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Osiris at the Large Hadron Collider

by Erotic Secrets of Pompeii

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‘Osiris at the Large Hadron Collider’ showcases ESOP's abilities to straddle multiple genres, bringing together post-punk and art rock to create something dark, mischievous and immersive - an encapsulation of the band's explosive and unique sound.

On the surface, the song finds the Egyptian god of the dead confronting the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator – the pinnacle of man’s technological advances. A dichotomy of the old world and the new. However, peel back the layers and it is a song about hubris, supersedence and the fragility of the human condition – especially humanity's obsession with death, faith and power.

Speaking about 'Osiris…’, frontman Thomas Hawtin said: "It’s a regretful realisation set to frenetic, staccato guitars and a pounding rhythm section which drive the song in a maniacal, mechanical motion, while the choruses ring out with vocal harmonies chanting with cult-like conviction."

Set for release in Jan 2024, and available on limited edition blood-red vinyl, Mondo Maleficum is an album of angular, agitated art-rock and death-trip soliloquies, where ESOP flaunt their vile pageantry and conjure new gratuitous myths. The band invites you to join their bizarro death cult and act out grand magickal gestures at the grindhouse. Behold a new age of revelations where the secret to survival is to embrace your true authentic self, to accept death and be reborn in a weird, beautiful image of you.

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I see myself reflected in the bodies of the massacre
They didn’t stand a chance against the weapons automatic (ahhh!)
In the pages of the prophecy, the guide to armageddon
I saw myself: Osiris, at the Large Hadron Collider

You can take my crown, but leave me with my head
The weight loss was relieving upon the cantilever
So take my soft power, take my hard legislation
If you can steer my people, take the keys to my whole nation

Osiris, at the Large Hadron Collider
Osiris, at the Large Hadron Collider
Osiris, at the Large Hadron Collider
There I was: Osiris, at the Large Hadron Collider

Immense emancipation, an urge to disremember
An island of regret in an ocean of surrender
Like a drowning pig, like a pit bull to a tiger
There I was: Osiris, at the Large Hadron Collider

Osiris, at the Large Hadron Collider
Osiris, at the Large Hadron Collider
Osiris, at the Large Hadron Collider
There I was: Osiris, at the Large Hadron Collider

And the bugs boil in their little tin suits
And the fish rise to the surface of the weir
You’ll be reduced to tears and stigmata
When I am: Osiris, at the Large Hadron Collider

Osiris, at the Large Hadron Collider
Osiris, at the Large Hadron Collider
Osiris, at the Large Hadron Collider
There I was: Osiris, at the Large Hadron Collider

credits

released November 2, 2023
Thomas Hawtin - vocals, lyrics
Tom Hackwell - guitar, Moog synthesiser, backing vocals
Julian Port - bass, backing vocals
Sean Jones - guitar
Jake Cheesman - drums

Produced and mixed by Tom Hackwell
Recorded at Humm Studio

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