Track By Tracks: Matt Miller - Fiber Tormentum (2025)

About the album as a whole (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):

The album musically is a relentless assault. Even the clean singing parts help to up the intensity and push the soundscape to even more epic heights. The lyrics match the music in their intensity and weave a story of an advanced civilization using subtlety to control humanity.

Track by Track (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):

1. Descent into Violence:

Lyrically, desperation and struggle against all odds. The music is intense and emotive.

2. Summoned:

The travel and detailed plans of the invaders. Using astonishing acts. The music is something like a computer algorithm or an alien language.

3. Effectively Neutralized:

This is the enactment of the plan and its immediate effect on humanity. Musically, this song has a lot of twists and turns, just like a good plot.

4. Blight and Disfigurement:

The devastation of our environment. Musically, it has a march kind of feel, and the break is super epic. Something that could be in a nature documentary about spring after a long, harsh winter, but in this case, things are even worse.

5. Maimed Paralyzed Dead:

This is about the effects on the human body and what the changes to DNA have on people. Musically, it's something out of a monster movie. Like a zombie crawling on the floor or lumbering towards its victim.

6. Horror Beyond Comprehension:

Lyrically, it’s about humanity's plea to the invaders to show mercy on them. Humanity has capitulated. Musically, it’s the sound of being completely overwhelmed.

7. Fiber Tormentum (Instrumental):

Musically it's a snapshot of the entire album. Each section of the song is a scene from every track. From the highest highs to the lowest lows and all epic moments in between.

8. Abiotic Origin:

Lyrically is the realization that humanity had brought this on themselves through their ignorance, inviting other beings to our planet without thinking they could be malevolent. However, hope is not lost just yet. Musically, it's an epic track that has some really powerful sections, including the outro.