Melbourne’s THE GLOOM IN THE CORNER have been asking their fans at their website – “WHERE DO YOU STAND? – referring to their warring factions featured in their Gloom saga – The Sect, The Holy Order and a mysterious character called Echo 6 (It’s entirely possible that Echo 6 himself is the person leaking these songs). An overwhelming number of people have flocked to the site, taking the often-disturbing survey and sharing their results on social media, proudly displaying their Faction.
It’s all in support of the band’s new single “Warfare” – out today, Friday September 4. This is a continuation of the saga of The Glooms – the Fear Me arc. At this point in time, three singles to be released this year will form a stand-alone chapter in the narrative. This single is the second of the three, following April’s “Violence”. The narrative to date can be found here.
As with previous single “Violence”, “Warfare” is co-produced by The Gloom In The Corner and Jamie Marinos (who also engineered the track) and Mixed & Mastered by Jeff Dunne.
Slipknot’s blog KNOTFEST comments:
“πβπ πΊππππ ππ π‘βπ πΆπππππβπ π‘πππ ππ πππ‘ππππππ ππ ππππππ‘ππ πππ ππ’ππππππππ, π€ππ‘β π π βπππ π€πππ ππππ€π π‘π π‘βππ π πππππππ π‘βπππ πππππππ ππ π‘βπ ππ’ππ π ππ π΄π’π π‘πππππβπ πππππππ πππππ¦ πππππππππ‘ ππππ ππ βπππ£ππππ π ππ’π‘ π π£πππππ’π π πππ‘π‘πππ βππ‘ ππππππ¦ πππ‘ π’πππππ π‘βπ βπππππππ ππ ππππ.πΉπ, ππ’π‘ π π€βππππ€πππ ππ ππππ‘πππ€ππ ππ πβπ‘ π‘βπ ππππ¦ π€ππππ π‘βππ ππππ βππ£π πππ£ππ‘ππ π‘βπππ ππππ πππ‘π.”
Frontman Mikey Arthur spoke recently with Wall of Sound about the single and where the narrative is heading after their last EP – “Following the events of βFlesh & Bonesβ, Jay, the anti-hero of the arc, has since lost his position as a detective, and been moved to The Sectβs wet-work team, performing hits as per request of Director Scarlett. The Sectβs oldest foe, the zealous cult known as The Holy Order, is also coming to light, led by the supernatural priest Elias DeGraver. Not much is known about the Order as of yet, but more will be soon to come.”
Killyourstereo.com said in their premiere that “βWarfareβ is a perfect summary of what TGITC do as a band, one of their strongest offerings to date…featuring an insane “no god is above me” deathcore breakdown section (suitably complimented by decapitating pick scrapes) thatβs down-right f%$king Biblical in its impact.” Yesterday, Slipknot’s international KNOTFEST website posted a “Get To Know The Gloom In The Corner” piece, exposing the band to a huge international audience.
The cover art for the single fills in more of a mural in three parts – this section being the right-hand side, depicting a ‘Last Supper’ for The Glooms. When the three song cycle and the middle section is complete, a twist ending will be revealed, leaving a cliffhanger for what will follow for the band and the narrative of The Glooms.
The past few years have been a meteoric rise for the band, where they performed at Bigsound 2019, at Unify Gathering 2020, won the triple j unearthed competition to play Download 2020 Melbourne (that was unfortunately cancelled), and then took out a spot on The Faction’s Hardest 100 of 2019 with their song Misanthropic. In their time as a band, The Gloom in The Corner have performed with The Plot In You, Chelsea Grin, Born of Osiris, Architects and Polaris.
The Gloom in The Corner‘s new single “Warfare” is now revealed to the world on all digital stores and streaming platforms through Collision Course. It is available now at this location.
Lyrics:
“In the final moments,
A hand reaches out from the black.
And as it touches my skin,
My buried past unlocks;
I remember everything.
I walk the desolate plain between time and space;
A godβs hand guided the way
Iβm shown a past Iβve never known,
Where a violent tyranny reigned.
And as I look at the time between then and now;
I can see humanity hasnβt changed;
We kill that we love
Despite the fear of losing it forever.
We donβt change, we evolve the weapons we make,
To destroy ourselves and everything and ourselves.
The colour of warfare bleeds a shade of grey,
I know because Iβm the one who cut the vein.
One of 7, I pillaged the land in ways familiar to now;
We traded sticks for swords and swords for guns,
And guns for the skies that drop Hail Maryβs with a missile strike.
Vanity reigns the weak
And destroys the gods who oppose;
Not even Christ is safe.
I watched your god die,
He didnβt die in vain, he pleaded for his life.
I drove the nails in through his fucking hands
And watched him bleed with a smile on my face.
Despite my fealty, I was struck down by the king;
He killed what he loved in fear of losing everything.
We donβt change, we evolve the weapons we make,
To destroy ourselves and everything and ourselves.
The colour of warfare bleeds a shade of grey,
I know because Iβm the one who cut the vein.
Iβm the one who cut the…
I am not the first Gloom and I wonβt be the last
Iβm not true to much, but my word, and my word will bring down hell.
King Baphicho will die by me, on his knees in front of a mass grave
Of those who opposed me.
No god is above me.
Buried beneath the sand,
I slept for what feels like eternity.
Iβll make good on my word
My word will bring hell down.
