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This song features a sample of the bells of a church to commemorate the dead of Chernobyl (courtesy of Sooxanne Rolfe), some radioactive material, a Geiger counter and a vocal sample from J. Robert Oppenheimer "father of the atomic bomb" quoting words from the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

Initially written from the perspective of a school shooter, a bullied kid who wants to take his revenge on society; within the context of this album and the current climate of fear surrounding highly contagious life threatening diseases, the song takes on a different dimension.
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Without love and understanding
There is only fear and hate
And I'm tired of reaching out
To a cold world which won't relate

But I can reinvent myself
And I can take you down
And I can reap my vengeance
I can turn this whole thing round

I'll be destroyer of worlds
I will drag you down with me
My fate has unfurled
Soon you'll see what I see

You will be my pawns
And I will own the game
And the whole world will know
My face and my name

Without love and understanding
There is only fear and hate
And I'm tired of reaching out
To a cold world which won't relate

For human life is pain
There is no other way
There is nothing left to gain
And there is nothing more to say

I'll be destroyer of worlds
I will drag you down with me
My fate has unfurled
Soon you'll see what I see

You will be my pawns
And I will own the game
And the whole world will know
My face and my name

And my name will be death
And my vengeance untold
For my power is great
And my spirit is old

At last to control
And grasp my own fate
Wreak havoc upon
All those that I hate

I will take them all out
Knock them down one by one
And I'll do it with knives
I'll do it with guns

First I'll draw a deep breath
Thrown you swine a few pearls
Then my name will be death
...The destroyer

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from Night Sweats & Fever Dreams, released June 1, 2020
Vocals: Oli Spleen
Piano, Keys, Field Recording, String Arrangement: Nick Hudson
Violin, Viola: Liz Carey
Bass, Drums, Programming, Synths: Forbes Coleman

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from Night Sweats And Fever Dreams, released September 4, 2020

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Nick Hudson Tbilisi, Georgia

Nick Hudson is a UK-born, Tbilisi-based composer/artist/image-maker/activist..

In April 2021 Nick released his first solo album in five years - Font Of Human Fractures - to glowing reviews from The Quietus and Libération.

"There isn’t really anyone making music like Nick Hudson” - The Quietus

“Genius” - BBC Introducing

“Scott Walker channeling Coil” - Mojo

www.theacademyofsun.com
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