Desaster "Throne of Ecstasy" from the album "Kill All Idols"

Desaster "Throne of Ecstasy"

Wretched "Radiance" from the album "Decay"

Wretched "Radiance"

“Fractured Path” marks the first cracks in the journey. After the group departs safety, shadows begin to close in and the Ring’s presence weighs heavier with each step. 

This is not yet open conflict, but the unraveling has begun—inside the heart of the one who carries the burden.

The song follows that inner descent: isolation, paranoia, and the feeling of being cut off even while surrounded by others. 

The riffs grind like footsteps on stony ground, the melodies twist with doubt, and the atmosphere collapses into silence—echoing the haunting realization that this path may be one the hero must walk alone.

This track stands as both a warning and a prelude, a moment where fate bends but does not yet break.

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Fractured Path

Nine Treasures "Until Now" from the album "Seeking the Absolute"

Nine Treasures "Until Now"

Tuesday The Sky "The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You" from the album "Indoor Enthusiast"

Tuesday The Sky "The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You"

Shore(s)

Цей трек — вибух емоцій між любов’ю та руйнуванням. Сильний текст із біблійними та космічними метафорами поєднується з драматичним вокалом і сучасним електронним звучанням.

«Твоє мовчання» — це історія про втрату й відчай, де кожен рядок ріже, як лезо. Вибухові приспіви та трагічний брейкдаун підкреслюють боротьбу між коханням і зрадою, надією й темрявою. Атмосфера пісні — це нічний океан, місячне затемнення й крик у безодню.

Для слухачів, які цінують емоційну глибину, пост-хардкорну драматичність і синтвейв-електроніку. Це саундтрек до внутрішніх битв і зламаних сердець.

Твоє мовчання

Metal Album Version.  Vocals and music generated by AI but I 100% write my own songs, handle all composition, production and post production for my music.  By around the end of October-November of this year(2025) I will be getting the equipment I need to record my own quality vocals and then voice clone them and have AI train my vocal clone.  If that is successful my plan is to voice swap my cloned vocals with the AI vocals on some or all of my tracks listed as 'Album Version'

Fractured Mind(Metal Album Test)

Insignificant Echoes

Lyrics:

"Six feet under? Nah, I ain’t departed.
Buckle up, my brothers; I’m just gettin’ started."

Grave dirt cracked, I rose in flame,
Carved my truth from a world of shame.
Hands still bleeding, boots still worn,
Been dead before, I’m just reborn.
Knuckles hit gravel, dust kicks high,
Grin full of trouble, fire in my eye.

Smoke in my lungs, mud on my hands,
Ain’t got much, but I still stand.

If the demons come calling to break my will,
I’ll put a foot up their ass, just for the thrill.
Six feet under, dirt on my face,
Still throwing punches in my resting place.

Told me “sit down,” but I stood my ground,
Kicked the door in when they came around.
Every scar’s a medal, every bruise a brand,
You ain’t alive till you learn to stand.
World tried to crush me, I bit back twice,
Carved my truth in blood and vice

Blood on my knuckles, grin on my jaw,
You can’t scare a man who’s seen it all.

If the demons come calling to break my will,
I’ll put a foot up their ass, just for the thrill.
Six feet under, dirt on my face,
Still throwing punches in my resting place.

Death carved my name into stone too soon,
I walked right out of that shallow tomb.
Tried to take my breath, I bit the rope,
Turned the gallows into a joke.
Cracked a grin, then laughed, “Not yet,”
“I ain’t cashed in all my debt.”

They dropped me low, said I’d rot and stay,
But I clawed right out...made the dirt obey.
Every scar I wear’s just proof I live,
Every shot they take just makes me give.

Ghost in the gears, crack in the chain,
Built in the smoke, baptized in pain.
They wrote me off ...I rewrote the book,
Now death steps back when I give that look.

Boots still stomp, jaw still set,
Ain’t met a grave that’s held me yet.
Tongue like brass, words like lead,
I spit 'til the silence bleeds instead.

I burn through fear, I laugh through hell,
Ain’t got a soul left to sell.
Six feet down, but I still fight,
Talk your talk ...I live that bite.

Grit in my teeth, pulse in my head,
Blood in my hands says I’m not dead.

If death comes calling to break my will,
I’ll put a foot up its ass, just for the thrill.
Six feet under, dirt on my face,
Still throwing punches in my resting place.

"Nope...this ain't my dying day motherfucker!"

Six Feet Under

Fates Warning "Fata Morgana (Live at Keep It True XIX)" from the album/video "Awaken the Guardian Live"

Awaken the Guardian Live

Fates Warning "Fata Morgana (Live at Keep It True XIX)"

Metal Blade Records history by Dan Slessor:
Founded upon owner Brian Slagel's enduring drive to find great bands and get their music out to as many people as possible, since 1982 Metal Blade has brought wave after wave of powerful, innovative, and often genre-defining music to the ever-hungry metal masses. It is this ethos that has seen Metal Blade build up a stunning and diverse catalogue, weather the various storms facing any independent label, and in an age of declining record sales boast the most successful years of its existence as it strides into its fourth decade.

What perhaps makes this achievement all the more notable is the fact that Slagel never even intended to start a label. Working in an LA record store and writing for various publications, Slagel was acutely aware that many great bands in the local metal scene were being ignored, and he decided to release a compilation of tracks drawn from these ranks. "There were a lot of really good bands and I was just bummed out that nobody could hear them. It just seemed like I could help them out and have some fun at the same time, and that compilation was the first Metal Massacre," he states. Collating tracks from then unknown bands including Ratt, Bitch, Cirith Ungol, and Metallica amongst others, the compilation sold out immediately. "How important is Metal Blade to our career? They're only the reason we are enjoying the worldwide success we have today," states Metallica's James Hetfield. "Without Brian's openness to some raunchy teens with a crap sounding cassette tape we would be who knows where, and playing who knows what!" With the popularity of the tape spurring Slagel on, the first seeds of Metal Blade were sown. "After the success of those compilations I just started putting out records of bands that I was friends with, but without ever really intending it to be a label at all," he explains. "After I put out four or five releases I started to feel like something was happening, and I decided to quit the record store and quit college and see where it went."

Battling through the first few lean years, when the label consisted solely of Slagel working out of his mom's poorly ventilated garage in the San Fernando Valley, it gradually grew in both revenue and stature. Within a few years Metal Blade would go on to release the debuts of Slayer, Armored Saint, Trouble, and Corrosion Of Conformity amongst others, fanning the flames of the burgeoning metal scene and launching careers of bands that would go onto reap global success. "Without Metal Blade, there is a damn good chance we never would've made it out of L.A," says Slayer's Kerry King. "That was the one bit of luck we needed. You can be the most awesome band on the scene, and if no one notices you, you don't catch on. And Brian Slagel is still one of the biggest metalheads I know!" This genuine love and devotion to metal is central to the relationship many of the artists have with Metal Blade, and King Diamond credits much of its relevance and strength to this passion. "I refer to it as having 'boots on the ground'," the mighty Dane states. "It's not like a major label where some people might be into what you're doing but a lot of them just see it as a job – there's a genuine love for metal there. Through staying true to that and doing their own thing they've carved out a very specific niche that they control, and as an artist it's wonderful to be a part of that."over the years. Clearly without those people we couldn't do what we do, and to everyone out there who has helped us along by being a fan we are so very grateful to you."

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