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This was the third song I had ever written. I was all of 20 years old. I woke from a dream that was all to real. This dream wouldn’t materialize until decades later. I wrote three songs on my first day. If you listen to them today, you would believe I was looking back. It was the script to my life.

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Well, it nearly killed me but here it is: the first album, The Moon in the Window. If you like what you hear, feel free to purchase it on Bandcamp for only £1!

The Moon in the Window

This Too Shall Pass

Breathe

“Secreta” — Latin for “secret” or “secrets” — takes its name and text from a lesser-known part of the traditional Roman Catholic Mass: a quiet prayer, spoken in a low voice by the priest at the end of the Offertory. On this album, the prayer becomes something more personal and disquieting — a whispered plea for one's enemies, delivered from a soul suspended between forgiveness and fragmentation.

Set to a short liturgical text drawn from the Roman Missal, the piece explores the spiritual paradox of wishing well upon those who have wounded us. That fragile state — where faith confronts betrayal — is captured in the song’s shifting musical language. An eerie orchestral introduction sets the tone, enveloping the listener in unease, before giving way to rhythms that echo the rhythmical asymmetry of Balkan dances. The unconventional time signature distorts any sense of calm, as if the soul itself is reeling.

“Secreta“ is both prayer and disorientation — a sacred ritual filtered through the lens of human vulnerability.

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SECRETA

Oblatis, quaesumus, Domine, placare muneribus: 
et nos ab inimicis nostris clementer eripe.

(We beg You, O Lord, be appeased by these sacrificial offerings: 
and mercifully snatch us away from our enemies.)

Horror Sacri

Secreta

GENRE: DARK METAL/AMBIENT METAL/METAL
LYRICS: ORPHEUS VECTOR 
VOCALS: ROXY BLACK 
COVER: ORPHEUS VECTOR 
LABEL: PRIMORDIUM
Song Meaning  
“Beneath the Veil” is a spoken‑word ritual — a descent into a hidden sanctum where power, identity, and fate are bound together in shadow. The piece blurs the line between summoner and summoned, curse and weapon, confession and prophecy. It explores transformation through forbidden knowledge, the pull of forces beyond mortal grasp, and the cost of crossing the threshold between worlds.

Verse‑by‑Verse Explanation

1. Beneath the veil where thoughts descend / A circle carved in broken light / Invokes the song of endless night  
   → The speaker begins the ritual, entering a mental and spiritual space below conscious thought. The “circle” is both protective and binding, channeling energy to call forth darkness.

2. In sanctum sealed by cryptic law / Where none return who glimpse the Maw  
   → We are in a place governed by ancient, unyielding rules. The “Maw” is a consuming void — an ultimate truth or entity from which there is no coming back.

3. She weaves her will in thread of smoke / The altar hums — the mirror spoke  
   → The ritualist shapes reality itself, her magic intangible yet potent. The mirror, a conduit between realms, becomes an active, almost sentient participant.

4. Candles spiral into time / Ashen lips repeat the rhyme  
   → The scene folds into a trance; candles marking the passage of time as the spoken chant fuels the ritual.

5. Hollow veil, open wide / Drink my name, from the other side / Bind me not to mortal clay / I am the hymn they could not pray  
   → The invocation’s heart: a plea to pass beyond the mortal form and become something immortal, unbound by the flesh.

6. The sigils burn in bleeding stone / She speaks in tongues not hers alone  
   → Symbols etched in stone ignite with energy. Multiple voices — perhaps spirits, gods, or other selves — speak through her.

7. A thousand voices fill the gloom / Each syllable becomes a (Ahh… ahh… ahh...)  
   → The chamber is saturated with unearthly resonance, the chant dissolving into pure sound and vibration.

8. Hollow veil, open wide / I’ve crossed the gates where truths must hide / Unveil the bride of ash and mist / She bears the mark the gods dismissed  
   → The veil parts completely. A mysterious, possibly divine or forsaken figure appears, marked by a destiny the gods themselves refused.

9. So whisper now, before I fade… / Was I the curse, or just the blade?  
   → The final, unresolved question. Was the speaker the destructive force itself, or merely the instrument wielded by a greater will? The piece ends in ambiguity, leaving the listener suspended in its shadows.

SANCTUM OF THE HOLLOW VEIL

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Shadow in the Light
Genre: Metal / Gothic / Classical Infusion
Lyrics: Roxy Black, Jeremiah Black, Orpheus Vector
Cover Art: Orpheus Vector
Released by: Primordium
All Rights Reserved © 2025

Description:
A dark hymn forged at the crossroads of Gothic grandeur, classical precision, and the raw power of metal. Shadow in the Light is both confession and curse — a descent into the ruins of false faith, where porcelain masks shatter and the shadow speaks in the language of light. Layered electric guitar and violin weave a tapestry of lament and defiance, while whispered invocations and crushing choruses pull the listener into a realm where beauty and blasphemy are inseparable. This is not just a song — it is a key, a cipher, and a reckoning.

Shadow in the Light

SHADOW IN THE LIGHT

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Victory Just on the Horizon

Ashes Fall is a collision of rock, metal, and glitchwave. Heavy guitars, electronic undercurrents, and raw vocals fuel a rebellion dressed in fire. This track is about burning down the silence and rising from the wreckage louder than before.

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Ashes Fall

In the darkness of the night, I found light,
Illuminated shining so bright.
Something unknown, unseen by thee,
A mystery you'll never be, never see.

I love amphibians and have an affinity for fried okra, loud guitars, and sick beats. expedition 33 and port wine are my thing at the moment, along with a glass of ouzo and rise of the ronin.

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