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"Intangible Fate" is another one of those instrumentals that's been swirling around in my head for years, waiting for AI to help me bring it to life. The artwork captures exactly what I was hearing - this cosmic spiral of energy with broken chains floating through space, like destiny itself is being shattered and reformed.

At 140 BPM in C# minor, this track has this driving, relentless energy that never lets up, but it's not frantic - it's purposeful. That tempo gives it this sense of inevitability moving forward, like fate itself has a heartbeat. And C# minor? That's one of the darkest, heaviest keys you can work in. It automatically gives everything this ominous, cosmic weight that perfectly matches the theme.

This track explores that feeling when you realize your fate isn't set in stone, that even the most inevitable-seeming forces can be broken free from. The swirling vortex represents all those unseen currents that seem to control our lives, but those broken chains show that sometimes you can break loose from what feels like cosmic inevitability.

Musically, this one has a more progressive feel than my pure heavy tracks like "Nuclear" or "Silent Rage." The C# minor tonality gives it this deep, space-like darkness, while that 140 BPM keeps everything moving with purpose. There's complexity in the composition that mirrors the cosmic theme - sections that spiral and build like the artwork's vortex, then moments where everything breaks apart before reforming into something new.

The guitar work weaves through multiple themes, representing different aspects of fate and choice colliding with each other. Where some of my instrumentals are about raw power, "Intangible Fate" is about transformation - that moment when you realize you have more control over your destiny than you thought.

Intangible Fate - Instrumental

Look at what you’ve done
You’ve taken away the light
Denied the rapture
How can’t you see that I did this all for you?

40 counts of sin
This trial begins
You think you can judge me?
I am the way
I am the fire
I am the light
Did this all for you
Did this all for you

For all mankind
For all mankind
For all mankind 
For all mankind

I stand accused, disapproved
Your hollow horror
I came in from the desert with the glory of the sun
Shackled to this chair
A witness to the coming darkness
Sanctimonious sentences, the circle now divides
Life, death
The dawning of the final verdict
Waiting for the moment for the 13 to decide
13 now decide
For all mankind

For all mankind
For all mankind
For all mankind
For all mankind

For all mankind
For all mankind
For all mankind
For all mankind

For all mankind
For all mankind
For all mankind
For all mankind


This travesty, this puppet show
The will is strong, the trumpet blows
Soon the cup will overflow
Only then will all men know
The seventh circle now divides
He demanded sacrifice
Once again, the dead will rise
For all mankind

All lyrics and music written by Steve Purtee
All guitars by Steve Purtee
Lead vocals by Craig Cairns
Backing vocals by Craig Cairns and Steve Purtee
Produced/Mixed/Mastered by Anthony Phillips Xtatic Media LLC

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