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WAR Logo T-shirt Designed By Matt Needle
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WAR Logo T-shirt Designed By Matt Needle. These are made to order, please allow a few weeks to receive.
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Double 12"Red Vinyl Pop-Up Center Gatefold 180G
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Deluxe double vinyl version of our latest album "WAR". Pressed on 180 gram red vinyl with a gatefold jacket - Tara's pointy crown pops up in the center!
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Square, clear, lathe cut vinyl, very limited edition that was intended for tour. But now you can order em. Grab all four for a complete set! Of course. : )
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Limited stock of UK ONLY WAR 8-Panel CDS
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WAR Double Gatefold Vinyl (UK ONLY)
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Double Red Vinyl with pop up gatefold (UK ONLY)
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about
At this time, end of 2019, I was having big struggles with sobriety. The lyrics express how I felt imprisoned by addiction and trying to do-or-die fight for myself, the exhaustion of it all, trying over & over to stop - but also the dissonance of all the while wanting a bottle of wine.. “Burn the witch/ Burn the bitch” is probably the most encompassing lyric from the whole album as it refers to me setting my demons alight & burning them at the stake.
Its a moment of rage, trying to get the fuck out of the dungeon of addiction but still, after many years, not quite having the right key. In time, I realized it’s also about owning & accepting that bitch (addiction) head - on, & sitting with it without fear. I had never really done that - it was always just this huge monster. So, it got to where I figuratively wanted to switch the ugly fluorescent lights on, spit gasoline into the face of addiction, light it on fire and really sit with it, watch & feel it burn, instead of deny it or see it as this insurmountable beast . This song helped figure all that out.
I had been listening to a bit of X Ray Spex and Jim Morrison, Mike Patton too - and that helped me tap into more rawness vocally, with the falsetto-y hiccup - screams and shouting, and singing in a lower key that felt the most powerful. And most importantly, dropping inhibitions & judgements. So, it’s an aggressive, brutal tune about being choked by addiction from the inside out and facing it.
I also really love Dean’s drums on this - reminds me of Low - era David Bowie when they used the H910 Harmoniser - so much stomp.
And I have to address the video - probably my favorite - ever video that Maf & I made. We strapped a snorricam to my body & had me run in full “pointy crown & harness” regalia up & down the hiking paths in Griffith Park in 98 degree weather, and stumble around the dried-up concrete flats of the LA River - sounds rough, but it was incredibly fun & exhilarating. I felt inspired & excited & connected to something new, and very grateful to even be there….and I feel like it’s the first time since I was in a band as a young woman that I really felt like I was giving an uninhibited performance. I can’t wait to see what happens live with it.
lyrics
Without me
the joy bleeds
Lock me in
my dungeon
The metal of my hell
God bless her
the monster
exploded
her dungeon
The metal of my hell
The metal of my hell
Without me
the joy bleeds
lock me in
my dungeon
The metal of my hell
Burn the witch
Burn the bitch
Lock me in
the dungeon
The metal of my hell
The metal of my hell
You had it coming for a long time
The metal of my hell
credits
from WAR,
track released February 3, 2022
Written by Tara Busch
supported by 40 fans who also own “The Metal of My Hell”
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