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DISSOCIATE

by IMBROGLIO

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1.
EXASPERATE 02:58
WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION. STILL SOILING YOURSELVES IN FILTH. HISTORY STILL REPEATS ITSELF, EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. I AM NO LONGER PULLING TEETH. NO MORE GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE. IF THIS IS HOW IT MEANTS TO BE, I'M PERFECTLY FINE ON MY OWN. SEEING REPETITIVE ACTIONS, FOR ME THERE IS NO GOING BACK. FORWARD OVER PURGATORY. I KNOW WHAT AWAITS BEHIND ME. THERE IS NO WAY I AM TURNING BACK. SKIN SHEDDING SNAKES READY TO STRIKE WITH GLANDS FULL OF DEADLY VENOM, ALWAYS BURN THE PATH BEHIND YOU.
2.
BREACHED CAPACITY OF MY CAPABILITIES TO WITHSTAND EXISTING FOUL HUMAN LIFE. DID YOU REALLY THINK THIS WOULDN'T FINALLY COME TO LIGHT? THIS DESERVES MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER GIVE. DID YOU REALLY THINK THIS WOULD NEVER COME TO LIGHT? YOUR CULTIVATED DELUSION OF SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL COME TO AN END. I LEAVE YOU TO YOUR RUIN. THE LEECHES WILL BLEED YOU DRY FROM YOUR SELF INFLICTIONS. DISGUST IS THE LAST FEELING I WILL EVER HAVE FOR YOU. NOW LOAD YOUR GUN, YOU BETTER SHOOT UNTIL I'M DEAD. WEAR YOUR CROWN OF DISAPPOINTMENT, AND FICTITIOUS FABRICATED LIES. NOW LOAD YOUR GUN, YOU BETTER SHOOT UNTIL I'M DEAD.
3.
I'VE SHARPENED MY TEETH ON YOUR CROOKED LIES ONE THING YOU FORGOT MY SWORD NEVER DULLS NO MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ABOUT WHAT I SAID YOU LEFT ME FOR DEAD, TRIED TO CRUCIFY MY NAME INTO THE DIRT YOU HAD NO SHAME NO MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ABOUT WHAT I SAID YOU'VE DUG YOUR OWN GRAVE SHOWERED IN SOIL NO APOLOGY IS NECESSARY THIS IS WHERE I WILL LEAVE ALL THIS BEHIND NO MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ABOUT WHAT I SAID YOU'VE DUG YOUR OWN GRAVE SHOWERED IN SOIL
4.
EVERYTHING FLOODING ALL AT ONCE. PEACE THAT HAS COME IS SO SURREAL. DENSITY BEYOND GRAVITY. INTERNAL ENLIGHTENMENT. TO MUCH BEAUTY, MY EYES BEHOLD. MULTITUDES OF NEW PERCEPTION. DIVERGING VERSIONS OF MYSELF. FORMULATE, PRECISELY DESIGN. EXAMINE, AND RECALCULATE. SPECULATE EVERY COMPROMISE. OPTIMISTIC GRIT IS VIRTUE. REVISION IN FORWARD MOTIONS. THIS IS CORRECTIVE BEHAVIOR. TO THE BEAUTY MY EYES BEHOLD, I HOPE THIS SHOWS YOU WHO I AM. SUBJECTIVE SURGE IN THE BLOODSTREAM. DILIGENCE IS NOW SINKING IN, WITH NEW MUTATED PERCEPTION. PREPARE TO RENDER AND CONVERT. FORMULATE RECALCULATE SPECULATE THIS IS VIRTUE DESIGNED EXAMINED COMPROMISED PESSIMISTIC GRIT RE-DESIGNED RE-EXAMINED UNCOMPROMISED OPTIMISTIC GRIT FORMULATED RECALCULATED SPECULATED WHAT IS VIRTUE? RE-DESIGNED RE-EXAMINED UNCOMPROMISED OPTIMISTIC VIEW REFORMULATE RECALCULATE STOP-SPECULATE THIS IS VIRTUE
5.
HERE I AM CRACKED WIDE OPEN. IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED TO SEE? SO HAVE THOSE THAT I LEFT BEHIND. AS QUICK AS A BLINK OF AN EYE. HAVING BEEN FOOLED MANY TIMES, I KEEP A SHARP AXE CLOSE BY. WATCHING POTENTIAL ROT AWAY, IS WITNESSING SUICIDE. GALLONS OF BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS HAVE BEEN SACRIFICED FOR THIS. MENTALLY WORN TO EXHAUSTION. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT ME TO DO? AS LONG AS I HAVE A PULSE, THIS WILL NOT STOP THAT EASY. I HAVE MY STORY TO TELL. THIS DOMINION IS MY CONTROL. THIS IS ALL I EVER KNEW. THIS IS WHAT I WILL TURN TO, UNTIL MY CHEST STOPS PUMPING. I AM NOW ALL THAT'S FUCKING LEFT.
6.
ENGAGE DEFENSE MECHANISM KEEP THE DISTANCE AT ARMS LENGTH SKIN GROWS FROM WHERE FLESH IS CHARRED OFTEN I AM LEFT TO ENDURE BURNING BRIDGES LIGHT UP THE SKY.... BREATHE IN THE SMOKE ENGAGE DEFENSE MECHANISM KEEP THE DISTANCE AT ARMS LENGTH SKIN GREW OVER MY HEALED FLESH NOW I WILL LEAVE YOU TO SUFFER BURNING BRIDGES LIGHT UP THE SKY...... BREATHE IN THE SMOKE ENGAGE DEFENSE MECHANISM KEEPING THE DISTANCE AT ARMS LENGTH SKIN GREW OVER MY HEALED FLESH NOW I WILL LEAVE YOU TO SUFFER SUFFER..... ENDURE.... ENGAGE DEFENSE MECHANISM KEEP THE DISTANCE AT ARMS LENGTH SKIN GREW OVER MY HEALED FLESH NOW I WILL LEAVE YOU TO SUFFER
7.
PETER MATURI 04:30
THE UNKNOWING OF THE LAST DAY OF EVENTUAL ETERNAL SLEEP IS FRAGILE AND BEYOND PRICELESS. ALL WE HAVE IS OUR LEGACY. ALL WE HAVE IS OUR LEGACY. A BEING THAT I NEVER MET GAVE ME SONIC GUIDANCE AND GRACE. FEW WORDS ONLY EVER EXCHANGED. THAT'S ALL IT EVER HAD TO BE. ALL WE HAVE IS OUR LEGACY. THOSE SOUNDS GAVE ME STRENGTH AT MOMENTS THE WORLD BROUGHT ME TO MY KNEES. THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE I CAN GIVE, FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS SAVED ME.
8.
MAYBE THE MELODIES WILL STOP ONE DAY THIS WILL TO TURN OFF. BURN MY BODY, BURY THESE SONGS DEEP INTO THE EARTH, IN THE GROUND. CORROSION CONTAMINATION VILE TASTES OF RUST LIKE INFUSION AGE DOES NOT GET ANY SWEETER MY BONES BEGIN TO GRIND TO DUST MAYBE THE MELODIES WILL STOP ONE DAY THIS IS WILL TO TURN OFF BURN MY BODY, BURY THESE SONGS DEEP INTO THE EARTH, IN THE GROUND REFLEXES RAPIDLY SLOW DOWN THIS DECLINING IMMUNE SYSTEM DEATH WAITS WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE PUSHING MY BODY TO THE EDGE RECOLLECTION DETERIORATES EVENTUALLY THESE HANDS WILL CEASE MY VOICE WILL NO LONGER SCREAM AS I GO INTO THE DECAY
9.
DELIQUESCE 06:52
I SCARE MONSTERS UNDER OUR BEDS I'VE SCARED GHOSTS AWAY TO THE BEYOND DEATH SHIED AWAY FROM MY OPEN ARMS BANNED FROM MISERY'S COMPANY KEEP THE BLADE SHARP HAVE YOUR EYES PEELED DON'T TRUST NO ONE WHO LIVES IN FEAR I'VE HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE VOID THERE'S NO ROCKS TO BE FOUND DOWN HERE EVEN ON THE DAY I WAS BORN HEAVEN OR HELL DIDN'T WANT ME ASSEMBLE A WORLDS ARMY NOTHING IS GETTING TO YOU THROUGH ME FEAR WILL FEAR YOU, FEAR WILL FEAR ME AS LONG AS I AM STILL BREATHING KEEP THE BLADE SHARP HAVE YOUR EYES PEELED DON'T TRUST NO ONE WHO LIVES IN FEAR FIND YOUR OWN TRUTH PROVE THEM ALL WRONG PLEASE CHASE YOUR DREAMS AND DON'T FEAR DEATH
10.
SOLE 02:29

