Author: anomalyineffigy

Anomaly in Effigy will be releasing a new album in the first half of 2024. The title will be “Influencing Machine.“ This name comes from a particular type of persecutory delusion that was originally identified in individuals with schizophrenia. In this delusion, individuals believe that some type of highly sophisticated machine being operated by a group of clandestine agents is responsible for some of their thoughts and sensations. A goal of this record is to explore the nature of delusions and paranoia and where they fit in an increasingly dystopian environment. The “influencing machine” concept also serves as a useful metaphor for any source of propaganda.

So far, 4 tracks have been completed (written and recorded) with 3 more in the works. After that, the tracks will be mastered, artwork will be finalized, and any associated media (album booklet etc.) will be finished.

A new album, Palace of the Floods, is out now! 40+ minutes of atmospheric black metal / blackened doom. A sonic journey from the shoreline to the abyss.

Bandcamp: https://anomalyineffigy.bandcamp.com/album/palace-of-the-floods

Apple Music / iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/palace-of-the-floods/1658087828

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6c3iPrVZTos8RSGPEdo18G

Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0BP2G8LL5

Stream or purchase here: https://anomalyineffigy.bandcamp.com/

“I am the Hawk-Headed Lord of Silence & of Strength; my nemyss shrouds the night-blue sky.

Hail! ye twin warriors about the pillars of the world! for your time is nigh at hand.

I am the Lord of the Double Wand of Power; the wand of the Force of Coph Nia–but my left hand is empty, for I have crushed an Universe; & nought remains.”

April 10th, 1904

“I am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. I am Life, and the giver of Life, yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death.

I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. ‘Come unto me’ is a foolish word: for it is I that go.”

April 9th, 1904

“Then saith the prophet and slave of the beauteous one: Who am I, and what shall be the sign? So she answered him, bending down, a lambent flame of blue, all-touching, all penetrant, her lovely hands upon the black earth, & her lithe body arched for love, and her soft feet not hurting the little flowers: Thou knowest! And the sign shall be my ecstasy, the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipresence of my body.”

April 8th, 1904