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Pitchfork Justice

by Shatter Brain

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    "Pitchfork Justice" is the debut album from South Australian metal band "Shatter Brain". It was recorded and mixed at Ghostnote Recording Studios, Adelaide, by Jimmy Balderston (Scott Kelly, Sumeru, Space Bong), and mastered by Dav Byrne (Witchskull, YLVA, Space Bong), with artwork by Steve Lehmann. The CD Digipack comes with an 8-page lyric booklet.

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1.
Talk in Fear 05:08
EXCUSE ME WHILE I WASH MY MOUTH WITH SOAP NOW EVERY WORD HEARD OUT OF CONTEXT IS ANALYSED AND JUDGED SO, I’LL PICK MY BATTLES BUT FOR NOW I TALK IN FEAR SWALLOWING THE WORDS THAT YOU RAM DOWN MY THROAT YOU’RE HEARING WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR YOU WON’T LISTEN TO ANYTHING I SAY NOW I’M TALKING IN FEAR BITING MY TONGUE SO HARD, BEWARE ONE DAY, I’LL SPIT IT IN YOUR FACE WELL I HEARD THAT YOU HAVE HIJACKED FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND CREATED A WORLD WHERE WORDS ARE LANDMINES SO YOU WANT ME TO KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT COS WE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS WELL FUCK YOU, I’LL KEEP TALKING EVEN IF IT’S JUST TO SPITE YOU NO MORE WILL I WALK IN FEAR OF BREAKING THESE EGGSHELLS NEVER AGAIN, A SLAVE TO POLITICAL CORRECTNESS UNGAG MY MOUTH, WHAT I SAY IS WHAT I MEAN THINK FIRST BEFORE YOU ARGUE YOU MIGHT FEEL THE SAME SWALLOWING THE WORDS THAT YOU RAM DOWN MY THROAT YOU’RE HEARING WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR YOU WON’T LISTEN TO ANYTHING I SAY NOW I WON’T TALK IN FEAR BITING MY TONGUE SO HARD, BEWARE TODAY, I’LL SPIT IT IN YOUR FACE WE DON’T NEED TO SEE WE DON’T NEED TO SEE EYE TO EYE WE DON’T NEED TO AGREE BUT DON’T TALK IN FEAR DON’T TALK IN FEAR DON’T TALK IN FEAR OF JUDGEMENT DON’T WASTE YOUR TEARS DON’T WASTE THESE YEARS WALK IN FEAR TALK IN FEAR
2.
Lorem Ipsum 04:41
I JUST HAD A THOUGHT AND SO I THOUGHT I’D TELL YOU ALL NO NEED FOR PEN AND PAPER, I’LL JUST THROW IT ON THE WALL OPINIONS BASED IN EVIDENCE ARE SO PASSÉ CONTROVERSY AND OUTRAGE IS WHAT REALLY PAYS THERE ONCE WAS A TIME WHEN KNOWLEDGE MEANT POWER NOW IT SEEMS TO ME IT MEANS NOTHING AT ALL WE LIVE IN A TIME WHERE THE EXPERT WITHERS AND COWERS AND THE IGNORANT THRIVE AND RISE TO STAND TALL MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS OF IMPROVEMENT AND PROGRESS SEEMINGLY STALLED BY INTERNET ACCESS GONE FROM THE WORKS OF NEWTON AND ARISTOTLE TO THE WORLD OF WEST COMMA K ET AL. ALL I SEE AROUND ME ALL I SEE IS POINTLESS ACTIVITY LOREM IPSUM ALL I HEAR AROUND ME ALL I HEAR, VERBAL CACOPHONY LOREM IPSUM I SEE IT ON THE SCREENS I HEAR IT ON THE AIR I READ IT IN THE MAGAZINES I FEEL IT SUFFOCATING ME SUFFOCATING ME ATTENTION SOUGHT THROUGH AN ARMS RACE OF OUTRAGE PAVES THE WAY TO INTELLECTUAL DECAY WHILE REASON, BALANCE, AND NUANCE ARE SMEARED BY THE CRAZE
3.
