The Way Forward
by Black Tusk
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mattgraupman
A perfect balance of chugging death metal sludginess and face-melting hardcore intensity (and I love the dual/dueling vocals). Why limit yourself to one or the other? It's 2024! Get in the pit!
Favorite track: Breath Of Life.
Bart
Bart
I prefer the more straight-ahead tunes like "Out of Grasp" and "Dance on Your Grave" with the dual vocals adding to the urgency. Who the hell am I kidding? This new album is just another excuse to see this great live band again.
Favorite track: Dance On Your Grave.
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Brushfire
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The Way Forward LP + T-Shirt Bundle
Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumThe Way Forward LP on transparent green vinyl with T-Shirt printed on 100% cotton
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Out Of Grasp
02:47
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Out of Grasp
godless on high, determine the fates
follow the paths of those gone before,
search through the wastes more misery in store
what was in hand not yours anymore
shifting of sands infinity of time
bury the past lost in the present
No hope for the dawn no rest for the night
No quiet of mind the struggle inside
whispers and codes blowing the sands
godless on high determine the fates
tricking the mind a flash in the dark
silence descends black on the land
through the eyes of the crow
carrion awaits sun blackens your soul
burning out of eyes
in this waste you'll find no home
whispers and codes blow through the sands
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Brushfire
02:22
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Brushfire
I watch you burn with deceit behind your tongue
And collapse under the weight of what you’ve done
Everything drifts away, you hear me now,
I sink but will not drown
Find a peace to reach beyond the rusted song
Darkness fill my lungs
“Destroy Everything”
Give me anything
Melt away my fears
Set my world in stone
All that we hold dear
Everything dies alone
Oh, I am your burden
The grief from which you run
Guest of gloom sleep in your tomb
Some wars cannot be won
Lie within lies
Unstitch both my eyes
Reach up towards the wall
Climbing just to fall
Wretch. I can’t save you
Drown in the flames
I am your burden
The grief from which you run
I hide in wreckage
from wars which can’t be won
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Harness (The Alchemist)
02:35
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Harness (the Alchemist)
All things come from one and from one they come undone
Once its whole the pieces are one to fall apart cannot be done
A fire to fuse whats scattered away
If not to find it must me made
To meld whats whole harness the ashes of life
Deconstruct oneself for shadows or light
We all come from one the energy of life
The dust we become change in ourselves
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Lessons Through Deception
Task lies at hand problem unfolds
Ways of the world lessons of old
Breaking of backs fists in the air
Challenge accepted in face of despair
They say it’s the way they say its fate
Lessons we learn too late
Expanding your mind through failures we grow
Deceptions abound life marches on
Fall on your knees rise once again
Challenge accepted in face of despair
In pits we fall to step back and learn
The story won’t end the fire will burn
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Breath Of Life
05:12
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Breath of Life
Like a terror from above wings that open wide
Every shred of light all evil no breath of life
Darkness swallows every bit of light
An unholy prayer to save us
Slipping through the crushing grasp of the holy
When kingdoms fall masses rise storm the wall
Prophecies unforeseen now in the darkness take them all
Mercy in suffering all i see
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Dance On Your Grave
02:54
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Dance on Your Grave
Your word is law but i'm not good at listening
By the time you hear yourself we’ve all gone deaf
To what you say Your religion disgusts me
your tongue is of false truths
I live like an animal in a cage to survive
Everyday is amazement that i made it
We've all gone deaf to that you say
Your religion disgusts me
Frustration day to day
Struggle to get by
Never had a better dance than on my own grave
You can step in line to be the next to die
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Against The Undertow
03:06
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Against The Undertow
In an empty room only one voice echos
Of what came before ghosts of all those gone
A house made of stone built on a pile of sand
what was built came down all was out on sand
what bloomed in beauty lies in a heap of ruins
Swimming against the undertow no choice but to drown
A shadow standing taunting and mocking
This was your life now it's your grief
Takes you from beneath
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Lift Yourself
03:31
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Lift Yourself
