Archonic Manipulations from LUX by In the Company of Serpents

This is running with the Gnostic idea that we're trapped in a spiritual prison of sorts, and that the demons/prison wardens (the Archons of the song title) are constantly engaged in keeping us thoughtless, disengaged sheep. The lyrics are a call for us to engage directly & presently with our lives, and thus regain some semblance of what lies in our true spirit. The "chorus" (if you want to call it that) of the first half of the tune is "The machinations of control/ Hiding in plain sight/ Gilded Bars upon our cage/ Slip them and take flight", and is very much in line with that notion. The mystic Gurdjieff remarked that most people are dead, or asleep, to their own innate spirituality and/or our souls. Only by directly engaging with the world around us, particularly when the gilded bars of our cage are so lovely and comfortable, can we regain our sense of spirit.

IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS traffic in sonic catharsis. Their music inhabits the strange fringes between sludge metal and sprawling spaghetti western scores, constantly striving for visceral power and raw intensity, contrasted with eerie, spare instrumental passages.

Grant Netzorg: vocals and guitars

Ben Pitts: Bass & Lap Steel Guitars

Andy Thomas: Drums

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