Cosmos

Skin & Bones

Music for piano and string quartet.

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Artwork by Katja Lang: https://www.katja-lang.com


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Above the Lens

Caught a Light

Caught a Light (Symphonic Version) [feat. Neco Novellas]

LANGUE DE SANG has no words because blood requires no translation. This is the language spoken before language existed—the voice of the body, the voice of the wound, the voice of offering and sacrifice.

I recorded this in a single take at 3 AM, refusing water beforehand. I wanted my throat raw. I wanted to feel what it means to speak in blood rather than breath. What you hear is that attempt. 

CORBEAU

TRACK 5: LANGUE DE SANG

Music for piano.

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Passaggio

Three spheres rotate. Stability within change. Consciousness observing itself.

Sovereign of the Three Spheres

Song Description: "Crown of Certainty"
🔥 Concept
"Crown of Certainty" is a song about watching someone perform flawless confidence while standing on sinking sand.
It's about the moment you realize someone's certainty isn't strength—it's armor. When every word is polished sharp and clean, but truth runs through their hands like water. When they pirouette in borrowed light and call it grace, tilt every mirror just right to prove their perfect plan, while folding doubts small and hiding them where they think no one can see.
This track isn't about someone who's honestly lost.
It's about someone who draws lines in marble then moves them when it suits. Who swears they love sunlight while planting darkened roots. Who traces circles and calls them doors, stepping through hallways that always lead back to the same old floor with the same old picture—just a different frame. Who pulls every puppet string while tangled in the same strings themselves, royal in their reasoning yet prisoner of their own game.
This is about recognizing someone's crown of certainty for what it really is: a mask so dark it only fits them. And asking the question they'll never answer: Who tricks who?
🎵 Sound & Style
Kicking off with soaring twin guitar harmonies, "Crown of Certainty" launches into energetic melodic heavy metal driven by precision and power.
Tight, heavy riffs anchor the foundation atop relentless double-bass drumming and deep, punchy bass that propels the track with unstoppable momentum. Verses feature commanding high-range vocals escalating through building intensity toward gigantic, anthemic choruses enriched by soaring melodic leads and epic, layered arrangements.
Technical guitar solos slice through with virtuosic flair over polished, modern production that retains classic metallic bite—every note purposeful, every riff landing with weight. Strategic atmospheric keyboards infuse Scandinavian melodic flair between thunderous, stadium-level hooks, adding depth without softening the edge.
The bridge strips back momentarily to expose the central question—"Who are you chasing? Who are you saving?"—before building back into the final chorus with maximum force. The outro fades with repeated questioning over diminishing guitars, leaving the answer hanging in the air like an accusation that will never be answered.
This is melodic heavy metal as psychological mirror—powerful enough to shatter illusions, precise enough to cut through self-deception.
👂 For the Listener
This song is for anyone who's watched someone perform absolute certainty while drowning in their own contradictions.
For those who've seen through someone's polished words to the truth slipping through their hands.
For anyone who's watched someone fold every mirror so they never have to see their own face, trace circles and call them progress, move marble lines whenever they become inconvenient.
For those who've asked "who tricks who?" and realized the person performing confidence is the most trapped of all—royal in their reasoning, prisoner of their own game.
If you've ever watched someone dance among shadows while believing no one sees them...
if you've recognized that someone's crown of certainty is just a mask that fits only them...
if you've seen someone clap for every sleight-of-hand they perform on themselves...
this song names what you've been watching.

💎🎭👑
For everyone who's watched someone wear a crown of certainty while truth walks away. For everyone who's asked "who tricks who?" and seen the answer they'll never admit.

Crown of Certainty

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TRACK 6 — PRESGRIPSIWN / PRESCRIPTION

The Commonplace for solo piano. Composed for Piano Day 2016

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The Bleak Midwinter

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Award-winning filmmaker, former tenured Associate Professor at Columbia College Chicago, and Contributing Author for multiple literary journals, Julian writes a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction work. Find out more at www.juliangrant.com.

TRACK 6 — PRESGRIPSIWN / PRESCRIPTION

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