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Better Living Through Lanthanides

by The Cruel Earth

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Lanthanum 04:38
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2.
Cerium 02:38
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3.
Praseodymium 03:15
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4.
Neodymium 02:14
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5.
Promethium 01:53
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6.
Samarium 03:36
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7.
Europium 03:02
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8.
Gadolinium 00:40
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Terbium 02:32
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10.
Dysprosium 01:24
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11.
Holmium 02:30
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12.
Erbium 03:16
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13.
Thulium 01:05
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14.
Ytterbium 03:12
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about

For the last 18 months, The Cruel Earth has worked tirelessly to deliver musical interpretations of the Periodic Table of Elements. We have released 18 albums so far, and it has all led to this: the F-Block.
You know the F-Block. It's that long, double row of elements down at the bottom of the Periodic Table. While it may appear separate from the rest of the elements, the F-Block gang is really a unique and magical offshoot of the table, a double branch of elements, half natural, half man-made.

Better Living Through Lanthanides tackles the all-natural top row of the F-block, finding musical inspiration in:

Lanthanum - Stabilize yourself with lanthanides.
Cerium - We must be getting close, it's too bright in here.
Praseodymium - We need you to maintain our orientation.
Neodymium - The embers inside still smolder. Enkindle me.
Promethium - Did you steal my fire?
Samarium - Listen to the whisper...the whisper...
Europium - We don't think anymore...about you...
Gadolinium - You're paramagnetic! Shrink my tumors!
Terbium - The lights are on, but no one's home.
Dysprosium - Buckle up! It's xenotime!
Holmium - Ethereal guitar journeys to inner space
Erbium - Rhythm and blues, soul and magnetism
Thulium - A dynamic maze of interlocking melodies
Ytterbium - Gimme, gimme ... grant us, grant us

Better Living Through Lanthanides is the longest Cruel Earth release since the band's debut concept album, From Seeds No More Than Dust. Better Living Through Lanthanides is a 14-track, 36-minute odyssey that finds doubt, confusion, and conflict transformed by elemental musical reckoning into an oasis of calm and quiet harmony. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll fall in love! Listen to Better Living Through Lanthanides and live better!

Perfect music for: self-sacrifice, soul sacrifice, soul food, sole and shoe repair, aerobics, long walks on short piers.

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released August 1, 2022

Rob Errera: guitar, bass, keyboard, vocals
Mark Zampella: guitar, bass, keyboard, vocals

All songs written by Rob Errera and Mark Zampella

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The Cruel Earth is a progressive rock band.

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