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1.
Gods of Mud 04:38
Kneel down before the gods of mud You, silly son of light They see beyond your heart - your dark desires I see gold I see heaven I see jade My obsession Obey the mighty gods of mud Release the fire in you The animal within is taking over I see gold I see heaven I see jade My obsession Wake up in the dark in your presence And walk down the woods your procession - Thee I Invoke The Terrible and Invisible Who Dwellest in the Void Place Of the Spirit, Hear me, The Mighty and Bornless One, For "The Heart Girt With A serpent" Is my name - I see gold I see heaven I see jade My obsession
2.
Spectre 04:52
I know you well Of that I'm sure For all your sins I've sinned before I know your rituals of pain I am the fool you want to blame You pushed me to the edge I walk in desolation Now I'm a spectre (to you) Your knife went in too deep once more My blood spreads around the floor And yet you want me on my knees Begging for mercy like a thief You've gone too far enough Too much humilliations Now I'm a spectre (to you) In the evil wind In your darkest hour In your deepest fear In your prayer now I'm weaving my revenge Weaving my revenge Weaving my revenge Now I'm a spectre (to you)
3.
Faith 04:42
Burying my faith I saw you bleeding Now I have to face My rotten feelings You gave me madness One last reason to cry I should escape now I have no further doubts But I will burn right here In this fire with you Yes I will stay right here In this winterless cold I've killed my faith I heard it screaming I've lived in a cage Of lies and secrets You made me weaker You made me lose my way I see through the mirror I do not recognize myself So I will burn right here In this fire with you Yes I will stay right here In this winterless cold
4.
Blood Residuals (free) 05:20
The circle is complete The pictures burning The mesmerizing smoke dances to the sky The elements in line The words were spoken The seal of invocation melts to the fire Close your eyes Embrace the darkness And let me be your guide Take my hand and walk beside me Come join the ritual Hear my voice Just like a thunder The blood residuals staining all - Stains it all - The threshold pouring light The spirits howling The voices of the past come alive The air is damp and cold The heaven falling The line grows thin between death and life Close your eyes Embrace the darkness And let me be your guide Take my hand and walk beside me Come join the ritual Hear my voice Just like a thunder The blood residuals staining all - Stains it all - "Aldinack Amkar Sun" "Aldinack Amkar Sun" For I am the one The darkness I command "Aldinack Amkar Sun"
5.
Amulet (free) 07:00
And every morning like a reptile The sun crawls quietly inside An empty room locked from the outside Poems and writings on the wall Amulet... He gave his amulet away Without an amulet all is lost His melting face against the window The trees waving with the wind And in the sky a silent warning A darkness no one else can see Amulet... He gave his amulet away Without an amulet all is lost Tired eyes Dying flowers Pills and anesthesia Falling down Flying higher Everything is blury now Empty will Shattered letters Shivers running down the spine He's the shadow of himself Just another nameless man And in the night a deadly silence A pain to deep - A cold inside The crying of the lonely old men One more nightmare comes alive Amulet... He gave his amulet away Without an amulet all is lost Amulet... He gave it to someone away A heart shaped amulet It was everything he had Tired eyes Dying flowers Pills and anesthesia Falling down Flying higher Everything is blury now Empty will Shattered letters Shivers running down the spine He's the shadow of himself Just another nameless man
6.
Sarah 06:45
Long nights wither in her eyes Painful whispers so cold Dreams and hopes are left behind And the spell takes hold Bury the laments of her past Bloodstained visions so clear Burning bonfires in her sight Yet the devil is near Love lies in ashes forever The dead should be quiet, oh Sarah! Who dares to disrupt your heaven The dead should stay still, darling Sarah! Roaming outside under the rain The wind caress her face Shed a cold tear once again Upon a cold empty grave Love lies in ashes forever The dead should be quiet, oh Sarah! Who dares to disrupt your heaven The dead should stay still, darling Sarah!
7.
Ars Almadel 03:23
Everything falls Even angels Everything you know Everything you wont let go
8.
Venus 03:55
I am trapped in a timeless space In a cage of skin and whispers So entranced by your beautyness And the warm touch of your fingers Into the foldings of the flesh Fill me up with your poison now As it drips from your honey bosoms In delight of your savage lips My desire is turning to stone Into the foldings of the flesh I surrender to your embrace I'm a slave, a thirsty creature And the kiss burning inside you Like a blade - deeper and deeper Into the foldings of the flesh
9.
In Our World (free) 03:49
All this darkness that embrace us now Extends beyond anything your eyes can see Into melancholic waves I drown But I still stand Probably I shouldn't stay In our world In our world In our own world In the mystic light of haunted moons I found my place I've heard Aiwass calling my name For my visions they were all revealed And here I am Cutting through the silent wave In our world In our world In our own world In our world In a perfect world In our world In the darkest world
10.
Snakedance 04:25
Wicked goddess My hungry beast I'm praying for Your deadly Kiss The wrong decision I always make As every path leads into your gardens I'm prisoner but even if I could I wouldn't escape at all In the sun And in the night time Dancing snake So beautiful In the heat Into the fire Dancing snake You take it all My offering A sacrifice Of human flesh And burning skies Release the storm from within your eyes Every thought drives me into madness Just pent me up inside you In your sweet heresy In the sun And in the night time Dancing snake So beautiful In the heat Into the fire Dancing snake You take it all
11.
On a distant place in space The secrets of our world are all reduced to shades And meaningless All the spirits of the night The old flickering stars The laments of the earth The Great Attractor calls All the glory - All the pride The rituals of blood Your nightmares and your dreams they fade to black All that suffering is just a momentary lapse Of madness in our minds The Great Attractor calls All the wisdom fades away There is no other way No prayer can prevent the final fall All the forces of the sea The power of the wind The earth surrenders down The Great Attractor calls On this fatal vortex edge the time bends like a wave The light cannot escape from its gravity Huge and hunger like a God But hidden in the dark and waiting patiently The Great Attractor Calls