about

Dissociate - disconnect or separate (used especially in abstract contexts).

Conceptualized in 2017. The mission was to directly emote audio terror, to reignite the outlet, and to simply let this musical entity live digitally from that day forward. Playing hundreds of shows, touring, & lineup changes, it only made sense that it would continue in the vision that it was originally set out to be.....Violent, dissonant, real, raw, and divulging of one’s self relentlessly through an audio experience.

This project hasn't released any new material since 2015 besides the 2020 single "Domestic Terror" which was widely received across the aggressive music community. But the vision for this was something new in the sense of no responsibility to bringing it to the live setting. Being musically free from any boundary, and zero compromise on the musical vision.

The lyrical content is a saga of the hardships that Darrell J Gilbert Jr had faced since 2020 from isolation, mental health, loss, and other tragedies that have happened along the way making this album. Each song is a chapter of honesty, accountability, alienating once’s self, overcoming, revealing, heartbreak, inner turmoil, grief, becoming a father, acceptance, mental health awareness, and evolution in train of thought.

Darrell J Gilbert Jr elaborates "If you found yourself staring into the void of hopelessness the way that I had while making this album lyrically then you simply are not alone, and this proof. This album saved me from myself. From my own internal struggles to the tragic turn of events that happens in life. This a testament that you can save yourself. Because making this album saved me. This was my mirror that I held up to reflect with the attention on the intention of healing and challenging my own way of thinking to become better for those around me. I took my time on this to make sure it was sonically executed perfectly to my standards, and no one else’s. I had to be vigilant for my own sanity, and to make sure I convey what I practice & preach. I hope this album guides you through your healing. Let it rip".

credits

released February 10, 2023

Darrell J. Gilbert Jr. - Strings, Sequence Programming, Vocals, Sound Design, Lyrics, Visuals, Producer, & Mixing and Mastering Engineer.

Contributed Vocals on "Oxidation" by Freya Reeves.

Contributed Vocals on "Contemporary Solidity" by Mike Watson.

Artwork by Darrell J. Gilbert Jr with contributed photography by AJ Mouser.

Recorded, & Engineered @ Midian - APS in Dayton, OH from 2018-2022

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IMBROGLIO Dayton, Ohio

EST 2007 - DAYTON - OH
D|J|G|J - 8sG - 7sG - 6sA - 4sB - Vocals - Lyrics - Visual - Concept - (founder) - (owner) - Engineer - Sound (design) - Producer

Digital - Sonic - Violence

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