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Witch​-​Heart

from Witch​-​Heart by Arcane Ritual

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Witch-heart is the title track on the first full length album by gothic, prog metalheads Arcane Ritual. The track starts out moody and slightly ominous and doomy feel, growing into a melodic, yet aggressive gothic juggernaut with thrash elements. Finishing up this track is a whirlwind outro that also serves as a powerful invocation.

The drums at times are reminiscent of their Type O Negative influences, turning into a more progressive sound that combines elements of thrash, gothic metal and classic rock. This creates the tone for the rest of the album that echoes these influences, each track with it’s own unique story and auditory texture.

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Witch-Heart

As I uncover
each layer within this bounded flesh
I find a mystery waiting
To walk my own path
I must discover the demons
bound unto me, many lifetimes

I feel the beating of my heart
the place where I must start
so dwells my heartache and pain
Into the fire where I walk
the ancestors who talk to
me of ageless wisdom.

-Chorus-
Mother I hear you I’ll answer the call
Vigilant priestess till death and beyond

Still I go deeper
this work can last many lifetimes
intuition guides my heart true
The circle casting
I feel the wind in my hair
the earth beneath & water flowing

I feel the fire burn within,
destroying every notion of
detachment & sin
And there is no more room to doubt
the knowledge that was lost
It still resides within us

-Chorus-

In this place where we stand
the tortured sky, the world of man
For those before & those to come,
we invoke your ancient wisdom
Life the veil laid on our race
the hatred, the lies & the disgrace
Blessed be...

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from Witch​-​Heart, track released January 1, 2019

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Arcane Ritual San Francisco, California

Hailing from the SF Bay Area, home of metal titans like Metallica and Testament, Arcane Ritual is a new breed of gothic metal with elements of melodic thrash and doom. The band has released a video for ‘Entwined in Starlight’ in Dec, 2016, an EP ‘Enemy of the State’, as well as single "Angel" in 2017. The debit album "Witch-Heart" will release early in 2019. Details TBA. ... more

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