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Meanwhile, Onward!

by Colter

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1.
Quest: Become Sacrament 05:55
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Maxed out on the repetition Eyes fixated on a full attack Cast doubt upon my holy vision from a caustic culdesac New quest on an old horizon My exit is but an empty door Two steps in the wrong direction just to take two hundred more Through watered fields of plastic trees & roots I’ve been adding more mileage to my boots Shoveling the heaps just to pay my dues This carousel just tails its own caboose Queen Gaia commanded Quest: become sacrament Messiah abandoned You become sacrament Small town, birds and cows Ouroboros, word gets around Almighty highness do insist Frog to a prince, blow us a kiss Clap back, bandage that Bombastic tactic mass attack Uncertain urgence to begin I’m sure to win your tournament Act out on a premonition My clairvoyance is a fantasy Back down on a quick ignition to become catastrophe Few tested will ask for guidance I expected there to be a crowd Two cents for a few surprises on a road you’re not allowed Quick pace quickens to a flock of feet I feel the rhythm & the melody of this stampede Heartbeat hardens these extremities Goddamn whoever feels my pinchers squeeze Queen Gaia commanded Quest: become sacrament Messiah abandoned You become sacrament No time to stop and smell the roses Crimson-colored fresh forget-me-nots Meanwhile, onward! Metamorphose Live as if today is what you’ve got Quick pace quickens to a steady roam I got nothing but a moment I can call my own Scattered bits of chatter across a telephone But I’m two steps further than a moment ago Quick pace quickens to a steady roam I got nothing but a moment I can call my own Scattered bits of chatter across a telephone But I’m two steps further than a moment ago Quest: become sacrament Messiah abandoned You become sacrament No time to stop and smell the roses Crimson-colored fresh forget-me-nots Meanwhile, onward! Metamorphose Live as if today is all you’ve got No time to stop and smell the roses Crimson-colored fresh forget-me-nots Meanwhile, onward! Metamorphose Live as if today is all
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Battlezones 04:25
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Battlezones, all surprises, fighting the unknown Men in masks, a sense of panic fuels another chamber load Catapult, flying sideways, miles away from home Broken asphalt, busted carriages all scattered across the road Animals, oh the highwaymen are in control Pay their tax or witness families in SUVs explode This is your plight Cue fight or flight Ramshackle pirate with five diamond eyes Bandits in tow Battle for gold in the hope that the gods will allow you to go Alive am I Many a man thought themselves strong & wise Bullets or knives Such generosity offers you options on how you will die This battle’s begun So happy you’ve come Stand and deliver at once Battlezones, all this priceless piracy nouveau Forty thieves, war, and pieces of cargo Now reconcile with your demons, your masters To grant you guidance throughout this disaster A concierge to the Foreverafter Open your safe or we’ll close out your chapter Battlezones, all these tyrants finalize your vote The poor attacks; we’ll plant their corpses in our grove You should not have come But, but, but, battle on! Stand and deliver at once Don’t come round through our neighborhood Lest you’re wanting to stay for good Capture our fleet, we’ll be back on the streets with 2 or 3 misdemeanors We go to church at the house of worship the mayor and D.A. prefer So suck on that succotash Flock up out of our neighborhood Lest you’re wanting to stay for good And if so— well hey! Welcome, neighbor! This battle is done Now victorious, stand and deliver at once
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Oof 04:51
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Start back at the middle, a swift turnabout of view Creeps in like a centipede between the earth and you Car crash in a meadow, a quick burst of blood & fume Peaceful electricity to soothe poetic wounds Home is out on the horizon The distance grows each passing note and day Show me how to be enlightened Just another blissful wish away I think I done fucked up again A feeling that I can’t circumvent But that’s the way it is Oof, you know I’m hazardous Behold my damages If I could wind time back to then I’d make the same mistakes again To furthermore suffer this ‘Cause I’m a stubborn bitch Yes, I am awake but can’t escape these sunrises Ice melts away but not the oncoming crisis Who opts to stay? You’re better off to let the time pass into days, and just ignore your open eyelids Pontificate about the earth you despise