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Symbols - The Sleeping Harmony of the World Below

by Plateau Sigma

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Dave I came across the album through stoned meadows of doom on youtube and as soon as I heard the slow growling metal vocal I knew the album was going to be awesome,I'm so looking forward to hearing it on the vinyl i ordered when its delivered.thanks so much plateau sigma for an incredible album. Favorite track: Ouija and the Qvantvm.
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    A. Heterochromia, Ouija and the Qvantvm
    B. A Parody of Medea, To Mnemosine's Bittersweet Fruit
    C. The Moon Made Flesh, The White Virgin
    D. She Kept the Sacred Fire, Still, The Child and the Presence

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    Band photo by Jessica Zambellini

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    B. A Parody of Medea, To Mnemosine's Bittersweet Fruit
    C. The Moon Made Flesh, The White Virgin
    D. She Kept the Sacred Fire, Still, The Child and the Presence

    Artwork and layouts by STRX
    Band photo by Jessica Zambellini

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1.
Sensual, at first sight, an hourglass wet by light Bringer of sighs and tears, the ecstasy through the tip of the spear. My eyes, torn away, landscapes always drained Lust gets my heart dried, delivering the utter pleasure. Sacrifices in Pluto’s name, no one will remember your name Bodies hanged on an old oak, the bird will sing no more. Daylight falls for you, a throne will burn for you My life was given to you, for your crowning in the new moon. My dove with white wings, my death your vehicle for dreams, My love, for lust, my mirror from the past. The daylight falling, the daylight would call me Erotic utopia, heterochromia. Hey, your name is decay, so open your eyes and see my pain Night, I broke through your night, I’ve seen through nightmares The true meaning of life! Sensual, at first sight, a goddess enthroned in light Bearer of sighs and tears, devourer of dreams and fears Through the ages, we're only pages.
2.
The fire, the plough, the wheel, the sword, the pen, the fission, the atom And we’ll be kings of the sky, we’ll be kings of the sky, our kingdom will come! Death beyond death, is life beyond life Silence, only silence and death, into the womb of the world. Children in an empty room, starting the invocation of a power unknown, teasing the knowledge obscure. They summon the dead ones, they talk with dead ones They caress their hands, they summon the dead ones. We see you. Who are we? Taste our wisdom You’ve seen fragments of our grammar in the weird geometry of creation. Unable to relief the burden of a secular existence Original sin corrupted in blood, adulterated soul Eternal stain of death, long for immortality Death beyond death, life beyond life.
3.
I dressed you as my bride, I kissed the last goodbye to your lips But I won’t forgive your crime, as you did with mine, my fool, Medea. And so you’ve slayed your children You filled your chalice with their blood You fool! Your heart fell in disgrace, my soul screaming, revenge! You forgot the name of the gods, your wickness revealed Your heart turned to stone, your time comes to an end Your heart turned to stone, how could you? I’ll eat your soul. Medea, the crow is singing the lullaby of Charon I’ll seek you over the sea, across the lands Even stones will scream your name, to guide me to you Before all the gods will prepare your trial, I’ll be stained with your blood This is the end of the poem, the end of everything In the moment of your last sigh, in the moment of your last sigh You’ll enjoy death, you’ll enjoy death. Are we really throwing everything in the river of forgetfulness? Would you? Would I? Yes, we do become shadows together, you and I.
4.
Do the memories kill you young man? Do they take you to oblivion? Do you really breathe what I breathe? Feel what I feel? Take my fruit, become me, taste oblivion, become me. Lose yourself, into dreams Lose yourself, into an anonymous god.
5.
I see your moon rise, you’re the queen I’ve waited so long Your vessel high, your son in golden cloth All your lovers cry, for you forsake them all You’re the moon made flesh, from dawn of ages, to their nightfall Shine! A great banquet was made in your name, an orgy of greek red wine The ritual of your pale skin, constantly wet by the moonlight. And I, bow to your beauty, die for you, my queen! And I, die for you, magnificence, my majesty, my queen! Before the eternal sleep will come, you’ll live forever in glory.
6.
Vestal, my little vestal, the silent one, the taken one, unaware eyes All dressed in white, the sun shown in the night, but tied to a tree, where you won’t flee Vestal, my sudden vestal, 3.00 am, the body stretched The shiver complete, the frost, but the heat, after the burning, the sleep. Then the awakening, the knowledge, freedom. You are the altar, I’m the priest, I’m the bride, you’re the white virgin.
7.
Oh Vesta, let me dream of you, desire you, glorify you I pray for your blessing, I am sacred and profane, my love stands. A sacred celebration to take her back from the temple, where she lived I crawl on your pyre, I come on your pyre, inebriate senses, a dying living. I summon to call her back, I summon the divine amplex I am pontifex maximus I will rebuild your temple, upon their wretched bodies For you are tongue, my sword, my fire My god, my pleasure, my curse. Reminiscences from my past, I looked back in the mirror to see what we really are. I am fire. She kept the sacred fire. Rome is you, you are Rome! She kept the sacred fire, still…
8.
Walk with me in moonlit shores, my love, my son, my child born from the sun. Your hand, in mine, so they will stop the wheel of time Never will we be alone. Stay with me for a while, before the sunset comes The presence said to me: can we share that light? We’ll be forever, so stay, my little angel stay. You know I was a man without shadow, a bearer of pain, I was the tear running down Christ’s cheek A thorn into God’s eye but, I found your light, I found your light, my life.

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Symbols or The Sleeping Harmony of the World Below
“The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself”.
(William Blake)
Symbols are everywhere.
They drag their power from our imagination, weaving a web of secret correspondences between reality and the realm of ideas.
A realm, a world hidden just below the surface, where our deepest desires lie, sleeping.
Symbols represent beliefs, ideals and hopes. They are the insignia under which empires are born and die, gods are worshipped, revolutions explode, kings are consecrated or dethroned.
It has been almost ten years now.A journey which has brought us much further then we thought. We are grateful for everything we experienced along the road, but we feel it's just the beginning of greater things. Three times you've heard our voice before and this is the fourth act of our story.
In the past few years we took a break. We've been crafting sounds, hoping to find the perfect chimera made of our many influences.
We believe this album is that chimera.
These are songs about history, afterlife, revelations, sex, religion, science, magic, war, paradoxes, atoms, myths, dogmas, miracles and wonders.
As metal musicians, we believe it is our duty to inquire the darkest aspects of life, to capture a small hint of the pathos, the beauty and dread of existence.
To plunge into the shady waters of the World Below.
Nino
07/13/2019

credits

released October 24, 2019

The Conjurers:

Manuel Vicari - Vocals and Guitars
Francesco Genduso - Vocals and Guitars
Maurizio Avena - Bass
Nino Zuppardo - Drums

Eleonora Amerio - Additional Vocals on Track 4, Bass Synth on track 6
Walter Rinaldi - Additional Vocals on Track 2
Giovanni Zuppardo - Piano on Track 8

Band photo by Jessica Zambellini
Artwork and layout by STRX

All songs written and arranged by Manuel Vicari and Plateau Sigma.
Lyrics by Manuel Vicari.

Recorded between January and June 2019 at ONDA Studio by Francesco Genduso.
Mixed by Francesco Genduso
Mastered by Magnus Lindberg

Produced by Francesco Genduso and Plateau Sigma

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Plateau Sigma Taggia, Italy

Plateau Sigma is a musical project born in the 'autumn of 2010, driven by one simple ambition: to unite the verb of primordial death and doom metal to the rarefied and sensual atmospheres of new wave of dark rock.

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