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Once Allegoric

by Shrine of August

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1.
instrumental
2.
Insidious 04:42
Why this penalty? Is it ‘cause of me? Why the shape I’m in? Slowly wearing thin And so I woke up that unpropitious morning The riskiest moment - as proven before - of the day in which I wished never to have lived A vermin, determined to figure out just what’s been done His father, too startled, he chases away his only son Why this penalty? Is it ‘cause of me? Why the shape I’m in? Slowly wearing thin Breathe with me, seethe with me, keep me company I need to understand my unsettling dreams The air in my room’s begun to desecrate Too dull and heavy to breathe at normal rate Rejection His father, still startled, is the root to infection Why this penalty? Is it ‘cause of me? Why the shape I’m in? Slowly wearing thin A hideous form / insidious form A hideous form / insidious form Get me out! Break my limbs and call me nauseous But with me, you must stay cautious Please forgive me, I am tortured I can’t stand your weak exposure Then help me… Why this penalty? Is it ‘cause of me? Why the shape I’m in? Slowly wearing thin Why this penalty? Why the shape I’m in? Is it ‘cause of me? Slowly wearing thin Get me out, get me out of here… Break my limbs and call me nauseous But with me, you must stay cautious Please forgive me, I am tortured I can’t stand your weak exposure
3.
Obligations lose their sense Everything is so intense People drift away once more One emerging from the air Stillness rises everywhere Walking through an image door Have you wondered why there is “behaviour”? Property is theft, you selfish fuck Have you ever thought about … Have you ever thought about the rest? Question all abilities Total loss of self-confidence You are alone and your heart seems pointless Find the truth, before it fades Have you wondered why there is no saviour? I believe you’re through, you’re out of luck Sitting all alone In a corner thrown Barren to the bone Still reacting to your voice Tried to run away Not a word to say Living day to day What has happened to the noise? Have you ever thought about … Have you ever thought about the rest? Question all abilities Total loss of self-confidence Read the lines that made no sense Prima causa, primum ens Nowhere to go, I’m stuck in here Every day I have regrets Sitting all alone In a corner thrown Barren to the bone Still reacting to your voice Tried to run away Not a word to say Living day to day What has happened to the noise? Condemnation Complication Confrontation What has happened to the noise? Contribution Revolution The solution Still reacting to your voice
4.
Dilemma 06:54
An era has ended, a new one proceeds Because of the actions, paying for deeds: Stretching my fingers, touching your skin A feeling that lingers, cold, scared within A dilemma that strikes me whenever I breathe Think about the boundaries Searching in the mental pieces of the mind that you couldn’t take Every time I try, I try to achieve Nothing has meaning, except my belief Cleansing my hands, the water turns red Faith understands, futures ahead A dilemma that strikes me whenever I seethe Let out all emotions Nothing can be certain if you never respect anything The moment it won The thing I have done Explainable to no one else I simply can’t believe it His crushing death has triggered cycles way beyond belief You should not discriminate You cannot exclude all the things that you hate Help me, Father, I am rather torn inside my head Help me take the right decision Please respond, I desperately need help All the knowledge and wisdom don’t help at choosing My own blood to decide for – I don’t want to lose him To confide in me To rely on me To have trust in me To believe in me Stop ignoring me Try and question me In this scenery I am family I’ve witnessed all of this before… What is happening to me? Parody of life… Is there no one who hears me? The era has ended, faithful to me Volitional necessity A dilemma confronts me with choices to make Honourable discharge Regrets are too large Facing the questions of life Is there no one who hears me?
5.
Oceanic screams, the waves have come to life Allegoric figures that inform us of the strife “Hear me, steer me and my others” It sounded so severe, a bitter sphere Then I looked into a creature’s sickened eye Tides rise very sufficiently Pride’s light because we all know what will hit Never of value, never grand Never a helping hand Never useful But in a way highly <precious> Clean us from pictures unseen Due to misdemeanor Flee from the lure of the sea It is calling you The beast, it spoke to me, it had a transcendental voice Fed up with our abuse, it gave the one and only choice “Save me, lave thee from thy other” Intense severity, human vulgarity The waves came up again and all the creatures uncontrolled Fusing with the world’s oceans A booming voice spoke and all aquatic life stood strong Never of value, never grand Never a helping hand Never useful But in a way highly <precious> Clean us from pictures unseen Due to misdemeanor Flee from the lure of the sea It is calling you It’s true, we have taken innocent lives But what can be said of man? Search another way, your journey stops here Land afar awaits you, so leave before you disappear Never of value, never grand Never a helping hand Never useful But in a way highly <precious> Clean us from pictures unseen Due to misdemeanor Flee from the lure of the sea It is calling to Clean us from pictures unseen Due to misdemeanor Flee from the lure of the sea Make the voice go away… away… away…
