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Viral

by Viral

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1.
Scarred 03:11
Scarred Weeks on weeks since I'm lost The ship went down, I was the sole passenger No one is seen, can't even dream of that day I'm all alone, unable to try anymore Tell me! Is this mental breakdown? Tell me, I'm telling myself. Tell me! Is this meant to happen? Tell me, I'm telling myself. Weak, I'm getting weaker How much older I've grown, I've been scarred and it's starting to show I have struggled before and now I have reached a dead end Where should I go, feels like I'm roaming blindly Tell me! Is this mental breakdown? Tell me, I'm telling myself. Tell me! Is this meant to happen? Tell me, I'm telling myself. Years The years left me scarred, until the point of crazy My mind is deranged and all I can blame is this place Within these walls I'm fighting my war. Come help me!!! Refräng Tell me! Is this mental breakdown? Tell me, I'm telling myself. Tell me! Is this meant to happen? Tell me, I'm telling myself.
2.
Going Down 03:32
Going down There is something in the air tonight A strange reflection comes to mind Piercing skin and sanity While overtaking me Everything is turning grey and I Entangled in an inner lie Dilute into infinity As hollowed as can be Going down Going down Every piece is getting torn and I'm In desperate need of paradigm Grasping for what’s left of me In distant memory I will not go down without a fight A spark of passion can ignite The flame that's gonna carry me Into serenity Going down My demise In minds eye What am I? One mans bane Shall befall Going down Going down The achromatic feeling of my nature will not seize Held hosage by my sentience and withering within Crushed in my very weightlessness, the world is growing thin When I emote there is nothing
3.
Machine 03:31
Let me tell you a story about how everything became Who’s to speak of human glory when truth and mind is not the same? Here I am, lost in the dark Here I am, in my head Machine of illusion Machine of illusion Machine of illusion Machine that I am Life is but a paradox Two billion years of replication Nothing is outside this box A limit by your own sensation Here I am, lost in the dark Here I am, in my head Machine of illusion Machine of illusion Machine of illusion Machine that I am
4.
Gallows 05:30
In a veil of dust and sand, where the chanting turned to cries And the bullets start firing Those who dare to defy, trying to get out alive Who’s gonna answer to this? The gallow is ready, defendants standing in line Man’s last word was spoken The silence from our grave will be louder than the voices you strangle today. Has really justice been done? Should they be facing this end? Who has the right to claim the law? In blindness the triggers were pulled. The streets were colored in blood. Who knows the real truth of this? The gallow is ready, defendants standing in line Man’s last word was spoken The silence from our grave will be louder than the voices you strangle today. Chills down the spine, frozen time. Their eye on horizon His word, the weight of the world. Step forward if your conscience’s clean. Hangman's knot under the chin. The last breath has been taken The gallow is ready, defendants hanging in line Man’s last word still remains The silence from our grave will be louder than the voices you strangle today.
5.
Watch out! Don’t look back! Can you feel this table turning? Unchained and mesmerized My mind has been lit! Look out for the sun. Both candle’s ends are burning Dazzled and tantalized I’m blazing again! I’m gonna lose it! I’m fading away. I’m gonna lose it! Let’s do it again! Oh, taunting from afar, enchanting liberation A lustful distant star A ravishing temptation! I’m feeling energized, my entire being awakened My thoughts yet unincised, on the verge of breaking! I’m gonna lose it! I’m fading away. I’m gonna lose it! Let’s do it again!
6.
Viral 04:59
Let it out! Let it free! Nobody knows that it exists. Spreading out! Changing me! When black becomes white, you’ll be the last one to see. It’s going viral, into the depth of my core No more denial, it will be there to knock on your door It’s going viral, it will never let you ignore Caught in your spiral til’ what’s left is not me anymore You cannot run! It will become Your heart. Lurking plague, town to town Show me the way, herder of sheep Speak your mind! Let me in! Replacing remains with an epitome of your will! It’s going viral, into the depth of my core No more denial, don’t even know who I am anymore! It’s going viral, it will never let you ignore Caught in your spiral. Was I anything else before? You cannot run! It will become Your heart. Who’s gonna tell, me what is right? What once was words, now becomes truth Roaring loud! Dark request! Setting the rules, watching the pedestal grow It’s going viral, into the depth of my core No more denial, am I what you’ve been asking for? It’s going viral, it will never let you ignore No more revival. Molding hard, see me fully transform! You cannot run! It will become Your heart.
