On the 4th edition of Outlandish Rock 
, we explore the outlandishness behind โHyacinth (Rejections of a Holistic Divine)โ performed by Krosis.
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ring on the outlandishness! Outlandish RockTheme & Lyrics
โOne lone purple hyacinth now signifies my consecration / A nihilistic error breathing in the smoke of failure.โ Woo! Cutting straight to chase, the song title,
โHyacinth (Rejections of a Holistic Divine)โ is O-U-T-L-A-N-D-I-S-H! โEverlasting sorrow with no hope for a tomorrow / Iโll leave this macrocosm once Iโm sure no life will blossom.โ Well, damn! This outlandish record appears as the fifth track on
E.V.I.L., the 2022 studio album by North Carolina progressive death metal band,
Krosis. Listening to โHyacinth,โ itโs difficult to decipher what vocalist
Mac Smith is singing without the lyrics in front of you. Fortunately, I had the lyrics and listened very closely, and let me tell you, theyโre outlandish peeps!
โTragedy is upon us
Whatโ will be done to persecute these visions?
Sinister and pernicious
Rightful rejections of the god of wisdom.โ
Say what? One thing I heart about โHyacinth (Rejections of a Holistic Divine)โ is how dark the lyrics are, as well as how poetically penned they are. Just this excerpt is thought-provoking and of course, damning. The thing is, so many lyrics by death metal bands are clever and go deeper than much of mainstream music. That said, keep scrolling through the lyrics and listening, and you understand why a record like โHyacinth (Rejections of a Holistic Divine)โ wouldnโt top the pop charts:
โCaught within the fires of frustration with no chance to rebuild
Brutal rejection of sacrosanctic values ever unfulfilled
Premonitions felt among us
What is done to persecute these visions?
Cataleptic and nefarious
Brutal rejection of sacrosanctic values ever unfulfilled.โ
Hold up โ vocabulary refresher needed! Sacrosantic? Cataleptic? Nefarious? If something is sacrosanct, it is holy
. So, Krosis sings about rejecting holy values. Catalepsy, a form of cataleptic, is a trancelike state marked by loss of voluntary motion in which the limbs remain in whatever position they are placed. Okayโฆ As for nefarious, the simplest word of the three, in my opinion, itโs evil or immoral. Basically, put it all together, and we have a perfect theme of for a death metal band.
Final Thoughts 
I could go so much deeper analyzing โHyacinth (Rejections of a Holistic Divine).โ The songwriting may be dark and negative, but itโs brilliant. The music, as to be expected, is harsh โ heavy-hitting to say the least. Krosis isnโt a band for everyone, but if you enjoy some unholy Outlandish Rock
, they are sure to tickle your fancy!
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Krosis, โHyacinth (Rejections of a Holistic Divine)โ: Outlandish Rock 
No. 4 [
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