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Artist
Dirt Church
12+ albums
heavy metalmetalthrash metalthrashunder 2000 listeners
about
The reality of harsh existence, the promise of eternal peace: the dichotomy of deception mankind has for centuries endured. That hard work and a hard life will only in death be rewarded; that to take pleasure in earthly delight is to burn in damnation forever - and so a sorrowed, pained existence is the punishment due to repent the sin of being born of mortal flesh. Blinded by illusions, exploited by greed, and held down by ignorance, the weighted spirit breaks under laws of hypocrisy - of nation, of religion, of birthright and rank, The church of hope; the dirt of truth, The consequence of thinking. The four comprising Dirt Church has known the life their name was chosen to symbolize. A life where the work is hard, the challenges are many, and the rewards are less abundant than they deserve to be. But their will is strong, and music is the voice and the vehicle they have chosen both to release the bitter side of their lives and explore the positive, the hopeful side. The expressive yet tense and driving sound of Dirt Church is the result of the members' collective expulsion of psychological toxins, embodying a range of dark emotions beyond the affected angst of many of their musical colleagues. From the search for identity to unexplained desire to unmitigated frustration to alienation and confusion, the songs speak from personal experience about fears, needs, and feelings that are most difficult to face. And to listen to the music is to hear the same story as the words tell
