Enjoy a fully remastered version of Raptorbaby's classic 2016 album "Citadel".

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Remastered by Doug Jenkinson and LANDR.

Raptorbaby:
Vincent Van Niekerk - Vocals
Doug Jenkinson - Guitars, bass
Craig Borrill - Guitars
Paul Du Plessis - Bass
Lolke-Louis Claassen - Drums

Additional Musicians:
Michael Kyriakou - Synths, programming, backing vocals, bass on “Partikai”
Vici Maud - Vocals on “The Dancer”
Nelius Nortje - Vocals on “Sleepers Awake”

Lyrics written by Vincent Van Niekerk.
Music composed by Doug Jenkinson;
except “Partikai” composed by Michael Kyriakou and Doug Jenkinson.
Additional composition and arrangement by Raptorbaby and Michael Kyriakou.

Additional lyrics on “The Dancer”, “Sleepers Awake”, “The Plague” and “Masters of Reality” written by Nelius Nortje.
Resonance Cascade speech by Howard Beale (Peter Finch) from the film Network (1976).

Engineered, mixed and mastered by Michael Kyriakou at Maximus Studio, Pretoria, South Africa.
Originally produced by Raptorbaby and Michael Kyriakou.

Artwork by Julian Fischer. 
www.julianfischer.me

Copyright © Raptorbaby 2023. All rights reserved.
www.raptorbaby.co.za/

Emperor [Remastered]

Partikai [Remastered]

The Arena [Remastered]

The Dancer (feat Vici Maud Fourie) [Remastered]

Soul Matrix [Remastered]

The Group [Remastered]

Resonance Cascade [Remastered]

Aperture [Remastered]

Remastered version of Raptorbaby's epic 2014 single "Atlantis."

Atlantis [Remastered 2023]

Remastered version of Raptorbaby's 2015 single "The Lost".

The Lost [Remastered 2023]

The new single brought you by prog-metallers Raptorbaby. A composition older than the band itself, it has been resurrected and carefully re-imagined in Raptorbaby style. The Lost marks the spot of another experiment in the band's ever expanding sound, investigating calmer sound-scapes while maintaining a sense of desperate intensity.

Lyrically, the song is a fable about an artist who's wife accidentally trips in his studio and dies. The artist is blamed for her death and is sentenced to life in an insane asylum, where he staunchly fights the system. But the more they medicate him, the more he descends into madness, unable to escape from the asylum, as well as the prison built in his mind. 

Credits:
Music by Raptorbaby
Lyrics by Vincent Van Niekerk
Programming, engineering, mixing and mastering by Michael Kyriakou
Produced by Raptorbaby and Michael Kyriakou
Artwork by Andrés Pallavicini

Lyrics:

This creative now sedated,
Once a human being now obsolete.

Self inflicted by month old prescriptions,
Hold a flame for a whisper and forgotten ambitions,
I've seen these twisted facilities,
Hold back these ancient remedies.
These constellations,
Have got me strapped at the back by four walled frustrations,
I've seen the light of day, through cracks in this astray.
Yeah I seem to recall, I did not slip no I did not fall.
These allegations wearing thin,
Medicate but the mind will win,
Yeah but the mind will endure.

Give up, we will never stop,
Wrongfully accused find the facts that you choose,
Far fetched from this fleeting will,
Hear my heart, beating still.

A morning cocktail,  three colours for my health,
A blue, red and yellow will silence the echoes.
I've seen the depth of humanity,
Through literature based on sanity,
Feed on creation,
And have me lost in my thoughts of reckless temptation,
I've seen the darkest days,
When minds disintegrate.
Yeah I seem to misplace,
The sincerity of a kind face,
This medication sinking deep,
Try to escape but I'm just to weak
All we can do is sleep.

Give up, we will never stop,
Wrongfully accused find the facts that you choose,
Far fetched from this fleeting will,
Hear my heart, beating still.

Wake me up when the sun dies,
Let me loose of these confines,
A tortured mind enslaved,
Another lost, to the insane


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The Lost (2015 Single)

Raptorbaby's first full length album, "Citadel", to be released 5th October 2016

Citadel

Partikai (Interlude)

Raptorbaby's first full length album, "Citadel", to be released 5th October 2016.

The Dancer (feat Vici Maud)

Soul Matrix

The Group

Raptorbaby is:
Vincent van Niekerk - Voxman
Doug Jenkinson - Stringsman
Craig Borrill - Stringsman
Sean Gaisford - Ropesman
Lolke Louis Claassen - Skinsman

Raptorbaby is a multi award winning South African based progressive metal band, made up of five beer drinking Pretoria/Johannesburg based musicians. The band started in 2011 as a new outlet to create heavy, technical and often trippy compositions. Since the bands inception, a dedication to creating etheric and blistering progressive metal has seen Raptorbaby make appearances at numerous festivals in RSA, performing alongside international acts such as Protest The Hero, 36 Crazyfists and Monuments.

The bands music can be described as a fusion of deep, chuggy metal and melodic indie, melded together by blistering guitar riffs and technical beats.

In late 2012, Raptorbaby released their first self-produced record, "The Hatchling EP", completely recorded and mixed by the band, which featured a more indie-meets-metalcore style compared to their later releases.

In 2014, after the release of "Sleepers Awake" single, the band parted ways with vocalist Nelius Nortje, with ex Mazaru voxman Vincent Van Niekerk stepping in his stead, and has since released two singles, "Atlantis" (2014) and "The Lost" (2015).

The band entered the studio in late 2015, and spent 8 months meticulously recording the album which would eventually become "Citadel" (released 5th October 2016). Inspired by the journey of discovery experienced by the last man on earth, the album explores the tales and history encountered by the man in a grand library, referred to as the "Citadel", in order to finally gain his ascension. Comprised of 12 tracks, "Citadel" is the culmination of all the bands work over the past 4 years, and saw the band further expanding thier style based on their established mix of Mathcore, Death Metal, Electronic and Progressive elements.

In 2017, Raptorbaby was nominated for four South African Metal Music Awards, including "Best Metal Album" and "Best Video", and won both "Best Single" for the Citadel track "The Group" and "Best Band" in the "Progressive Metal" category.

In 2018, the band parted ways with Vincent Van Niekerk, and after a short stint playing as an instrumental outfit, Steven Foukaridis of Rhutz fame joined the band as their new vocalist in 2019. 

2021 saw the departure of Steven and the return of Vincent to the fray once more. The band is currently working on new music for release in 2023.

Contact Raptorbaby by sending your email to 
raptorbabyband@gmail.com

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