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The Taste of Teeth

by To The Teeth

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1.
Lyrics: dagger in the warm straw red ray of old light slipping through the veil the moon grey presence has been moaning for the dawn the silver face is grinning in the bale pine catacomb high place for death for silence on the windy alp i hear the knocking of an axe red ray of old light arcs upon the swinging stroke the angel is unleashed outside the apse
2.
Lyrics: As I venture where the sound has led I rest my bones on the frosty earthen bed It numbs my eyes so I won't have to know I've not the strength to survive where you go But a shell still floats upon the wind When you breath my name Please look beyond me As you hang underneath
3.
Lyrics: The sun sleeps at night The moon rises high Falling in a trance in time We're one with the stars But yet we are so far Falling in a trance tonight At night the moon is free It's shining like the sea It's taking over me tonight The moon rises high The sun sleeps at night Falling in a trance in time At night the moon is free It's shining like the sea It's taking over me Tonight
4.
Lyrics: El dolor de qui no arriba mai, a ser i entendre s’escriu al cos, malmet el cor cau com cendra, la infància esguerra trémer d’ànsia, estrènyer l’ànima Hi ha un clam de nou encès sense veu, l’espectre atia flames hi ha un clam i és ben encès Cruel, punyent erm, intent d’un xic dement ferm, un verb que l’esma empeny i el seny de nou present Lliurarem de pors el cel, de fum el vent herois d’un nou temps, llliures L’esperit, reixit de goig n'és tip foscor i delit, estrènye’l fort omple el pit Forgem un nou nom, il•luminem, refem el món un esclat imminent, un goig intens fa viure grans moments
5.
Lyrics: An outer wall is torn down An inner fire is quenched to ash The smoldering yearnings shadow the sky and deep within adversaries of ecstasy clash Sanguine seas surround the trenches There is a sound that drowns it all out A phoenix’s song to lull the war Senses sifted through ashy hands Listen as the clamour’s tongue is cut Hush and slip through the unending rift Reduced to an ember A life deprived of will Drained to an empty shell Like nights bereft of dreams, passion devoid of vehemence and tension without relief Eager are those still in blossom Not those whose faces bliss once adorned Whose eyes saw a plague cast its shadow and in time were broken and left forlorn Once chosen, now destined to wither Bearing the burden of death in a procession of the blind Towards the steepest of cliffsides, chasing the lost and divine, looming in the distance enshrined
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Lyrics: For worse or for better My armor’s long been shattered I will not sacrifice it all I will not cover the evidence It’s the same in the eyes of the world In the eyes of a stone cold universe This is my home I will not leave the corridor lights on at night I will lock the door and close the blinds So when the dark gets a hold of me I can look it Straight in the eye I will not sacrifice it all In the eyes of a world so cold This is my home I will not hide In the dark forever For worse or for better My armor’s long been shattered Come vigor Come valor We’ll fight the fear together I will not look away I will not comfort the enemy It’s the same in the eyes of the world It’s the same to all but my sanity This is our home I will not leave the corridor lights on at night I will not give in this time, not I And if the fear gets a hold of me I can look it straight in the eye This is our home I will not hide in the dark forever For worse or for better My armor’s long been shattered Come vigor Come valor We’ll fight the fear together
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Lyrics: in de lus van deze stofgracht maalt een mens in't zonder meer langs de minne van de onmacht muitend tot spaarzame momenten van besef omringd door al dat is gegeven in de stroeve stroming naar het eind en in alles is een eigen sprekend zij het vrij en voor zichzelf doch deint het mee in de golfslag van het massieve zeebaren zijn; thans de textuur van een schijnhuid die de woeste werkelijkheid omvat maar nee u zal bezitten; u zal inlijven bij uw rijk en raad rovend, varend, versmaadt u eigenheid en bijzijn als de laatste veste van het werkelijke ander; het onbekende, volbloed vaandel van dat wat niet buigen wil niet breken kan, niet zal zwichten onder de klauw van het objectieve en dat, dat is wat er snijdt want hier prijkt het enige dat anders is het enige dat nooit sterft dat waar naam noch veeg of vaag neologisme ooit grip op krijgt hier in de opening tussen woudreus en wilgentak, op de vlakte vanwaar ieder steeds staart in de leegte in de schaduw van het stergewelf waaronder alles neigt en ook alles weer tot niet keert onder bogen van de tijd tot de laatste bevende naakte emanatie voert betekenis een schijndans op boven de afgrond in de ogen van de vader lacht een echo van de dood en de menigte lakende levende levende lakende levende in de ogen van de vader lacht een echo van de dood levende lakende levende dood in het eigen van de ander daagt een echo van de dood als een ongezouten zekerheid als een punt als een mes in het machinale zijnde in het eigen van de ander daagt een echo van de dood levende lakende levende dood levende lavende levende dood
