Lotus Thrones is back, this time with a dark industrial rocker similar to the darkness of staples like Killing Joke, Ministry, The Mission and Beastmilk. Gore Orphanage is a dynamite of a track which finds Heath Rave's project at its most realized, ambitious, and powerful rendition yet.
Brooding lyrics, dense instrumentals with a foreboding atmosphere and a lot of intensity make for an absolutely fantastic listen with multiple degrees of impact.
"This song is heavily inspired by jisei, the “farewell poem to life”," Lotus Thrones unveils. "They were death poems by Japanese zen monks and other individuals who could write at the time reflecting on leaving the world in the last moments of their life. Were you able to accept your beauty and your regret and let go?"
Gore Orphanage is the first single and video from the project's upcoming album, The Heretic Souvenir, which will be released on Seeing Red Records on April 7th, 2023. Heath Rave and Sanford Parker at Hypercube Chicago (Darkthrone, Wovenhand, Youth Code) produced the album, which was mastered by Collin Jordan at the Boiler Room (Ministry, Alkaline Trio, Black Moth Super Rainbow).