6.
instrumental
7.
The Fall 03:43
Guilty minded (unknown) Present in his head Twisted reality (alone) Presentation of the dead Intentions of the purest kind A new beginning I’m glad to unwind So I can enjoy all of this I am lonely I am longing to be close to you Instead Recognizing my hands no more I am lonely I am longing to be close to you Instead Realizing this life no more It’s so dreadful He is longing to be close to you He can’t recognize his own face no more Is it true what they say? Is he wearing away? I am lonely Disappointing My erosion is near
8.
As we speak, the clouds are drawing nearer “Son of God, your trial’s begun. I cannot believe it, the Unified Substance you deny… Have you not thought of the rest?” Without understanding, he mumbled his essence through his eyes How does it feel to be oppressed? Universal metamorphosis Out of sight, it tried to flee Down with the hall, down with the wall While you were down after all Always be strict and repay Open the core, open the sore I just can’t take anymore Why did you go away? New tears when thinking of you I can’t realise you’re through You were too proud to obtain the contra reformation Guilt, “Who is that man whom you killed? Think of the empire he’s built” Get yourself to hail the contra reformation A distant conversation, another time or place An unexpressed frustration, another one to face How dare you call me everything that bottled up inside? You do not have the might… … and then he died. Take back what you said By now he’ll be dead Disgusting remark “I can’t believe it, the Unified Substance you denied… Have you not thought of the rest?” Without understanding, he mumbled his essence as he lied How did it feel to be blessed? New tears when thinking of you I can’t realise you’re through You were too proud to obtain the contra reformation Guilt, “Who is that man whom you killed? Think of the empire he’s built” Get yourself to hail the contra reformation Persuade us to think Persuade us to sync Forget what you are Persuade us
9.
Desolate 05:16
Sentenced by your sentences, staring numbly at the mirror This appearance is not who I am, this image isn’t me I’ve gone through this too often and I can no longer take it As time flies by discrepancies collide with destiny Why must it be this way? Happiness worn away A coin that flips and seals my fate like memories of tomorrow Every feeling that I felt before never meant to blemish you Looking in that mirror I see nothing to hold on to And the question in my head repeats: How can this be true?! Why must it be this way? Happiness worn away There are no facts, only interpretations Should I follow all the indications? What’s the point, it’s all too late Vita Brevis It is clear that ratio is useless Unaware of talking the abusive All my values are now lost, Destroyed, unbound, my fate‘s been tossed This one goes out to the desolate hearted This one goes out to a desolate heartache Why must it be this way? Happiness worn away Something that won’t get out of my head Sometimes I wish that I were dead And buried, just to ease the pain But it all happens again…
10.
Mor[t]ality 08:13
The last salvation Salvation of the dead A weird sensation Is running through my head This is agony – mortality – in me But I will not subdivide it No, I will not coincide with it He wanders with his head held down… Ooh My destination Is still to be outlined His transformation And I have been entwined This is agony – mortality – in me But I will not subdivide it No, I will not coincide with it He wanders with his head held down… Ooh And with his head fully immersed in regret Think positive, this life just ain’t over yet The mirror shows another sight of myself Metamorphosis, another one I will shelve Organic change, I feel it inside of me Messianic range, this can’t be done easily My body altering into my son’s oppressive cage I wonder if my faith would help me out to disengage I am not a wise man Little did I know Losing you would ever hurt this much Inside The last salvation Salvation of the dead The weird sensation Stopped running through my head This is agony – mortality – in me But I will not subdivide it No, I will not coincide with it He wanders with his head held down… Ooh Agony – mortality – in me But I will not subdivide it No, I will not coincide with it He wanders with his head held down… Ooh As tongues are burning The time is running back Is there deliverance When eyes have gone black? Release me…

