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The Illusion of Freedom

by Gutted Souls

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flightoficarus (Metal Trenches) Want some 90's styled death metal mixed with influences of the likes of Dying Fetus and Obscura? If so, you'll want to peep Rio De Janeiro's Gutted Souls. Often compared to the likes of Suffocation, Immolation and Deicide, their latest album The Illusion of Freedom is intensely heavy and filled with excellent groove.
- MetalTrenches.com Favorite track: Being Human.
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1.
Being Human 04:13
Alive... am I? Forgot yourself Being human Is not so trivial As you rise up to work Do you wonder What could have been? As you put your child to sleep Are you sure they are safe? Not dead... Undying... Being Human Is not so trivial After all, what lurks ahead? Uncertainty A planet slowly dying Not many seem to care Trying to cope With being alive In an age of turmoil A broken soul In mechanical grind Just surviving Violated day in and day out Until you go... From ashes to ashes A broken soul Living a mechanical lie Leading us one by one to our fall
2.
A glitch in the brain... The area of reason Is... overrided By an overactive limbic brain The processing of strong emotions impaired Unavoidable cognitive splitting Black and white thinking, follower, follower Frontal cortex reasoning, a distant reality in this being All reasoning, colored By easily manipulable emotions Of disgust, of hate and contempt Total insecurity You command, I obey Your command I shall obey Politicians, religious fanatics The common man Everyone who is eager... to... submit And relinquish… responsibility of his life Theists or atheists, in all shapes and sizes Authoritarian followers
3.
Mondo Psycho 03:25
Walking among the dead Their numbers rising I stand alone Trapped in a jungle of concrete Inside a jungle of concrete Hypnotized sheep, lifeless Drifting through life, mindless Dreaming they are eagles When they are only cattle Control systems say: "Kill, kill, kill!" Control systems say: "Kill your mind!" Insane minds posing as normal Deranged stars paving the way The blind leading the blind To the gaping mouth of doom The atlantean repeat Hubris, our defeat Never ending desire Of mass kill Civilization, not built to last, dehumanization at last Mondo psycho Borderline insanity Mondo psycho Ruled by psychopaths Mondo psycho Our... Waking up to face reality Alongside a few humans still sane In the minefield of lies and deception
4.
The Undying Stars Not quite living, still not really dead A life of frustration and senseless movement For endless days I watch I watch the stars... Looking for meaning, looking for purpose Looking for anything Resigned, I turn myself Into anything I can lose myself into... Dissociated, I forget myself Not much more than a machine now... Still a voice insists to call From the depths of my being Muffled, constantly speaking Remember thyself for thou art king! But I can't resist the pull of life Immense mechanicity reacting to life Sex, drugs, dark emotions All can be used to bind me In a frozen state Lacking consciousness A mere puppet Only a minute now Flash! A whole life has gone What have you done That lasts?
5.
Breeding more money and more power, more everything I want more, more, more! Slash some trees, downsize some companies Increase the margin, oligarchy Make some deals, buy privilege Corporate immunity, oligarchy Snakes in suits, lying in every breath Snakes in suits, made you their willing slave Justify inequality, twist the truth Make yourself essential and put your mask of sanity A psychopath's job of choice Anything that leads to ultimate power The power to do away with the life of many If so he pleases and being able to get away with it Not only that, but having people applauding him for doing so The ultimate reversal of life, a pathocratic World A world made of lies, hierarchy and authority Self-serving entropic madness What can be done? The power to do away with the life of many If so he pleases, and being able to get away with it Not only that, but having people applauding him for doing so The ultimate reversal of life, a pathocratic world
6.
In my black heart I see Farther than you This world is dying Don't care Must take What is mine Unleashing my wrath on all opposing nations If you deny me, I shall trample you Dictator, psychopath, your beloved ruler In my sick mind I see Five moves ahead Like chess If stealth doesn't work Just kill millions Using genocide as tactic of terror To unfold my vision of a happy earth Dictator, psychopath, your beloved ruler The king never dies... for the system is king Behead the king, kill the president Does not work, the system will find Another psycho, another face To blame it all, while the masters laugh You see It's bigger Than you think Millennia of corrupted intent To undo the curse, you must awaken To the true reality of life Dictator, psychopath, your beloved ruler
7.
Ruling from atop the skies The unconscious masses Pulling your strings Giving my calls... I Decide... Deciding your fate Unsuspecting people Removed from my view To me, just numbers Numbers... I must get my fix Money and things are nothing to me I only hunger for one thing I only lust after power I cannot be satisfied With anything less More than a predilection A full blown Addiction Guiding my steps Towards the demise of others Cannot see this blind Addiction I, the one who's empathy-less The realms of feelings I, shall deny!
8.
Search for the curse of Wetiko on the web. Look it up. The curse of Wetiko is the reason de etre of the Unconscious Automaton.
9.
Dancing to the sound... of the powers that be Yesterday while on the street I watched a display of inhumanity A murder happening in broad daylight the killer had vacant eyes, Did not remember what passed Like a trance... he did not know unaware of his murderous acts incarcerated no one believes him they saw what was to be saw: he killed a controversial scientist So much hate, "he is beyond recgnition" and now lying about brainwashing? Tears...gone unheard He was just yet another, average killing machine waiting for the orders to kill, and forget just yet another grenbaum Pawn of the unseen rullers disposable at their will a killer untraceable no choice for him but... Dancing to the sound... of the powers that be In dispair he thinks "im insane" Dancing to the sound... One phonecall... is all he needs In the jail they concede one call, to an attorney when he dials a surprise the number they given only makes a strange noise... that says... Kill.

