The Ritual, by Feverous

The Ritual

by Feverous

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1.	The Famine 03:18	lyrics
A hunger is rising It strikes from below As you build your towers So shattered; So hollow We keep the light at bay So darkness can burn out the day Silent and alone Your dreams reduced to broken bone Burn down this throne Feed off the light I live in shadow I am the night A famine is coming forth The damned are led astray The cold of night has arrived The stench of death is here to stay Caustic decisions - they help tensions grow And you're dressed to the nines With your Judas in tow Building this wall causes weak ties to sever Now you're cold and alone in this ending endeavor Burn down this throne Feed off the light I live in shadow I am the night A famine is coming forth The damned are led astray The cold of night has arrived The stench of death is here to stay Burn down this throne Feed off the light I lived in shadow But now I am alight A famine has come forth The damned are led astray The cold of night has arrived The stench of death is here to stay
2.	Descent 03:30	lyrics
Cold is the air I breathe But still I see this world engulfed in flames Alone I seek to end this fever dream This curse I'll never shed I've fallen to the grave Where all the dead men dwell If not for pain familiar I would cross the gates of hell Instead I'm trapped inside this mind This home I've come to know so well A fallen soul abandoned Destined to remain as I have failed All senses lost to me My eyes wide open yet I cannot see Blind and deceived A plague to suffer for all that shouldn't be I've fallen to the grave Where all the dead men dwell If not for pain familiar I would cross the gates of hell Instead I'm trapped inside this mind This home I've come to know so well A fallen soul abandoned Destined to remain as I have failed To this harsh existence - I've fallen prey Eyes toward the sky - I've been ripped away A new resistance - It's burning slow And now as it is above - So below I've fallen to the grave Where all the dead men dwell If not for pain familiar I would cross the gates of hell Instead I'm trapped inside this mind This home I've come to know so well A fallen soul abandoned Destined to remain as I have failed
3.	Gatekeeper 03:18	lyrics
Under this blessed sun Darkness descends Wasted visions of holy ones collide and divide toward the end If hate is what you crave I have plenty to spare Now is the dawn of silence And gone are the days of begging and prayer Bring forth the Leviathan Feed on your screams and fear Lay waste to this pointless existence A prophecy fulfilled for all is near Fighting to follow the sheep A badge of honor for none to seek Worship the dirt before you It's time to bleed If hate is what you crave I have plenty to spare Now is the dawn of violence Arrived are the days of hate and despair Bring forth the Leviathan Feed on your screams and fear Lay waste to this pointless existence A prophecy fulfilled for all is near All known alternate forms return to flesh The damage done to the forsaken A ritual meant to coalesce Forfeited humanity The lies solidified in truth All led by your own insanity Left to suffer through Dying instead of admitting to fault of any shape or form Beg for forgiveness Instead you receive scorn If hate is what you crave I have plenty to spare In sight is the event horizon Now - the demise of us all Bring forth the Leviathan Feed on your screams and fear Lay waste to this pointless existence A prophecy fulfilled for all is near
4.	The Parasitic Breed 04:18	lyrics
This mist of fire Bring forth the rain Built by the liar Sent to engulf this world again The mindless march forth Praying to be cleansed by pain Now as the winds blow north All hope is swept away in vain This frozen night The lost shall reappear A disguised parasite Architect of a future filled with fear Obsessed with control You are the one to blame Now as the winds blow north The only way to the light is through the flame A vision of hatred so familiar and depraved You tolerate the sight Of your own grave It's the presence of violence So familiar that you crave This blood spilled is penance repaid This frozen night The lost shall reappear A disguised parasite Architect of a future filled with fear Obsessed with control You are the one to blame Now as the winds blow north The only way to the light is through the flame Now blank and silent Nothing is left to gain All senses lost Dying in a life of shame A guilded idol brought forth by the chants of the masses A fate so vile Strike the match and watch it burn away This frozen night The lost shall reappear A disguised parasite Architect of a future filled with fear Obsessed with control You are the one to blame Now as the winds blow north The only way to the light is through the flame
5.	World of Decay 04:06	lyrics
