The March of Suffering, by Lord Effluvia

The March of Suffering

by Lord Effluvia

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1.	Nationalism is Stockholm Syndrome 02:43		buy track
2.	.....With Open Maws 14:18	lyrics	buy track
consolidated hypodermic mask ravenous job centralized capitalist dystopia portraits leer with open maws consolidated hypodermic mask march to the same anthem, again and again a shard in the mass fresco consolidated hypodermic mask
3.	A Drowning in Vyatskoye, 1948 01:29		buy track
4.	The Ill Son 10:29	lyrics	buy track
loved by many in the distant mountain forest we scream the dear leader! more then a comrade, a father scared lifeless broken hollow children starving he is master of wisdom the only one that can save us from imperialism I wish I was home, in my broken down rural village he is on his way, trembling I am snuff and torture porn, blaring mass graves dug in the blood of his glory we all love him so!
5.	Paradise in Pyongyang 03:35		buy track
6.	Compulsory 10:48	lyrics	buy track
This time you'll see Barren and secluded within trenches and paddocks Marred with images of compulsion this is existence moving towards the front row red pyre, shots fire satisfactory stimuli as they pull the slack Id down Transported out, away Hollowed out grey matter, for we are one in this endless, futile struggle this is life....
7.	Monogrammatic 12:23	lyrics	buy track
within tyrannical arms stagnation reaches beyond never ending cause featureless monogrammatic maze assumption of individual absolutism phased wraith dense figurine kingdom existential conclusion perma-barred bleak red sunsets permeation of ire gore drenched blackened sigil upheld ever-dilution cemetery of incisions tangled rapeful wasteful non potential
8.	The Horrors Are Countless 04:22		buy track
9.	The Ill Son (Demo Version) (Bonus Track) 13:23		buy track

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A historical piece set in the 90s North Korean famine, otherwise known as The March of Suffering or The Arduous March, whose body count is estimated to be as high as 3,500,000 deaths out of a total population of 22 million people, killing approximately 6% of the population. Causes include US/Western economic blockades, mismanagement from the bureaucratic ruling class which includes the state sanctioned private owners of the means of production, causing the then Public Distribution System to collapse that provided food to everyone, all coinciding during a terrible period of floods and droughts on the countries minimal amounts of arable soil, on top of the DPRK's Military First policy which caused the military to take most foreign aide for themselves, citizens rarely seeing it in illegal black markets.

Portions of the album also touch on the DPRK's vast prison camp system, many of which accounts coincided with the famine in the outside world.

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This album was created to evoke the extremely grim reality of the DPRK as painted by Western media, regardless of accuracy, and such shouldn't be viewed as containing literal historical information.

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released July 21, 2018

Thanks to A for help with the new logo and album art

Various samples from documentaries about North Korea are used throughout the album, including "The Red Chapel", "Under The Sun", and "Camp 14: Total Control Zone". The intro and outro also sample excerpts from the book "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden.

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