FAWM: "Hammers of Oblivion"

Hammers of Oblivion

2 weeks ago by @hmorg

Liner Notes

#metal #blackmetal #deathmetal #mnet
I meant to take a day off from writing last night, but I got this pounding riff in my head and I had to write it down, which quickly turned into a full song. I then perused my list of song titles and "Hammers of Oblivion" was the obvious choice for such a pounding feel. The lyrics came out in more or less a stream of consciousness, but they turned out quite an apt metaphor for the current right-wing political climate where it's more important to have your way than do what's best for the people, where the lessons of the past and reason at large are shattered by the hammers of will.

Lyrics

Mercilessly, the hammers fall
Shattering the memories
Nostalgia brings no comfort
Surrounded by enemies

Hammers of oblivion
Drive the nails in, let the thoughts out
Shattering the clarity
Blunt force reigns supreme
Pulverizing dregs of mind

Hammers of oblivion
Harbingers of destruction
Hammers of oblivion
Bringers of affliction

Without a doubt, life will end
In a mess under the hammer
Cataclysmic damage done
By the decay enamoured

Hammers of oblivion
Drive the nails in, let the thoughts out
Shattering the clarity
Blunt force reigns supreme
Pulverizing dregs of mind

Hammers of oblivion
Harbingers of destruction
Hammers of oblivion
Bringers of affliction
Hammers of oblivion

Comments

@luckylou 1w

You nailed it

@howthenightcame 2w

lemmy would have loved this, good one

@emplate 2w

Oh yeah, definitely a hammering feeling to this track. It's cool how the feeling is very heavy throughout the track and it never speeds up, just bulldozing onwards for the duration of the whole song. Like mentioned, commitment in the lyrics, but also in the overall song execution.

@sapient 2w

Now THAT is a song title 🤘
This is relentless. Like if Satyricon wrote crust punk instead of dry, artsy BM 🤣
Yeah, I'm liking this a lot.

@kembole 2w

"Love the commitment to the hammering motif in the lyrics." -> Same here. Yet again you made a... wait for it... absolute banger. Not much to say other than praises. This year you are one of my favourite fawmers, can't wait to hear more.

@ayeahmur 2w

Love the commitment to the hammering motif in the lyrics. Brilliant stuff and the arrangement is as full on as you'd expect. Great vocal perfprmance too. Stonking start to the day.