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Parasites in Paradise

Roggert
Dark desert stoner rock/stoner metal with a sleazy psychedelic groove, High-tempo, built around syncopated, swaggering riffs and hypnotic repetition, Down-tuned guitars with thick fuzz, dry punchy distortion, occasional octave leads and wah-drenched psychedelic solos, Bass is loud, gritty, and melodic, glued tightly to the kick drum, Drums are loose but hard-hitting: deep toms, snappy snare, swinging hi-hats, syncopated grooves, sudden half-time transitions, and a prominent cowbell accent in choruses and breakdowns, Evolve gradually through tension and repetition, exploding into massive choruses and a crushing slow breakdown, Add eerie ambient textures: feedback swells, tape echo, subtle reverse effects, Vocals are smoky, charismatic, slightly sarcastic and unhinged, shifting between low swaggering verses, shouted gang vocals, and occasional desperate screams, Mood is sweaty, paranoid, hallucinatory, sunburnt, toxic, and decadent, Raw analog production, warm low end, dusty atmosphere
V5.5

[Intro – slow desert groove, feedback, distant surf sounds, cowbell enters late] [clean guitar drenched in reverb] Palm trees bending in the chemical breeze… [distorted guitars and cowbells slam in] [Verse 1 – swaggering stoner groove] Cheap sunglasses, heatwave grin Sweat runs cold on sunburnt skin Poolside preacher selling bliss With a plastic cup and a serpent kiss Sand in my shoes, blood in the tide Something alive where it shouldn’t hide Everybody laughing, everybody fried Nobody sees what’s moving inside [Pre-Chorus – tension rising, syncopated drums] Buzz in the tequila haze Salt in the wound Under the moonlight Something hatches soon [Chorus – massive fuzz riff, shouted gang vocals] PARASITES IN PARADISE YEAH!! Sweet decay behind your eyes PARASITES IN PARADISE OH YEAH!! Everybody’s eating everybody alive [Post-Chorus – hypnotic repetition, heavy bass pulse] Beneath the sun Beneath the sand Beneath the sheets Beneath the surface [repeat, dirtier each time] [Verse 2 – dirtier tone, psychedelic fills] Lizard girls dancing by the open bar Dead fish floating where the children are Hotel lobby smellin’ like bleach and sin Bellboy scratching holes through his skin Tourist tan and a motel curse Paradise always gets worse Cocktails sweating in the sinking sun Too late now — you already swallowed one [Pre-Chorus – more frantic, cowbell punching through] Buzz in the walls Pulse in the drain Everybody smiling Going insane [Chorus – louder, chaotic backing vocals] PARASITES IN PARADISE YEAH!! Velvet rot and humid skies PARASITES IN PARADISE COME ON!! Everybody’s feeding on somebody tonight [Post-Chorus – half-time, hypnotic] Inside the drink Inside the smoke Inside your blood Inside your throat Under the skin Under the skin UNDER THE SKIN [Bridge – psychedelic breakdown, spoken/sung] [spacious drums and cowbells, eerie bassline] Vacation brochure said “HEAVEN AWAITS…” …nobody mentioned the eggs in the lake [low whispered layers] crawl… crawl… crawl… In the heat In the haze In the water For days and days [sudden scream] GET ’EM OUTTA ME!! [Breakdown – crushing, slow, down-tuned, cowbell keeps rythm] YEAH!! No escape No cure No clean water anymore [Final Chorus – explosive wall of sound] PARASITES IN PARADISE YEAH!! Sunburnt gods and swollen eyes PARASITES IN PARADISE OH HELL YEAH!! Everybody’s dying for a better life [Outro – fading riff, eerie repetition] Beneath the sun.. the sand.. the sheets.. the surface... [cowbell continues alone for a few hits, then silence] [End]