Name: Helluin's Abyss by Doug Stoothoff
Duration: 4 min 58 s
Description: submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam #36 hosted by emscottish for Itch.IO October 2025

Interesting track with soft and dark tones. Good work.

This was my very first song written at 20 years old at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington.

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“Soul Hunt” is one of the most direct and visceral tracks on the album — a relentless vision of unseen warfare, where human souls are the prize in an eternal struggle between forces far greater than ourselves. Based on one of my oldest lyrics ever written, the song captures a world drenched in fear and metaphysical violence. Peace is yearned for but never found.

The verses paint a bleak picture: “It’s all over” declares one line; “Bloodstained icons weep in woe” ends another. These aren’t just poetic images — they’re cries from a world where fragile human lives are tossed into a cosmic battleground beyond comprehension. The music echoes this turmoil with razor-sharp, old-school thrash metal riffing, driving the message home with unrelenting force.

At its heart, “Soul Hunt” forms the eschatological core of the album — a dark framework where the sacred collides with the violent. The Latin chorus, “Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna” (“Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death”), taken from the Roman Catholic Office of the Dead, becomes more than a liturgical chant. It’s a desperate plea for endurance, for grace, for something to hold onto in the face of annihilation.

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SOUL HUNT

A star fell blazing, torn from the sky,
Ghostfire flickers, years burn dry.
Lunatic echoes are tearing the spheres,
Behind steel gates, the enemy appears.

He winks at me with a hollow stare –
A pupil-less gaze, a frozen glare.
"Come with me," he speaks to me, "behold!
We'll walk in the void like the gods of the old!"

Bell tolls crash on the lead-gray land,
The last fires go out, lost in the sand.
It’s all over – we fade in the tide, 
abandoned island, fortress denied.

Life’s breath is stolen, I drink from the still,
degusting the wine that the ages spill.
Spare me, O Lord, from the hunter’s chase,
Grant me, O Father, a night of grace!

Libera me Domine
de morte eterna! 
(Deliver me, O Lord, 
from eternal death)

The forest echoes from the hunting cries,
Dark shadows creep where the lost souls lie.
A soul hunt is raging deep down below,
bloodstained icons weep in woe.

Horror Sacri

Soul Hunt

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“Flames” ignites with explosive hyperpop energy, blending fiery synths, glitchy textures, and pounding dance rhythms. The track builds like a blaze, starting with shimmering sparks before erupting into a full-on inferno of sound. It’s euphoric, chaotic, and unstoppable—a sonic wildfire that pulls you into its heat and doesn’t let go. Perfect for late-night raves, neon-soaked drives, or whenever you need to feel completely alive.

Flames

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Hazmat Cat

submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam #36 hosted by emscottish for Itch.IO October 2025

Helluin's Abyss

Temperature Rising blends Electronic with Funk/Soul and throws in a Jazzy vibe. It's energetic and has a danceable rhythm that will resonate. Retro vibes with a modern twist.

Lyrics~
I'm never ever on my own I got you, you got me and that's why we're meant to be. 
Temperature rising.

Temperature Rising

A therapeutic journey into a mix of jazz, classical, and a blend of types of electronica.  And a wry, gradual observation that promotion tends to only go as far as you push it.  At least I make my fellow musicians laugh a little.

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