ALLEGAEON - Driftwood

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The Ossuary Lens was recorded with producer Dave Otero at Flatline Audio studio in Denver. It marks the sixth album recorded with Otero. “He’s our guy and we couldn't imagine working with anyone else at the moment,” says Haynes. “We have worked with Dave Otero at Flatline Audio since the beginning of our career,” adds Burgess. “So seventeen years now. Dave always provides a comfortable working environment, amazing ideas, and a career-spanning understanding of what has made ALLEGAEON, ALLEGAEON.”

Of the album’s first single, “Driftwood,” Greg Burgess elaborates, “This song holds a special place in ALLEGAEON history, honestly. This piece was written for "Apoptosis" by our then-brand new bassist Booboo. In its original form, it was so tech death, I don’t think we knew how to incorporate it into the ALLEGAEON sound when he submitted it. Fast forward six years and, as we were kicking around ideas for this album, I remembered the piece, and asked Booboo if he wouldn't mind if I took a crack at possibly rearranging its format a little smoother into the ALLEGAEON sound. I just wanted there to be a little bit more repetition of some parts. The song turned out amazing. Always goes to show – never throw out anything as you never know when it'll come back.”

Ezra Haynes: Vocals
Greg Burgess: Guitar
Michael Stancel: Guitar / Vocals
Brandon Michael: Bass / Vocals
Jeff Saltzman: Drums

Starring: Alex Guidera, Cody Goodendorf
Director - K. Hunter Lamar at Digital Myle
DP - Alister Auguste
Gaffer - Oscar Aguilar
Key grip - Timothy Wicoff
AC - Estevan Sanchez
PA - Griffin Rider
Lighting - Spencer Macy

LYRICS:
Blindsided, in a shell of silence, alone
Decided, motive breach the eyelids, then sewn
Reminded, death walks beside us, inside us
In hindsight it was the path of a nihilist and pawn

When the tide swallows the trees
The gallows of your past will haunt you
White lines and broken teeth
The shadows of your past will take you

Divided, the scarlet moon feeding
Blood forced fed, drowning in loathe, grieving
Rivers run rapid with wine and lust, again we see the dawn
Igniting bridges that fall to dust (you’re gone)

When the tide swallows the trees
The gallows of your past will haunt you
White lines and broken teeth
The shadows of your past (will take you)

When the tide swallows the trees
The gallows of your past will haunt you
Would you lend me your soul, your soul to feast? And I…
will never know, we’ll never know

Bones and driftwood, hearts, decay
Alone in the bloodscape, betrayed, afraid

Cycles of agony, wretched, decline
Tear at the rotting flesh, carcass of mine

Solo: Burgess

Chest wide open
Tunnel vision
Rats to ashes
Soul perdition

When the tide swallows the trees
The gallows of your past will haunt you
White lines and broken teeth
The Shadows of your past will take you

When the tide swallows the trees
The gallows of your past will haunt you
Would you lend me your soul, your soul to feast? And I…
will never know, we’ll never know