http://digital.panicmachine.com/album/cognitive-dissonance http://digital.panicmachine.com/subscribe 01. Peripatetic 02. A Weirdness Less Expressed 03. The Enigmatic Rarely Atone 04. Fallacy Decides Initiative 05. Delusions of Excitement 06. Surgically Dream-Like 07. Languishing in the Rusting Valley 08. Corrode and Engulf 09. Night Access Hallucination 10. Anomalous Breaks 11. Cognitive Dissonance Down-and-dirty, dark retro-futuristic music - Veil of Thorns cover Every Veil of Thorns song so far contain lyrics in the form of dreamlike fragments making one continuous tale. Cognitive Dissonance brings some of the underlying structure into focus. While they wove their tale they listened to the stories of others. In the spirit of our times they collected many apocalyptic tales. Ragnarok, Armageddon, the end of one life and the beginning of another forms one side of this archetypal narrative. Tales of the death of the ego, of the body, the breaking down of a belief offer a more insightful view. Coming off collaborations with Gaia-conscious Industrial cabal subQtaneous and Norwegian post Blackmetal band Manes, Williams took the experience of working with such gifted and unique artists and has re-emerged with a stronger and darker vision. Lyrically encompassing two universes and two realities, this tight and spare album ends up being more expansive an experience than anything Veil of Thorns has released before. Cognitive Dissonance marked a return to the classic style of classic Veil of Thorns. People found they could dance to it, but it required having been trained by Martha Graham or Twyla Tharp. "...pushes the envelope, shakes up the status quo, and demands attention." -Gothic Beauty "This is their most stylish work, but some of the thorns have an extra edge." -Mick Mercer "This is where Rozz Williams and Marilyn Manson merge in an Event Horizon singularity." -Corazine "Another emanation from the Mythos Media monster, in this case a solo project from P.Emerson Williams. And - somewhat surprisingly - we're in the rock zone, sort of. Veil Of Thorns are not exactly a band, but the music does inhabit a rocky landscape, even if it sometimes doesn't seem entirely comfortable there. P. Emerson Williams is responsible for vocals and most instruments, with James Curcio on drums (I'm delighted to note, by the way, that the album was engineered by someone called Fluffy) and together they brew up a dust storm of tight-but-loose guitar riffs and driving, nervy, drums. Let's sample some: 'The Enigmatic Barely Atone' has a lost-in-the-desert feel, as if the sands of the Sahara are shifting under the music as it hurtles towards the sunset. 'Delusions Of Excitement' is a fine title for a spooky, sepulchral song - the desert night has fallen, the ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AidqNGEvSJc

Video for the track "De Lege Motus" by Veil of Thorns from the compilation "Thee Musick ov Magick" out now on Inner-X-Musick. John Zewizz calls this the best various Artist release by Inner-X-Musick -- EVER! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFFxOGGU4dY