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The Unnamable

by Diminishing

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1.
An Emptiness 04:45
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Fruitless A slave to being Endlessly stumbling towards oblivion No divinity in flesh and blood A husk, an emptiness Bloodless Through layers of heartache This husk never ends Peeling, ripping, hoping to reveal the fruit Inside, an emptiness Fleshless A chasm, unending echoes This bottom endless, until dust Misery, the horror unfolds Bottomless. Pile of husk. An emptiness. An emptiness.
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The Rats I've Fed 04:54
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The rats I’ve fed have made their nests in the walls of my burning home As the flames grow, so do their screams I can hear them scraping frantically at the wood I can hear the insults they hurl at me through the vents I can hear their pleas for attention through the holes in the floorboards The walls won’t contain them much longer I just want to be buried in ash before they have a chance to consume me
3.
That Sinking Feeling 04:29
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Do you ever get that sinking feeling? When the questions you’ve avoided bear down upon you The answers hidden behind a veil that only death can lift You want the truth You’re afraid of the truth You push it to the back of your mind But it always returns to keep you shackled Between fact and fiction Do you ever get that sinking feeling?
4.
No Fire, No Fanfare 11:10
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There will be no abyssal pit There will be no grand gate There will be no fire There will be no fanfare What lies beyond the threshold is unnamable Unfathomable Despite what I’ve been taught, I yearn to see you again Because I can’t make the journey alone I know you can’t help me understand Just hold my hand as I pass through
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Athazagoraphobia 04:08
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With oblivion’s breath on the back of our necks We struggle to be seen To be heard To engrave our names on the earth We create We multiply But time eventually erases us As we meld with the soil
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Altruistic 04:46
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I’ve bitten my tongue again I cannot bring myself to answer you But if I spoke, would it even dull the ache? I’ll just swallow it down until the lump in my throat chokes me Just let me help you Don’t ask me if I’m all right
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Barren Harvest 04:11
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The Unnamable 05:49
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I’m always seeking something, it’s tiring in the end, and it’s only the beginning It’s the infernal itch I can’t seem to scratch The forked tongue that whispers into my ear Every day it inches closer Every day I pull away I want to be bathed in light I want to remember the faces I forgot I want to be loved again I want this all to mean something Time has grown weary of me The Unnamable roars behind me I am not ready to be taken I will never be ready You must go on. I can’t go on. I’ll go on.
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The Culmination of Years of Self-Abuse 05:50
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I have battered myself until I am unrecognizable I have been decaying in the same corner for years The uncertainty of everything forces my ailing body to move But my hands shake at the thought of putting pen to paper I am running out of time

about

New York/Texas-based heavy experimental outfit DIMINISHING presents their debut offering, The Unnamable, through Anti-Corporate Music.

Formed in early 2019 by Gridfailure creator Dave Brenner and Yatsu guitarist Lane Oliver, DIMINISHING is a tense, emotionally devastating project that paints in shades of industrial, dark ambient, drone metal, harsh noise, and more. On The Unnamable, semi-improvisational, destructive guitar work collides with haunting atmospherics, mechanical rhythms, and walls of cacophony to create a unique, soul-crushing sound that resides somewhere between Godflesh, Nurse With Wound, Merzbow, Khanate, and Nine Inch Nails’ The Downward Spiral. Thematically, the record touches upon existential crisis, anxiety in the face of the unknown, and personal failings.

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released June 16, 2023

The Unnamable was performed, recorded, and mixed by David Brenner and Lane Oliver, the dense tracks constructed with a wide range of vocals, guitars/bass, keys/synth, drum machines, field recordings, and more. Mastering for the album was handled by Dan Emery at Black Matter Mastering (Kool Keith, Dälek, Chrome Waves, Thetan), and the record is completed with photography/design by Brenner.

Press:
"For fans of Oliver and Brenner’s other projects, and those in the noise/dark ambience community, there is no sun to be had, and that means, no false hope either. Very recommended!"
-Musique Machine

"With calm spoken vocals as well as tormented shouts handling the lyrics, the soundscapes themselves come with a mood, atmosphere and feel that makes me note down the description post-apocalyptic by default. These escapades takes us on journeys into barren wastelands where not much is happening as well as deep inside of radioactive storms, excursions into abandoned building complexes or careful scurrying around new and potential dangerous wildlife."
-The Viking in the Wilderness

"Even at its most bleakly atmospheric, ‘The Unnamable’ never meanders past the point of structure, never spirals into randomness and never disappears up its own behind with some kind of experimentalist pretentiousness, which is a very good thing...This album offers a gripping, uneasy journey from start to finish."
-The Devil's Mouth

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DIMINISHING was formed in early 2019 by David Brenner (Gridfailure) and Lane Oliver (Yatsu). A dense, emotionally devastating project that paints in shades of industrial, dark ambient, drone metal, and harsh noise. Semi-improvisational, destructive guitar work collides with haunting atmospherics, mechanical rhythms, and walls of cacophony to create a unique, soul-crushing sound. ... more

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