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“Opener ‘Being Human’ is dense as fuck, rampaging through some sickeningly heavy riffing but not shirking from some nice melodic work too. Gutted Souls have got a cool, Vader vibe in places, like the chugging ‘Snakes in Suits’ or the snarling, slavering ‘The Undying Stars’. Powering through a tight, technically impressive and guttural yet crisp collection of songs, Gutted Souls are full of good songwriting and rumbling intensity. There’s no sections that feel set up to impress guitar nerds, but the riffs are serpentine and everchanging in order to capture that perfect moment of destruction. ‘Psychopathic Ruler’ has one of the coolest solos in death metal today, and winding it round an absolute beast of a track helps it to stand out.”

- The Killchain Blog


"Excellent vocals (with an ample range from guttural tunes and high pitched screams), a solid work from guitars (technical riffs and very good solos, from where flows the brutal harmonies used by the band), and a technical and brutal work from bass guitar and drums (that creates a solid rhythmic basis) are the elements of their work, so be prepared for musical violence with very good taste."

- Marcos 'Big Daddy' Garcia On Metal Temple"

"Finally, the band is delivering their powerful message behind a wall of sheer brutality. With a sound that harkens back to the golden age of Suffocation and other brutal death metal bands of the sort."

Pen Paper and Breakdowns reviews

"...Basicamente, uma dissecação da mente humana, numa concepção mais crua. Gutted Souls já é um marco do Metal extremo carioca, e esse disco chegou para marcar mais uma vez sua posição e mostrar que nosso som brutal continua sendo um soco na orelha."

Por: João Carlos Gomes
themetalvox.com.br/voiceofmetal/?p=16302"

Vocais que usam timbres variados entre o gutural extremo e o rasgado, guitarras formando uma muralha de riffs bem feitos (e solos com boa técnica, fugindo do padrão), baixo e bateria formando uma base rítmica sólida e coesa, tudo que a banda oferece musicalmente é bem feito, com ótima técnica, mas brutal como o inferno."

metalsamsara2.blogspot.com.br/2017/08/gutted-souls-illusion-of-freedom-album.html

"A brutal, heavy as hell and severely technical release from Brazil comes to us from the band Gutted Souls and their debut full length, "The Illusion of Freedom". The album dropped independently in August and is a great example of technicality and brutality styles melding perfectly into a one cohesive category EF-5 tornado. I really -REALLY dig this album and guys, excellent fucking job on it!! Thank you for putting metal out like this -the underground needs it and appreciates it!! -Joe \m/

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released August 21, 2017

Artwork by Dr.Winter / www.teratogen.at

Recorded at Dharma Studios

Released by Dharma Music

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Gutted Souls Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Gutted Souls is technical, brutal and oldschool all in a giant Death Metal mix.
Fighting tyrannies and oligarchies since 2004.

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