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Mines in the Sand

by PECULATE

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Jordan Vauvert
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Jordan Vauvert Mines in the Sand est, de l'aveu de Ben Norton, un "concept-album au sujet de cette maladie qu'est le nationalisme", mais ça va encore plus loin que ça.
Dans le terme de "géographie", il y a l'idée de dessiner, de tracer des contours et donc de choisir et discriminer. Cet album mature illustre la violence extrême qui découle de la création de la frontière avec deux forces en opposition : une qui essaye de survivre et une autre qui veut l'écraser à tout prix avec un metal avant-gardiste violent. Favorite track: Geographic Destiny.
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Poesy Rider Nos capitalistes préférés font toujours cette musique excellente, donc ces mini-albums trop courts, le tout avec des visuels bien pourris. Bref, la perfection n'existant pas, il n'y a encore une fois rien à redire. Favorite track: Natural Right.
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The group into which I was arbitrarily born is vastly superior to the one across the arbitrary border. I was born on the right side of the arbitrary line in the sand. They were born on the wrong one.
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It’s my natural right, naturally endowed, by virtue merely of the geographical location in which I was born. Don’t blame me; blame God. This nation, my infallible nation, made of and drawn in the sand, is the stuff of miracles. Some say nationalism is a disease. I say they’re the sick and inbred ones. ‘Cus these arbitrary borders are nothing less than celestial. It’s my natural right, naturally endowed, by virtue merely of the arbitrary geographical location in which I was arbitrarily born. Don’t blame me; blame yourself.
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And Conquer 05:01
It’s much easier to divide people with lines than with guns. It’s much easier to enforce those boundaries with bombs than with love.
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I drew these lines in the sand arbitrarily. Cross them and you’ll soon be begging for mercy. We drew these lines in the sand arbitrarily, centuries ago. Cross them and we’ll lock you up and throw away the key. These sacred lines were drawn in the sand arbitrarily, centuries ago, by foreign conquerors, thieves, murderers— my ancestors, my hallowed heroes. Cross them and you die. They’re still here today, so we’ll keep on enforcing them. Mostly out of convenience. With violence. With deadly force, if necessary. The line was drawn arbitrarily. But it is holy. Don’t you question it. Don’t you dare. My nation, my superior nation, may be founded on lies and built on death. But what are a few fibs and drops of blood compared to our God-given home? Don’t cross the line. Stay on your side. Your inferior side, where you were meant to be. Don’t cross the line. Stay on your side. Your inferior side, where God, and we, said you should be.
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A concept album about the ills of nationalism.

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released July 18, 2015

Ben Norton: Composition, Lyrics, Music, Vocals, Production
Mike W T Allen (MikeWTAllen.com): Saxophones
Zak Norton: Album Art

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Progressive metal and mathcore meet jazz fusion and avant-garde classical music ||| Metal in Opposition ||| (PECULATE is the solo project of composer and musician Ben Norton)

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