Burdens of the Earth

by Neverus

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subsequentseer If One For Blood isn't the best song of 2023 then I'm not sure if I can handle anything more. Who needs Time II? (jk I need it) Favorite track: One for Blood.

PKMetal This band scratches my Wintersun itch better than others that are more overtly similar to Wintersun!

UPDATE: Stiff competition, but if I had to choose, I think I'd have to name this my Album of the Year for 2023. I have no doubt I'll still be listening to it 10+ years from now.

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1.	On This Mountain Peak 01:00		buy track
2.	Banish and Burn 05:10	lyrics	buy track
Blood infects the eye A veil of secrecy But through her mind I ride Mercy just implied Her blood infects the eye That that gazes into me Whispers the truth of what to do Thunder and rage Great flames or a plague She'll bring this crown down Without a sound Just deadly silence Mark my words today Whispers spread of her plight With torches held alight: “Come tonight Don't look away or close your eyes Stare deep into the rite Of cursed acolyte” Bring forth the fire to light the way Send us a blaze that turns the night bright as day Bring forth the liar to return Banish and Burn On this mountain peak They did construct a pyre So tall it shouldered up the stars With wood, and stones, and oil They did define her fate And from this world she would depart Blood infects the eyes Of all who speak to me Across the Earth I ride Just another lie The blood of those defiled It comes so easily Witness the truth Succumb to doom And all the guilty point to you Bring forth the fire to light the way Send us a blaze that turns the night bright as day Bring forth the liar to return Banish and Burn Oh! Feel the flame Dance again As the sparks bite She's alight! She's alight! So, come tonight Don't look away or close your eyes Breathe deep the scent Of violated innocence Bring forth the fire to light the way Send us a blaze that turns the night bright as day Bring forth the liar to return Banish and Burn
3.	Calderian 03:13	lyrics	buy track
Cursed thunder comes from deep inside Raising pressure, and it cannot be defied Way down below The blood longs to flow And break the bone Oh! Reaching the surface A serpent of fire With an unspeakable desire And they cried out For their lives Fire lights the mountain's crown As burning earth comes raining down Darkness plunges as it covers the sun By the embers of a dying land Just run! 'Cause the panic has only just begun Way down below The blood longs to flow And break the bone Oh! Release the furnace Ignite the earth and stone And they cried out For their lives Sailing the ships they fly A quest to save those still alive Blessed by the wind they race Towards the very place They won't survive And they cried out For their lives (for their lives) Behold the end of times Behold the hell released from inside Beneath the burning sky Under the earth and ash, they died
4.	Lazarus 05:02	lyrics	buy track
Burn! Hear the sound of the shattered thoughts In a world of cold distorted night Bless the soul, bless the sky Bless those left behind Born of the Earth, born of a time Of dust, remorse, and crippled minds We pray for the broken soil The land our fathers toiled Has died Oh, break the sky Reach for the light (Reach for the light) Oh! Cold call of the looming abyss Lifelong in Death's eclipse: decide! Walk the path obscured A line so hard to lure in sight Just take one long last look behind Turn towards the future and survive 'Cause this is not the Land Divine Oh, break the sky We'll find the Earth Our lives: a beauty undeserved Our final journey calls Know who we are Know who we are For you We starved Oh! And so we sigh And so we soar And so we twist and tumble, just to fall Ten thousand miles Gone in the blink of an eye Raise a hand and drink to death defied My eyes defy surprise Leaving mortality behind Above a ball We start to fall Towards another world Through dark And cold Run Run Forging through the darkness on breath of dawn Peer beyond the stars in search of hope Lurching through the never-ending blackened sky As everything alive inside just screams out to survive We'll find the Earth Our lives: a beauty undeserved Our final journey calls Know who we are Know who we are For you We died
5.	From the North 00:43		buy track
6.	Mournful March 05:20	lyrics	buy track
Turn and sever the day Turn to the night To the northern ice With the wind just whispering Assisting our demise Cursed is the course Of the feeble few Bound to our earthly bones And stumbling doom (Stumbling doom) For what is done with envy Will linger on through empty eyes (Through empty eyes) So when it's time This act of mine will end me And from the north, The last of us will crawl on We walked ashore The last of us will mourn And their bones Dive down Dive down Their cries Dive down Dive down Our futile fury bursts, withers, and decays Its victims buried with their plan Choose left or right Choose up or down, reverse, or turn around Curse every step along this broken land We've found And from the north, The last of us will crawl on We walked ashore The last of us will mourn And their bones Dive down Dive down Wandering this prized Wasteland as we die Taste the final sigh Of this life Oh! We carried on our person All that we could take Castoffs but carried all the same Treasures tied to time Bitter remnants of a life gone by Cherished in vain Will I rise enough to know Will I rise enough to show All this life is just compromise Will I rise enough to know Will I rise enough to show And from the north, The last of us will crawl on We walked ashore The last of us will mourn And their bones Dive down Dive down Their cries Dive down Dive down
7.	One for Force 00:47		buy track
8.	One for Blood 06:30	lyrics	buy track