7.
Mephorious 05:10
Cold was my heart as a figure reveals Crows flee into the night as wind grasps my breath Torches blown out to the sound of his chains Silent tranquility at Shimmery Bridge Has the beacon been lit? Mephorius! Gate to the abyss has opened The undead has heard your call, Mephorius! Now the wraith has come to claim us all Standing side by side Shivering heart, fear in your eyes This could be our demise Searing, sounding horn Bloodsteel, the banner in sight The colors green, red and white Beacon has been lit! Mephorius! Gate to the abyss has opened The undead has heard your call, Mephorius! Now the wraith has come to claim us all Semblance of darkness Prophecy told by the seer The son of Hektra is here Crawling out the mist Rotten horde of decay Waiting for order to slay How can you take the life away From something that’s already dead? We gather for the judgement day The blood will turn the water red Evil act of ire! Mephorius! Gate to the abyss has opened The undead has heard your call, Mephorius! Now the wraith has come to claim us all
8.
Selo's Tale 06:20
Night’s calling! Selo was his name Night’s calling! Selo was his name Shady is the passage off to kings’ land Left the life as a peasant. Living gluttonous and grand The tale, the myth, the legacy! The thief from the outer rim The thrill, the need, the treachery Becoming an enemy Enemy! Night’s calling! Selo was his name Night’s calling! Selo was his name Uninvited presence, watchful eyes Hover on the brink, sinister and sly An act, a deed, a felony Blindly consumed by the greed The will, the fight, the jealousy Caught in the devilry Devilry! Night’s calling! Selo was his name Night’s calling! Selo was his name Night’s calling! Selo was his name Night’s calling! Selo was his name! “Nay!” was Selo’s outcry When they caught him in the light of the lantern Signs had led them right In front of his cave, in the depth of the woods He faced his doom. Night’s calling! Night’s calling! Night’s calling! Night’s calling!
9.
Watching the pendulum dance as day turns to night A distant reflection of the moons glowing light Hear my laughter, I am controlling your day! In silence I’m telling you louder than words ever may To follow my wishes as the pendulum sway Hear my name! Devil’s clockwork waiting! No one can stop it! Devil’s clockwork ticking! No one can stop it! Devil’s clockwork waiting! No one can stop it! Devil’s clockwork ticking! No one can stop it! I’m the last grain of sand in your hourglass I’m but a mystery as life comes to pass I make your future, present and past Hear my name! Devil’s clockwork waiting! No one can stop it! Devil’s clockwork ticking! No one can stop it! Devil’s clockwork waiting! No one can stop it! Devil’s clockwork ticking! No one can stop it! No one can stop it! No one can stop it! No one can stop it! Cesium 133 You can’t control me. I was meant to be free! Devil’s clockwork waiting! No one can stop it! Devil’s clockwork ticking! No one can stop it! Devil’s clockwork waiting! No one can stop it! Devil’s clockwork ticking! No one can stop it! No one can stop it!

about

Vocals: Albin Forsell
Guitar: Marcus Borggren
Guitar: Larri Mohell Malinen
Bass: Christian Ståhl
Drums: Linus Melchiorsen

Mixed/Mastered by: Niels Nielsen (Ghost, In Flames, MCC, Witchery, Tid, Dead Soul, Spiders)

credits

released January 8, 2021

Special thanks to:

Niels Nielsen - Mix & Master
Johan Rapp - Backing vocals, production assistant, previous bass player
Rickard Sandell - Previous drummer
Björn Almgren - Previous bass player
Thomas Olausson - First drummer
Zara Rydman - Backing vocals
Joel Selsfors - Piano
Mattias Frisk - Album art
M.Otto.O Sundance MD&M - Cover design
Nicke "bus" Karlsson - various graphic
Viral fanclub (Dan Westin, Rickard Eklund) - Backing vocals

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Viral is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in 2012. Heavily rooted in New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Viral is a band comfortable to also include influences from thrash and power metal, resulting in a fresh and vigorous blend.

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