Natura Est - The Folly of Mars (2023)

With “The Folly of Mars”, their fourth full album (and second for Cyclic Law), Tony Young and Andreas Davids explore man’s desire to conquer outer space at all cost; regardless of the more pressing issues that should be first resolved on their home planet. Billions of dollars have funded the urge of mans desire to populate the red planet and further explore its neighbouring satellites, whilst millions of people starve on their home soil. Climate change is ravaging the Earth in what is now our sixth mass extinction event; and whilst the quest for knowledge should be applauded, it has become a banner of ego for the small percentage of people who hoard the largest wealth. Over the course of six tracks, Natura Est ask the listener to contemplate the swathes of species that are dying out as our planet screams for urgent assistance; whilst the privileged few squander their riches, displaying a set of questionable morals that promote nothing but self-interest. Nature is all, all is nature; but who really is the beast?