lived on them both -
Clashing in order to be

Don't want to prove a thing
Don't feel like I should please the eyes of the mother

But I still hear
But I still feel

Can't you see?
I don't belong here
I wash this all away
And rise anew

Can't you see?
I won't get back there
I've got a new horizon ahead

I'm not what you want
I'm not what you think
I'll follow my path
Away from this

Strip your skin
Burn it and purge all it's inside of you
Reconstruct and the reborn
Take the reins

Feel not the loneliness
Unveil your sight
For there is where we go
To preserve your soul

Purge
Purge
And purge

Omniscient presence

Can't you see?
I don't belong here
I wash this all away
And rise anew

Can't you see?
I won't get back there
I've got a new horizon ahead

I know what you want
I know what you think
I'll follow my path
Away from this

Purge

As I go
Further into
The horizon
I can feel

Once you start
To feel the time draining
Ask yourself
Like I did

If you want
Join me in my
Everlasting
Quest to the stars

But don't fool yourself
Living in this caravan is not what it seems
I've left behind all the infinite stories I have denied

I don't belong
I don't belong here
I don't belong anywhere

But...

Don't fool yourself
Living in this caravan is not what it seems
I've left behind all the infinite stories I have denied

There's so much to tell
I wish I had the time to live this how it should be
It's my own path, tomorrow I'll leave at first light

The Caravan

Listen to the Full Playlist: soundcloud.com/chilloutify/sets/verses-of-the-damned

Verses Of The Damned

Shatter The Silence

Breaking The Chains

Pyre Of Broken Dream

Edge Of The Abyss

Listen to The Story of Eli – A music book. Now you will be able to submerge into the well of lore that is Lamashtu. This is a brand new concept where music is combined with story telling and we hope that you will enjoy it.

There are many ways to tell a story. Sometimes the same story can be told in different mediums. This is what Sandra Mattsson did by writing a book and an album telling the story of Eli. Originally the Swedish book Eli was combined with its correlating track in the album release Tro (Lamashtu's III'rd album). Both of the releases were translated and combined into a new form of audio play that we simply call a music book. 

This is just the beginning of Eli's journey. If you like it and want more, click the link below!

Listen to more of the story here! 
https://lamashtu333.bandcamp.com/album/the-story-of-eli-music-book-chapter-1

Buy the book in Swedish here!
https://vildhallon.com/webshop-2/Bok-inbunden-Eli-p376200650

Check out more of Elias Hartwood's work here!
https://eliashartwood.com/

Eldritch Bass' Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/eldritchbass

Written by Sandra Mattsson, translated by Ian Manning. Production arranged, recorded, mixed, mastered, and led by Ian Manning. 

Narrated by Elias Hartwood, Narration directed, edited, and engineered by Elias Hartwood, Hartwood Voiceover, LLC. 

Text copyright 2025 by Sandra Mattsson & Vildhallon Publishing. Production copyright 2025 by Sandra Mattsson, Ian Manning and Lamashtu. 

All rights reserved.

The Story of Eli - Chapter 1 - Part 1

“Low Life” is an instrumental exploration of the human condition — stripped of names, flags, gods, and inherited masks.
No lyrics. No doctrine. Only sound.
A slow-burning descent through identity’s hollow core, where a single candle flickers in the fog, and a raven watches — not as omen, but as witness.

This is a rejection of the cages we were born into.
A requiem for forced belonging.
Music for the ones who feel like strangers in every homeland.
You don’t need to understand it.
You just need to feel it.

JoeQasso - Low Life

Dark queen (demo)

LOTUS feat. Wiktor Michajlow (Anonyme)

eternal

N.A.S.P.´s 3rd single of 2025
Exclusive release on SoundCloud.
Soon available on major streaming platforms

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BURDEN#999

5-18-25

Crackophobia Pt. 38

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3KzZBJf5F0

Dire Blaze is the brainchild of a visionary songwriter and producer, igniting a bold fusion of gritty blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal, progressive, and thrash influences. Forged in fire and wired for impact, this is raw, technically precise, and emotionally charged music that doesn’t just play—it detonates. Every note is a strike, every riff a surge of energy, delivering a sonic experience as relentless as it is unforgettable.

🎵 Listen:
- The Howl: https://tinyurl.com/The-Howl
- The Road House: https://tinyurl.com/4b3xa34s
- Midnight On The Rocks: https://tinyurl.com/4jbp3bsn

"The world created by Not a Side Project is a mix of dark and light, war and peace, high peaks and fluid valleys, where silences become loud and the blend of guitar and drums carries the listener in a sublime trip through this ominous atmospheres."

Thank you Nuno Moreiras! (Why Monkey)

Lamashtu is a female fronted symphonic avantgarde metal band. Darkness surrounds us but we are not the broken ones. Lyrics in Swedish.

Vario Chroma is a progressive metal band from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, blending technical musicianship with raw emotional delivery. Since their 2013 debut Panorama, they've developed a distinctive sound that pairs complex compositions with intense vocals and introspective lyrics. Their music explores themes of human struggle through a balance of experimental textures and metal aggression, creating a compelling mix of cerebral and visceral elements.

electronic/progressive metal project from Bulgaria.

MORION Album OUT NOW.

https://linktr.ee/inclinations.band

MORION VISUALIZER OUT NOW on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/7Q9aH2vpttg?si=AA6IXg6QbUWODLwk

New tracks tagged #ProgressiveMetal