Track By Tracks: Harvested - Dysthymia (2025)

The album as a whole (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):

Lyrically, we thought of exploring the topics of mental illness as a general theme. The drums have an old-school death metal feel with a modern touch, intricate yet very aggressive drum grooves. Dark Moon Productions did an awesome job providing us with the sound we were looking for, a modern production but rooted in the styles of the bands that founded this genre. Vocally, Adam’s technique and overall projection are a respectful nod to George Fisher from Cannibal Corpse. Mitchi & Eric

Track by Track (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):

1. Harvested:

This is the track and represents what the band is about. The old-school death metal influences and the dark realities of mental illness put someone through a tortured experience

2. Repressed Neurosis:

This is the fastest song on our album, showcasing the technical and extreme prowess of the members behind the instruments. The song is about submitting to your “shadow self” and how it’s been bottled up for years.

3. Unending Madness:

This is a fun track combining the amalgamation of different styles we liked as a band. Ode to CC and Suffocation with a splash of technical death metal & groovy slams. It’s about inevitably falling into madness in a person’s lifetime.

4. Synaptic Confusion:

This is one of our groovier tracks that also really focuses on melody. This one grabs onto you from the beginning till the end. This track describes someone who can’t tell the difference between a dream and reality.

5. Designed Dilemma:

It is one of the more technical tracks on this album. Taking influences from bands like “The Zenith Passage” and “Soreption”. There are lots of goodies in the details. This song is about how a deranged mind can really fabricate adversaries.

6. Gathered and Deluded:

This is the Slamming death metal track of the album, with a slight touch of old-school and guitar influences from bands like “Cattle Decapitation”. This song describes the darker realities of cults and essentially creates a hive mind of the mentally deranged.

7. Voice of the Void:

Musically, this is the track that has a bunch of tempo changes. Showcasing how fast and chaotic we can be, but also how slow and heavy we like to get. Definitely one of our more old-school sounding tracks as a whole. The song paints a picture of someone who questions their thoughts and dissociates from their personality, which can lead to horrific outcomes.

8. Unanchored:

Contains influences from deathcore butis molded into a death metal track. It is one of the more brutal tracks on this album. You’ll find a mix between fast and aggressive riffs to heavy breakdowns. The song touches on the greed and gluttony of the human experience, essentially abusing the earth as long as it serves them. We’d argue that it is a form of mental illness.

9. The Infestation:

The final track of the album, we saved one of our best for last. It has been influenced by the Cannibal Corpse and Deicide, among others. It's also the longest track length in this release. The song describes mental illness on a more political scale and has an influence globally. Which direction is our world heading when being governed by psychopaths? It all pertains to mental illness at the end of the day, which is the recurring theme of this band’s lyrical approach.