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Psychopunk 2165 (LP)

by THE CRUCIFIX

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SYNTHAGEDDON
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SYNTHAGEDDON I'm astounded at how engaging the narrative of this album is. I've been totally immersed in Psychopunk 2165 for weeks now. It feels like I fell asleep and woke up in a movie, or a dream, or somewhere in-between. This is such a dark and visceral experience that's drenched with pain, angst and self-destruction, but THE CRUCIFIX artfully shines the narrowest slivers of light and hope through the gloom. Favorite track: Throw The Light.
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palehorse666 delving into cyberpunk doesn't dull the edge of The Crucifix with this skull pounding revenge story inspired by the likes of Perturbator. Favorite track: Birth Of A New Religion.
follower of Christ
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follower of Christ It is so varied, and very absorbing, like travelling through another land.
It ranges from gothic to industrial to dubsteppy and even a song that I mistook for the Smiths when I had my music on shuffle, but it all gels together. Favorite track: Save The Child.
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Cyberdark 05:37
Who's hiding In the dark Who's hiding In my mind Who's hiding In the dark Who's hiding In my mind Who wants To drink blood Who wants To kill love Who’s hiding In the dark I’m not alone
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SLAYER 03:46
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Ten small children They are being driven in a car Ten small children None of them will probably survive In a rainy city Under the roof of thousands of floors They make tools Knowing only pain In a rainy city Under the roof of thousands of floors They make tools Knowing only pain
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BLAME!D 08:34
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Look into my soul My life was a lie Lie Don't you dare cry I deserved to die Die Don't you dare cry I deserved to die Die Men get arrested Dogs get put down Like a human I meet my sundown My grave Will rise hills and mountains To pierce the heavens My corpse It will become a symbol of revenge Memory lost Bloody dreams Rape scenes Sin within Paradise Lost Boiling brains It's not me! I couldn’t kill I couldn’t kill I couldn’t kill
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Dark streets Dark veins Blood and drugs A city in silence I can’t Save myself I can't hide from the darkness Can you let Me inside Or leave me? Leave me Can you throw the light? And forgive me? Forgive me Give me all of your mind Give me your body Give me your hands I hate Your pride Just break down Just give yourself to me Give me your feelings Give me your face Your face I've never been before Where people live carefree I never hoped for happiness Only death is ahead But if I die tomorrow I know that I didn't live in vain Death gives meaning to life Always behind Always behind
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God is hope God is hope God is hope If God is crying No one will help you If God is crying No one will help you When God cries The pain won't stop Like tears in the rain Life dissolves When God cries Accept your fate Time will dissolve Like tears in the rain Tears in the rain Tears in the rain

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THE CRUCIFIX. Gothica from the depths of the abyss.

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2165.

A gloomy city of the future, where it always rains. Markus is a private detective who has been investigating the case of an elusive serial killer named "Licht" for 15 years. Being a professional detective with many years of experience, Markus is considered one of the main contenders for the capture of Licht. Everything is complicated by failures in Markus' memory, and the failure of some implants like the one in his arm, which is why he is forced to take pills.

On a rainy evening, he arrives at the scene of a crime - a massacre in City 1. Someone slaughtered 347 people in the square and disappeared unnoticed, which the police considered incredible. Markus gets down to business, and the results lead to a certain "New Age" cult who he finds conducting a ritual in one of the old chapels. In the centre of the ritual circle is a girl whom Markus saves by killing all the cultists with his bare hands. The girl, Kate, has something like ragged black wings on her back. Feelings flare up between them. After a night spent together, the girl volunteers to help Markus in the search for Licht, because she has also been looking for him for a long time.

The next night, they go to a ball at "Evan's High Society", where an informant should be waiting for them. During the ball, the building is raided by the police, who suddenly accuse Evan and everyone present of treason against the Corporate Council. A massacre ensues during which it turns out that Kate is not only beautiful, but also insanely bloodthirsty. She wields two neuro-katanas at once, just like Markus in the past. However, this is not enough. With their vast resources, the Corporate Council cannot be defeated. Markus is taken into custody as one of the last survivors, and Kate manages to escape.

Unknown corporate doctors perform a skull trepanation on Markus. In the process, he sees images and hears voices, realising that part of his ego, "The Shadow", is actually Licht the serial-killing maniac, taking control of his body every time he goes to sleep. Markus is thrown into a room where he sits in a corner, fighting with The Shadow inside his head. Kate wants him to take the blame for what he did, and admit to being a murderer, becoming one just like her. In the process, Markus recalls a long-forgotten scene - the day he failed to save the children in one of the experimental centres of the Corporate Council. He arrived too late, and was forced to kill his own mutated son. This, coupled with many other murder-scenes in his memory, broke Markus. It's too late to resist, after 15 years of killing, The Shadow has become too strong. Markus accepts the dark part of himself, and when he wakes up, gathers all his strength to get out of prison by force.

Kate descends into an ancient nuclear silo called "Swan Lake". She floats in the air like a ballerina, then sinks to the bottom between the dirty walls. After passing through a network of dilapidated tunnels, she finally ends up in the prison where Markus is sitting, but it's too late. After cutting down half of the prison with the help of a neuro-blade taken from a guard, Markus stumbles upon "Captain Deliverance" - one of the Captains of the Army of the Corporate Council. The Captain turns out to be too dangerous - he was created from 33% nano-machines, 33% flesh and 33% of unknown living matter. After a long fight, Markus loses, and is sent flying into the wall, where Kate finds him dying.

The question: "how did this happen?" Markus only replies that he threw a little light to whoever was sitting inside.

Looking upon his cold corpse, Kate vows revenge.

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To create this album, as usual, I used everything I knew. I want to say thank you to: Perturbator, Carpenter Brut, Dark Tranquillity and Dav Dralleon for the inspiration that pushed me to create this album.

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released December 30, 2022

Performed by THE CRUCIFIX.
Written and Produced by Yaroslav Zavgorodniy.
Ritual Lullaby features Gregorio Franco - linktr.ee/GregorioFranco.
Cover Artwork by THE WAI - bit.ly/WeAreTheWai.
Published by SCC.

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Here we explore the history of civilizations beyond the universe, and enjoy the sounds of other worlds. / One man band of 23 y.o guy from abyss

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