Altar Of Plagues - Mammal

   This album 
explores the concept of death, questioning it's significance and 
purpose. Lyrically, it is extremely personal as it deals with some of my
 own personal experiences. This is the first time that we have taken 
such an approach. As a result, I think it's delivery was far more 
intense than for previous recordings. This was particular the case for 
the vocal takes where, rather than recording to capture the 'perfect' 
take, we took time before recording to get into the right lyrical head 
space and then record one entirely honest vocal take. I think that the 
emotion is quickly lost when recording something over and over. During 
recording I find that tt can be very difficult trying to stay engaged 
with the intent of the music, especially considering how unnatural it a 
process recording is.

Much inspiration was drawn from the work of Emily Dickinson, whom in my 
opinion described death in way like no other before.  Musically, we have
 incorporated a range of new elements and also began utilising our own 
instruments made from bone, glass, wood and other items. We also 
utilised a number of field recordings, captured at various times and 
locations throughout this year.

1- Neptune Is Dead
2- Feather And Bione
3' When The Sun Downs In The Ocean
4- All Life Converges To Some Center