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Not As Others Were

from The Hourglass by Atten Ash

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A three-piece atmospheric/melodic death-doom band from North Carolina, Atten Ash is the creation of founding member James Greene who wrote the foundations of the songs which would later become “The Hourglass.” In 2011 James began collaborating with Barre Gambling (founding guitarist of Daylight Dies) and Archie Hunt (vocalist/guitarist of Legion of the Fallen) and the trio continued the musical work: arranging songs, establishing vocal patterns, writing lyrics and guitar solos.

Recorded in 2012, an intricate and encapsulating death-doom portrait permeates Atten Ash’s first full-length recording. Rich in atmosphere, swaying through infectious melodies and razorsharp solos while displaying both melancholy and aggression with conviction and force, “The Hourglass” is the result of a band with considerable maturity and experience, already at the top of their craft, and with a defined vision for their sound placing them among the classic death-doom giants of the genre.

Those pining for genuine melodic/atmospheric death-doom for the dark and cold days ahead, and especially fans and listeners of bands such as Daylight Dies, Slumber, Katatonia, Woccon, Doom:vs, October Tide, and Helevorn (among others) would be wise to heed attention.

“The Hourglass” will be released on February 19, 2015 in a 4 panel digipack with a 12 page booklet through Hypnotic Dirge Records. The first 100 orders of the CD will also receive a free 11cm x 7cm Atten Ash sticker.

lyrics

lyrics adopted from the poem 'Alone' by Edgar Allen Poe

From childhood's hour I have not been As others were
I have not seen As others saw
I could not bring My passions from a common spring
From the same source I have not taken
could not awaken

And all I loved, I loved alone.
with No one to guide me on my way home.

now, Then in my childhood in the dawn
Of a most stormy life was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still, binds me still

From the torrent, or the fountain
From the red cliff to the hill
From the sun that round me rolled, In its autumn tint of gold,
To the lightning in the sky, As it passed me by

And all I loved, I loved alone.
with No light to guide me on the way home.

now, Then in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
This mystery it binds me still

credits

from The Hourglass, track released February 19, 2015
Archie Hunt - Death vocals
James Greene - Clean vocals, guitars, bass, drums,
Barre Gambling - Guitars

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