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The 16 Deaths of My Master

by Thief

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1.
Underking 03:33
Could you be a friend and Hook me up with some vicodin I swear I’ll pay you back I swear I’ve got your back I swear It's not for me it's for my girl she’s Hit her head and not feeling well Do you know what it means to Bleed out And today it’s Rome and tomorrow Berlin Rise thy Underking! Rise!
2.
Two spider eyes and a dead man’s leg Bootleg blood aging in a skin keg Frost hex and secret anthropomancy Scream this spell into the sky like a banshee: I am one with the atom bomb I am one with the brimstone’s song Being one with the plasma hounds Being one with the pagan sound I feel like a hellion
3.
I was a teenage satanist I wore the crown of arrogance My lips dripped with pestilence I had a dog named avarice I was a teenage satanist You couldn’t tell me anything I wasn’t no one’s chump Chemical. Worship. I had rock-stone belly And a funeral thirst I was a teenage satanist
4.
All hail the scorpion mother Crawl her back or be discovered Claws that never let go of you A promenade, I do Navigate by starlight Connected by arclight With the world that birthed you Starving might consume you All hail Orgasms in my confession booth Broken cherry fingernails the guide the youth Infants trapped in a dead meat map Madness for two folie à deux Navigate by starlight Connected by arclight With the world that birthed you Starving might consume you All hail the dead scorpion mother
5.
I’m not enough, I’m losing hope I hit my knees and bow down to the god of dope I’m bleeding out, I sold my wings I don’t remember asking you a goddamn thing Sick of it My horns are out, I gored the Host And to the hoofen ones I rise and make this toast I’ve given up, no one to blame I’m making fire in the land of endless rain Sick of it
6.
Gorelord 03:52
That Death’s a cold son of a bitch who owes me money Just goes to show you can’t trust dealers these days There’s a place in the desert where our world connects with theirs Reunited in the badland’s grave Stoned forever at the funeral rave I have seen it. Two worlds. I have arrived at the Gorelord’s door Once and for all to settle the score I’m released That Death’s a cold son of a bitch who owes me money Just goes to show you can’t trust demons these days If it’s a condition and not a curse Then who cut the breaklines on my hearse Is it chemical this sadness Or is it spiritual this madness Or is witchcraft
7.
Apple Eaters 04:21
Outside they bathe in the light Worshipping the terror in the sky I don’t understand them and All their goose stepping in common time Bunch of apple eaters they’re In love with their flesh and rhyme I set heartbreak hotel on fire And laughed as they ran Liberation is my name I will steal it back now that I know It's a nice dream to have of you above me It's a nice fairytale a sun below me Do I speak blasphemy? Very well then Tie me to the stake fire won’t burn itself The light that you search for is The light that you’re searching with I have tasted angel meat It tastes just like everything that I know It's a nice dream to have of you above me It's a nice fairytale a sun below me
8.
Night Spikes 04:40
Murdering royalty Is my only fucking birthright The torch lights the path that we march at night I wanna see them all tied up To the mast of the triple six dreadnaught I got a spiritual sickness I didn’t kill god but I killed the witness The king has met his match He’s got an itch on his neck That only a dagger will scratch They want mountain air But they’re afraid of heights They want a metaphor How about a knife fight Heads of authority hang decoration Total fucking freedom is my declaration Don’t invite me to your nightlife shit The clubs I like got spikes through it Your god’s a terrorist I leap from the parapet I’m severing the trinity cus I am the cerberus Seven heads and ten horns Scarlet beast carved in blasphemous names I’m sniping from the hip enthralled with pain No more a spiritual sickness I did kill god and I fucked the witness So don’t invite me to your nightlife shit The clubs I like got spikes through it All beasts have but one name So pick your deceiver Just know when your time comes I’ll be your usurper
9.
I came across three ravens blocking My only path I’m playing with my innards again So I can feel warmth From the hole in his stomach he unspools A lonely thread I don’t mean to play the victim But I have been stabbed I can feel my life slip Suck it up
10.
Wing Clipper 04:23
The taste of blood has brought me back here to this pattern Familiar pieces of a friendship lay here scattered I draw a knife across my face just to get your attention And god I hate how you remind me that I’m human You’re my wing clipper I’m you’re confidant Maybe if I act sad enough you’ll come back to me Maybe if I stab deep enough you’ll crawl inside of me And I hate the cold eclipse from your back turned And I hate you snuffed me out for a new lantern And I hate that you can still dance around me And what I hate most is that I still need this from you You’re my wing clipper I’m just your little confidant Maybe if I feel sad enough you’ll come back to me Oh I need to be you’re most everything
11.
Grave Dirt 03:14
No body move and nobody gets hurt Afraid of love so we’re sniffing grave dirt Why do Christian boys have all the fun All these drugs make it hard to cum I blacked out and I came to and I I did the thing I swear I’d never do I was drunk driving down the memory lane And I’m taking love as needed for pain I am the zeitgeist of the bastard snake and I inhale their fumes and I ignite
12.
Lover Boy 03:47
I’m in love with my dope dealer Stripped to my bones My core belief is fear Raw and crawling Weak and weeping Forlorn pin of light surrounded Hiding in the afterbirth of love Turn away my lover boy Didn’t you check for hoofs my lover boy Hear me You don’t want love you want hostages Children don’t know how to use venom Play is practice for your first murder I will blame you for what I have done My lover boy turn away now It's not like the movies You’re just a stupid fucking junkie you lover boy Its not like all those stupd fucking movies you absorbed Turn away now I’m sick of playing your role lover boy Inhale And maybe one day I will be your lover boy And you can kill me
13.
Crestfaller 03:41
I should have known with the tarot cards I had Celtic cross reading that I’d go mad Slow to grow slow to let go All I have now are dreams where you scream no And in these dreams I bend her over sinister She disappears before I can finish her I awake in the charnel grounds to the black witch and her moaning sounds The coven howls as I raise up her skull Their serpent tongues start chanting babble I spit on myself and call it ran and I Drew your sigil but you never came These songs are about lonely nights It's a guise, meanwhile All the scripture have lied to me Hear the birds sing tragedy I’m stuck in bed with your specter Floats above me a hell projector Oh oh how low can the psyche go Kissed a pipe underneath the mistletoe Crestfallen and I can’t get up I’m Drinking lithe from a foil cup I’m Snorting lines of angel ashes Applauding fatal car crashes Deny my soul its perfect freedom It’s just more fun to be a demon Lose, lose, lose, lose
14.
Life Clipper 02:25
15.
Cannibalism 04:36
Oh lord, I have come across the most evil thought one could be alone Long enough to turn from life I had the most evil dream there’s no trajectory Cannibalism I enjoy the taste of my carnage I enjoy the taste of flesh I enjoy the feeling of my carnin I enjoy nothing
16.
Let's establish a baseline: suffering Let’s establish a direction: degrading Let's establish a reason: nothing Yet the flower on the mountain blooms And there was never really anyone there And I believed everything I felt And I believed it all disappeared And that is why it all disappeared And there was never really anyone there

