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Implanted Perceptions (2023)

by Nostril Caverns

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*DISDAIN UNLOCKS THE FLOW OF TIME *JARRING PHANTOMS AND PLASMA JEWELS *TICKLES THE SENSES, NEVER TO FEEL AGAIN, TORTURED DESIRES *MIRACLES EXIST FOR THE TRULY IGNORANT
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*FULL BODY DISLOCATION *APOLOGETIC IN DEMEANOR, COVERED IN DECEIT *COLLECTING GOODWILL UNDER FALSE PRETENSES *FOLLOWING A PREDETERMINED PATH, OF LEAST RESISTANCE
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*YEARNING FOR MENTAL ABERRATIONS *VISION FAILURE, LOSS OF MOTOR FUNCTIONS, RELIVING THE PAST *QUANTUM COMPUTATIONS *OVER UNLIMITED BRAIN WAVES
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*A CRACKED REALITY BRINGS SOOTHING NIGHTMARES *VAGUE AND UNFOCUSED THOUGHTS, PURELY THEORETICAL IN NATURE *OBJECTIVELY GROSS *BUT WHAT IF THAT'S ALL YOU KNOW, SOOTHING COMFORT *SOOTHING
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*PROJECTILE, PIERCING THROUGH PULSATING MATTER *PART OF THE BODY NOW *LEAVE IT IN, BRAND NEW LIFE, SERENDIPITY *ACCIDENTAL EVOLUTION *ACCIDENTAL EVOLUTION
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*TORN AWAY FROM NATURAL DEVELOPMENT *RETARDING THE AGING PROCESS *A BODY PRESERVED *WITH FICTIONAL OBJECTIVES, NEW LIFE GOALS
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*STORIES FROM A DECREPIT LABORATORY *FANTASIES *TOO REALISTIC TO BE BELIEVED, TOO TRAGIC TO BE IGNORED *DOCUMENTED WITH PRIDE, IT'S HUMAN NATURE, COMPILED WITH LOVE
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*CLAUSTROPHOBIC CYLINDER - GETTING TIGHTER *TEMPERATURE RISING *COMPLETE ENCAPSULATION *AIRTIGHT ORGASM, PRESSURE MOUNTING UNTIL EXPLOSION *ENDLESS COMBINATIONS
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*FULFILLING ONE'S DESTINY, NOBLE YET OVERLOOKED *CLOUDED BY CONFRONTATION AND SELF-DOUBT, OUTSIDE INFLUENCES RISKING MISGUIDANCE, AND A MALFORMED SELF-WORTH
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*TWO POINTS IN TIME MOVING AWAY *FACIAL CONFUSION *TIMID GRADIENT, HESITANT AND SHY, RED TINT *PALTRY RESERVATIONS *GLORIFY
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*SEXUAL PROTRUSIONS *CARELESSLY HIDDEN, DISHONEST ATTEMPT, MANIPULATION *COLD AND CALCULATED FITTING CURVES *RELYING ON ANCIENT INSTINCT *THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF SUCCESS
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*PINNED DOWN, NAILS THROUGH BONES, EVAPORATED LIQUID *SKIN FLAKING APART, DUST PARTICLES, INHALING THE ESSENCE *STRENGTHENING LIFE FORCE
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*UNCOMFORTABLE PULSATIONS *DOUBLING IN SIZE, BLOODY LUBRICATION, NEARLY FRICTIONLESS *COUNTLESS PAWNS THROWN IN EVERY DIRECTION, UNCONTROLLABLE SPRAY, DISAPPOINTING SATISFACTION *UNTIL IT REPEATS
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*A LAYER OF PERSPIRATION, ADRENALINE KICKING IN, FEELINGS OF PANIC AND FEAR *TIME SLOWING DOWN, ALERT AND AWARE, BLOOD PUMPING FAST *TERRIFIED OF THE HUNT *UNABLE TO RETREAT
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*DISTURBING EMANATIONS, QUESTIONABLE BEHAVIOUR *A DANGER TO ONE'S OWN PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE *UNCONTROLLABLE URGES *WITHOUT THE MOST BASIC SELF-AWARENESS, LACKING THE REQUIRED SKILLS
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*INVISIBLE PRESSURE, COMPRESSING THE SKULL *VACUUM-SEALED CRANIUM *LEAKING JUICES FROM THE HOLES, NASAL PATHWAY FOREVER CLOGGED *OVERPOWERED SUCTION, KNIFE-LIKE WATER STREAM, TEMPORARY RELIEF
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*GLOWING NATURAL FILAMENT, INVITING A BODILY CHEMICAL ATTRACTION *AGGRESSIVELY WANDERING HANDS, NOISY CHATTERING TEETH, WANTING *FORCEFULLY HELD DOWN, AN ACT UNBECOMING OF THE CIVILIZED
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*FAILING TO ESCAPE THE QUICKLY ENLARGING SHADOW *LITERAL CRUSHING TERROR *TEPID SLOP *LEFT BEHIND *PUNISHED FOR PAST SINS, NO WARNING
