IBARAKI - Kagutsuchi (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

TRIVIUM's Matthew Kiichi Heafy reveals the IBARAKI track "Kagutsuchi" from the debut album, RASHOMON, out now via Nuclear Blast Records. Listen: https://ibaraki.bfan.link/rashomon.yde Subscribe to Ibaraki: https://nblast.de/subs-ibaraki-yt Subscribe to Nuclear Blast: https://nblast.de/NBytb ORDER: https://www.ibarakiband.com/rashomon LISTEN: https://ibaraki.bfan.link/rashomon.yde "Kagutsuchi" music video directed by: Jon Paul Douglas, Kyle A Loftus Bass solo on "Kagutsuchi" by Paolo Gregoletto VISIT IBARAKI Website: https://www.ibarakiband.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ibarakiband Instagram: https://instagram.com/ibarakiband Twitter: https://twitter.com/ibarakiband YouTube: https://nblast.de/subs-ibaraki-yt VISIT MATTHEW KIICHI HEAFY Website: http://matthewkheafy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matthewkheafy Instagram: http://instagram.com/matthewkheafy Twitter: http://twitter.com/matthewkheafy YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/matthewkheafy Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/matthewkheafy --- IBARAKI "KAGUTSUCHI" LYRICS (Featuring Paolo Gregoletto) We watched the world - it burned away And from the ash, we found release We brought your kind down to it's knees No longer bound, now finally free Have you beheld the grace of your lord? Withstand this hell: the you endured I am the traitor, behold my "disease" Not held down by your belief in deceit You are a slave but bound to a word The root of all pain we know in this world Open your eyes now and proclaim defeat Don't waste further life, renounce and repeat Renounce and repeat Isolation from the manipulation Of the followers Followers of the greatest illusion Isolation from the manipulation Of the followers Congregation of noughts Tyrant burn On the stake from which he turned To the undead Tyrant burn On the stake from which he turned But a dead man Your fields are burning, your villages sacked Halls of the holy - no longer in tact Somehow despite what has come to be You still cling on - to what you can't see You're not a victim, not ruling with love You rule with fear; a tyrant thereof Hypocrite - fester, your righteousness rots You mask your will by what a "god" wants What a "god" wants Isolation from the manipulation Of the followers Followers of the greatest illusion Isolation from the manipulation Of the followers Congregation of noughts Tyrant burn On the stake from which he turned To the undead Tyrant burn On the stake from which he turned But a dead man Take all you've done to me Open your eyes and see Soon we'll become the last ones Waiting for night to come Take all you've done to me Open your eyes and see Soon we'll become the last ones Waiting for none above I feel it changing Cut out my heart with a knife I feel it hating Pull me closer Holding me back from the world Bass Solos: Paolo Gregoletto I feel it changing Cut out my heart with a knife I feel it hating Pull me closer Holding me back from the world I feel it changing Cut out my heart with a knife I feel it hating Pull me closer Holding me back from the world We watched the world - it burned away And from the ash, we found release We brought your kind down to it's knees Have you now seen what I have seen? We watched the world - it burned away And from the ash, we found release We brought your kind down to it's knees No longer bound, now finally free --- The song "Kagutsuchi" is a very important one in the project's history. "'Kagutsuchi' is the turning point in my relationship to black metal," says Kiichi. "Before crafting this piece, I believed I needed to stick to all the tropes of tradition — I didn't believe that I was able to attach my name to keep something legitimately black metal." He continues, "Befriending Ihsahn and having him as a mentor showed me that being true to oneself is far more important than being true to a genre. Ihsahn freed my mind and encouraged the sharpening of the tools needed to begin Ibaraki properly." Kiichi finishes, "The very recorded guitar tracks in this final album are actually from 2010/2011. This album is an auditory time-capsule of my journey in creating Ibaraki. 'Kagutsuchi' was the first song I wrote after I had begun my tutelage under Ihsahn." "Kagutsuchi" features a guest bass solo by Trivium's Paolo Gregoletto. #Ibaraki #BlackMetal #Metal #NuclearBlast #Ihsahn #Emperor

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