Dream Weapon
by Genghis Tron
pinkytheent
pinkytheent
I am usually not the biggest fan of electronic music, but there's a very particular itch for emotional, dreamy, tasteful synths and this record scratches that itch perfectly: I feel transported back to playing Mass Effect again for the first time! Color and emotion bloom with the waves of notes, and everything feels arranged perfectly with each other: the electronics, the distorted guitars, the vocals, and the stellar drumming. Directly conjures the cover, an emerald dimension, greenly.
Favorite track: Great Mother.
Marcus David
Marcus David
Heavy yet atmospheric, at turns brooding and energetic, genre-fluid, tolerated (and at least partly enjoyed) by my girlfriend – these are just a few of the qualities that make an AOTY contender. The fact that this album came out last March and has yet to leave my regular rotation pretty much clinches it. In 2021, no single artist scratched more itches in the span of a single long-player than these guys did.
Favorite track: Dream Weapon.
Sylvaindt
Sylvaindt
And a great, digital plant burst from the stone ground. It’s crystal colours shined a pallette unknown; an indescribable spectrum of lights, all shimmering like the leaves that one would expect from a powerful arboretum holding a thousand trees.
Favorite track: Great Mother.
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Exit Perfect Mind
01:11
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Pyrocene
06:13
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Acrid tongue and low tide
Parched and sick
Purified
Uncontrolled burn
Divine
Parched and sick
Purified
Divine
You won't see a night again
You have been disowned
Divine
Uncontrolled burn
Divine
Parched and sick
Purified
Divine
You won't see a night again
You have been disowned
Pray for night
Pray for night
Acrid tongue and low tide
Parched and sick
Purified
Uncontrolled burn
Divine
Parched and sick
Purified
Divine
Take the first breath
And try to breathe again
Every time that you wake
The sun is never down
Day over and over again
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3. |
Dream Weapon
05:13
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Phase out
Sinking
Through the soil,
Through the chatter
Almost tragic until your captors fade away
Alms from the Mother
Deader than Saturn
Heaven awaits
Won’t you make your great escape?
Alms to the Mother
Deader than Saturn
All of it, patterns
All of it, patterns
All of it, patterns
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4. |
Desert Stairs
02:05
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Sacred deer
Wanders alone
Burdened with instinct
Trying to find shade
Disappeared
No trace of ours
The world turns away from all of our shame
Whichever was the single moment that damned it all?
What to atone?
Just let it go
In moments
What we called home
Frees itself from our harm
Grace nor mercy
Right on time
Too long
Our goodbye
Free from harm
Baptized
What could we have done?
What to atone?
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6. |
Ritual Circle
10:21
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Crystal clear
Just like envy
All our skies turning green
Rising wind
Bristling trauma
Search for shelter
Heed the storm
Crystal clear
Like an obsession
Darkened clouds
Air so cold...
And all that we wanted
And all of those plans
Small and cramped
Head for the bottom
Now crystal clear
I am Envy
Lacking trauma,
I’m the storm
Wasted hours
Turned to seasons
Now a lifetime...
What to show?
Rest my head now
On the frigid glass
Condensation
Watch the landscape pass
Steal some shut eye
But time won’t give itself back
...And all of those plans
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7. |
Single Black Point
04:23
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8. |
Great Mother
08:58
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And she aches
No time to waste
It’s passed her by
Obliterate
Where we lived
And made our mark
Sterilized
By Mother’s cry
In the air
The faintest breeze
She found a way
To Liberate
And no more sons
And no more daughters
And no more knowledge
Only certainty
Where we lived
And made our mark
Sterilized
By Mother’s cry
In the air
The faintest breeze
She found a way
To Liberate
“I can absolve”
And she wakes
From the dark
Finds her way out
No one to save
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about
GENGHIS TRON make their return with their highly anticipated new album, Dream Weapon! The band’s first new studio outing in over a decade, GENGHIS TRON’s Hamilton Jordan and Michael Sochynsky are now joined by two new collaborators: vocalist Tony Wolski and Sumac/Baptists drummer Nick Yacyshyn. Together, the lineup perfects the unique mix of extreme rock and electronic music GENGHIS TRON has pioneered over their storied career. A melding of hypnotic rhythms and densely layered synth soundscapes, Dream Weapon was recorded and produced alongside long-time collaborator Kurt Ballou at God City Studio in Salem, Massachusetts, with additional production and engineering by Ben Chisolm (Chelsea Wolfe) and JJ Heath (Rain City Recorders).