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Shrine #3: "Once Allegoric" is the third album by Shrine of August - the solo project of Belgian drummer/songwriter Steve Vanderperren.

This album is dedicated to Dietrich Hectors.

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released December 21, 2021

All music & lyrics by Steve Vanderperren 2003 - 2011, except

"Salvation of the Dead" by Wouter De Coster, Tobias Vanderhenst & Steve Vanderperren
"The Fall" by Yann De Ceukelaire & Steve Vanderperren
Lead guitars on "The Lure of the Sea" written by Wim Oers & Steve Vanderperren
Lead guitar on "Regrets, Part II" written by Tom Van Den Bosschelle

Guitars + additional arrangements by Alex Vanhaesendonck
Lead guitar on "The Lure of the Sea" by Romain Jeuniaux

Saxophone on "Regrets, Part I" by Jørgen Munkeby

Bass by
Joeri Herregat on "Regrets, Part I", "Dilemma", "The Lure of the Sea", "Once Allegoric", "Regrets, Part II" & "Mor[t]ality"
Jesse Massant on "The Fall"
Jeffrey Yu on "Salvation of the Dead", "Insidious" & "Desolate".

Keyboards + additional arrangements & orchestration by Toon Noppen

Drums by Steve Vanderperren, recorded by Bob Briessinck at Breeze Inc. Studio in Eppegem (BE)
Percussion by Steve Vanderperren

Vocals by
Wouter Dergez on "Insidious" & "The Lure of the Sea", recorded by Santy Van der Mieren in Tremelo (BE)
Jurgen Stein on "Insidious" & "The Lure of the Sea"
Lio Meessen on "Regrets, Part I" & "Regrets, Part II"
Dani Hart on "Dilemma" & "The Fall"
Armin Bakker on "Dilemma" & "The Fall"
Mehdi Vandecappelle on "Dilemma", recorded by Tobias Vanderhenst in Herent (Belgium)
Benno van Keulen on "Desolate", recorded by Jan Van Grunderbeek in Rillaar (BE)
Steve Vanderperren on "Desolate", recorded by Lio Meessen in Herent (BE)
Dionisis Christodoulatos on "Mor[t]ality"
Peter Theuwen on "Mor[t]ality"

Samples by Steve Vanderperren, except
"Salvation of the Dead" by Tobias Vanderhenst

Mixed and mastered by Sven Janssens @ Red Left Hand

Logo by Steve Vanderperren
Drawing by Karan Sarin
Artwork and layout by Steve Vanderperren

Huge thanks to Hannelore, Lenthe and Noa ❤️, Alex, Armin, Benno, Dani, Dion, Jeffrey, Jesse, Joeri, Jurgen, Jørgen, Lio, Martine, Mehdi, Peter, Romain, Tobias, Toon, Wouter, all my fellow bandmates, Bob for the drums, Sven for the awesome sound, Karan for the incredible art, ... and you in particular for giving this release a chance by purchasing it. On to the next one.

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Shrine of August Herent, Belgium

Shrine of August is the solo project of Belgian drummer / songwriter Steve Vanderperren. After many years playing various genres, the time was right to bring together all ideas and influences from his musical beginning till today. To sum it all up, the term "Prog Noir" came up. Progressive elements will definitely remain, but the emphasis is on the music itself, not necessarily its technicality. ... more

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