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Omens

by Desert Storm

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Darknight
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Darknight Omens is the rocktastic follow up to Sentinels which I really liked and this album just gets better with each metal rockin riff, the spoken word bits are extremely cool. Favorite track: The Path of Most Resistance.
mannes66
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mannes66 I thought my metal time is gone, but with this masterpiece Omens from Desert Storm my hairs sprout again and becomes longer and longer. Further my neck is suddenly flexible like a young deer. I like the raw and dark parts and the melodic nice sections too. Favorite track: The Path of Most Resistance.
Sam Walet
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Sam Walet I liked the previous album but his one made me a fan, i love the entire mood of this record. The almost spoken word sections also work great.
Kirk Gauthier
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Kirk Gauthier Thereā€™s something surprisingly pleasant about Desert Stormā€™s particular brand of stoner sludge. Their riffs are quite palatable and yet lose none of the typical punch of sludge metal. Thereā€™s an airiness to their sound that is reminiscent of early ā€˜90s grunge Ć” la Soundgarden and late Boner Records era Melvins. Favorite track: The Path of Most Resistance.
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1.
Omens 01:49
Invite the host shadow into your life Submit to its whim, weak slave Destroy the ties with those that you love Only one, hollow and grave Carry the weight to the end of your days Cower young lamb and obey Give of yourself, repress your spirit Down in that hole you stay Feed the darkness that holds you clenched Submit to its whim, weak slave Remain here in this vulnerable wallow Only one, hollow and grave Forever find new depths to bury it all Cower young lamb and obey Delve deeper inside to desensitise Down in that hole you stay
2.
Black Bile 05:09
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And so the child must die To mark an age of suffering Embrace these senses Begin to feel again Go in to the woods Deep inside deprive Out of the depths Three beggars arrive Inescapable agony Finding no relief Submit to the torment Seek solace in this grief Remote isolation Distress and pain Embrace the fear Chaos Reigns Wake every day In realisation You are nothing Accept the sensation Soon to pass Sooner forgotten Loss of hope Grief is existence Pain and suffering forever Imagine it
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Morning mist breaks As a new day is born Cacophony of birds Rustling of a fawn Awaken to the chorus Pack, stretch, and yawn Chilled lungs Hides for warmth are worn Extinguish the campā€™s light And ride out at dawn Travellers from the wilds Journey on Into narrow glacial ravines Howling gusts that lash Frost shards shred the skin Through pain and stripped flesh Press on to snow peaked tops Lightning strikes the virgin snow Barrage of hail showers down These boots they weigh and drag Thickly bound as snow stuck Tight winds whip the surface Strain to fight the drag These eyes they well with pressure As night draws nearer Push to the woods for shelter Torches ablaze at armā€™s length A glow illuminates the forest floor Tension in the atmosphere The group halted in their tracks To the sound of a low growl Silhouettes across the tree line Torch thrust embers flare Kindle crackle met with snarl Wall of matted grey fur Bite bore and aggressive stance A lone figure As light begins to wane Commander of wolves Lord ruler of this domain Moving through the brush Against the elemental grain In to that barren landscape Skies blacken, sleet, and rain
6.
The Machine 05:51
The Machine It fills me with absolute dread The dim glow of television sets Soaking the road at night It fucks with my high basking under the street light Juvenile infantile out of the gene pool Burning cells with this white noise nonsense Turn off instead of wasting your life Expanding minds with friends and the good times You are a program You are governed Slave to that rancid spit Fluorescent food is nothing but plastic Engineered to trigger endorphins Crave and shake in the thralls of withdrawal Exhausted by nine to five All that is easy rapes you in this Day walking state of perpetual consumption Opt out and submit to your base conditioning Fuck with the pressure and see it all clearly Disenfranchised from this humanity End our bloodline and under rule Self sacrifice, exile from this gene pool Eradication of the plague That is human life Start the machine End this race Consider this merciful Devoid of consciousness Euthanize the people End of times Through the void Alone To never belong
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Lockjaw 03:13
Abandon This husk Withered shell Rotting canvas Invite the host shadow into your life Submit to its whim, weak slave Destroy the ties with those that you love Only one, hollow and grave Carry the weight to the end of your days Cower young lamb and obey Give of yourself, repress your spirit Down in that hole you stay Constricted Choked and bound Chew and gnash Organs ground Scales writhe To the sound Relentless, fierce Mandible grip and pierce Corpse marionettes Blackened lung This nightmare coma Venom and stung Dark form slithers Fanged tooth, forked tongue Undergrowth beneath Glimpse the needled teeth Abandon this husk Feed the darkness that holds you clenched Submit to its whim, weak slave Remain here in this vulnerable wallow Only one, hollow and grave Forever find new depths to bury it all Cower young lamb and obey Delve deeper inside to desensitise Down in that hole you stay
8.
Rebirth 05:14
Lives they travel through our vessels as we expire Into others, new born chapters of the soul We go seeking through the masses just to find Common purpose, degrees of familiarity Wise whole soul growing old With one ticket for control Iā€™ve been told itā€™s just a ride Pay the toll when weā€™re still and cold Light will dim down to darkness in your final hour Pass the torch to a virgin bearer young and new As a phoenix from the ashes a flame ignites So the cycle of mortality continues In conception material will build and grow Form a marriage of innocence and wisdom Life is finite yet we are eternal Refreshed and ready, empowered by this new host

credits

released May 1, 2020

Desert Storm is:
Matthew Ryan - Vocals
Ryan Cole - Guitar
Chris White - Guitar / Bass / Keyboards / Backing Vocals
Elliot Cole - Drums
Chris Benoist - Bass

All Music written by Desert Storm.
All Lyrics written by Matthew Ryan.

Bookings:
Netherlands: Bert Van Aefst - bert@sozconcerts.nl
Rest of the world: Elliot Cole - buriedinsmoke@live.co.uk

Press:
Claire Bernadet - purplesagepr@gmail.com

ā€˜Omensā€™ was recorded & mixed by Steve ā€˜Geezerā€™ Watkins at Woodworm Studios between August - December 2019.
Mastered January 2020 by Tim Turan @ Turan Audio.

Artwork by Mattias Frisk.
Art layout by Thomas Instone.

Desert Storm would like to say thanks to everyone that has helped and supported us over the years, you know who you are!

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Desert Storm UK

Born at the dawn of 2007, Desert Storm is a crushing progressive heavy metal band from Oxford, UK. Mixing elements of prog / post metal, sludge, doom, and much more.

F.F.O - Crowbar, Black Sabbath, Mastodon, High On Fire

Or generally fans of big riffs / grooves and harsher vocals! šŸ¤˜
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