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THIEF have already gained cult status among the initiated, which might be taken quite literally considering that the backbone of their sound has been formed by manipulated sacred chant and choral samples. Although the project of American multi-instrumentalist Dylan Neal from Los Angeles, California continues along this path, his third album "The 16 Deaths of My Master" surprises with a much heavier use of original instrumentation such as strings, organ, harpsichord, bass, guitar, and other hardware synths. "The 16 Deaths of My Master" is more accessible, aggressive, and straightforward in comparison to its two predecessors. Lyrically, "The 16 Deaths of My Master" is heavily drawing from dreams and a generally more personal approach including topics such as rebellion, grief, addiction, mysticism, and spiritual horror. Dylan lives at a Zen Buddhist temple along with THIEF live bassist Chris Hackman, where both participate in residential training. The mastermind recorded and mixed most of the album in his apartment. The other 10% were conceived in a cabin in the woods to which Dylan had hauled all of his gear into. The sparkling, crisp sound of the album might contradict its "home recording" history, but Dylan recruited literally a master of his trade for the mastering process in the person of John Greenham at Clearlight Mastering, Los Angeles, CA. John has collaborated with artists ranging from THE LOCUSTS via KATY PERRY and MARY J BLIGE to receiving three Grammy Awards in 2019 honouring his contributions for BILLIE EILISH. Dylan Neal first made himself a name as a musician by playing hammered dulcimer in San Francisco-based experimental black metal outfit BOTANIST from whom he recruited THIEF live-drummer Robert Chiang. Eager to explore his own way, Dylan released "Thieves Hymn in D Minor" (2016) and "Map of Lost Keys" (2019) under the banner of THIEF. Although his electronic music is inspired in his own words by such ground-breaking acts as PORTISHEAD and ULVER, while critics also found traces of TOOL, NINE INCH NAILS, and TEARS FOR FEARS, THIEF accomplished the rare feat to gain recognition and leave an impact in the metal world by scoring features in leading US print magazine Decibel among others. With "The 16 Deaths of My Master", THIEF return in an even heavier incarnation than ever.

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released August 27, 2021

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Thief Los Angeles, California

THIEF is night music for haunted ballrooms and electric churches.

Based in Los Angeles and fronted by D. Neal (ex-Botanist).

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