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RITUAL CD ALBUM Jewel Case Limited Edition 300 copies

- Worldwide CD distribution via Discogs on following link: www.discogs.com/release/9908366

- Brazil distribution via Kingdom Rockstore on following link: www.kingdomrockstore.com/pd-42a541-ariel-maniki-and-the-black-halos-ritual-pre-order.html?ct=132488&p=1&s=1

Label: Deepland Racords / ANK Records

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released March 1, 2017

Ritual is performed by:

Ariel Maniki: Vocals and programing in all tracks / guitars in all tracks except ‘Amulet’ / bass on ‘Faith’, ‘Blood Residuals’, ‘Amulet’, ‘The Great Attractor’ / Synths on ‘Venus’, ‘Ars Almadel’, ‘The Great Attractor’.

Janice Black: Keyboards in all tracks / Vocals on ‘Ars Almadel’ / Programing on ‘Snakedance’.

Chris Arias: Bass on ‘Gods of Mud’, ‘Spectre’, ‘Sarah’, ‘Venus’, ‘In Our World’, ‘Snakedance’.

Special thanks to our guests:

Rosetta Garri (of The Spiritual Bat): Invocation verse vocals on ‘Gods of Mud’.

Ian Revell (of Double Eyelid): Vocals on ‘Faith’.

Marco Lacroix (of Luna Mysti/Maldoror): Guitars on ‘Amulet’.

Gio Chacón: Vocals on ‘Amulet’ & ‘The Great Attractor’.

Milette Porras: Violin on ‘In Our World’.

Recording, Mixing, Mastering: Ariel / Martenitsa Music Studio - San Jose, CR
Recording for Marco Lacroix: Zaulo Becerril / Karma Recording Studio - México City, MX
Recording for Ian Revell: Karl Mohr / Multibeat Creative - Ontario, CA
Recording for Rosetta Garri: Rosetta / The Spitual Bat - Frosinone, IT

Cover Art: Ariosto Uribe

Writen and Produced by: Ariel Maniki

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Ariel Maniki and the Black Halos San Jose, Costa Rica

Since 2013.

A unique dark alternative gothic wave act from San José, Costa Rica.

Led by multi instrumentalist/song writer Ariel Maniki.

Label: ANK Records / Deepland Records

Pic by: Rodrigo Alfaro
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