As you chop it, chop it, chop it up into different sizes Oh go on, eat your cake, open up your surprises Click Rewind it Lost in a daze from just one glance in your iris My chakras all ache from a wasteland of prizes Talk like a snake, and forget who the Christ is Pause the refrain for a moment of silence I think I done fucked up again A feeling that I can’t circumvent But that’s the way it is Oof, you know I’m hazardous Behold my damages If I could wind time back to then I’d make the same mistakes again To guarantee punishment Ooh, I’m such a masochist I’m made of bandages Under another circumstance I’d have the timelines merge therein To furthermore suffer this ‘Cause I’m a stubborn bitch in this apocalypse Karma’s a waiting room Be with you in a moment Time has its way with you Then you’ll know nothing is over Calm as a waiting room Be with you in a moment Time has its way with you Then you’ll know nothing is owed I think I done fucked up again… but it’s all right
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Euthanasia Space Camp 06:05
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Welcome I am your Captain Claude Awful nice to meet you one and all Discard belongings owned into the box Sit back, shut your trap once departure starts Blast off Our sacred astronauts Happenstantial on a patch of rock Astral travel on massive thought You’re made of atoms Accidental matter, like it or not Blast off This walking albatross Squawks of dedication to the cause Not all who walk with you will move on But doggone I hope to see you all in the beyond Riiiiiiiiiiiing Class has begun Now listen up, all my children, and count to one (One!) Disheartening authority Cleanse this palette Send them to the sky king This fervor obsolete A pragmatic sacrifice for peace This scar we’ve left so deep Another wasteful, hateful mouth to feed Rickety things Pekingese wings Quicker than flame Chickadee sways Flipping these names into our lord Saturn’s vast rings You make it hard to breathe when I’m around you You take my, take my, take my breath away Blast off Our future astronauts Overpopulation ships to God Black ops to switch the lights off Eyes opt blind spots to swap mind for kind thoughts Pack that azimuthal map up Yack in numbers that don’t add up Stacks of wallets, facts to shut up Back in the classroom, pronoun audit! Cannot compute 2 Cannot compute you Our planet has a maximum of whos The galaxy however welcomes you Our planet’s future is up to you Au revoir, adieu Congratulations That’s graduation A family-friendly cosmic cruise Adventure, education too A one-way rocket now en route Come join the magic on the moon You make it hard to breathe when I’m around you You take my, take my, take my breath away Don’t teach us how to grow up Teach us how to hold our breath instead Floating lights, a glowy satellite elect You make it hard to breathe when I’m around you You take my, take my, take my breath away You make it hard to breathe when I'm around you
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Ghoul Heaven 06:42
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Gargoyles on a cemetery road Dark cars everywhere I go Stopwatch for the fading afterglow Cops parked in a vehicle Far gone from the only family I’ve known Odd sounds, then the vertigo Bogged down in the catacombs Thru the portal home to a mortal role Packed pumpkin patches with pastel clothes Scare fools into godforsaken plights Werewolves circa 1989 Careful not to weave between the lines or I might have to drive Grateful when the voices do subside Able ‘til the evening turns to night May those who are blessed with the sight be blind for just tonight Graveyards like rows of crops Caskets packed in to preserve the rot Massive is the anguish that it’s brought Active to distract me from my manic thoughts Pastors acting as the guard Actors for the oligarch There’s a holy spark hidden in the dark Black visions twist in the parking lot Come home where the specters do reside Unknown if they’re real or realize I’ve known there’s a glitch within my mind for at least half my life Control every impulse to take flight Untold are the sinful’s final price I know that I’ve taken all I might Just give me a sign Rain down now Flood runneth over me If ever God was here, He’s now an ocean of debris The banshees in my mind, shadows on the walls of time, echo thru a thousand lives Ever fallin’, fallin’, fallin’ fallin’ Rain down now Fire cometh unto me I’m just a conduit for self-inflicted devilry Conjure the beast within, schizophrenic medium Exhale and then breathe it in, then again Doctor got some pills to pop Offered, assured he would take the lot Conferred with the intern that it ought Yes, sir, it’s sure to make the opera stop Posture like an honest doc Not sure if he’s bought or not But