XLI

from A Great Variety of Morbid Symptoms by ...But the Shadows Have Foes

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

Propaganda is permission, not persuasion, so when they call you a monster don’t expect them to produce evidence to support that claim. Because they call you “divisive” to ban your history, label you “suspicious” to imprison you, claim you're a “criminal” to strip you of your rights, say that you're “violent” to necessitate harming you. Always, in every case, the undergirding logic is to make you into something beneath contempt- to justify what they already want and plan to do to you. If you're not human, they can scream about exterminating you free of guilt and free of shame. In fact, even more than that: they can pretend that they're a hero. So recognize their hated of you isn't irrational bigotry, but a real and strategic pretext for the cruelty that they dream of visiting upon you, a calculated and premeditated symbolic annihilation, designed as a vindication of the most brutal fantasies they project onto you. Yet, remember, you’re not their only victim. For their hatred of you is a mass-produced commodity that relies upon multitudes of scared and angry people, looking for someone to blame for the inhuman world we live in, to whom they can sell easy answers. Their business model thus rests upon an atomized population, lacking power to control their lives, and seeking outlets for their rage.

credits

from A Great Variety of Morbid Symptoms, released May 13, 2022

license

about

...But the Shadows Have Foes Illinois

Illinois hardcore. DIY.

revisionistwestern.blogspot.com

contact / help

Contact ...But the Shadows Have Foes

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like ...But the Shadows Have Foes, you may also like:

Mortal Coil
by Dödsrit

supported by 7 fans who also own “XLI”

Dödsrit is what happens when you drag Post-Hardcore, kicking and screaming, back into a Black Metal setting. And it's clearly working. tgoz
go to album
The Land Is Not An Idle God
by Wreathe

supported by 7 fans who also own “XLI”

One of many releases I missed last year, and boy is this hitting hard now that I found it. Very similar to Morrow, which I love, but much quicker in getting the point across without losing any of the impact. Really great stuff. Dementicus
go to album
The Quiet Earth
by Morrow

supported by 6 fans who also own “XLI”

Sublime crust with all these anguished vocals answering to each other, showcasing a sense of desperation I've never felt. Metaga
go to album
Ecstasies of Never Ending Night
by DEVIL MASTER

featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 29, 2022
go to album
Disaster
by ostraca

More anthemic, post-metal-inspired screamo from the Virginia heavyweights. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 5, 2023
go to album
Guttering
by Burger Chef

Aussie trio Burger Chef dish out a hearty helping of noise rock with a side of d-beat: messy, raw, and oh-so satisfying. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 20, 2022
go to album
Owsla
by fall of efrafa

supported by 6 fans who also own “XLI”

I heard this a decade or so ago and just had my mind blown by the combination of crust punk and a fucking cello. What's more to say? Well its raw, cathartic, and a great story to boot. Stella Rotko
go to album