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The Crypts Of Sleep

by Hannes Grossmann

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Lovdahl, Ian
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Lovdahl, Ian where the first HG album felt like a spiritual successor to Necrophagist, I feel that TCoS is TRUE prog tech death, from the melodic clean vox down to the myriad of electric notes. Any time, any day, pop it on, I’m gonna hear it through Favorite track: In The Eye Of The Storm.
Poesy Rider
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Poesy Rider Hannes, le type que l'on ne présente plus. Excellent de bout en bout, d'album en album, d'année en année, de siècle en siècle... Incontournable ; un classique !
exrxc
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exrxc Top tier tech-death crafted with crazy, dynamic musicanship.
The songs of the album are diverse, but cohesive together resulting a great album flow.
Time flies when listening to "The Crypts of Sleep"!
Favorite track: The Crypts Of Sleep.
Paul Shuler
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Paul Shuler Tight technical, black, death metal?? too many subgenres to consider, but definitely sure this is a good album. a lot to digest, but worth the time. Favorite track: Hail Satan.
elcarohw
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elcarohw Another outstanding effort or should i say effortless (cause the caliber of talent compiled on this release) piece of Technical Death Metal mastery, Hannes delivers the goods once again by choosing his guest musicians wisely bringing even a richer and fuller experience to the listener then the conventional or typical style of Technical Death Metal most Bands play and Sound like, pure perfection!!! let the metal flow \m/\m/
CD UPGRADE!!! Favorite track: Oceanborn.
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1.
What came from water should have drowned in the sea Who came for you to be the sworn enemy? In your mind it began to grow logically The cancer of God - mere debris Pure hatred drives you further Dead mirrors reflect your world In dreams that I behold God is Death in disguise once faith has returned Sow the seeds far from Earth Walls of water, spawned from dirt Ashes remain when time has turned What was human once, now is off My destination is set straight to straight above Seems like there's nothing but chosen sons In a culture for morons built on the cult of one One rule that "God gave to mortals" is just put-on in human form But in dreams that I behold God is Death inflicted by the norm Sow the seeds far from Earth Walls of water, spawned from dirt Ashes remain when time has turned I - I am the immortal eye I am a wave to alter the tide I_see, see behind the curtain of time to unfold the magic inside Lead: Fountainhead Lead: Christian Muenzner Sow the seeds far from Earth Walls of water, spawned from dirt Ash remains when time has turned
2.
The fall of night Calling, calling from above Her voice, quite certain Narrow yet far from laughter The tongue of the silent Sirens - calling from within A voice of reason Deafening become the calls of sin Against all our reasons Words like coils without a core The sound of treason In ravens' beaks he speaks: "Nevermore!" Silence speaks in tongues of fire Sonic brigades across the night Silence Speaks In opposition word and mind unwind Silence speaks in devils' tongues of fire Like starts so bright Crack the core, inside the marrow Mind is opening its door Within shade there's no light Turning silence to gold Choke on words from a figure in stories untold Screams 'til throats are sore It calls, unsound from shore to shore Lead: Danny Tunker Silence speaks in devils' tongues of fire Crack the core, inside the marrow Mind's re-opening its door The fall of night Calling, calling from above The fall of reason Silence - unbound forevermore
3.
A savage creature claws Sirens call, winter falls Acid corrodes the skin Like spikes pierce within Beyond your realm of dreams There's a restless deep your soul to keep Hell awaits at the bottom of it all It's you to heed the call Don't live up to clichees Time runs out, time's in vain Matter to mind, break the chains Fall far from grace What is real to me Is not what seems to be I am the truth inside your dreams I am the one who sleeps Nowhere near too soon - When sun increases earth becomes our tomb All hope be found anew Write when worlds collide, relentlessly In lies all morals die like flies Across the sky - In the eye of the storm Hard to bear but true, cults come alive anew An epidemic desire for torture Once the pattern unwinds you can see right behind a subtle rhyme phrased by vultures Keep the secret of life in nutshells Behind the secrecies of lies hides future hindsight What is real to me Is not what seems to be I am the truth inside your dreams I am the one who sleeps Nowhere near too soon - When sun increases earth becomes our tomb All hope be found anew Write when worlds collide, relentlessly In lies all morals die like flies Across the sky - In the eye of the storm Lead: Christian Muenzner Nowhere near too soon - When sun increases earth becomes our tomb All hope be found anew Write when worlds collide, relentlessly In lies all morals die like flies Across the sky - In the eye of the storm
4.
Hail Satan 06:37
There is a pattern of guilt attached to your brain There's a point of view in the eyes of the insane There is nothing but a failed community That appears so free but fears non-conformity Down with their morals, down with disease Down - their idols collectively They've done what is wrong, denied what is right Hell stands on either side Hail Satan - just a feeble scheme in the machine of lies Embrace your fear Roll the dice Break the chains of faith to arise Burn down their church, bring down the priests Down - the morals collectively The dogma of guilt - I'm done with that shit Break rules that the Gods forbid Hail Satan - just a feeble scheme in the machine of lies Embrace your fear Roll the dice Break the chains of faith to arise Lead: Danny Tunker
5.
Oceanborn 07:22
Someone kills, someone dies, someone new is born In a cycle of doom time flies, yet torn in between two spectrums of none Beneath the waves you'll find water Because I am the one Because I am the one you shed life upon The tide's flowing maze See the wind feed the waves Oceanborn Beneath the waves lies the source of life To start was not our choice If choices were pre-decided Born into times, their past is our voice A future seems subdivided Like the sea endlessly spills waves without wasting water One, for his future, must bury the past For all truth entails its opposite at last Beneath the waves all ways might lead to the grave Lead: Christian Muenzner Lead: Danny Tunker Because I am the one Because I am the one you shed life upon The tide's flowing maze See the wind feed the waves Oceanborn
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An offering to night's divide The gates are opening on either side Shading the sun, curtains fall Drapes of black fade to ends of all Downstream on and on I flow Across into the open Downwards the spiral once more To secret halls in my mind Too dark to trust my own eyes Light my thoughts with fire A torch to see the past come alive In secret realms of the night Within the crypts of sleep Digging in your soul too deep REM - Eyes move, rapidly creep Below, into the crypts of sleep Travel in quantum leaps Enter the new territory Besiege temporary destinies Down in the crypts of sleep Restrictions may seem so weak Fly over mountains steep - Deep down in the crypts of sleep In the shade of the sun By the light of the moon No need for aspiration When day remains undone Lead: Per Nilsson My desires come to a close In dreams obtained Day never contemplates For I'll never wake again You'll never awake again
8.
Black is no color obviously It's unambiguous No tone for white supremacy No hue for sickness Chaos is a stage surprisingly Stairs to trample on the wind Call for encores to your fate Before in nil to transcend Death may never die when none tries ever right Dimensions unite Faith means bleak survival The selection of the weak Just uptake, absorb the black As blood begins to bleed You got all it takes To crush the heart of disbelief? As end result of human flaws Faith is blank deceit Death may never die when none tries ever right Dimensions unite Nothing is where nothing hides What is dead may never die None is real, none alive What is dead may never die None dwells where no-one lies What is dead may never die The void may be your portal From heaven sent to breed the immortal Nothing never dies None can tell if death is a portal Nothing never dies A dying son cannot be immortal Lead: Erik Rutan What is dead may never die Never! Lead: Danny Tunker Lead: Christian Muenzner Can you see what truth is? Can you feel for real? As perceived so may be, for real, your destiny Long forseen
9.
All the laws have come to an end but flaws unfailing remain All your past was mine For myself - demand, after all, the sublime All crafts move to one stream A stream we think is the main one So clear it seems to be our dream But all results feel the same Our conclusion, a grand delusion Are we the kings of our times? While we limit what others would die for human limits stack and outreach the sky Awaiting the last convulsion Flaws, unfailing to blame Reap the harvest of decline From carbon soil may rise the end of time Ring the bell for our demise Abundantly one shall step aside Infusions of gross illusions Blood red runs through all veins We harvest what we seeded before Self-created "threats" are at the door A cycle of violence can just be broken by non-violence Yet men still push against the wheel Lead: Danny Tunker Awaiting the last convulsion Flaws, unfailing to blame Reap the harvest of decline From carbon soil may rise the end of time Lead: Danny Tunker

