
"Truth is treason in the empire of lies." -Dr. Ron PaulDive into the intense soundtrack to this dystopian experience in which we all find ourselves. This album follows a man through his struggle to survive, thrive, and maintain his humanity in a world ruled by evil and fear.My name is Ariel. I love my family, and I detest tyranny, and crimes against humanity.My original inspiration for this album came by learning about my nation’s horrific foreign policies, which result in untold millions of innocent deaths.By early 2020, I had completed only one song toward this end, “Mountains of Bodies”. This is undoubtedly the most directly anti-war song on the album.As the world changed, it quickly became clear to me that these wars were coming home, and the evil of our worldwide destruction was turning inward, upon us, and every worthwhile principle by which we try to live.This inevitably changed my writing for the rest of the al