Endless, by Grim Father

Endless

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baboonsandmoons There's a real sense in which this feels like a "departure" from previous albums, but that also feels like a completely erroneous observation. It is its own beast and a great one at that. Favorite track: Along the Wizards Path.

Grackle Grimfather has honestly been on my to-listen list for a long time. Don't sleep on this like I did. Endless has an otherworldly feel that mixes tactful synth and absolutely incredible drum work. It builds and blends from melancholy and bleak to some truly epic peaks. What a sound. Excited to spend some time with the rest of the discography. Favorite track: Below the Visceral Realm.

blastkid “In Fetid Fields,” to talk to just one of the songs, proves just as much a splendor as the previous two tracks, effectively continuing the established Gothic mood, though branching out with a little bit of jaunty "Lord of the Rings"-like piping at 0:34, and especially at 0:50, only to turn … grimmer at 1:39. And then we get the great drum fill leading us into 2:10, where we’re firmly back in the heart of classic Grim Father. Favorite track: Along the Wizards Path.

barleybase This album from Grim Father picks up right where the first one left off. It is chock full of dungeon riffs, some of my favorite of the year so far. Epic depth with rich layers and atmosphere carving a unique sound that draws the listener in. And the drums absolutely slay on this. They were a refreshing surprise and the perfect accompaniment. And don't forget the lore! More answers about the Observers are revealed as well as new mysteries. This is dungeon synth you absolutely have to check out. Favorite track: In Fetid Fields.

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	1.	Among Stone Figures 04:03
	2.	On Obsidian Sands 03:06
	3.	In Fetid Fields 03:38
	4.	Below the Visceral Realm 03:34
	5.	Above the Weeping Cathedral 03:58
	6.	Along the Wizards Path 03:15
	7.	Before the Endless Door 04:28

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Tales from the Shifting Archives
-Father Grimoire-

Among Stone Figures

The evidence of my greatest success is also the scene of my gravest sin. Within the ruins of this husk of a cityscape lie scattered the remains of my flock. Frozen in time and space they stand as monuments to the final step of my ambitions and the first step to infinity. When the years of my magics and dark sciences came to fruition, they were the first to be sacrificed. The process drew from them the very energies I needed to actualize my immortality, casting them like marble trophies. Their faces as masks, turned toward the heavens, screaming my victory.

On Obsidian Sands

When the detritus of humanity filled the oceans, clogging the life force of our realms, “The Source” rose from the sea, unlatching itself from the depths as a final defense against mankind. It breached as a monolithic beast, a landmass of writhing, bellowing a call to war into the minds of all. We met it as we often do; with a spitting, frothing madness. We unleashed our cataclysmic weaponry, leaving nought but silence and irradiated viscera. The lifeblood of The Source bled into the waters, providing me with the resource I would need. The substance carried properties that I was determined to exploit. A dark viscous ichor that stained the sands.

In Fetid Fields

My flock and I retreated deep into our hidden laboratoriums where we could perform the necessary experiments that would unlock the potential of the potent resource, which the more inspired among my followers dubbed “The Seed”. While we were buried in hypothesis and theory, the rest of civilization settled distribution of The Seed by simple acts of national warfare. The inhabitable land that remained was host to great and devastating movements of opposing forces and the bodies that were left, fertilized the fields. As the years passed they blossomed into glorious and fervent flowerings, dusk red petals with stems of pitch.

Below the Visceral Realm

My sleep became fitful and the dreams my mind conjured bore little resemblance to reality. I was birthed into pools of shifting prismatic oils, surrounded by a sickly light that I could never locate the source of. The skies would seem to bleed in and out of my vision, at one time holding an endless sea of shimmering luminescence, at others a pulsing organic film stretched from horizon to horizon. All the while a sound like a perverse mating call would pierce the otherwise soundless air, causing my flesh to ripple and vibrate. Waking was damp, and more then once my bed sheets had a dark tinge to them. My ambition was the only thing to stave off my fatigue. In retrospect, I can only conclude it was due to a near constant exposure to The Seed. Some of my flock were more susceptible than others, and the effects proved more adverse. Those that did not perish outright, became almost catatonic in mind.

Above the Weeping Cathedral

Many men pursue no more than peace of mind. A sharp man can bend this desire into a congregation. As a man of the cloth, I was more then familiar with the power that the fervent proclamations of end days has on the minds of the susceptible and ignorant. When The Source appeared I weaponized fear into an army. My cathedral was one of tears. Men, women, and children seeking that fleeting promise of salvation in the face of futility. I was a beacon, offering succor and guidance. I once felt shame at moving so many like pawns on a board. You live as long as I and shame loses its sting.

Along the Wizards Path

An anomaly? My Observers report on a force that seems to cloud their gaze. Even more troubling, this figure has damaged some of my wandering eyes. Most reports come second hand from the populace. Tales of a woman moving through the uninhabitable lands, wielding a sword of prismatic light and a writhing organic stave. I can not rely on the testimonies of these seed addled peasants. Illusions and visions among the people are as common as corpses on the side of the road. Still, I haven’t had inconsistency in the Observers quite like this.

Before the Endless Door

These reports are becoming too numerous to ignore. The Wizard in the Waste? The White Witch? She moves through the Endless Door, an emissary of the Visceral Realm, or so they say. The lifeless husk of my Observer was strung up in some hovel, a display meant to raise my ire. The populace, more lucid than usual, would not offer information on how they managed it. I could not let that stand. They made a healthy batch of heretics for the Scouring Halls. All offenses aside, these events have captured my curiosity. Could there be truth in their words? It may be time to move with intent.

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released August 6, 2021

All music composed, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Chris Hudson.

Album art by Jordan Hudson and Chris Hudson.

Dedicated to M.A.L.

Physical cassette release with Viscious Mockery coming in September.

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Grim Father Beaverton, Oregon

Fantasy Dungeon Synth from the forests of the Pacific North West.

"Like spooky video game music, but weirder."

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Festival

Oct 2023
Feast of Worms

Jun 2023
Parade of Thieves

Jun 2023
Visceral

Apr 2023
Interstice

Apr 2022
Procession (Remaster)

Feb 2022
Endless

Aug 2021
Observer

Nov 2020
Procession

Aug 2020

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