Track By Tracks: Black Rabbit - Chronolysis (2025)

The Story of Black Rabbit

At the core of the band lies the mythical tale of Black Rabbit, a demonic entity with a tragic past. He seduces and deceives his victims, forcing them to confront their deepest sins while feeding on their despair. Black Rabbit manipulates dreams (Hypnosomnia) and ensnares his victims in the paralyzing grip of sleep paralysis (Chronolysis), from which there is no escape. Black Rabbit’s music serves as a ritual, with each song forming a chapter in his growing legend. Hypnosomnia explored the boundary between dreams and reality, while their latest EP, Chronolysis, delves deeper into the horror of sleep paralysis.

Chronolysis: The New Chapter

With Chronolysis, Black Rabbit expands their dark mythology through five sensory stages of terror. The story follows a victim trapped in sleep paralysis, as Black Rabbit looms at the foot of their bed. Each track represents one of the five senses—sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste—translating the victim’s torment into sound and lyrics. The title Chronolysis combines ‘chronoception’ and ‘sleep paralysis.’ The victim’s helplessness symbolizes chronoception, or the perception of time, which acts as the sixth sense and the key to this story.

A Multimedia Experience

Black Rabbit is more than just a metal band—it’s a complete experience. With a crushing sound, thought-provoking concepts, and theatrical live performances, they immerse their audience in a world where music, visuals, and storytelling become one. Their shows are rituals, transforming the audience from mere spectators into part of the story. With Chronolysis, the five musicians deliver an intense new chapter. Their music is both dynamic and raw, their performances hypnotic and unsettling. Black Rabbit leaves you in a state of fascination and discomfort—exactly as he intended.

Song info:

1. Malevolent Glare:

De narrator is confronted with a horrifying entity (the Black Rabbit), which disturbs his senses and pushes him to his limits.

The visual experience of the entity is so intense that it permeates his existence and permanently affects his senses. Although the narrator feels overwhelmed, there is a determination to fight against the entity’s power, even though the ultimate fate seems to be that he will eventually succumb. The fear he experiences is transformed into strength, and he attempts to resist his inevitable fate. The song emphasizes an inner struggle, where the narrator uses his willpower to survive, despite the ongoing nightmares that torment him.

2. Paracusia:

The character is confronted with an inexorable force that pushes them further toward the abyss. The entity, which challenges them, promises that hope will soon fade. As the narrator slowly succumbs to the pressure, fear rises, and darkness draws nearer. The character feels the grip of this inevitable downfall: the body gives in, the mind is swept away, and the soul is overwhelmed by the ever-louder whispers of madness.

The entity offers a 'blessing,' a way to fully merge with its power. The character is swept into an endless journey through the mind, where demons await and everything is cloaked in darkness. The sounds of pain and madness fill the space, chaos takes control, and there is no escape. Ultimately, the narrator is forced to embrace the power, surrendering themselves to the hell that consumes them, allowing themselves to fully merge with the darkness that drives them.

3. Pity the Mind of the Frail and the Feeble:

The character is confronted with choices that lead them down a dark, irreversible path. What began as an incomprehensible action unfolds into a bizarre ‘fortune’ that profoundly changes them. As fear intensifies, the presence of the Black Rabbit takes on a horrifying, inexplicable form, and the boundaries between joy and pain blur. The touch of reality is disrupted, and everything that was once known becomes a source of suffering.

Fear has firmly taken root in the character’s fragile mind, and the only way forward seems to be the end of unbearable pain. The character is forced to surrender to the darkness, dissolving entirely into the shadows of despair and pain. The journey ends in solitude, where the character must transform themselves in the eternal struggle against their own weakness, ultimately becoming lost in the endless void of the Black Rabbit’s influence.

4. To Be Alive, To Walk This Earth. That Is My Curse:

In this track, the character is guided by his senses through a dark dream. As he wanders through the dream, he searches for peace, but instead, he is confronted with a sense of alienation and despair. The scent that once brought comfort now turns into a dreadful hatred, pushing him further away from his peace. He continues to wander, hoping for clarity, but is warned that if he goes further, death will be inevitable. Life feels like a curse to him, and he searches for the path to inner peace, but is seduced by the darkness. The character’s wife speaks in the intro and at the end of the track. She tries to pull him out of his nightmare, her voice full of concern and hope. "I am unable to reach you," she says, doing her best to shake him awake. "I see the sea of darkness," but despite her efforts, the character remains trapped in the dark world that engulfs him. Her words express the despair of trying to save him, as he is continuously dragged deeper into the darkness.

5. Rancid Tast of Horror:

In this final track of the album, the character reaches their ultimate confrontation with the darkness that has haunted them all this time. The tastes of horror and revulsion linger, and the character feels trapped in a world of pain and suffering. It seems as though their fate is to remain in this land of torment, but even in the darkness, an inner struggle continues to burn. The character grapples with the choices between good and evil, with a conscience that drags them deeper into doubt. The horrors of the world around them fade into an inevitable truth: freedom can only be achieved by refusing to surrender to the terror that surrounds them.

The struggle is not only physical but also internal, as the character bites down on the will to carry on. Despite the despair and revulsion that envelop them, the character refuses to give in. The promise of liberation lies not in escaping the pain but in holding on to their beliefs and determination. The character looks toward the light that continues to guide them, their only source of hope and strength. In a world full of darkness, the character chooses not to kneel before the terror but to keep marching forward, determined to continue the fight.

Thus, the story reaches its end, with a final act of strength and determination. The character remains alone, surrounded by the terror of their environment, but with a renewed sense of resolve. The darkness may embrace them, but they will never give up. The light that guides them is the last hope in a world that seems to be decaying, and the choice to keep fighting, no matter the cost, finally sets the character free in their own right.