Hear the demo before the Full Album comes out later this year. These are self recorded demos prior to our recording session at Signaturetone in Minneapolis, which will be on a full length record later this year on Init Records/Mind Over Matter Records. Oriska is a blackened post-metal collective headquartered in Fargo, ND with members dispersed across California, Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota. Featuring ex-members of Battlefields (Init Records, Translation Loss), Dispensing of False Halos, Sleeping in Gethsemane (Init Records), In Rapture, and Ceiling Walker, the band was formed in the summer of 2023 with the purpose of reconnecting friends with a passion for music, without regard for genre nor geographical boundaries. Crushing yet delicate, despairing yet hopeful, their sound invokes a sense of strength in the face of impossible circumstances, with influences and reference points that include Envy, Buried Inside, Funeral Diner and Amenra. - Mastered by Mixea.commore

We didn't share blood But we were close enough (Close enough) The ship sunk and there Was nothing to hold onto You let me fucking drown And the undertow It pulled me under While you saved yourself (Saved yourself) I held on for dear life But it wasn't good enough Nothing ever is when it Comes to yourself And when I was low you started Digging a grave You gotta cover your tracks You gotta cover your tracks You left me for dead When I called you a friend We were so naive I can't believe I called you brother You've always lived for yourself And now I'm on the other side of this You're just a ghost in my head A memory of what we used to be Friendships die and we bury what's left And there is nothing left. We didn't share blood But we were close enough (Close enough) The ship sunk and there Was nothing to hold onto You let me fucking drown And the undertow It pulled me under While you saved yourself You always save yourself Always save yourself Save yourself more

You give it all to a lie Pray to your hope in the sky Your sins will wash away with the rain Just repeat a few lines The cross you bear and dangle from Is just another example Of how the blind lead the blind Shepard and sheep You close your eyes You Hope he hears your pleas Now get down on your knees Drink of his blood And feast on his flesh Just follow in line And be a God fearing man Jesus christ The greatest lie from generations The wool is over your eyes Of the clothe and manipulation Get off of your knees Get off of your knees The Fairy tales of man The sinners and the saints The pages of fiction a modern day slave. more