Lyrically and conceptually, Dream Weapon picks up where Board Up The House left off.
“That album’s closing track, ‘Relief,’ was about how humans have become a burden to the planet, and how Earth will endure long after we’re gone,” Jordan explains. “There is sadness at the end, but some relief—and beauty—too. Dream Weapon is, loosely, an album-length meditation on that theme.”
From the ethereal, almost robotic vocal phrasings accompanying the industrial attack of “Pyrocene,” to the chaotic, pulse-pounding drumming acrobatics and cyclical guitar patterns in the album’s triumphant title track, Dream Weapon is not just a nod to GENGHIS TRON’s celebrated past as a metal/progressive/experimental outfit. The new album redefines what these genres, sounds, and musical elements can achieve. Dream Weapon is a record that captures GENGHIS TRON at a matured, focused state; the ebbs and flows of the album are just as hard-hitting as they are dreamy, soaring, and meditative.
Seasoned GENGHIS TRON listeners will find Dream Weapon to be both excitingly fresh and reassuringly familiar. “Though it sounds a bit different than our previous albums, I don't think we approached Dream Weapon any differently than the others,” Jordan explains. “Michael and I take years to write and trade demos, with about 80% of our ideas landing on the cutting-room floor. Once we have a rough song idea we both like, we write dozens of drafts of a song over months before we end up with a final demo.”
“I think one difference in our approach for this album was that we had a strong sense from the outset of what kind of vibe we wanted to create,” Sochynsky adds. “Something more cohesive, meditative and hypnotic.”
Through the album’s inventiveness and rejuvenated approach, Dream Weapon marks another bold step forward in the wildly creative career of GENGHIS TRON, and cements the band's legacy of groundbreaking, genre-defying innovation.
Lyrically and conceptually, Dream Weapon picks up where Board Up The House left off.
“That album’s closing track, ‘Relief,’ was about how humans have become a burden to the planet, and how Earth will endure long after we’re gone,” Jordan explains. “There is sadness at the end, but some relief—and beauty—too. Dream Weapon is, loosely, an album-length meditation on that theme.”
From the ethereal, almost robotic vocal phrasings accompanying the industrial attack of “Pyrocene,” to the chaotic, pulse-pounding drumming acrobatics and cyclical guitar patterns in the album’s triumphant title track, Dream Weapon is not just a nod to GENGHIS TRON’s celebrated past as a metal/progressive/experimental outfit. The new album redefines what these genres, sounds, and musical elements can achieve. Dream Weapon is a record that captures GENGHIS TRON at a matured, focused state; the ebbs and flows of the album are just as hard-hitting as they are dreamy, soaring, and meditative.
Seasoned GENGHIS TRON listeners will find Dream Weapon to be both excitingly fresh and reassuringly familiar. “Though it sounds a bit different than our previous albums, I don't think we approached Dream Weapon any differently than the others,” Jordan explains. “Michael and I take years to write and trade demos, with about 80% of our ideas landing on the cutting-room floor. Once we have a rough song idea we both like, we write dozens of drafts of a song over months before we end up with a final demo.”
“I think one difference in our approach for this album was that we had a strong sense from the outset of what kind of vibe we wanted to create,” Sochynsky adds. “Something more cohesive, meditative and hypnotic.”
Through the album’s inventiveness and rejuvenated approach, Dream Weapon marks another bold step forward in the wildly creative career of GENGHIS TRON, and cements the band's legacy of groundbreaking, genre-defying innovation.
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released March 26, 2021
Dream Weapon was recorded and produced alongside long-time collaborator Kurt Ballou at God City Studio in Salem, Massachusetts, with additional production and engineering by Ben Chisolm (Chelsea Wolfe) JJ Heath (Rain City Recorders) and was mastered by Heba Kadry.
2021 Relapse Records
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Dream Weapon was recorded and produced alongside long-time collaborator Kurt Ballou at God City Studio in Salem, Massachusetts, with additional production and engineering by Ben Chisolm (Chelsea Wolfe) JJ Heath (Rain City Recorders) and was mastered by Heba Kadry.
2021 Relapse Records
www.relapse.com
relapserecords.bandcamp.com
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Genghis Tron Poughkeepsie, New York
Genghis Tron will return after 13 years with Dream Weapon, the band’s third full-length featuring founding members Hamilton Jordan and Michael Sochynsky alongside new vocalist Tony Wolski and Sumac/Baptists drummer Nick Yacyshyn.
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Mar 2021 -
Feb 2008
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