Blackout

**BLACKOUT PROTOCOL**

*(Dark hypnotic hardcore — extreme intense vocal distortion)*

[INTRO — bone-dry close whisper (main, almost inside the skull)

+ distant double crushed through heavy saturation + soft clipping

+ sub-octave breath layer (formant-destroyed, overdriven)

+ faint high reverse whispers running through bitcrush and tape-stop]

Don’t turn the lights on.

I want you to see me

exactly as I am.

Not the pretty version.

Not the soft version.

The one with teeth.

The one that doesn’t blink.

[BEAT CREEPS — low spoken lead locked to the kick

+ aggressive sub-octave growl (hard-clipped + waveshaped, side-chained) under every line

+ short slap-delay throw already saturated and bit-crushed

+ wide stereo whisper doubles running through heavy overdrive]

I was born with a storm in my chest.

A little bit holy.

A little bit hell.

They said “be good.”

I learned how to become

dangerous instead.

[VERSE — tight rhythmic spoken lead

+ harsh whispered doubles (wide, slightly detuned, pushed into soft clipping)

+ sudden pitched-down barks (–8 to –12 st) smashed through hard clipping + heavy saturation on “gun” and “trigger”

+ reverse-reverb scream tails already distorted and crushed

+ continuous low growl bed (overdriven + bit-reduced)]

I don’t dance for attention.

I dance because the darkness

already knows my name.

Bass in my bloodstream.

Black sky above me.

Heart like a loaded gun —

but nobody gets to pull the trigger.

I walk into the room

and the temperature drops.

Don’t stare.

Unless you’re ready

to lose yourself

completely.

[PRE-DROP — intimate dry whisper

+ rising aggressive breath noise (heavily saturated)

+ three shouted “CLOSER” stabs, each one more destroyed than the last (hard clipping → waveshaping → full digital crush)

+ high metallic scream on “breaks” run through extreme saturation and bitcrush

+ reverse riser scream already overdriven]

Closer.

No—

closer.

I want you to hear

what the silence sounds like

when it finally breaks.

[DROP 1 — full assault:

main scream lead hard-clipped and saturated to the edge of breaking

+ 5–6 voice gang wall (detuned, hard-panned, each voice individually overdriven)

+ low guttural roar (mono, crushed through heavy waveshaping)

+ high metallic scream stabs on “BLACKOUT” / “FEAR” (bit-crushed + clipped)

+ short aggressive delays already distorted and digital-destroyed

+ continuous low distorted drone (overdriven + filtered)]

BLACKOUT.

BLACK HEART.

NO MERCY.

NO FEAR.

LET THE BASS

TAKE EVERYTHING

I DON’T WANT

TO FEEL.

BLACKOUT.

BLACK HEART.

NO MERCY.

NO FEAR.

[BREAKDOWN — cold close-mic spoken (still slightly saturated for edge)

+ distant screamed ghost layer (heavily reverbed, low-passed, then crushed)

+ low continuous growl bed pushed into soft clipping

+ occasional pitch-shifted whisper ad-libs running through light bitcrush]

I’ve loved like a saint.

I’ve burned like a sinner.