A cinematic blend of ambient textures and ancient eastern instrumentation, Harmony of Shadows captures the beauty, tension, and mysticism of a forgotten empire. Inspired by Cathay and fantasy battle scores, this album weaves together haunting melodies, ethereal stingers, and dramatic combat themes.

第一和聲 First Harmony

Harmony of Shadows

第二和聲 Second Harmony

A Verdant Vow

Mandate of Heaven

Flames of Renewal

The Golden Trail

Forgotten Dynasties

Peace and Tranquility

Archaeologists Found a 5,000-Year-Old Tomb That May Be a Gateway to a Prehistoric Kingdom 


Verse 1
Under autumn's quiet sky the spade struck earth so cold,
In central fields of Henan land a chamber slept untold.
Long before the cities rose, long before the banners flew,
A coffin lay in darkness still - its owner past our view.
They found the roots of hierarchy, the tools of distant hands,
Jade ornaments and pig-mandibles, echoing ancient lands.

Chorus
When the earth gave up its gate, we stepped across the line,
A prehistoric kingdom rose in dust, in time.
What was once a hidden place now speaks of human aim,
Of cultures intertwined, of power and name.

Verse 2
Wood and stone around the tomb, a palace in the night,
The dead removed, the artifacts still glowed with ritual light.
From Yangtze basin to the early plains the trade winds must have blown,
And here the Dawenkou culture left the markers we now own.
Skill in pottery, bone and jade, tools shaped with care and hope,
These lives before our modern breath still teach us how to cope.

Chorus
When the earth gave up its gate, we stepped across the line,
A prehistoric kingdom rose in dust, in time.
What was once a hidden place now speaks of human aim,
Of cultures intertwined, of power and name.

Bridge
The toes remain when all else gone, a symbol of defeat or strife,
Broken jars, displaced remains, the echoes of a life.
And yet the story doesn't end beneath the shovel's turn,
There is more to learn, more to return.

Verse 3
Imagine them, the ancient crowd, the mandibles of swine,
The jars, the deer's tooth, the tools that crossed the ancient line.
Imagine power built in silent fields, of subservience and craft,
The kingdom's heart once beating strong, now laid in exposed shaft.
And we, we probe the past's deep sleep, to glean what we may know,
From these silent halls of earth and bone we read our future's flow.

Chorus (final)
When the earth gave up its gate, we stepped across the line,
A prehistoric kingdom rose in dust, in time.
What was once a hidden place now speaks of human aim,
Of cultures intertwined, of power and name.
When the earth gave up its gate, we heard the old world say,
“Look where you came from, look where you will stay.”

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