Fury from the forsaken star With its beauty disarmed, the essence I carve One for force One for blood One for the darkness above Oh, reason feeds the life that we know Oh, take me and all that I hold We follow afar Forever apart As embers, we turn We follow a part Of every source and star And silently burn For a finer future I found, With a terminal howl, emergence abound With this force Oh, with this blood As I cast all the things I've loved Down We fall as the night Leaves its purpose behind To silently shatter and die We fall as two kingdoms collide Unfolded across the sky Oh! Raise... By this blade, I rise up high, alive Fury from the force afar as it Burns and breaks my mind Mindless follow the silence over the First untraceable surface Face only the earliest burden Madly, I fly Reject my life, I Dive up, down Dive up, down Embrace the light! We'll learn Oh! Turbulence and sacrifice I redefine my life Can't believe I was so blind This mystery Weighed down by ancient history Will dehumanise our time Bring forth the blade that I will defy It's just a fiction Set in stone Kill this affliction With thoughts alone Oh, such a perfect evolution of minds My first thought to surface came alive And stood by my side We roar as the night Leaves its purpose behind To silently shatter and die We watch as two kingdoms collide Unfolded across the sky Fury from the forge in my heart My decision to carve, and bear on my arm One for force One for blood One for all that I've loved After all, it's enough
9.	Send My Spirit High 03:38	lyrics	buy track
Burdens of the Earth With this soul attached To undeserved and endless dark Breathe the sky and taste the life before the end Quench the dying spark Between these two towers I wait Whispering, weak to the bone The final few seconds on the rope Twisted and frayed is my soul Oh, raised with this duty, A glimmer of what it once was worth I'll knock once or twice By now we know the dice Have rolled on Beyond Mother, my time has come With the wind I'll fly I've let go of uncertainty Here I'll say goodbye Father, I'll soon become Memories in your mind Hold me close One last time Send My Spirit High Burdens of the Earth Drifting far below A tenuous and final gasp Breathe in Breathe out Reach the skies unbound Mother, my time has come With the wind I'll fly I've made peace with adversity Here I'll say goodbye Father, I'll soon become Memories in your mind Pull me close One last time Send My Spirit High
10.	Towards the Surface 04:37	lyrics	buy track
Play the tune of tides Hear the ocean roar (Breathe this force) Split the stream of souls, Chant the ancient call (Keep this course) No heroes to save No heroes to die Behold the eye of death inside Heavy Empty I'll bring the fury Great mountains and pillars arise (Arise) By darkness it carves through the inside Towards the surface reaching out for the light (For the light) Still out of sight As the sirens call From the broken time (Dare their prey) Breathe the toxic air As the path unwinds (Burn their way) All eyes to the sky As surf and stars collide (And stars collide) Drowns all the life that still survives (That still survives) its might Great mountains and pillars arise (Arise) By darkness it carves through the inside Towards the surface reaching out for the light (For the light) Behold its might Billowing towers of ash and steam spew high into the clouds Atlantis has re-joined the surface By the steed of the surf Blend the sky and the earth Time and turbulent tempest Have turned this curse (Watch as the souls disperse) Woah, the ocean cries for thunder (Cry thunder) As I embrace the skies and clouds draw in (Cry thunder) Now here all the bold Will fear of the old (Fear of the old) The life, the light, it's mine to mould (It’s mine to mould) Behold! Great mountains and pillars arise (Arise) By darkness it carves through the inside Towards the surface reaching out for the light (For the light) Behold its might Countless the centuries pass by the shore Deep down under them all By Death (Death) Time (Time) Fury and might (And might) I'll break them all It's my right
11.	Home 01:08		buy track
12.	Temptation 08:37	lyrics	buy track
From the night, unforced Within the forge of life A yearning stirs Inspiration cries out for light Endlessly deferred “Turn to us Turn, for us Turn, and serve a purpose” The light burns The sun blinds And darkness revealed us alive Covers the face in pain From this lunacy Invite inside This unspeakable Mindless cry (Ignite this tide deep inside) As I fall All through irrelevant reverence of malevolence Every end of this entry cursed A whispering cry A twist of fate just in time And I learn On the isle of my life I cross the line Bloodied, I confess that I'm Falling out of my future I've lost the line Blood is all that's left as I fall Invite inside This unspeakable cry (Invite inside) For life “Brush these strings aside You're worth more to us alive” Bring this source down Bring this source down And so enticement did arrive Ten times assembled Everlasting in the mind For all the future holds A token to the thought Of all that was and will be brought forth Temptation's coming from the eyes of your life Temptation's coming from the eyes of your life Go! Bring this source across the Earth To rule and to obey And serve the first step of the way Bring this source to rule the Earth Enthral and they'll obey They'll serve every step of the way For the rest of us alive Withhold the night Withhold its colours I would not turn and face To serve only a pale destiny (With this solace, I burn) (With this solace, I burn) With this solace to earn I reject my life alone From the isle of my life I cross the line With this solace I’m falling fast And my future will soon align With this solace, I burn Burn, and all this solace, with the light of your life Will turn and cause the severance it called in disguise Burn (Temptation, come out of your life) As temptation brings the soul of your life In turn (Temptation, come out of your life) To fall and perfectly unfold in the night