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Lyrics: I'd misplaced my memories The spark that made me lonely in the crowd My nature was on hold Hidden in myself, embers glowing Spirit tamed and cowed Will wary to unfold I see it clearly now Through my soul a feral streak runs And this I swear: I'll be burning brighter Never again will I forget what I am Hold tight Never let them drag you back in line Survivor, rebel, liberator: I reclaim the brightness of the sun And the power of my savage, boundless heart In your eyes I'll flare Resound in you until the day I die The stars are mine to own You'll see me clearly now Through my soul a feral streak runs And this I swear: I will walk on fire My steps will be momentous You will know me for who I am Hold tight Never let them back into your mind Make sure those voices drown We know who we are and where we belong The stars are ours to own
9.
Lyrics: De rivier brengt ziektes de wereld in Een giftige ader dringt de oevers in Schuimvlokken als wolken Een doorzichtige adem breekt zichtbare banken En sjouwt de modder voort Het water brengt ziektes tot diep in het land Hulpeloosheid op bedorven gezichten Een bevroren mimiek op een verzopen gelaat In de nattigheid wachten tot je reis verdergaat Vormen van herkenbaarheid grijpen je vast De groen blauwe kleur en de greinige vorm Laat je denken aan een gevoel in mineur Nu begint het herdenken De rivier brengt ziektes de wereld in De groenblauwe kleur en de greinige vorm Een gevulde adem breekt je bevroren mimiek In de nattigheid wachten tot de droogte terugkeert
10.
Lyrics: Touch your God, do not be a afraid My servants, I come to you with my mercy, do not fear Me... People chose to be slaves Those who are unaware They drank from the cup of humiliation. The light of darkness to the path of death guide them How long will this be? The idiocy of minds was inherited by generations They drank from the cup of humiliation The idiocy of minds was inherited by generations
11.
Lyrics: Come inside, you know it's time Slip behind the veil Take a seat, it's all for you Baby, just inhale All that you dreamt of since you were a boy Standing before you, dancing around you Enjoy Lady Madonna, Helen of Troy She's Cleopatra Deadly Delilah decoy Blinding beauty tastes so sweet Smell of gasoline Hold on tight, swallow your tongue Honey dripping queen All of your nightmares since you were a boy Standing before you, coiling around you Enjoy Lady Madonna, Helen of Troy She's Cleopatra She's your Medusa Destroy Is it a push or a dive She'll stick your head in the beehive And you'll take anything just to feel alive All that you dreamt of since you were a boy Standing before you, dancing around you Enjoy Lady Madonna Helen of Troy She's Cleopatra She's your Medusa Destroy
12.
Lyrics: I'll never change And you're still the same Always searching for more Always digging to the core I am so tired Of everyone that's breathing down my neck Maybe you shouldn't be like that There is so little room To take a step aside All I wanna do Is pretend that we're alike Searching for flaws Never good enough Stop keeping this alive But for now please be quiet for a sec Eeeh/Eeh Aah/Aah I'll never change And you're still exactly the same Always searching for more Always digging to the core I am so tired Of everyone that's breathing down my neck Maybe you shouldn't be like that What are you gonna do When everything is done To understand it more Please be silent for just once There is so little room To understand my thoughts What are you gonna do Keep pretending that you're God Ready Are you ready Why are you running I am standing over here
13.
Lyrics: Is now the world in chaos? No hope for those who seek So many of us ploughing on, for nothing It’s ashes what we reap Is now the world in chaos? No hope for those who seek The ones who died and suffered Or kept alive as cocoons of void Preyed upon by others How did their death bring you hope? The ones who died and suffered Or kept alive, cocoons of void Necrologies, necrologies You hunted, gunned and broken Forsaken, raped, betrayed, unspoken Wronged, suppressed, muted, ill-gotten Cut and hanged, hurt and forgotten We have the knowledge and the might How can you not see? We’ve watched their bloodied bones Turn into misery Praised be to those whose lives you took before May their stories never be forgotten And be told forevermore
14.