about

This is the second solo album of drummer, writer and producer Hannes Grossmann.

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released September 2, 2016

Lineup:

Morean - Vocals
Danny Tunker - Lead, Rhythm and Acustic Guitars
Linus Klausenitzer - Fretless and fretted Bass
Hannes Grossmann - Drums

Fountainhead - Solo Guitar on "To Sow The Seeds Of Earth"

Per Nilsson - Solo Guitar on "The Crypts Of Sleep"

Erik Rutan - Solo Guitar on "Beyond The Boundaries Of Death"

Christian Muenzner - Solo Guitar "To Sow The Seeds Of Earth","In The Eye Of The Storm", "Oceanborn", "Gravity Waves" and "Beyond The Boundaries Of Death"


Credits

All music and lyrics written and arranged by Hannes Grossmann

Recorded, mixed and mastered between October 2015 and Mai 2016 by Hannes Grossmann at Mordor Sounds Studio in Veitsbronn, Germany.

Rhythm and lead guitars recorded by Danny Tunker at Greyskull Studio, Einhoven, The Netherlands.

Guitars re-amped by Hannes Grossmann at Mordor Sounds Studio.

Artwork & Design by Milan Hofstetter and Dario Hofstetter.

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Produced by Hannes Grossmann

www.hannesgrossmann.com
www.mordorsounds.com

Linus Klausenitzer appears courtesy of Relapse Records.

Erik Rutan appears courtesy of Season-of-Mist Records.

Morean appears courtesy of Century Media Records.

Per Nilsson appears courtesy of Nuclear Blast Records.


Thanks:

To Tina, the love of my life and my best friend
Rainer and Renate Grossmann; Polzer family; Florian Magnus Maier, Danny Tunker, Christian Muenzner, Linus
Klausenitzer, Per Nilsson, Fountainhead and Erik Rutan for doing a killer job (as always); Milan Hofstetter for
the best artwork possible; Tomasz & Apostasy Records for your help and support; Stephan Haenisch, Markus
Lipperer and Norbert Saemann & all at Meinl Cymbals; Mick Suyama & all at Tama Drums; all at Evans
Drumheads; Joe Testa & all at Vic Firth sticks; all you great people who I worked with in the last two years since
Han Solo I - I'm greatful to know and work with you!
A special thanks goes out to everyone who participated in the crowdfuning of this album - you made this
happen!

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Hannes Grossmann Nuremberg, Germany

Hannes Grossmann is a drummer, writer and producer from Nuremberg, Germany. He made a name in the drumming scene as drummer for Necrophagist, Blotted Science, Obscura, Alkaloid, Hate Eternal and Triptykon. Hannes works as recording-, mixing- and mastering engineer in his own studio MORDOR SOUNDS, where he produces not only his solo work, but also bands from all around the world. ... more

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