Lycanthropy Single

by Moonskin

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1.	Lycanthropy 04:16	lyrics	buy track
Rising, breaking, crushing. Lifting, smashing, rushing. Bleeding, moss on stone, Tear that flesh from the bone. Die Rise Running, panic, fleeing. Hunting, ever seeing. Howling, creeping moan, I am King, my forest throne. Die Rise Moonlight, my mistress, Vicious, so malicious. Enslaver, betrayer, Tormentor and creator. A darkened eve, a haunted forest, Timber echoing, howling chorus. The stench of death arrives before us. Death. I am reborn. Never ending hunger, Power, violence, anger. Blood moon's sadistic greed, Sate her lust, I must feed. Moonlight, my mistress, Vicious, so malicious. Enslaver, betrayer, Tormentor and creator. A darkened eve, a haunted forest, Timber echoing, howling chorus. The stench of death arrives before us. Death. I am reborn.
2.	Soul on Fire 04:12	lyrics	buy track
There's a flame that leads all souls astray No one's safe from its tender touch of pain And every day it's looking for new slaves To celebrate the beauty of the grave We are like the living dead Sacrificing all we have For a frozen heart and a soul on fire We are like the living dead Craving for deliverance With a frozen heart and a soul on fire And again we're falling for disgrace And hate will shelter us from the rain We are enslaved by the sacred heart of shame And gently raped by the light of day We are like the living dead Sacrificing all we have For a frozen heart and a soul on fire We are like the living dead Craving for deliverance With a frozen heart and a soul on fire Addicted to our divine despair The venom of the cross we bear The guilt will follow us to death We are like the living dead Sacrificing all we have For a frozen heart and a soul on fire We are like the living dead Craving for deliverance With a frozen heart and a soul on fire Soul on Fire Soul on Soul on Soul on Soul on fire

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"Imagine walking through a dark, pine scented, tangled forest at night. A large, sadistic, haunting moon glares down at you through gnarled twisted tree branches. Your hair starts to rise as you hear the far off howl of a lone wolf. You shudder, silently thankful that it is so far off.

The shudder turns to panic as you hear an answering chorus, this time closer, and from all around you. You realize there is something standing outlined in the darkness, watching you from the hill ahead. Something eight feet tall, heavily muscled, and with the head of a wolf………"

The single includes two tracks. The first track, “Lycanthropy” is a Meshuggah-like grinding, energetic, track about Lycanthropy and the bloody, grisly, horror of a werewolf enslaved by the moon’s insatiable bloodlust, rampaging through the darkened woods on a moonlit night causing death and destruction to all he encounters.

The Second track is a cover of HIM’s Soul of Fire. Adding some heavier guitars, brooding tones, lowering the key, and adding some screaming vocals, Moonskin’s rendition of Soul on Fire is sure to please both HIM fans and Melodic Metal Fans alike.

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released January 12, 2020

Music, Lycrics, Production, Mixing, and Mastering by: Moonskin
Cover Art by: Aleksandr Nikonov
Soul On Fire Music and Lyrics by: HIM

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Moonskin Kelowna, British Columbia

Moonskin is symphonic, rhythmic and intellectually focused melodic metal. The music takes inspiration from the darkness of night, the eeriness of twilight settling on the forest, and the creatures and nightmares that dwell within. The music and lyrics explore concepts of the supernatural, lycanthropy, fantasy, and horror, The project and writing of the first album "Lycanthropy" began in 2009. ... more