Of Myth and Slander EP, by Ritual in Ruin

Of Myth and Slander EP

by Ritual in Ruin

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1.	Frail (Intro) 01:49		buy track
2.	Of Myth and Slander 04:38	lyrics	buy track
Burn! Like the acid in your stomach Corrode! You, from the inside Can you hear them now? Will you listen? The clock is always turning The skeletons in your closet The blood on your hands Can you hear them now Will you listen? Your burdens Will never be mine I won't bleed from my father's old wounds I won't wait, for another, damn day As time comes to pass As faith ceases to exist As time tightens its grasp Your grief is a trivial toil You stand on seas of glass and broken bones An empty husk of myth and slander Self-pity courses through your veins It twists and turns out from your poison tongue The skeletons in your closet The blood on your hands Can you hear them now Will you listen? As time comes to pass As faith ceases to exist As time tightens its grasp Your grief is a trivial toil
3.	Arbiter 03:14	lyrics	buy track
Lay our bones as kindling for the funeral pyre Gather now for the death of all burden Spread! My! Ash! Amongst the soils of apprehension Seed! New! Life! For the heirs to all gluttony Ravenous self-endorsement sanctions the potency of thought Outstanding, outlandish, outrageous compromise Define our pursuits for acclamation The ego burns and tears and bleeds our hearts dry Destroy this cold skin of presumption Wounds of misfortune trial our admission The arbiter of all Winds of armageddon The arbiter of all Breathe this air of sulphur
4.	Old Wounds 01:12		buy track
5.	Distant Stars 05:04	lyrics	buy track
Seeding the famishing hope Of yesteryear Breathing this cold air Of misery Existing within a reverie Of distant stars Liberating your instincts Comes at a cost Find! Why you’ll turn away When the time does come Find! Why you’ll seek to stay Where you belong Luminaries once stood above To guide the way Martyrs linger in parable And defamation Charlatans and braggarts Run amok Undying apathy curses us To never exist beyond ...And life is so very long When you’re bound to dwell alone ...And life is so very long A curse you place on yourself

about

Written and recorded at Nomadic Arts Studio in Guelph ON, Canada in the Winter of 2019.

credits

released January 20, 2020

Music written, performed, recorded, and engineered by Alex Snape.

Guest Guitar solo on "Of Myth and Slander" by Steven Rowlands
(2:40 - 3:03), Guest Guitar solo on "Distant Stars" by Layne Richardson (2:24 - 2:58), Guest Vocals on "Arbiter" by Brett MacIntosh (1:20 - 1:43).

Special thanks to: Layne Richardson, Julian Dutton, Steven Rowlands, Ioan Tetlow, Liam Frith, Aiden Watkinson, Zack Kasman, Shay Hachey, Juho Kinnunen, Eric, Christophe Szpajdel, Chris & Ron Richardson, Brett MacIntosh and Æpoch, the boys in Raider, the lads in Cathartic Demise, the fellas in Invicta, my dudes in Nepenthe, my brothers Jonathan Snape and Justin Snape, my Mom, Loni and all other dogs, most cats, Greggs, Lucozade, President's Choice White Cheddar Macaroni and Cheese, Ensiferum's first few albums, Snus, bongs, coffee, Reaper, microphones, amps, and snow.