Aviators - Godhunter (NEW ALBUM | Alternative Rock) @SoundOfTheAviators

Aviators The new album is finally here! You can find it on Bandcamp with bonus tracks right here:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/godhunter

Or Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/3S3v1U8hYMoRCgJge9dDuM?si=cZsjJXqzS42B_5VRt-YHCw

iTunes/Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/godhunter/1450527493

At the very end of the world, The Elder of the last city on earth sits on his throne awaiting the end of his immortal reign. There is only one being that can complete the task, and he's been warned that she's finally come to take him. He warns to anyone left listening, "Godhunter's gonna hunt you..."

I'd like to thank every single one of the 59(!) Discord server members and patrons who lent their voices to this song in the backup crowd vocals. You all sound amazing!

Lyrics:

Rumors heard
From a little black bird
The edges of a prophecy
The pieces I have learned
Said the daughter of the reaper
Has been searching for the keeper
And I fear she'll let me burn
Locked tight up
In the tower on top
Of the domain of humanity
The godhood that I've earned
When you're holding on to majesty
You'd fear the hunt, a travesty
That balance may return

When you're sinful to the bone
Unholy
And you've claimed yourself a throne
Like me
Wield power of your own
Making
Godhunter's gonna hunt you down
If you're something more than flesh
Ascended
And you've taken on the rest
To end it
Then she'll find you in a dream
Tormented
Godhunter's gonna hunt you down

Fear confined
To the depths of my mind
For what could be such a threat to me
The conqueror of time
Yet the whispers of a reckoning
Have kept the spirits beckoning
To look upon my crime
Blood and war
When the world is no more
She's been watching for a century
With hatred, and with scorn
If you know the hunter's coming
Then you hide or keep on running
'Cause she's slain the gods before

Don't let her see your power in the daylight
Don't let her see it when you bring the storm
To the master of the eldritch she's a growing bed of thorns
Dark cults, leaders of the night,
Tell the tales of a fright
From a ghost of the future days
A holy crusade
On the gods decayed
To end our violent ways
Lost kings, fallen in the mist
Made their names on a list
And the hunt was carried through
A price for the past
When your name is last
And the hunter comes for you

Of all the free
She has none left but me
And my loyal knights have passed with time
A god and a throne, locked up all alone
In the kingdom I called mine
Dreams of a being
From the watcher unseen
Now he warned me she'll come to take his due
"The hate in your head, she has more" he said
"The godhunter waits for you"

updated 5 years ago

Aviators - Godhunter (NEW ALBUM | Alternative Rock)

Aviators 2019-01-25 | The new album is finally here! You can find it on Bandcamp with bonus tracks right here:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/godhunter

Or Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/3S3v1U8hYMoRCgJge9dDuM?si=cZsjJXqzS42B_5VRt-YHCw

iTunes/Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/godhunter/1450527493

At the very end of the world, The Elder of the last city on earth sits on his throne awaiting the end of his immortal reign. There is only one being that can complete the task, and he's been warned that she's finally come to take him. He warns to anyone left listening, "Godhunter's gonna hunt you..."

I'd like to thank every single one of the 59(!) Discord server members and patrons who lent their voices to this song in the backup crowd vocals. You all sound amazing!

Lyrics:

Rumors heard
From a little black bird
The edges of a prophecy
The pieces I have learned
Said the daughter of the reaper
Has been searching for the keeper
And I fear she'll let me burn
Locked tight up
In the tower on top
Of the domain of humanity
The godhood that I've earned
When you're holding on to majesty
You'd fear the hunt, a travesty
That balance may return

When you're sinful to the bone
Unholy
And you've claimed yourself a throne
Like me
Wield power of your own
Making
Godhunter's gonna hunt you down
If you're something more than flesh
Ascended
And you've taken on the rest
To end it
Then she'll find you in a dream
Tormented
Godhunter's gonna hunt you down

Fear confined
To the depths of my mind
For what could be such a threat to me
The conqueror of time
Yet the whispers of a reckoning
Have kept the spirits beckoning
To look upon my crime
Blood and war
When the world is no more
She's been watching for a century
With hatred, and with scorn
If you know the hunter's coming
Then you hide or keep on running
'Cause she's slain the gods before

Don't let her see your power in the daylight
Don't let her see it when you bring the storm
To the master of the eldritch she's a growing bed of thorns
Dark cults, leaders of the night,
Tell the tales of a fright
From a ghost of the future days
A holy crusade
On the gods decayed
To end our violent ways
Lost kings, fallen in the mist
Made their names on a list
And the hunt was carried through
A price for the past
When your name is last
And the hunter comes for you

Of all the free
She has none left but me
And my loyal knights have passed with time
A god and a throne, locked up all alone
In the kingdom I called mine
Dreams of a being
From the watcher unseen
Now he warned me she'll come to take his due
"The hate in your head, she has more" he said
"The godhunter waits for you"

Aviators - Scarlet Vow (Halloween Song | NEW EP!)

