I Am Retribution by Lorcan Ward
A Warhammer 40k Night Lords inspired Technical Death Metal song

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Night Lords were one of the most requested legions so here is "I Am Retribution". A technical death metal song inspired mostly by the Night Lords trilogy. The lyrics are from the POV of Talos(one of my favorite Space Marine characters). Aaron Dembski-Bowden creates such rich protagonists and the lyric ideas just flow while reading his books. To get into the horror vibe I also drew some inspiration from some non Warhammer characters like Irenicus(Baldurs Gate 2), Pinhead(Hellraiser) and Batman. Of course there's inspiration from the Night Haunter himself but I also left the option to do a future song about Konrad. I think that's something to remember, when I finish the 18 legions I can still go back and do many more songs from other POV characters and Primarchs. There are also all the successor chapters of each Legion with so the possibilities for future songs are endless. If you haven't subscribed please do and if you want to really help fund future songs then purchasing my music from Apple Music/iTunes and Bandcamp helps a lot and is greatly appreciated!

Musically this was the hardest song I've ever recorded. I pushed my guitar playing to its limits on this one, it was a nightmare to record! Vincent's vocals worked perfect for this one to get across Talos's anger. Robin did an amazing job on drums as always and Rich experimented with a fretless bass for a change. The song's genre would fall into Technical Death Metal track. Inspired by Necrophagist, Obscura, The Haarp Machine etc but also black metal bands like Immortal, Keep of Kalessin to melodic death metal like Mors Principium Est. To top it off there is a Neo-classical guitar solo since I was learning a lot of Bach(s) and Vivaldi at the time. Many influences on this one.

Credits:
Vocals - Vincent Jackson Jones(Aether Realm)
Guitar - Lorcan Ward
Fretless Bass - Rich Gray
Drums - Robin Stone
Re-amped, mixed & mastered at Trackmix Studios
Video artwork by Eddy Gonz - https://www.artstation.com/eddiegonzalez

Lyrics:
Verse 1:
The rotting corpse of an empire flayed for all to see
Sing not to me damnation for I conduct the screams
With a crown of lies a malice in disguise
He sought ascension but we denied his prize

Chorus:
Raise the pyres
Feed the flames
Revenants of midnight
Heralds of Judgement Day

Verse 2:
I am retribution, justice at its core
A phantom of reprisal in this uncaring void
They will remember with every burning world
Death haunts the darkness in nightmare given form

Verse 3:
The sins of the father cast down from son to son
The echoes of his failures unravel and come undone
May the ashes rain eternal on his throne
And the suffering of millions choke the life out of his soul

Final Chorus:
Raise the pyres
Feed the flames
Immortal clad in midnight
The lords of night unveiled
Death haunts the darkness
Death knows your name
Death has come to claim you
Retribution in it's wake

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