Stalker
Original Release Date: 04/03/6002 (1002 AM)
The Impurity Zone was a sliver of the universe that was mostly off-limits to creatures like you and me. Not to be confused with the Abyss of Refuse, the large garbage sphere mainly consisting of old golden sponge cakes with a creamy filling, the Impurity Zone was cordoned off following the spill of millions of gallons of radioactive waste on its way to a black hole for routine dumping. Planets, moons, stars, and even mighty comets were closed off from the rest of space, even though some of the material never even reached certain key hubs at the corners of the Zone. Attempting to access this area without proper authorization was punishable by death, except for an elite group of treasure hunters known as Stalkers. By bribing officials, they could scour what was left amongst the deadly clouds and keep whatever they desired. Only, they were not after Space Bucks or pressure alloys or gems. Stalkers, it was revealed millennia later, desired information. The history left behind and the chaos during the first few decades of the contamination orders represented the teachings and philosophy of forgotten creatures. Their job was to preserve this information and expose the truth about the Impurity Zone and its secrets. The band, formed by the offspring of former Stalkers, brought to light the fallacy of government-issued bulletins that insisted nothing nefarious happened in this forgotten section of the Universe. Armed with knowledge, music, and the truth, Stalker blew the lid off the Impurity Zone, revealing the nuclear spill was no accident, eventually leading to its slow recovery. The civilizations left behind, or snuffed out by the nuclear waste, may have left the mortal plane. Still, their legacy can now be studied at thousands of protected monument sites restored to their former purity. The symbol of the Earthly wolf, immortalized in fabric by an unknown victim of the Impurity Zone and found by a Stalker, was photographed for the album's cover, honoring the treasure hunters of old who put their greed aside for the pride of their pack. But was it an omen of their arrival or a symbol of thanks...?
Side A
Marked One
Hivemind Hard Drive
Cloud of Ruin
Scavengers
Side B
Impure Imperator
Information Sphere
Omega
Howl