TROUBLEMAKER, PROVOCATEUR OF THE WORSE KIND AGITATOR, YOU SPREAD THE WORD INCITE THE HIVE RABBLE ROUSER, THEY GATHER ‘ROUND, YOU FAN THE FLAMES INSTIGATOR, PROVOKING THOUGHTS INTO THEIR MINDS THEY GATHER ROUND, THEY JOIN THE CROWD PROVOCATEUR OF THE WORSE KIND IGNITING THE HIVE MIND IT’S PITCHFORK JUSTICE TIME WHEN A TRIVIAL MISSTEP TURNS INTO MASS HYSTERIA WHEN A SIMPLE MAN’S MISTAKE TURNS A MOLEHILL INTO A MOUNTAIN SO CALL THE MOB AND PUT THE FIRE TO THE TORCHES GRAB ANY WEAPON THAT YOU CAN FIND THERE’S NOT A CHANCE AGAINST US ALL WE DON’T NEED PROOF COS WE’RE THE JUDGE, JURY, AND EXECUTIONER BURN THE WITCH BY WORD OF MOUTH I’LL BURN YOU AT THE STAKE PITCHFORKS OUT JUDGED BY WORD OF MOUTH FAN THE FLAMES IT’S TIME FOR JUSTICE FOR SOMETHING YOU MAY HAVE DONE PFJ JUDGED BY COURT OF CROWD LOSING MY VOICE I’M DROWNED OUT BY THE NOISE OF THE CROWD
4.
CHOOSING BEGGARS AIN’T FOOLING ME PERFECT VISION BUT THEY WON’T SEE WEARING SHACKLES ALTHOUGH THEY’RE FREE THESE CHOOSING BEGGARS AIN’T FOOLING ME YOU CHOOSE TO BE OPPRESSED I LIVE LIFE, YOU’RE PLAYING DEAD YOU THINK THAT YOU DESERVE SOMETHING MORE THAN THE HAND YOU WERE SERVED GIVE THE BEGGAR A HORSE TO RIDE LOOK THAT HORSE IN THE MOUTH YOU’LL RIDE THAT HORSE TO HELL I SEE YOUR COLOURS NOW YOU LIGHT THE FIRES, IGNITE YOUR VIRTUE SIGNS REBORN, ALIGN YOURSELF WITH THEIR SIDE YOU’RE BETTER THAN US ALL JUST OUT OF LUCK RIGHTEOUSLY TAKE THE FALL YOU SYCOPHANT WE’RE WOKE NOW YOU CHOSE THIS WAY OF LIFE TURN MY BACK YOU TURN THE KNIFE SYCOPHANT I SEE YOUR COLOURS NOW LIGHT THE FIRES, IGNITE YOUR VIRTUE SIGNS REBORN, ALIGN YOURSELF WITH THE MARGINALISED
5.
Fencesitter 04:07
WAKE UP, IT’S TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE I SEE YOU TIME TO WEAR YOUR COLOURS UPON YOUR SLEEVE I’M WATCHING YOU INDIFFERENCE IS PASSIVE VINDICATION WE NEED YOU CAST THE DIE, CROSS THE RUBICON IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO CHOOSE YOU FENCESITTER STAND UP AND PICK A SIDE IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO CHOOSE NOW IT’S TIME TO MAKE YOUR MIND UP IT’S TIME TO PICK A SIDE I’LL DRAG YOU OFF THAT FENCE NOW IT’S TIME TO TAKE A STAND NO MORE WILL I LET YOU SIT ON THE FENCE MAKE YOUR MOVE SILENCE, IT WILL NOT BUILD YOU RESPECT IT JUST DEVALUES YOU NO TIME FOR THE WEAK OR COWARDLY THOSE OF YELLOW HUE NAIL YOUR FLAG UPON THE MAST MAKE YOUR CHOICE AND THEN STAY TRUE THE LETTERS A OR D THE BALL IS BLACK OR WHITE NO MORALS, NO BELIEFS AFLOAT IN THE TIDE OF A MINDLESS CROWD ALL YOUR THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOURS JUST A REFLECTION OF WHAT’S SURROUNDING YOU NO CONVICTION, OPINION OR ANY FUCKING THING THAT DEFINES YOU ALL YOU TALK, ARE THE THOUGHTS OF THE PEOPLE THAT SURROUND YOU I THINK IT’S TIME THAT YOU HAD TO CHOOSE
6.
I WOULD RATHER BE A FERAL THAN TO LIVE BY YOUR DECREE YOU MAY CALL YOURSELF A SAVIOUR, I KNOW THE DEVIL PLANTED THE SEEDS OF GREED IN SOCIETY'S EYES I'M THE ONE THAT YOU SHOULD FEAR YOU MAY CALL ME AN ANIMAL, PERHAPS IT’S NOBLE SAVAGERY HEY YOU THERE! CALL THE LAW! I'VE SEEN A MAN THAT’S REFUSING TO CONFORM HE ISN’T LIKE US! LOCK HIM UP! PUT THIS SAVAGE IN A STRIPED UNIFORM HEY YOU THERE! CALL THE LAW! I'VE SEEN A MAN THAT’S REFUSING TO CONFORM HE ISN’T LIKE US! LOCK HIM UP! PERISH THE THOUGHT I COULD BE DIFFERENT TO YOU HEY YOU THERE! CALL THE LAW! GET THIS SAVAGE IN A UNIFORM I WOULD RATHER LIVE BY MY RULES, AT THE RISK OF BEING HATED THAN TO TOE THE LINES OF YOUR LAW AND BE FATED TO BEING INDOCTRINATED IN SOCIETY'S EYES I LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT HUMILITY YOU ALL CALL ME AN ANIMAL, I THINK IT’S NOBLE SAVAGERY I WOULD RATHER BE A BEGGAR THAN TO LIVE BY YOUR DECREE YOU MAY CALL YOURSELF A SAVIOUR, I KNOW THE DEVIL PLANTED THE SEEDS OF GREED IN SOCIETY'S EYES I LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT HUMILITY YOU MAY CALL ME AN ANIMAL, BUT THIS IS ME