about

Breathe. Dive. Surface. Swim. Plunge into the melodic intensity of Neverus.

The roaring tides pull you through a thunder of drums; an orchestra furiously churns the skies above your head. The river banks sweep by, riffs and harmonies bursting to life on the shore, while an undercurrent of percussive bass forces you to keep moving.

With a gasp, you reach out and cling to the vocal line, and it only draws you deeper.

How much control do you have over your life?
How much control does your life have over you?

These are the questions we ask as we dive into the debut LP, "Burdens of the Earth", of majestic death-metallers Neverus.

credits

released April 21, 2023

Music & Lyrics by Jack Streat
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Orchestrations performed by Jack Streat
Drums performed by Joris Sevat
Drums recorded by Tommie Bonajo at Tomster Studios

Mixed by Jack Streat
Mastered by Julien Huyssens at Nomad Studio

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Neverus Eindhoven, Netherlands

Breathe. Dive. Surface. Swim. Plunge into the melodic intensity of Neverus.

The roaring tides pull you through a thunder of drums; an orchestra churns the skies above your head. The river banks sweep by, riffs and harmonies bursting to life on the shore, while an undercurrent of bass forces you to keep moving.

With a gasp, you reach out and cling to the vocal line, and it only draws you deeper. ... more

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May 26

South Of Heaven

Bilzen, Belgium
Jul 27

Asgard Rock & Metal Fest

Ramsel, Belgium
Sep 21

OC in 't Riet

Ieper, Belgium
Oct 13

Patronaat

Haarlem, Netherlands

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