Their debut album, "Heaven Is Gone", was released in April 2009 in North America on Vinnie Paul's record label, Big Vin Records, and in November 2010 in Europe and the UK on Napalm Records.
Closing In
Seventh Void Lyrics
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With your mind
You crave the missing peace
That you'll never find
Your pulse is racing and
Your time's running out
You know the room is
Closing in on you now
Yeah, it's closing in
Yeah, you're sinking
Your God's abandoned you
There's no hope in sight
You pray in silence but
You can't see the light
And now your darkest hour
You're going down
You know the room is
Closing in on you now
Yeah, it's closing in
Yeah, you're sinking
Rising out
Fallen back the sky's gone
Your body's down
Take your soul to nowhere
Rising out
Numb is all you'll ever know,
You're falling above
Rising out
The lyrics to Seventh Void's song "Closing In" paint a bleak picture of a person who is losing both their mind and their soul. The opening lines suggest that the person is experiencing a spiritual and psychological decline, with their soul and mind dying along with them. They long for a sense of peace that they know they will never find. The urgency of the situation is conveyed in the next lines as their pulse races and their time runs out. They are aware that the walls are closing in, trapping them in an existential nightmare.
The second verse adds to the feeling of despair, with the suggestion that the person's God has abandoned them, leaving them with no hope in sight. They turn to prayer, but it seems to offer no comfort, and they are left alone in their darkest hour. The final two lines of the verse continue the motif of being trapped, with the person going down and the room closing in even further.
The third and final verse suggests that the person has reached the end of their journey. The lines "rising out, fallen back, the sky's gone" imply a sense of falling, or perhaps soaring and then crashing down. The mention of the person's body being down suggests that they have physically hit rock bottom. The final lines are ambiguous, with the words "rising out" and "falling above" suggesting that perhaps the person is transcending their pain and finding some solace, but equally, they could be falling further into their despair.
Line by Line Meaning
Your soul is dying now along
Your spiritual self is slowly losing its life essence alongside your physical being
With your mind
As your physical being dies, your mental state is also deteriorating
You crave the missing peace
You desire a feeling of inner calm and tranquility that seems to be absent from your life
That you'll never find
You believe that this inner peace that you long for is unattainable
Your pulse is racing and
Your heartbeat is rapid and erratic, signaling your extreme emotional and physical distress
Your time's running out
You feel as though your existence is limited and you are quickly approaching the end
You know the room is
You are acutely aware that the space around you is slowly closing in, becoming smaller and smaller
Closing in on you now
You are enveloped and trapped by your surroundings, having the sensation of being consumed and suffocated
Yeah, it's closing in
Confirming that the walls are physically and mentally encroaching on your being
Yeah, you're sinking
You are slowly being pulled downward by the weight of your thoughts and surroundings, sinking into a state of despair and hopelessness
Your God's abandoned you
You feel as though any higher power that you may have once believed in has forsaken and left you to suffer alone
There's no hope in sight
You cannot see any possibility of a positive outcome or situation arising from your current state
You pray in silence but
You try to communicate with a higher power through inner prayer and meditation, but there is no response or relief from your distress
You can't see the light
You cannot see any positive or hopeful path forward, feeling consumed in darkness and misery
And now your darkest hour
You are now experiencing the peak of your emotional and mental distress
You're going down
You are descending further into a state of hopelessness and mental anguish
Rising out
There may be a possibility of rising out of one's current situation, but the realization of this may be elusive
Fallen back the sky's gone
There is a sense of losing grip on reality and all hope of a better life or possibility of relief
Your body's down
Your physical and emotional health has hit rock bottom, with no hope of improving through your own means
Take your soul to nowhere
The mental and spiritual self is without direction or guidance, feeling lost in a futile existence
Numb is all you'll ever know,
A sense of apathy and numbness has set in, which may become permanent
You're falling above
You are falling deeper into a state of depression and hopelessness, without landing or finding any relief
Rising out
Once again, there is a possibility of rising out of one's mental and psychological distress, but it may be a distant hope
Writer(s): Kenneth Hickey, Matthew Brown Copyright: Iron Avantgarde Publishing Gmbh
Contributed by Carson N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@crappyaccount
This album was in my recs after listinging to "And Hell Will Follow Me" by A Pale Horse Named Death. I do not regret clicking.
@NorthernPanzer666
Found out Hickey had this band,missed the way he plays, mainly his solo's are played w/ awesome epic feeling in songs like- Love you to Death,Everything Dies,Cinnamon Girl etc.It gives the songs an extra dimension, even though Steele's bass, is distorted & VERY loud. When the solo comes, they hit me in my darkened Heart.Steele & Cobains death + Hanneman(R.I.P) Im glad that I found Kenny,just miss his special solo's.The 2nd cd is on standby.Mainly because of Steele's death
@MLCrow
This is simply awesome!
@LukeDunn6667
Badass!
@ivanmartin9095
I love Stoner Metal!! lml
@autopsyclub6098
Hey! EMBE here..
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@richpon1973
Very Soundgarden
@embassyhotel
What is going on with Seventh Void's second album? They had said in interviews like 3 years ago that they were working on new material & a new album would be released within the next year but that was like 3-4 years ago.
@amandahules5762
Sudsy Sutherland . Hickey said they are working on something currently.
@MLCrow
Yeah, Silvertomb is the band https://www.facebook.com/silvertombmusic