Lyrics: We have beheld the age when the cosmic sea was filled We have transcribed the formation of constellations Eyes coalesce into oneness With each generation, expanding We have become the archetypes of existence We have understood the purpose of ourselves Visions blessed with permanence Accursed everlasting sentience What has been seen must never be forgotten The wisdom of eternity we carry Into the furthest reaches of the cosmos Far away from our faded, dying suns Immortal memories embraced by time We have beheld the birth of our binary suns We have counted the days before their failing light The tide of life has risen And so too must it fall We have unveiled the harrowing end of our world We have foreseen the devouring of our galaxy And when the light has gone So too will be our memories What has been seen must never be forgotten The wisdom of eternity we carry Into the furthest reaches of the cosmos Far away from our faded, dying suns Immortal memories embraced by time We send our minds into the waves of the cosmic sea Our bodies remain to return to the void As one we defined the purpose of our own existence And we will find what lies beyond this dying world Immortal memories embraced by time…
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Lyrics: The deluge rages The water pours slowly on the windscreen as a clot of blood A shapeless mud that exacerbates my movements A choking voice on the phone tells the arrival of a dimension of sorrow Finally i can admire it the design of an open head on the tread [ I see the stars bleeding their incessant flow swallows my gaze my empty white eyes meet each other I see the stars crumbling my frail and tired legs will rest, will rot ] And now the wooden raft cuts through the pond among the water lilies Above, the dead body, the incense on the hands, the butterflies on his wounds, on his griefs It has never been so resplendent She has never been so beautiful
17.
Lyrics: black tower bitter angel diminishing force blossoming mind black tower stinging stone fuel stored backward in the black room white rictus gleamed across the air gap the day crawled across the cold stone ceiling upside down green canyon reeling black tower bitter angel diminishing force blossoming mind black tower arrow holes marble tank eye hole black bitter angel crawling day marble eyes not peering back
18.
Lyrics: A weathered sandstone Marks the trailhead Too burdensome by far To be borne alone Set by many hands Many years ago This centuried inheritance Mystery’s whispers on the wind Any wisdom worth its eminence Will turn to dust at the brazen word I guard time for the thread emerald Against these brazen acquisitive times All around me, the perennial Trappings of anxious minds I keep time with the pulse emerald Amidst these towering pines As I walk I dream lyrical I see and I see just beyond I guard time for the thread emerald Against these brazen acquisitive times I keep time with the pulse emerald Amidst these towering pines All along now, on my journey Introspective mistwise turnings Not from anger or sorrow But in wonder at the sandstone And I wonder at The planters of these towering hemlock And I wonder at Who placed this stone And I wonder at Gifts bestowed upon a century later And what many forms my gratitude might take A weathered sandstone Marks the trailhead Too burdensome by far To be borne alone It was set by many hands Many years ago The path bursts out of the trees Into a vast sweeping valley beneath On this day the welkin sings Its words clouded, fresh in the wind Experienced rather than heard And understood all the more deeply
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To The Teeth started as a personal playlist on Spotify in 2015 to keep track of new heavy music coming out. As soon as I opened it up to others it quickly gained followers - the internet is an overwhelming source. I started the yearly calculated ‘List of Lists’, to see how big and small publications weighed the year, and I started to take curating more seriously, almost religiously searching for the good fresh stuff. Big names, new bands, full on extreme stuff, folky heavy-adjecent songs, pristine production, raw stuff, melodic, scorching, progressive, knuckle-dragging, intense, slow-burning, beautiful, repelling, awe-inspiring, scary, heavy music in all its forms. And better than the official playlists, I think..

To celebrate there’s more than 6.666 followers (I won’t turn down a good cliché) for the playlist and 666 subscribers for the newsletter, I made this compilation: The Taste of Teeth. I called on some of my favourite underground bands to reflect heavy music at this moment, in a way, and the past years of To The Teeth. Some of the acts put together mindblowing completely new stuff, others were so kind to contribute with some stone cold To The Teeth classics. It's very varied, from the raw and heavy to the beautifully compelling - some are both. Metal is like life itself.

- Peter van der Ploeg

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released October 7, 2022

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Artwork: Sanne van Boeckel

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