Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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The Emptiness of All Things
by MASSA NERA
massanera.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:
Designer gourmet kitchens
Granite countertops
A view of New York City
This is living up

We innovate
We liberate
Where you live is where you come alive

Freestyle down the slopes of Erebus
Weddell sings the songs of the dead
Sip champagne atop the Nunatak Summit
Bear witness as the emperors step forth
Relax in our luxurious sky pods
Our camps are built to leave no trace

40 tons of carrion
wash upon the shore
Putrescent afterbirth
The 20th this year

It stares at me
Abyssal end-times prophet
Pitiless
Foul
Empty
I slouch upon my throne of flesh
as it stares and stares and stares and-

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Music & Lyrics written by Massa Nera

On this record, Massa Nera was:
Aeryn Jade Santillan – Bass Guitar, Synth, and Vocals
Allen Núñez – Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, and Vocals
Christopher Rodriguez – Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Sound Manipulation, and Vocals
Mark Boulanger – Drums, Percussion, Keyboard, and Vocals

Additional Vocals on “Lavender” by Tony Castrati of Crippling Alcoholism

Produced by Matthew Michel and Massa Nera
Engineered and mixed by Matthew Michel
Additional engineering by Massa Nera
Mastered by James Plotkin

Artwork by Christopher Rodriguez
Design by Christopher Rodriguez & Fulgenico Bermejo III
Photography by Wendy De Armas Dominguez
Insert by Christopher Rodriguez & Fulgencio Bermejo III
Center Labels by Christopher Rodriguez
Subjects portrayed by Isaac Jiménez & Keven Salcedo
Additional Printing by Christopher Eustáquio

Recorded at Viva Studio in Fairfax, VA on November 7-12, 2024
Additional recording in Linden, NJ and Jersey City, NJ throughout the remainder of 2024
Mastered at Plotkinworks

Vinyl pressed at Donaldson Record Pressing Co. in Weaverville, NC.
Cassettes pressed at Analogue Media Technologies in Toronto, ON.

Thanks to the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music for granting us the commission that became this album. To our friends, family, and loved ones. To all the people who keep the DIY community alive. To anyone who has seen us play, let us sleep on their floor, or otherwise supported us. To everyone waging the war against fascism, capitalism, and all forms of systematized oppression. To those who embrace community and sustainability, even as we sprint towards environmental collapse. Growth will not save us. Tribalism will not save us. Nations will not save us. All we have is each other. We must dare to invent the future.

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