Lift yourself
Dark tunnels lead you down
to what we cannot speak
Truth is scattered faith removed
Sew it together piece by piece/by piece
Regress to the mean they mean they’ll never see
That there was no dawn no end existing in between
Words we understood
Become a senseless mess
Slip into the void Free from the duress
Ask what good is good That ends in only stress
Fight the fear invoked Until your dying breath
Truths we understand that we cannot speak our minds
Thaw your soul with endless emptiness
Ask what good is good become a senseless mess
Slip into the void ask what good is good
Slip into the void free from duress
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Ocean Of Obsidian
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Flee From Dawn
03:38
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Flee from Dawn
Wrists bound tight long to flee be free these ties
The brave will fall the presence haunts imprisoned souls
Breath of men frozen in air rivers of blood
Carry on with honor bear forth bear witness
Candles burn reborn return
Beyond the mist hidden in time
Your candles burn ashes rain beyond
Begotten tongues forgotten in darkness
Smell of decay from hell we stay
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The Way Forward
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The Way Forward
Pitch black skies blood red dawns
Dark spots in our hearts
Blood on our hands see through your lies
To survive in a world world created in mind
Minds focused on one It exists all alone
Only made to serve to serve oneself
Done without all take no give
Ruined this world shattered this dream
Remove ones head death deserved
Hurt was caused betrayal
Would have been me could have been me
Should have been me
The coming of dawn the survival of night
Given the chance to make things right
Fight for myself no chance for those wronged
This is the way forward
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about
BLACK TUSK go way back. Guitarist Andrew Fidler and drummer James May both grew up down in the swamps of Savannah, Georgia, where they’ve been banging heads together for the past 19 years.
While often mentioned in the same weed-infused breath as Baroness and Kylesa, BLACK TUSK are a different beast. These swamp monsters have never strayed far from their roots in metal, sludge and punk, though their previous album found them fighting just to stay afloat after bassist Jonathan Athon’s passing.
‘The Way Forward’ is just that. This album charges straight-on behind their new lineup, which includes former collaborators Chris "Scary" Adams on guitars, and Derek Lynch on bass. Together, they clear a path into the future by relying more on what BLACK TUSK does best. Lead single “Brushfire” comes in hot with a mean, ugly, foot-stomping riff. Rough and rowdy gang vocals will have pits trampling through “Dance on Your Grave”, while “Breath of Life” rides off with a raised fist through drums that roll and crack like a thunderstorm.
Nearly twenty years in, BLACK TUSK put the pedal to the metal harder than ever.
While often mentioned in the same weed-infused breath as Baroness and Kylesa, BLACK TUSK are a different beast. These swamp monsters have never strayed far from their roots in metal, sludge and punk, though their previous album found them fighting just to stay afloat after bassist Jonathan Athon’s passing.
‘The Way Forward’ is just that. This album charges straight-on behind their new lineup, which includes former collaborators Chris "Scary" Adams on guitars, and Derek Lynch on bass. Together, they clear a path into the future by relying more on what BLACK TUSK does best. Lead single “Brushfire” comes in hot with a mean, ugly, foot-stomping riff. Rough and rowdy gang vocals will have pits trampling through “Dance on Your Grave”, while “Breath of Life” rides off with a raised fist through drums that roll and crack like a thunderstorm.
Nearly twenty years in, BLACK TUSK put the pedal to the metal harder than ever.
credits
released April 26, 2024
Recorded at Hidden Audio in Rincon, GA
Produced, engineered and mixed by Chris "Scary" Adams
Mastered by Brad Boatright / Audiosiege
Recording Line-Up:
Andrew Fidler - Guitar + Vocals
James May - Drums + Vocals
Chris "Scary" Adams - Guitar + Vocals
Derek Lynch - Bass, Vocals and Synths
Cover artwork by Brian Mercer
Recorded at Hidden Audio in Rincon, GA
Produced, engineered and mixed by Chris "Scary" Adams
Mastered by Brad Boatright / Audiosiege
Recording Line-Up:
Andrew Fidler - Guitar + Vocals
James May - Drums + Vocals
Chris "Scary" Adams - Guitar + Vocals
Derek Lynch - Bass, Vocals and Synths
Cover artwork by Brian Mercer
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Black Tusk Savannah, Georgia
Black Tusk was born from sweat. There was blood, and maybe a few tears, too, but more than anything, it was sweat that
marked the earliest years of Savannah, Georgia’s Black Tusk. Formed in 2005 by three lifelong friends—bassist Jonathan Athon, guitarist Andrew Fidler, and drummer James May—the band welded together what they called “swamp metal.”
Photo credit Geoff Johnson
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