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BAKKARA

by Bakkara

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1.
Rerouted resistance Gridlocked deadend high road Husk of dissent forms Electoral cocoon Anarchophobia Fool's gold of victim's badge In abstinent command Glorify submission As we're fucked by system Anarchophobia As we face extermination We'll claim no dignified death Maintain status quo Collapse remains our only hope
2.
Nasty Cobra 01:06
Hatching between piles of Gorezone and Thrasher Suburban nest in the Shadows of your home Baiting your children Into the slimepit Radical snake cult Crawls from your womb Piercing the nightskin with Forbidden hisses Slithering forces Are taking control
3.
Iconoclast 01:18
Straying from wilderness Intuition unfolds Loss of innocence Values imposed Rewild to reclaim Hidden paths Sacred existence Iconoclast Inner dimensions awaken Atmosphere of gold Shed the consumer flesh Ikari soul With rhythm regained Visions recast To live another way Iconoclast Now we live in fear Of losing all that we've known Abandon the scaffolding For a world of our own
4.
In truth, I want nothing to do with this place In service to others, there's no escape Entitlement begs their silent claim That I don't belong here anyway Carve kind words across finish lines With the finest care to take what's mine Staking off space with the sharpest glare Because there is no room for me there Standing aside, still in the way Conviction yields to accommodate No trust in the space that each of us take As false judgment extinguishes grace A wound that won't heal right away With control lost to collective gain May lubricate the rusted sheath And birth the bladestrike underneath Power drained, reclaimed as one To see this order come undone Reflection of grace, lost, now seen With intention expanding our range To uncover sanctuary Though maps may vary on subject terrain
5.
Spellcaster 01:24
Set course in fear of starvation An abbreviated range of motion Youthful enchantment diminished Through industrial devotion Born enslaved Visions cast down for careers Settle into our graves Endless night drawing near Summon forth Dream Lord To reclaim that which remains Forgotten, not gone In Cairns of the Eternal Daze Perception enshrined Pleasure activates sigil Sights have aligned To manifest true will Vanquish fear of mortality and Dissolve into all that shall be Weaponize your free will Synchronize a new legacy
6.
Owkrer 01:30
40 hours, weak after week A failing order of mind and body Undervalued and underpaid My resignation is underway Recognize you will never Be good enough For this rotten system Yeah, we've had enough Yeeaaahhhh Reposition myself as a curse Understand that we've been coerced To refuse that which each day could bring In service of no one and nothing This system could never Be good enough Not for any of us No, we've had enough Nooooooo There are ways more deserving Than this occupation of selves Break away from a life of serving Recast your deed as the spell
7.
Healter 01:22
You have already chosen our fate Forming our home to this hell Blinded by privilege, your Midas Touch Cloaking these streets under wealth Melt away gold from your throne To pour back down your throat Insatiable thirst to dominate space Has left us nowhere to go But you have already marked your own grave Evicting our spirits to the sea A storm is coming, waves rolling high To crush apart the bourgeoisie
8.
Sifting through this hell Of debt and debris To worship at a secret altar Laid in concrete Enchantments reframe mistakes made sacred Dripping our blood, we consecrate Lords of the street spin forth nightmares Ripping through wax to annihilate Upon this splintering staff I summon thee Abraxas rolling through chaos and order In perfect balance, cursing thy name Ye who would cast us out from the shadows Fearing the fever, our pleasure, our pain Across blackened streaks Obstructing walkways These four wheels, my only sin Until always The loss of your temple, a shrine to reclaim As your world crumbles, I feel no shame Fallen cathedrals arch over thee Blessing thy contours in urethane Vengeance is rolling out from the shadows
9.
Dream Demon 01:14
Unholy Slumber Nocturnal Power Soaring through your neighborhood Illumination by dusk Astral projective courting Suburban succubus Carnal illusion Haunts your subdivision Join as one 'neath crooked tree In diabolic ecstasy Demonic summoning Orgasmic energy We're cruisin' down ley lines And peekin' through your blinds Ahhhhhhh Casting fluids through the sky To penetrate the night Spill seed upon the wind Fornicate in dream flight

about

"Bakkara are a newish band from Maine who play some enjoyably gross hardcore. At first glance the skeleton and musculature seem normal enough... Forceful and stocky, somewhere between Poison Idea and Discharge. But the deeper you delve you’ll notice that somewhere along the way strange growths and mutations have occurred. The echo-smashed vocals are the clearest indicator that something’s rather wrong, and the song titles (‘Sermon Of Gnar’, ‘Dream Demon’, ‘Spellcaster’…) serve to take us further away from established punk rock norms. This leaves us with something that’s familiar yet willfully aberrant. A strange if pleasing experience that should definitely rub fans of Church Whip, G.I.S.M. and Impalers up the right way." - Collective Zine

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released July 23, 2018

Recorded in March 2018 by Kevin Gebo at Disappearing Mountain.

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Bakkara Maine

3/27/20 @ Last House in Boston w/ SCARECROW (NC), VIDEO FILTH, SECURITY

5/1/20 @ Sqshd in Windsor Maine w/ SPELLRUNNER

5/22/20 @ Geno's in Portland Maine w/ SECT, CHEPANG, HORRIBLE EARTH, WHERE THEY HIDE
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