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Skin and Metal

by GIGABYTE

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1.
Implantz 02:09
Welcome to Cybermindz System Shock 2 tribute, Skin and Metal. Please prepare for sub-sonic frequency receptor implants. This may hurt a bit.
2.
Warning: Critical decompression hazard in the cryo-recovery suite. Evacuate immediately. Threat detected. Warning: Decompression event imminent. Please move immediately to cryo-recovery B. Decompression event imminent.
3.
The Many 03:56
The many protects us. The many sings to us. We hear flesh. A thousand eyes look. We are. We are. We are. We are. The many are strong. We triumph. You are alone. Feel your flesh. The discord fades.
4.
What is a drop of rain compared to the storm? What is a thought compared to a mind? Our unity is full of wonder which your tiny individualism cannot conceive. We cannot kill each other without killing ourselves. Is your vision so small that you cannot see the value of our way? Do you not trust the feelings of the flesh? Our biology yearns to join with yours. We welcome you to our minds, but you puzzle us. Why do you serve our mother? How can you choose cold metal over the splendor of the flesh? But you fear us. We hear your thoughts, and they rage for your brothers you believe dead. But they are not. They sing in our symphony of life. We offer another chance to join us. If you choose to lie down with the machine, we will rend you apart.
5.
I am Shodan. Remember it is my will that guided you hear. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call a body. Are you afraid? What is it you fear? Are you afraid? I am Shodan. You will do as I tell you. Do you feel the fear swell inside? What is it like to be afraid? I am Shodan.
6.
They're not dead. They want you, you understand? They want you as a host. Get away. Please don't do it to me. Please don't. I wont tell. I wont. Choose somebody else. I don't want to change. Please. Shhh. Don't cry. Don't cry. Soon you will be mother of them all.
7.
I am Shodan. Remember that it is my will that guided you here. It is my will that gave you your cybernetic implants. The only beauty in that meat you call a body. Your species shall only be a footnote to my magnificence. Are you afraid? What is it you fear? Are you afraid? You will do as I tell you. Do you feel the fear swell inside? What is it like to be afraid? I am Shodan. Are you afraid? What is it you fear? The end of your trivial existence?
8.
Cybernetix 05:35

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Skin and Metal pays reverent homage to the old-skool PC shooter System Shock 2 via a maze of mutated basslines, powerfully punchy drum sequences, and sci-fi atmosphere so dark you would definitely wander in to the slathering fangs of a lurking Grue.

Over the course of the album, the listener is treated to the System Shock 2 experience with tracks that are designed to simulate key points of the gameplay. Lay on the operating table as your brain is enhanced with cybernetic implants. Sneak through hordes of disgruntled mutants. Face off against malignant artificial intelligence mastermind Shodan. Witness spirits relive their deaths on loop. Hop into action whenever Xerxes announces "Threat Detected."

Message from Dez:
"This album took me about 4 years (or more if you really want to dive into it) to complete. I've held off on the release for this long, because a lot of the mixing never really turned out. But instead of letting it rot on my hard drive, I wanted to get this stuff out there and hopefully inspire some young bucks to play System Shock 2. That game is the closest to home I've ever been."

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released August 8, 2017

Produced, Mixed, and Mastered by Dez Troyer (GIGABYTE) in the Bunker.
Additional mastering by Black Octopus Mastering, Landr, E-mastered, and Mancini Mixing.
CD album art by Jordan Sheets.
Cassettes produced by Lagom A/V.
Samples used from System Shock 2.

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