7.
WITHOUT MY TONGUE AND MY LUNGS, I SILENTLY SCREAM AS A CHILD I WAS TOLD STORIES OF THE WORLD OF OLD A NAIVE PLACE THAT SPIRALLED UNCONTROLLED AN AGE OF WAR, OF HATE, OF SIN INTOLERANCE OF OUR OWN KIN THIS WAS A BATTLE WHERE NO-ONE WINS SO, DON’T LET IT TAKE ITS TOLL I SWEAR IF I HOLD ONE MORE WORD, I WILL EXPLODE NOW AS MY OWN LIFE UNFOLDS REALIZE THIS WORLD THAT I'VE BEEN SOLD IS NO DIFFERENT FROM THOSE TALES OF OLD WHY DO I SING A DIFFERENT SONG? I MARCH ALONG TO MY OWN DRUM IS IT THEM OR AM I WRONG? IT SEEMS THERE WAS A LESSON FOR US TO LEARN I WANT TO TAKE MY FRUSTRATIONS AND BREAK OUT BUT MY THOUGHTS ARE TRAPPED INSIDE OF ME THIS IS MY PERSONAL HELL MY CONFINED MIND IS BROKEN ON THE GROUND I SILENTLY SCREAM SILENT SCREAMS TRY TO ESCAPE ME, BUT THEY’RE BLOCKED BY A WALL OF FEAR LEAVING ME TO DROWN IN ANGER AND KEEP THIS PSYCHO IN CHAINS MUSCLES TENSING, TOO MUCH BLOOD IN MY VEINS
8.
(Instrumental)
9.
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR LIFE’S MEANING START BY DIGGING SIX FEET DOWN DESPITE YOUR BEST INTENTIONS, WE ALL END UP IN THE GROUND NO GOLDEN TICKET FOR YOUR SOCIAL JUSTICE OUTRAGE THIS PC CULTURE IS JUST A PASSING PHASE BUT DEATH GOES ON DEATH IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER BLIND TO YOUR PHILOSOPHY NO CARE FOR OUR FUTILE EXISTENCE WE ALL ROT IN EQUALITY YOUR TALK CHANGES NOTHING THE BLOGGING DOES NOTHING WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE ANYWAY THE MOB CHANGES NOTHING YOUR PITCHFORKS DO NOTHING SO JUST GO AND PUT THEM AWAY PRAY FOR THE DAY THAT MY HEART STOPS BEATING STOP LIVING IN YOUR WORLD WE’RE ALL THE SAME ONCE WE STOP BREATHING BUT DEATH GOES ON SWING OF THE REAPER’S SCYTHE FINALLY SETS ME FREE LIFE IS A GAME OF CHANCE, BUT DEATH IS A CERTAINTY DIE! DEATH GOES ON PRAY FOR THE DAY THAT MY HEART STOPS BEATING IT ALL GOES AWAY WHEN I STOP BREATHING DEATH GOES ON

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"Pitchfork Justice" is the debut album from South Australian metal band Shatter Brain.

*NOTE: CDs, VINYLs, AND MERCH BUNDLES AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR OFFICIAL ONLINE STORE: shatterbrainmetal.square.site

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released May 1, 2020

Personnel:
Tom Santamaria – Vocals
Matthew Disisto – Guitar
Jack Hartley – Guitar
Patrick Callaghan – Bass
Ryan Quarrington – Drums

Keys by Paul “Charger” Hilton.
Noises, percussion, and ebow by Jimmy Balderston.

Drums, guitars, bass, gang vocals, and overdubs recorded at Ghostnote Recording Studios by Jimmy Balderston.
Vocals recorded by Jack Hartley of Hartley Audio.
Mixed by Jimmy Balderston at Ghostnote Recording Studios.
Mastered by Dav Byrne at Iridium Audio.
Artwork by Steve Lehmann.

All music and lyrics by Shatter Brain.

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Shatter Brain are an Adelaide based metal band comprised of members of some of South Australia’s most successful heavy bands. The band draws together an eclectic but coherent range of influences, seamlessly blending fast, razor-tight rhythms with laid back grooves, and boasting diverse vocals that move from ear-piercing highs to sewer-dwelling lows. ... more

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