I’ve given thought to this mind I’ve got I prefer madness to tabs & shots This house has become a living tomb Without any coffins to peruse Discount when the porcelain dolls move, as they’re inclined to do Winds howl like a whispering typhoon Djinns prowl from the mirrors in my room Wish how I could quiet all this doom Oh God I’m begging you Rain down now Flood runneth over me If ever God was here, He’s now an ocean of debris The ghosts inside my mind, shadows on the walls of time, echo thru a thousand lives Ever fallin’, fallin’, fallin’ fallin’ Rain down now Fire cometh unto me I’m just a conduit for self-inflicted devilry Conjure the beast within, schizophrenic medium Exhale and then breathe it in, then again Rain down now Rain down now, wash over me Wait I thought these jackals in my eyes Had put these shackles in my mind But it was I who failed to shine Rain down now Rain down now Rain down now Wash over me
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Temporary Gnosis (Only For a Moment) 07:20
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Temporary gnosis Only for a moment Shine, snake, for the gods write your fate Disbelief is shattered Obfuscate the patterns Wide awake for days Red wrung dirty from the clay in the earth Soaked the beige sheet in blood from the djinn that they had purged Now urge with the ceremony, conjure up the words Mix the nightshade with chrysanthemums and grind it with the herbs Disperse preconceptions of the world and how it works Merge the angels with the jokers just to please the demiurge Unearth this creation swallowed up by usurpers Pour a goblet’s worth of goblin’s blood into your mix & stir This is no holiday We are in end times, baby The signals light the way illuminate our destination We have a part to play Ialdabaoth has spoken His words are on the page, and taken shape as you unholy ones I can hear it Jesus at the crossroads Demons at the altars Sides take any pledge to their way Chosen are the people Broken of their ego Time shapes faith Cut me from this womb Throw me to the waters above Keep us from this lunar doom Crush me under you Guide me to the light of your sun Keep us from this lunar doom Run, red rabbit, for the rapture has come Pour the gold & the mercury in separate orbs at once Become this oracle, horrible one With the seventh tongue of angels, speak the words, and be done Behold! I am the whore and the holy A barren woman who has many children The self-conceiving mother-father Do not banish me from before your eyes Behold! I am knowledge from my own discovery I am light and shadow No. Do not banish me from before your eyes He who has ears, should listen. Cut me from this womb Throw me to the waters above Keep us from this lunar doom Crush me under you Guide me to the light of your sun Keep us from this lunar doom Run, red rabbit, for the rapture has come Pour the gold & the mercury in separate orbs at once Become this oracle, horrible one With the seventh tongue of angels, speak the words, and be done Speak the words, and be done Tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock Speak the words, and be done
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Level Up (feat. Jacob Walsh) 04:55
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Yes oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes Watch me level up Rampage Stand up Rant done Action demanded Despite all defiance Define your might and rise up Time to level up Watch me level up You’ve got a plan to self-destruct? Why give your rivals what they want? Improve yourself or not because there’s ample room to level up No. Don’t tell me that it’s over, over God wills it to be so No. This armageddon nova’s over I pray you level up with me also Think big Keep digging XP brings a new beginning Dig deep Keep pushin’, push it up, and push again to put yourself positioned to win Keep on You’re winning Give it Hell and get forgiven Press on They will be looking back in disbelief at what you’re truly capable of Rise up from below No. Don’t tell me that it’s over, over God wills it to be so No. This armageddon nova’s over I pray you level up with me also Rampage! Discover you are more than molecules Discover you are more than molecules Thick dick Keep swinging Let ‘em know just what you’re bringing Less talk More digging Keep it up, now keep it up, now keep the course to conquer within Thick dick (thick dick!) Keep pushing Set the best outcome in motion Defeat the notion that you never mattered You’re a mortal god with limitless cause Watch me level up Why not level up? You got a plan to self-destruct? Why give your rivals what they want? Improve yourself or not because there’s ample room to level up No. Don’t tell me that it’s over, over God wills it to be so Watch me level up God wills it to be so

