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| Let's Talk About Ulcerate and Songwriting
Hello! I haven’t seen any discourse around this anywhere online, and a lot of folks here seem to like this band, so I thought I’d ask: what are some of the motifs and lines you’ve noticed that are developed across the runtime of [i]Cutting the Throat of God[/i]?
[i]Stare[/i] did this in ways that were much easier for me to spot, and I think that’s partly to do with its structure: the title track is kind of the “peak” that establishes several of the themes/motifs, and then the later tracks refract or distort them in different chunks. I initially dismissed [i]Throat[/i] as just being [i]Stare 2: Stare Harder[/i], but a recent trip back through it has revealed that it’s a lot more subtle about the ways it develops ideas. A few examples I’ve been able to find: | | 1 |  | Ulcerate
Cutting the Throat of God
The shuffle pattern: 3:54 of “Ashen Hearts”, 0:34 of Transfiguration, and 5:03 of Death. The pattern speeds up over the course of the album, but also fractures with each successive iteration. Neat! | | 2 | | Ulcerate
Cutting the Throat of God
The kick pattern at 1:36 of “Dawn” and the opening of “Wounds” (joke not intended) are the same, with the melodic lines fitting over them differently. | | 3 | | Ulcerate
Cutting the Throat of God
The first high melody of “Death” is echoed at 0:20 of “Throat”, and then the track further distorts it at 1:17. | | 4 | | Ulcerate
Cutting the Throat of God
There are a few more tentative ones, but I’d like to hear from you all! What transposed themes or ideas have you noticed across the album? | |
Beardog
03.20.26 | I have heard no themes at all, this band just sounds like "brrrr wieeewwww drrrr groooaaahhh" to me. | Gameofmetal
03.20.26 | I admire people who can pick out stuff like this because I'm just stupid. | Demon of the Fall
03.20.26 | It's a hell of a lot easier for bands that aren't so cacophonous, that's for sure.
"Stare" did this in ways that were much easier for me to spot (2)
Stare is certainly an easier nut to crack in this regard vs their past material. I've not spent enough time with this particular album.
We need Jaqpony to return and answer this for us (or maybe ford as he's heard all their albums six zillion times lol) | Hawks
03.20.26 | Just stopping in to say best band ever. |
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