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The Blood You Crave

by OAR

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In spirit she sees hell-sprung agony Dream of your dark eyed king Beneath the trees this blood red land Hell surrounds me Flames inside me Preach and deceive Hell surrounds me here Preach and deceive Burn me alive from the inside My nails will dig in your eyes so you see only black You can see only black Eyes can see only Pity, sinner, star-nosed mole, deeper Pity, sinner, darkness falls, deeper The light of the sun drench me The light of the sun heal me Look me in the eye I see shit in your heart Overanalysed and misread Eat me alive Does it taste good? Wear my teeth around your neck Tear my flesh Scum at your feet Debris of human skin Piss on my grave Does it feel good? Only sorrow deepens me Hatred, fear, thin air, poisons us I will only sleep when you wear the blood The blood you crave You wear the blood
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about

The Blood You Crave is the debut LP by Australian post-black metal band OAR, recorded and mixed throughout 2020 and 2021 in Sydney.

The title track single The Blood You Crave cuts across post-black metal and doom to articulate oppression, self-loathing and vengeance.

REVIEWS:

"The band discharge searing riffs that channel both fury and despair, as well as relentlessly cauterizing screams whose sounds of shattering torment send shivers down the spine." - No Clean Singing: www.nocleansinging.com/2022/01/05/an-ncs-album-premiere-and-a-review-oar-the-blood-you-crave/

"They have really made an incredible album which shows that by having songwriting-skills, vision and the willingness to push towards widening the boundaries of a genre, one is in the Post-something soundscape - on this release in Post Black Metal with an album worthy of appearing on many AOTY lists at the end of the year that has just begun." - Veil of Sound: veilofsound.com/2022/01/07/OAR-The-Blood-You-Crave.html

"An interesting OAR debut with "The Blood You Crave" by showing long songs transmitting the cold and desolate essence of black metal." - Metallerium: www.metallerium.com/oar-the-blood-you-crave-2022

"The Blood you crave is a huge step for OAR. It sounds huge, dark and is bound to be on my playlists for a long time." - Transcended Music: www.transcendedmusic.de/2022/01/angry-australia-double-recommendation-oar-and-descent/

"Between blackness and melancholy, Oar offers a part of raw splendour. The Blood You Crave draws as much its strength from the band’s Old School influences as from soaring riffs, threatening screams and its worrying ambience, which makes it immediately hooking." - Acta Infernalis: actainfernalis.com/2022/01/04/review-983-oar-the-blood-you-crave-english/ 80/100

"The heaviness is complemented by atmospheric enhancements and a frequently nuanced take on harsh extremity." - Wonderbox Metal: wonderboxmetal.com/2022/01/04/oar-the-blood-you-crave-review/

"Their approach brings in a lot of the low-end from doom and post metal while retaining the abrasiveness and chill of black metal, resulting in some genuinely tense and haunting moments." - Metal Trenches: metaltrenches.com/reviews/oar-the-blood-you-crave-album-review-3324 8.7/10

"From contemptuous black metal noise to detailed post ringing melodies and the in-depth combination of both laid together." - Games, Brrraaains & a Head Banging Life - www.gbhbl.com/album-review-oar-the-blood-you-crave-blighttown-records/ 8/10

"The guitars simulate an uncomfortable snowstorm and OAR actually give the feeling of traveling alone in inhospitable surroundings." - Krach fink: krachfink.de/oar-the-blood-you-crave-review/

"The sharper production, and their obvious willingness to experiment with their sound with more confidence, has also aided The Blood You Crave substantially, making this an extremely impressive debut album." - Distorted Sound: distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-the-blood-you-crave-oar/ 8/10

"The Blood You Crave" sucks the darkest blood from the heart of black metal with its caustic, abrasive vocals and dissonant chord progressions, and then bludgeons it into the deliberate, weighty slowness of doom, as well as the misery of sludge metal." - Cvlt Legion: distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-the-blood-you-crave-oar/ 8/10

Oar 'The Blood You Crave' - sinister black metal with barbaric intentions as it branches out in to doom metal spheres like a plague. - Spark Bean: www.facebook.com/501048090/posts/10158433336313091/?d=n

"The more than forty minutes of The Blood You Crave are honestly a heavy and oppressive burden, a demanding listening that needs time, dedication and calm in order to fully savor the intriguing proposal of the OAR." - Grind on the Road: grindontheroad.com/2022/01/21/oar-the-blood-you-crave/ 7/10

"The frightening thing about OAR is that, for a debut album, The Blood You Crave, is the perfect introduction to a band that clearly has the quality to redefine the black metal blueprint forever." - v13: v13.net/2022/01/oar-the-blood-you-crave-album-review/

"Stripped of all humanity, raw, frontal." - Core and Co: www.coreandco.fr/chroniques/oar-the-blood-you-crave-8685.html 8/10

credits

released January 7, 2022

All tracks written by OAR
All tracks recorded by OAR

Recorded and mixed by Ben Worsey, Everland Studios, Sydney
Mastered by Collin Jordan, The Boiler Room, Chicago

Artwork by Osaki
Design by Matt Kendall

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