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Amor fati. It didn’t happen to us, it happened for us. This world owes us nothing; it literally just wants to eat us. If ever our spirit is broken, sometimes necessarily so, it is our responsibility to repair it. Our choice is to heal and continue forward, or remain wounded and perish. Therefore, we must become commanders of our own destinies. We must continually revisit failure on our path to success, and acknowledge that the journey for self improvement never ends.

“Meanwhile, Onward!” is the 6th solo album from Colter. Recorded at home from July 2022 - April 2023, the album is 100% DIY— all songs were written, programmed, edited, engineered, mixed, and mastered by the artist. The album’s 7 songs (clocking in at over 40 minutes total) blend elements of alternative, metal, psychedelia, electro, hardcore, thrash, shoegaze, space rock, goth rock, sludge, and doom into a uniquely heavy but accessible concept album about awareness, transcendence, and perseverance.

From the artist:

This album is dedicated to Will Simpson, JudJud, Tedd Schuebert, and Eric Kaufman. Thank you for keeping me alive with your presence and friendship over the past year and beyond.

Special thanks and shout outs to my family: my mom, my dad, and my brother, Ryan. As well as my extended family: Phil Klapp, Will Simpson, JudJud, Justin G, Joey Bennett, Tedd Schuebert, Jonathon Jones, Billy Hagood, Petey Graessle, Dane Bradford, Will Hart, Sonny & Ben Stubbs, Joseph Williams, Jacob Walsh, Kole Madison, Gavin Livermore, Perry Joe Martin, Nichole Anderson, Harry Sinner, Blake Clark, Ray Scollin, Chuck Taylor, Eric Kaufman, Alec Seagrave, John Ranalli, Ryan Parent, Jordan Patton, Lauren Leudemann, Tyler Matson, Ian Sherman, Jason “the Elder” Ruiz, Joseph Santarpia, Evan Petersen, Tynan Olsen, CJ Mask, Darren Orlowski, Raymond Torres, Joseph Woods, Danny Rodriguez, Virgilio Villasenor, Andrew Prince, Dom Collela, Dave Walje, Jason Steckman, Luke Scavatto, Keith Lay, Jason Taco Verdone, Michael Lore, Evan Void Schaefer, Alysså Maucere Pike, Diego Galaraga, Fred Grabosky, Dan Marchini, Cat Upperman, Cashew Highwater, Angela Marafino, Rose Snyder, Hunter Casey, Eric Herndon, Tim Harvey, Tyran Steedley, Victoria Rose Garcia, Melody Fulp Lindner, Wilfrio Martinez y Neumann, Colin Zimmerman, Austin McLeod, Kellie Inman, Carrie Ferguson, Matt Greenwell, Kelly Berry, James Baca, Chris Mello, Kristi Dazevedo, Tony Anderson, Thomas MacGonigle, Mike Sarasola, my CCsupport squad coworkers, the people of Lanier County Georgia, the Brass Quill Gallery, my other fellow Fool $alers, the Tin Foil Hat Swarm, and every one of the New Southern Heretics— even if we don’t speak anymore.

Extra special thanks to Jacob Walsh, for lending his vocals on the track, “Level Up.” Jacob appears courtesy of himself.

Group vocals on “Euthanasia Space Camp” were performed by Will Simpson, JudJud, and Tedd Schuebert.

Spoken vocals on “Level Up” were provided by the lovely Vee.

I recommend checking out the following bands: Hand Signs, Capt of the Gourd, Dying Whale, Soul Machine, Ominous Black, Mike Carney, MMFG, Matt Greenwell, Sadgiqacea, DutchGuts, Lord Dying, You’ll Never Die, as well as Mr Bungle, the Blood Brothers, and the incomparable Bill Withers.

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released April 19, 2023

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Colter is a one-man-band audio art project. With each album, Colter constructs multi-layered musical journeys that shift thru genres & styles into a thematic concept or narrative. 

Since 2020, all of the songs in Colter’s discography are 100% DIY— with all writing, programming, recording, engineering, mixing, and mastering credits going to the artist. ... more

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