I was born of warmth and love Now my death must be of fire and blood A life wasted chasing faces of stone No one is left There's no where to go This void has captured me Your world will die in silence For if you speak my name I'll conjure forth this violence False prophets bring forth hate Internalize; regurgitate Absorbed by the hungry You normalize your own decay Claiming the faithful path of the pious man Transitioning idols based on the help of the hidden hand Alive in my mind and appearing in white Then changing in form Now this judgement is right This void has captured me Your world will die in silence For if you speak my name I'll conjure forth this violence False prophets bring forth hate Internalize; regurgitate Absorbed by the hungry You normalize your own decay You found the top of the mountain and reached the peak Dissatisfaction - now you'll never speak Lost in this maze of disarray Absolved of guilt without delay Deserved displacement finalized For all those left weaponized Bathe in the pyres of those you lost Ashes and memories are all that remain Swept away by winds you've watched All is forgotten - and then we start again This void has captured me Your world will die in silence For if you speak my name I'll conjure forth this violence False prophets bring forth hate Internalize; regurgitate Absorbed by the hungry You normalize your own decay
6.	The 9th Cipher 04:22	lyrics
Pray with your hands toward the sky Only the wretched with their eyes on the chosen one Will be allowed to comply The fallen ones left to regain A life once lost - now left to those who still remain This third day of darkness The light drenched in cold A starless night - defenseless And this bastard son is growing old What still exists is crumbling down These walls close in slow The clock moves to midnight And the fevered one regains control All eyes are shifting from above down below When the masses start sifting through the dust to find the code A cipher that's made for all to see This worship of the filth set fire To what we all thought we'd be This third day of darkness The light drenched in cold A starless night - defenseless And this bastard son is growing old What still exists is crumbling down These walls close in slow The clock moves to midnight And the fevered one regains control
7.	The Ritual 03:45	lyrics
All in light Let the truth be told Pathways illuminated with littered gold Our hands held high To mark the second fallen sky Atop this mountain This sacrament laid bare Now the trumpets are sounding As my blood flows down stair by stair And so we wait in stasis to be awakened from this dream Rise up in a darkened world Your vices and virtues condemned Empty bodies control this wasteland Fearing most that which lies within A swarm This virus calls me forth Commit me to the depths Extinguished at the core The shadows crawled along the wall Fed by the passing of time There's no savior It's your turn - step up to the line And so we wait in stasis to be awakened from this dream Rise up in a darkened world Your vices and virtues condemned Empty bodies control this wasteland Fearing most that which lies within Commit to a future of fire To a new world cleansed by flame Only then in the ashes of rebirth Will you truly rise again Sustained by infection A system built to burn This hidden imperfection lights the way to return Intravenous insurrection Preprogrammed self destruction Now we wait in stasis to be awakened from this dream Rise up in a darkened world Your vices and virtues condemned Empty bodies control this wasteland Fearing most that which lies within
8.	Pyretic 05:32	lyrics
I am the dread spirit The demise of man I am the wolf incarnate Summoned forth to collect your soul again Fear not for I have come My purpose left unsaid The god above has failed you And so now I owe the debt If this is death Embrace it with cold and open arms Your light and soul replaces a void so old and calm This final act so sacred Exiled to another realm Conjure the end The last night will take the fall On the dawn of the fourth day When the smoke has cleared The blood has washed away And the moon is resting near My heart is running dry My wrath has been uncaged You'll rise to a new beginning Of a world sculpted by rage If this is death Embrace it with cold and open arms Your light and soul replaces a void so old and calm This final act so sacred Exiled to another realm Conjure the end The last night will take the fall The light has faded and the body gone I split this world in half Just to find what had been here all along Sorrow for what I said Regret for what I haven't done Now I have failed you And the debt I owe cannot be undone If this is death Embrace it with cold and open arms Your light and soul replaces a void so old and calm This final act so sacred Exiled to another realm Conjure the end The last night will take the fall

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released May 9, 2021

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at EPJM Studios, Houston, TX.

Artwork by Niklas Sundin.

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Feverous Houston, Texas

Feverous is a one-man project, crafting intense compositions marked by thunderous riffs and relentless energy. With a unique sound and uncompromising vision, Feverous looks to join the ranks of the metal underground.