Coma
by GAEREA
acaDamien
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From the uplifting vocal harmonies on the Poet's Ballad and then driving right into the harsh vocals, the guitars coupled with the blistering beats of the drums this is an enjoyable and unbelievable listen all the way through.
Favorite track: Wilted Flower.
Phuzz
Phuzz
I mean, it's Gaerea...
Even without the legendary singer of old they still do a DAMN fine job. Everything is STILL gaerea. Favorite track: Hope Shatters.
Even without the legendary singer of old they still do a DAMN fine job. Everything is STILL gaerea. Favorite track: Hope Shatters.
Alice M.
Alice M.
Short 🇫🇷 review: www.radiometal.com/article/gaerea-coma,481821
Tries new stuff here and there (albeit sometimes timidly) and sounds better than ever.
Tries new stuff here and there (albeit sometimes timidly) and sounds better than ever.
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Hope Shatters
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1. |
The Poet's Ballet
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(In the depths of my mind
Where the dusk resides
Where the poet’s words collide
He weaves tales of dread
Of cosmic despair
A haunting melody
In the depths of thin air)
In the depths of my mind
Where insanity lies
Where the poet’s words collide
He weaves tales of dread
Of cosmic despair
A haunting melody
In the midst of thin air
The fearless puppeteer
his strings tightly wound
Master of horror
With secrets profound
He paints this canvas
Of ordeals so bleak
Where sanity crumbles
And hope is weak
In the poet’s realm, the shivers take their toll
A carnival of madness, hallucinations unfold
The human condition, exposed and laid bare
In his words, a reflection in the face of despair.
In the depths of my mind
Where insanity lies
Where the poet’s words collide
He weaves tales of dread
Of cosmic despair
A haunting melody
In the midst of thin air
So let us gather, in this morbid light
Embrace the bleakness, as day turns to night.
As we ascend, sanity is the cost.
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HOPE SHATTERS
In the heart of the jungle
Where shadows dance and bleed
A beautiful chaotic melody
Where depravity finds its seed
Neon lights paint a picture
Of a world immersed in sin
A collision of emotion and violence
Where numbness dwells within.
Welcome to the urban abyss
Where dreams turn to dust
A twisted realm of desire
Where hope is left to rust
In this city's cruel embrace
Where souls are torn apart
We're lost in the mist
Welcome to the urban abyss
Where dreams turn to dust
A twisted realm of desire
Where hope is left to rust
Hope Shatters
Sirens wail in the distance
Carving scars that won't comply
Broken glass and shattered dreams
Enter the maze through the never-ending haze
Hope Shatters
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Suspended
05:02
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Suspension
Space-time
Impression
No one to care
As I fall through the dust
My heart dances with fear
Yet no chants shall be written
As I fade away
I stand at a fateful divide
Where choices collide
Hell breaks loose
Terror grips my soul
Confronting inferno's toll
No words can explain why I chose as I did
Trapped in torment
With no way to forbid
To choose the lesser pain is for the ones who remain
(Terror grips my soul
Confronting inferno's toll
No words can explain why I chose as I did)
Suspended x2
In that fleeting moment
As life slipped away
The camera became my savior
Capturing the fray
A testament to the depths of human despair
A visual echo trapped in a snare
Now I'm frozen in time
Forever suspended,
A haunting image
A string rashly cut
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World Ablaze
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WORLD ABLAZE
To be set free, at the end of his days
Into a world ablaze
With wonder in his eyes, he takes a deep breath
For a fleeting moment, a dance with life's depth
Born and raised trapped in a cage
A man confined, his spirit bent
Dreams locked away, his heart suppressed
Yearning for a taste of freedom's zest
To be set free, at the end of his days
Into a world ablaze
With wonder in his eyes, he takes a deep breath
For a fleeting moment, a dance with life's depth
Mountains rising, kissing the sky
Rivers flowing, echoing lullaby
The colors of life, vibrant and bright
For a single moment, he's part of the light
The wind whispers stories, caressing his face
The sun's gentle warmth, a long-lost embrace
He walks through fields, untouched and wild
The Nature’s symphony, melodies compiled
To be set free, at the end of his days
Into the world ablaze
With wonder in his eyes, he takes a deep breath
For a fleeting moment, a dance with life's depth
As twilight falls, he finds solace within
For he's tasted freedom, despite the world's din
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Coma
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Silence
Coma
In the silence, I lay so still
Stuck in a coma, adrift
A world lost in time, where I've become
Trapped in this body, my heart grows numb
Memories like whispers
They call my name
A life left behind
In this endless game
Visions of loved ones
They're holding on tight
Guiding me through this endless night
Time may stand still in this endless trance
In the depths of bleakness
A glimmer of dawn
A distant horizon
Where I'll be reborn
I'll shed this cocoon
Spread my wings and fly away
Leave behind the coma
Reach for the sky
Bathed in the Shadows
Lost in the gray
A soul in suspension
A man led astray
An endless dance with the void
Through the halls of time
In a state of his own
Blooming visions ungrown
Alone
Numb
Broken
My spirit will soar
From the state of coma
I'll wake once more
With hope as my compass
And courage my core
From state of coma
I'll wake once more.
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Wilted Flower
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In shadows, I wander, lost in the haze
A soul adrift, with the darkest of days
Dancing with demons
In this haunted embrace
Where light is a memory
Lost in time's chase
Whispers of sorrow
Echo through my veins
These senseless thoughts
Where anguish remains
(Like a wilted flower, I wither within
A broken melody, a silenced violin
My tears fall from the skies
As my spirit slowly dies)
Like a wilted flower, I wither within,
A broken melody, a silenced violin.
My tears, like raindrops, fall from the skies,
As the embers of joy in my spirit slowly die.