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*THE INCALCULABLE POWER *OF A DERANGED ENTITY *PREYING ON PLANETS AND GASEOUS CLUSTERS *CREATING GRAVITY AND SPATIAL EXPLOSIONS
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*BEING WITHOUT PURPOSE, EXISTING IN NOTHING, TRAPPED IN A MENTAL STATE *APPLYING LOGIC TO FALSITIES, UNABLE TO EXTRAPOLATE *SUBJECTIVE INTERPRETATION
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*SHAMEFUL FEELINGS, EATING, AWAY, THE CONSCIENCE *RIGHT OR WRONG, WHO'S TO SAY, JUSTIFICATION, GOES BOTH WAYS *THE LIES YOU TELL YOURSELF ARE SO PREDICTABLE, FLIPPANTLY CALLOUS LIKE A SOCIOPATH *DEAD EYES
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*DISCARDED SANITY, EMBRACE THE DISEASE, FILLED WITH CONCEIT *FALLING INTO A TRAP THAT YOU LAID YOURSELF *UNDESERVED PITY, NOTHING BUT CONTEMPT
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**MIND CLOSED OFF FROM OUTSIDE STIMULI *LIVING OUT YOUR REMAINING YEARS IN A, PLEASANT DAYDREAM *SHIELDED FROM REALITY, NOTHING BUT A CHEAP TRICK
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*SUDDEN CHANGES IN MENTAL ROUTINES, CAUSING STRIFE AND UPHEAVAL *TOO COMPLEX TO ADAPT, REVERTING TO A DEPRECATED STATE *FESTER IN LIMBO *THIS WORLD IS NOT FOR YOU
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*GENERATIONS ABOUT TO FALL, ENDLESS LINES ABRUPTLY CUT, SEVERED AT LAST, NO NEED FOR REPLACEMENTS, A PATH SET LONG AGO, CONVENIENTLY FORGOTTEN *MUST ACCEPT YOUR FATE, YOU ARE THE UNLUCKY ONES
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*PREDETERMINED SCENARIOS, CONTINGENT ON SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES, LIKE CLOCKWORK *GROOVES DEPRESSED OVER UNFATHOMABLE TIME, PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE COURSE *BILLIONS OF YEARS AND PROBABLY MORE, THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT
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*CREEPING CONFLICTS OVERWHELM, DISORGANIZED AND UNWILLING TO CONFORM *CHIPPING AWAY AT VITAL ORGANS, UNEXPLAINED *TAKING THEIR GRIP ON YOUR SOUL *LIFE, EATER, LEACH, SUCH A DISGRACE
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*VAST IRRESPONSIBILITY, PASSING THE BLAME DOWN THE LINE, SURGICAL PRECISION, HEREDITARY SKILL SET *LOOKING OUT FOR ONE'S OWN INTERESTS, SELF-PRESERVATION *EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF *LAST ONE STANDING
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*ABNORMAL INTERACTIONS, OBSERVING WHILE OTHERS REACT TO YOU *SCIENCE EXPERIMENT, FOR WHAT PURPOSE *THEORIES ARE SOUND BUT INAPPROPRIATE *WHERE IS THE LESSON IN THIS, NO MORAL TO THE STORY, JUST NECESSARY DEGRADATION
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**FLEEING THE MIND *AN EXPERIENCE SO POWERFUL, ANCIENT DESIGNS *TRIED TO IGNORE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN *ACCEPT THE NATURAL URGES, GIVE IN *OUT-OF-BODY ORGASM *SO TITILLATING *ENDLESS *BLISS
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*FORMED LONG AGO FROM UNCERTAINTY *FORBIDDEN SENSATIONS *TOO DANGEROUS TO TALK ABOUT *ONLY PRACTISED, IN SOLITUDE *BROUGHT INTO THE OPEN, NO ETHICS OR MORALS, A TRANSFORMATIVE TIME, BEGINNING OF THE END
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*CIVILIZATION DECAY, EMPATHY OUT OF CONTROL *COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF COMMON SENSE *CREATING PROBLEMS FROM BOREDOM *AND YOUR LACK OF PURPOSE AND POINTLESS EXISTENCE *NEEDLESS
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*ACUTE HATRED *BUILDING UP OVER YEARS, REACHING NEW HEIGHTS, DIFFERENT MUTATIONS, VARYING DEGREES *ABOUT TO BOIL OVER, CAN'T HOLD BACK, INEVITABLE VIOLENCE, QUICK RELEASE *EXTREME ACTIONS AND DESIRED CONSEQUENCES
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*DESTRUCTIVE GIRTH *BRAINWASHED SLOB *FOOLED INTO BELIEVING, BRAIN TURNED OFF, FROTHING AT THE MOUTH *LIVING FOR THE NEXT FIX, CHOOSING TO BE IGNORANT, WHEN THE ANSWER IS SO SIMPLE, BUT THE OBLIVIOUS ARE INFINITE
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*CHEST CHOREOGRAPHY, REHEARSED AND EFFECTIVE *A POWERFUL TRICK, TRIED AND TRUE, GIVER OF LIFE, TAKER OF DIGNITY *NOT EVEN FAIR, CAN'T CONFLICT WITH DESIGN, ONLY ONE GLIMPSE IS ENOUGH
