World Gone

World Gone is an 11-track album, and the 4th full-length release by Riikira. It is comprised mostly of electronic metal with digitized vocals.
Much of the album is inspired by global events from 2020 through 2023, and their potential worst-case-scenarios, with a few songs being about more personal struggles. The album covers topics such as, but not limited to, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, pollution, deforestation, mass shootings, depression, cancer, capitalism.
== Production ==
The album leans more towards metal than previous endeavors, with a higher emphasis on realistic-sounding guitars, screamed vocals, and non-synthesized bass. It is the first Riikira album to not make use of text-to-speech vocals, except for "Blue Mother", which samples the vocals from "Low Pass", from the album M027. All tracks are in English, except for "Dew in the Sun", which has one line in Ukranian.
The project file for the first track to be created, "Viscera", was used as a template for all other tracks going forward, to maintain a level of consistency throughout the album. All rhythm guitars, main drums, and bass use the same instruments/samples, and processing on every track; all other elements, such as vocals, synthesisers, percussion, breaks, and flourishes are unique to each track. It is the first Mumble Etc. release to opt for this method.
== Title ==
The album title "World Gone" is a callback to a line in the song "Low Pass" from the album M027. The same line is sampled in the album's penultimate track, "Blue Mother".
== Track listing ==
# Poison IV
# Dead End
# P(r)ay
# Sparrow
# Until It Sleeps (cover of Metallica)
# Favourite Kill
# In Season
# Dew in the Sun
# We Saw it First
# Blue Mother
# Viscera
Category:Releases under Riikira
Category:2023 releases