I'm trapped in a labyrinth, walls closing in
A prison of thoughts, where despair begins
The sun's golden rays, they no longer reach
Replaced by a void, an eternal breach.
(The sun's golden rays, they no longer reach,
Replaced by a void, an eternal breach.)
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Reborn
03:51
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In a world of dreams
Where reality's a hoax
A tale of rebirth
Where secrets multiply
A thief of the mind
A master of deceit
Navigating through the cosmos
Where time and space meet
Wandering through the depths of the mind
Unraveling the mysteries that we're destined to find
In dreams within dreams, we'll steal away our fears
Exploring the underground as reality disappears
In the realm of enchantment, the boundaries dissolve
Where fantasies and nightmares intertwine, Evolve
But within this ethereal landscape, danger lurks
As the subconscious fights back, unleashing its quirks
REBIRTH
A journey through the fields of our core
Unraveling the mysteries we're meant to unfold
In dreams within dreams, we'll steal away our fears
A mind-bending odyssey
REBORN
Where memories and desires collide
REBORN
Through the twists and turns, we question what is real
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Shapeshifter
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Forever trapped in this chameleon skin
Forever shifting shape,
A soul that can't escape.
Search for completeness, in every corner I tread,
But the more I strive for wholeness, the emptier I get
I'm a man of many faces, a nomad in disguise,
Lost in the labyrinth of life, where truth and illusion intertwine.
No matter the conquests
The victories accrued
There's a void deep within
A yearning I can't subdue
A wall of masks, adapting to survive,
But beneath the facade, a broken spirit thrives.
I mold myself to the crowd, Conforming to their desires
I've climbed the highest mountains, tasted success so sweet,
But the triumphs that I gather, they can't make me complete.
So I'll keep wandering, forever on this quest
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Unknown
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I roam In the limbo of my ego
I've known faces within me
I transform with every passing moment
A perpetual stranger, emotions swarm
Lost in this vast sea of nothing
Searching for a self I've yet to see
In this existence, I possess only soul
No rest for a man who's whole
I see the world, but not myself,
A mere observer, detached creature
Emotions flow, but they don't define
This is who I am, sublime
That's why I read, like a stranger
My own story, as if turning pages
Uncertain of what lies ahead
Forgetting what's behind, memories shred
I'm a landscape, unique and unknown
Witnessing my journey, on my own
Wandering through life's varied scenes
But here I am, I can't feel me.
I roam In the limbo of this storm
A perpetual stranger, emotions swarm
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Kingdom of Thorns
04:45
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Under the lights of ambition
I carve my dream in stone
Ignorant, arrogant, shining and bright
Tortured under the silent cheering chants
A fearless beast drowned in whispers of love
Lost in triumph, vanished
Success my companion, where do I roam?
Sacrificed my soul
Just to wear this crown of thorns
Dying in the spotlight
Praise my solitary show
Castle of achievements
Untouched broken show
The pursuit of glory
Abandonment descends
Lone
In the spotlight
The complete sacrifice
Success and Solitude
Ignorant whispers of victory
Behold my kingdom of thorns
The sacrifices made
In the pursuit of my name
But in the end
These walls can't keep me sane
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about
When Gaerea emerged out of pandemic limbo, the masked band came branded with a vision of black metal that was guided not by myths or pagan beliefs but a purging of emotion. The world quickly came to share that vision, following them from the gates of Hellfest to tours through China and the U.S.
But with ‘Coma’, Gaerea are no longer strictly black metal. Though once again produced by trusted confidant Miguel Tereso, their fourth album broadens their signature sound by taking it in two seemingly opposed directions. There are more moments of intense beauty, but they only heighten the ensuing blows.
“World Ablaze” ignited this new era of Gaerea by holding a more conventional song structure over fiery tremolo picking. “Hope Shatters” upends even the loftiest of fan expectations; after the song collapses under its blistering heaviness, the melody hangs perilously in the air, like a swaying chandelier, before it’s smashed to pieces by hammering bass and concussive blast beats. “I’ve known faces within me”, their unnamed vocalist cries in the wake of a slow and somber guitar solo before “Unknown” snaps into a razor-sharp hook. “I transform with every passing moment”.
With ‘Coma’, Gaerea surface to the top of extreme metal.
But with ‘Coma’, Gaerea are no longer strictly black metal. Though once again produced by trusted confidant Miguel Tereso, their fourth album broadens their signature sound by taking it in two seemingly opposed directions. There are more moments of intense beauty, but they only heighten the ensuing blows.
“World Ablaze” ignited this new era of Gaerea by holding a more conventional song structure over fiery tremolo picking. “Hope Shatters” upends even the loftiest of fan expectations; after the song collapses under its blistering heaviness, the melody hangs perilously in the air, like a swaying chandelier, before it’s smashed to pieces by hammering bass and concussive blast beats. “I’ve known faces within me”, their unnamed vocalist cries in the wake of a slow and somber guitar solo before “Unknown” snaps into a razor-sharp hook. “I transform with every passing moment”.
With ‘Coma’, Gaerea surface to the top of extreme metal.
credits
released October 25, 2024
Recording Studio
Demigod Studios at Redbox Studios
Production Credits
Produced by Gaerea
Recorded by Miguel Tereso at Redbox Studios
Mixed and Mastered by Miguel Tereso at Demigod Studios
Artwork
Nathan Lorenzana
Photography
Chantik Photography
Recording Studio
Demigod Studios at Redbox Studios
Production Credits
Produced by Gaerea
Recorded by Miguel Tereso at Redbox Studios
Mixed and Mastered by Miguel Tereso at Demigod Studios
Artwork
Nathan Lorenzana
Photography
Chantik Photography
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GAEREA
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