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Cruel Machine (Danse Macabre)

by The Spiritual Bat

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    CD DIGIPACK - Original Edition Relased in May 2011 through Danse Macabre Records

    N. 4 in Mick Mercer's Top Thirty Albums 2011: "Pure goth magnificence"

    Some new tracks, some old ones revisited. To say we do not regret the past do not deny the origins.

    From our Press Release:
    The last labor of The Spiritual Bat is a sequence of flash-backs and flash-forwards of the last few years, the story of how journeys came to be, the story of how songs were born, from the scream of an Artist caught into a mortal mechanism, a machine that would signify the death of Art, and therefore the end of Spirit. Cruel Machine, the album, is the synthesis of an emotional journey through micro and macro cosmos, in which each song itself is a ritual journey inwards and outwards. Cruel Machine, the song, is the scream of an Artist, a Realist, yet a Visionary craving to steal time from the Cruel Machine, craving to be Spirit through musical instruments, because in the Spiritual World would lie an evolution, the illusion of touching eternity while feeling as nothing but stardust.

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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Origins and Transmutations, MISSION:CREATE, At The Edge of Life EP ft Shir-Ran Yinon, Doc Hammer, Peter Bugg Rizzo, Claus Larsen, Mission feat. Shir-Ran Yinon, Your Own World - And The Vision Of Sound, The Vision of Sound ep, Guilty, Mosaic, and 7 more. , and , .

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Cruel Machine Water Fire Flowing Through My Veins Just Surviving All I Want Is Just Surviving Trapped Inside This Virtual Temple All I Want Is Thriving In My Mind Just Surviving Just Living Static Limbo Lymph In My System Static Limbo Cruel Machine Flowing Through My Veins Voltage and Fuel Flowing Through My Veins Static Limbo Just Surviving Trapped Inside This Cruel Machine
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Thunderstorm 04:09
Thunderstorm Cloudy Skies In My Soul Vision Is Frosty Glass See The Shape Of The World In The Mist Right Outside? Dare The World Cloudy Skies In My Soul Vision Is Fading Away Know The Truth Feel It Surge Seething Through About To Burst Dare The World Thunderstorm Can’t Stop You From Evading Running Out Of These Four Suffocating Walls Running Out Of Time Live As If There Were No Tomorrow Take This Time That’s Left and Make The Most Of It
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Sento 03:10
Sento Sento i tuoi passi avvicinarsi La mia anima tremare I tuoi passi avvicinarsi. La mia anima tremare. Tremare!
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Once Upon a Time Once Upon a Time A Witch And A Good Fairie Were Walking Hand In Hand Through Villages And Towns I Sang To Stones And They Sang Back To Me Once Upon a Time A Witch And A Good Fairie Once, Just Once
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The Other Side With You My Love The Journey Feels Sweeter Unbearably Bitter The Thought Tomorrow We No Longer With You My Love If There’s Another Side, That Other Side We Shall Meet Again And Recognize Each Other Once Again. E Sia.
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Chance 04:28
Chance Looking For An Answer In A Strange House Here Where Giants Live Day And Night They Live They Linger On I Am On The Run Remember You Are Looking For An Answer Look Way Ahead, Look At Where You Are You Are Here By Chance Look Away I Can’t Call Me A Witch But Take This Golden Key Here You Shall Come Looking For An Answer In A Strange House Here Let The Dance Begin Si Avverera’ There Shall Be Peace There Where We Are Going There Shall Be Peace When We Meet Again Let The Dance Si Avverera’ Last Day Of A Rat In A Strange House Where Giants Live You Are Here By Chance
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Empty Halls 03:46
Empty Halls There’s Dust In The Light Beams, Dancing Shadows, Sighing, Slowly, Dancing In the Halls Empty Halls The Castle’s Been Empty, Empty Joy And Pain Mingle, Mingle In The Halls, Empty Halls Everybody’s Gone Everybody’s Been Gone For Long, For Long
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Crucifixion 04:21
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Lament for The Poisoned Mother Pregnant With Evil Mother Pregnant With Evil Poisoned Dying Wounded Dying Breathe Dying Breathe Dying Mother
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Deceiving 04:04
Deceiving You won’t deceive me Sighing, Crying Trying to save my soul I know it’s hard to do While I’m tempted as hell abnormal Unsure about the goal Won’t you tell me what to do While I’m hesitating Abnormal Sighing, Crying You won’t deceive me I won’t believe you You won’t deceive me It’s Just a beam of light That Lures to come in But I’m waiting outside Abnormal I’m opening the door Dying to be inside But I’m hesitating Abnormal You won’t deceive me abnormal
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Sacrament 03:46
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Acquoreo 04:59
Acquoreo Those Muddy Waters Are they The Start Of Life Are they The Start Of Anything Are They The Start Of Light Or Just Putrifying Take A Look At Yourself That’s Your Reflection Take A Look At Yourself That’s Who You Are No No No No No That’s Who You Are That’s Your Reflection That’s Who You Are

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CD DIGIPACK - Original Edition Relased in May 2011 through Danse Macabre Records

N. 4 in Mick Mercer's Top Thirty Albums 2011: "Pure goth magnificence"

Some new tracks, some old ones revisited. To say we do not regret the past do not deny the origins.

From our Press Release:
The last labor of The Spiritual Bat is a sequence of flash-backs and flash-forwards of the last few years, the story of how journeys came to be, the story of how songs were born, from the scream of an Artist caught into a mortal mechanism, a machine that would signify the death of Art, and therefore the end of Spirit. Cruel Machine, the album, is the synthesis of an emotional journey through micro and macro cosmos, in which each song itself is a ritual journey inwards and outwards. Cruel Machine, the song, is the scream of an Artist, a Realist, yet a Visionary craving to steal time from the Cruel Machine, craving to be Spirit through musical instruments, because in the Spiritual World would lie an evolution, the illusion of touching eternity while feeling as nothing but stardust.

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released May 1, 2011

Produced by The Spiritual Bat

Dario Passamonti Music, Guitar, Bass, Synths

Rosetta Garri': Lyrics, Vocals, vocal and Drum Arrangements

Alessio Santoni (Ufip-Facus): Acoustic Drums on Cruel Machine, Thunderstorm, Sacrament and Acquoreo

All songs written, recorded and mixed by Dario Passamonti and Rosetta Garri

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Acoustic Drums on Cruel Machine, Thunderstorm, Sacrament and Acquoreo recorded by Marco Zanni's Studio, Rome

Thunderstorm and Acquoreo Mixed by Luigi Colasanti Antonelli and Fabio Fraschini at Emerald Recording Studio, Rome

The Other Side, written by Tyves Oben (Place4Tears), previously unreleased track with synths and rhythms by Tyves Oben, Lyrics and Vocals arranged and performed by Rosetta Garri', Bass and Guitar arranged and performed by Dario Passamonti

Tormented Body, Crucifixion and Sacrament: Lyrics written by Matteo Bracaglia. Re-makes from Confession and Sacrament albums.

Mastering by Marco Cento
Artwork by Circo Chatarrero

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The Spiritual Bat Italy

One of few European bands in the scene that has carried out several coast-to-coast tours in the USA.
The Spiritual Bat is based in Italy and has performed at several festivals in Europe, such as WGT, Whitby Goth Weekend, Return To The Batcave, Gotham Sounds, Castle Party. The project evolves from "The Spiritual BatS" (plural), conceived in 1992 and features artwork by the Alchemisti Painters. ... more

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