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*UNSANITARY LAYER *DISGRUNTLED EPIDERMIS, OVERWHELMING ITCH, BLOODY LUBRICATION, UNOBTAINABLE RELIEF *OBSESSIVE HABIT *PAINFUL *YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, IT WILL NOT GO AWAY, IT ONLY GETS WORSE
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*TOO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED *NO REDEEMING QUALITIES, TOO FAR GONE, ABANDON HOPE, NEXT CHAPTER *LIGHT BURNED OUT, VANISHING CORPSE
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*FLAUNTING AN ILLNESS *NORMALIZING MENTAL DEFECTS, UNDER THE GUISE OF COMPASSION *REVERSE EVOLUTION, CREATING A WEAKER SPECIES, DEVOLVING *STUMPING PROGRESS *AT LEAST
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*ARTIFICIAL DIGITS, TOUCHING A PLASTIC BODY, THE GIFT OF SENSATION *OVERWHELMING AT FIRST, TIME WILL LEAD TO ADDICTION, NOT DESIGNED FOR THE NONCONSCIOUS *TOO MUCH TOO FAST *DANGEROUS INFORMATION
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*GROUND UP INTO A CHUNKY MUSH, INGESTED FOR NOURISHMENT, GROWING BODY *NUTRIENTS *ABSORBING FAST *INTO THE BLOOD *POISONOUS FLESH *BUILDING UP TOLERANCE *PREPARING FOR LIFE *SURVIVING OFF THE FAILURES OF OTHERS
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*PARALYZED BY DREAD *UNNEEDED STRESS, EATING THE LIFE AWAY, PSYCHOLOGICAL HARASSMENT *CAN'T SEE A POSSIBLE ENDING, IT'S JUST A BOTTOMLESS PIT *THE POTENTIAL ISN'T THERE, EMPTY DREAMS AND FORGOTTEN GOALS, NOTHING
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*FACES MADE OF GLASS AND CRYSTAL DUST *SMOOTH SEXUAL SHAPES *ABSTRACT ANONYMITY *THE FROZEN TOUCH *PYRO FANTASY THROUGH INORGANIC EYES, CLASPING THE SEQUENCE *GLARING SIMILARITIES
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**DISRUPTING EMPTY SPACE, KEY TO THE VOID *ONCE WAS NOT *INSTANT ADAPTATION *CHANGING THE COURSE OF HISTORY *SENTIENT GLUE AND THE BUILDING BLOCKS *UNEXPECTED TIME LINES *FRIGHTENING CONCLUSIONS
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*LOSING PATIENCE, DRIVEN TO OUTBURSTS OF HATE *CHALLENGE TO CONTROL *BREAKING THE WILL *TO LIVE NORMALLY, WITHIN SOCIETY *LOOKING FOR A CALMING VOICE OF REASON *WHEN THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD, AND LOGIC CONTRADICTS
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*SEEKING ROMANCE *FOR THE WRONG REASONS *AFTER SO MANY YEARS - NONSENSICAL FEELINGS *BUT THE CLUES ARE THERE TO SEE *CONVENIENTLY IGNORED *YOU'VE ALREADY MADE UP YOUR MIND *GOING THROUGH LIFE IN IGNORANCE
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*NEARING THE END, ORGANIZING YOUR FINAL PLANS, THERE MUST BE AN EASIER WAY, MANIPULATING DEATH *CAN'T VEER OFF THE PATH *COMICAL DECISION-MAKING, FALSE AND UNMATURED CONFIDENCE
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*LIFE GOALS - JUMBLED AND BLURRED *UNFOCUSED EXISTENCE *TOO AFRAID TO CHOOSE *SET UP FOR FAILURE *BY ONE'S OWN ACTIONS *WHERE DOES THE BLAME LIE *ONLY EXCUSES
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*LOSING INTEREST IN PAST PASSIONS, OPPRESSIVE POINTLESSNESS, DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN CARING AND NOT, IT'S ALL JUST FUSING TOGETHER *THE BODY FAILS AND THE MIND CORRUPTS, LIFE IS TOO LONG

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- guitars written 5/28 - 8/11, 2022
- drums written and recorded 11/26 - 12/19, 2022
- guitars recorded 10/12 - 10/18, 2023
- vocals recorded 12/03 - 12/06, 2023
- mixdowns finished 12/12, 2023

Drums and guitars recorded without any overdubs, punch-ins, quantization, or timing manipulation. No triggers or samples used on the drums. Vocals recorded one line at a time.

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released December 14, 2023

Chris Balch - guitars, drums, vocals

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Nostril Caverns Milton, Ontario

NOSTRIL CAVERNS is Chris Balch since 1997.

CORA CANNING is Dave and Chris since 1999.

death/black/grind/
math/experimental/
tech/prog/improv/
avantgarde/jazz/rock

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