Track By Tracks: Pythonic - Laws Of Karma (2026)

About The EP: Lyrically and Musically

Lyrically answered by Morgan, “Laws of Karma is the first set of music I have written that has been fully me. To say that I am proud of it is an understatement. The entire set of 5 was written when I was in a very dark place, recovering from surgery and being unable to walk/move. The entire album reflects on Vincent’s, Jayden's, and Morgan’s struggles with disabilities and surgery. We made music to make you move when we ourselves at times could not.”

Musically, these songs have been written over a wide span of time. Lots of personal struggle and hardship can be heard throughout the riffs. These riffs are a culmination of living through life, and on the toughest days, you can still rip out a killer song through the ashes of despair.

Track By Track: Lyrically and Musically

All lyric content answered by Morgan

1. Laws of Karma:

The Laws of Karma guide your fate. This speaks no matter how holy a person views themself they will forever be chained to the laws that guide this world. Karma is a real thing, and it comes to bite some people in the ass. Laws of Karma was written about the ex-member of Pythonic who was in the band for many years. It really highlights Vincent’s personal relationship with him, how the band would have people talk to us about his shitty behaviour and lack of respect. We found it fitting to use him as the object of karma.

Musically, this song was written by Ryan. It was one of the first tracks written to start leaning into a heavier sound and has been a part of our live show for many years. The riffs have not changed over the years, as the song is quite a solid piece of work. We saw it fitting to take the song and not change the name from its predecessor, and to keep the structure exactly the same as it is.

2. Feed the Flames:

Feed the Flames is the second half of Liturgy. Everyone talks about summoning the devil, but rarely discusses what the consequences may be. Demons walk this earth. They are greedy, powerful monstrosities that will take anything offered to them and then some. It speaks on the fire's voice, which is a popular scripture in the bible (Exodus 3:2). Hearing the fire’s command, obeying, and feeding the flame. Only to have the beast take more than what was offered, terrifying those who summoned it. Eventually claiming the person themself. The beast has finally won.

Feed the Flames came to Vincent while he lived in a fairly haunted house. A solid chorus riff mixed with some other weird yet haunting riffs. The jump in the BPM near the end of the track is supposed to capture the franticness of being pursued, and the abrupt stop is you finally being caught. These go hand in hand with the lyrical content of the song. Stopping abruptly right as the lyrics “ The beast has finally won” are being spoken really helps join the music to the lyrics.

3. Set You Free:

Set you free from this holy lie is self-explanatory in itself. It speaks of how religion has changed, how it is not true to itself and how so many people have suffered at the hands of “god”. If any book tells you to hate a fellow human being, that book is completely wrong and should be burned. People gather in mass to listen to people who are continuously getting flak and having people come out and speak about how they were sexually abused by a priest. Religions telling us to hate each other have no place in this world. Religion spreads hate, Pedophiles rule the world, and the bible is blasphemy.

Musically, this is another mostly Ryan banger track. This track has been developed over a long period of time and has had many iterations that have been played live. The core riffs of this track never really changed, like the intro and the verse riffs. They were just such solid riffs over the years and got the crowd moving. The rhythm over the solo is also just an absolute demon of a riff. This was another one of the songs that was written around the time of “Laws of Karma” and was a push for us to sound heavier.

4. Sentience:

Lyrically, the song " Sentience " was written regarding the viewpoint that a majority of society is not sentient yet, what happens when someone gains sentience and questions the current narrative and the internal turmoil of not wanting to understand the way that the world works “, in ignorance there is bliss”. The entirety of sentience is filled with contradictions as well as unrest of questioning one's very existence; it’s as though sentience itself is calling out to you, telling you that you can not escape it. Its darkened proposition of guiding you through fractured identity and internal struggle really highlights the personal pursuit of inner peace, but never being able to find it.

What makes a person sentient? Why do some people seem although they are not sentient and do not have souls? Some questions may never be answered. Will one ever find inner peace?

Musically, Sentience comes from a very raw, emotionally charged area for Vincent. It was the first song he had written after being able to play guitar again after an almost two-year hiatus due to not being able to physically play. The riffs dug into his psyche at the time of being relieved to be able to play again, but also releasing the tension of will I ever be able to play again and enjoy music as I had prior. The hiatus had brought up questions of whether I should just call it and start selling all my gear? Am I going to lose all my friends in the band, not being able to do what we enjoy together anymore? The existentialism of these questions harboured the riffs for “Sentience”, making it the heavy-hitting headbanging song you hear today.

5. Venom:

Lyrically, Venom is about my personal struggles of being in an abusive relationship. How I was hit, tormented, and gaslit. I thought that I had found the one, and if I had just stayed, things would have got better. It speaks to my inability to understand why I was ever treated in such a way. When it comes to abuse, there is never a rhyme or a reason for the way someone treats another person. I gave myself like a devotion or sacrifice to a person who sucked me dry of everything. Later on in Venom, it speaks on how I found myself again after finding the truth and how the person only has themself left to betray.

Musically, Venom comes from a very similar place as the lyrics did. Vincent wrote the majority of this song in a half-hour sitting after breaking up with an abusive ex. Gaslighting and mental torment at the pinnacle of having enough is what brings these riffs together with the lyrics. Originally, the riffs were titled “Drain” as Vincent had felt drained by the relationship in every aspect. A true cathartic release of being abused by a partner.

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