White Ritual – Ritual Lust

Between lust and emptiness – White Ritual strike the right note

White Ritual - Ritual Lust (Cover artwork)I'll be hon­est: elec­tric gui­tars in elec­tron­ic tracks don't usu­ally appeal to me. But in White Ritual's "Ritual Lust", they blend so unob­trus­ively and organ­ic­ally into the sound­scape that they leave room for the syn­thes­izers instead of tak­ing it away. These synths are bold, darkly shim­mer­ing and carry the song with a crys­tal­line eleg­ance, over which Lily's soft, warm vocals are layered – almost like a counter-spell against the harsh­ness of the rock ele­ments. It is pre­cisely this bal­ance that appeals to me: elec­tro-rock, but with the emo­tion­al depth of a genu­ine dark wave piece.

Lyrically, Ritual Lust remains in this limbo between desire and loss, between fire and ashes. The lines "Let everything burn and see tomor­row" sum it up quite well – this song sounds like a long­ing that dis­solves into sound.

The music video is visu­ally impress­ive, aes­thet­ic­ally dark and fit­ting for the track. Only the AI sequences seem too obvi­ous unreal and, above all, too gen­er­ic, and to be hon­est, I could have done without them.

Listen to "White Ritual – Ritual Lust" on Spotify

Listen to "White Ritual – Ritual Lust" on Spotify

Listen to "White Ritual – Ritual Lust" on Spotify

Lust
Secrets on fire
Lust
Secrets are hidden
For me

Change the land­scape into black, hide the truth beneath our lifes,
I try hard to sur­vive, to survive
Your body smells of lies
You broke everything you could
I just let it all sink in

I just wanna hide into somehow
Let everything burn and see tomorrow
If i can get up and leave this sor­row sorrow

Lust
Secrets on fire
Lust
Leavin for mercy
For me

I just wanna hide into somehow
Let everything burn and see tomorrow
If i can get up and leave this sor­row sorrow

Burn the silence into dust
Drown the hope beneath our eyes
I fall deep to com­ply, to comply
Your shad­ow fills my scars
You took everything you could
I just let the void crawl in

Nos corps se sont mêlés
Je suis per­due a tes côtésMon amour ne sert a rien
Ta lux­ure sera ma fin

I just wanna hide into somehow
Let everything burn and see tomorrow
If i can get up and leave this sor­row sorrow

I just wanna hide into somehow
Let everything burn and see tomorrow
If i can get up and leave this sor­row sorrow

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