Aviators 2022-10-28 | Check out this track on the brand-new "The Twist at the End" EP!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-twist-at-the-end-ep
open.spotify.com/album/7iIPlgsAK9fNgpoErcnsnF?si=Un_YdE58TRS5QUmSMDxzXw

Spotify and others should be live in a couple days!

I'm pleased to be back with even more Halloween music, in fact a whole EP of it! "Scarlet Vow" tells the story of a village girl who escaped a sentence to be burned at the stake, only to return to that town the very next October to pass a judgement of her own.

Mastered by Fishpaste2100

Artwork by ABluSkittle
twitch.tv/abluskittle
deviantart.com/abluskittle

Lyrics:

Scared off all the townsmen with a question as to why
We must avoid the night and say a prayer before we die
"There's structure in tradition" cried the minister with rage
While burning every book that carries magic on the page
Said you'd set her right with god and tried to teach her how
Told her be a good girl well she's stronger than you now
Casting off the shackles to reject her given name
The one who burns the witches always ends up in the flame

Lock your doors
She's coming back even out the score
Vengeful spirits do her dark commands
In the devil's hands
Now the fire's in her breath
Scarlet vow
Taken by the girl who you cast out
You're not the only one with chants to sing
Or a prayer to bring
But her patron saint is death

In the night there's howling but there's silence from the pack
The cold wind carries something that alludes to an attack
She's here to light the matches with a new enchanted form
Taking her own action so the victim is reborn
Holding out their crosses at the edges of the town
Believed your faith protected but she's here to burn you down
Pray your final whispers and reflect upon your guilt
The monster you created will end everything you've built

Lock your doors
She's coming back even out the score
Vengeful spirits do her dark commands
In the devil's hands
Now the fire's in her breath
Scarlet vow
Taken by the girl who you cast out
You're not the only one with chants to sing
Or a prayer to bring
But her patron saint is death

Fire high above her head
Red magic back again
When she swore herself to crimson
It granted righteous scorn
Wrapped loose in blasphemy
A tight noose upon your tree
The blood is spilled as justice
And a scarlet reign is born

Aviators - Trick Me (Halloween Song | Synth Pop)

Aviators 2022-10-22 | Check the song out on Bandcamp or Spotify:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-twist-at-the-end-ep
open.spotify.com/album/7iIPlgsAK9fNgpoErcnsnF?si=Un_YdE58TRS5QUmSMDxzXw

Took a while to get this first single out, but hopefully it was worth it! I've been working on a little Halloween project this year titled "The Twist At The End - EP" releasing next Friday the 28th of October! Soon I'll be providing you with even more spooky tunes to keep you in the season's spirit. First off, "Trick Me" is a fun tango about being asked to dance with a mischievous and powerful witch who has come out on Halloween night to play a few tricks.

This track was beautifully mastered by Fishpaste2100.

Join the community, discuss this song and find more on Discord:
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Lyrics:

Betwixt the carnival angels
You rose from a strange hell
And entered the stage
Took souls wherever your eyes met
But you've not begun yet
The true masquerade
I've never seen an enigma such as you
Took my heart with a spell and now I'm doomed
Stuck in trance with a wicked force exhumed

Fearless dancer
Veiled in dark
Paraded by your mystery
With no answer
I'm bewitched
You've got the moves to trick me

Like an omen of the end times
The devil's own part time
Cursed paramour
What could one want with a lowlife
Brought close to the hot knife
Deep in the obscure
I've never seen an enigma such as you
Took my heart with a spell and now I'm doomed
Stuck in trance with a wicked force exhumed

Fearless dancer
Veiled in dark
Paraded by your mystery
With no answer
I'm bewitched
You've got the moves to trick me

You took a risk for me
I'll solve your mystery
You've made the watchers in the background fade away
Surround me with your thorns
Show me unholy scorn
Up from a standstill to a hedonist buffet
I don't think you scare me
In this place
So are you gonna dare me
Kick the pace
Up to a fevered tempo
To embrace
The magic as we let go
For a deathblow

'Cause you're a
Fearless dancer
Veiled in dark
Paraded by your mystery
With no answer
I'm bewitched
You've got the moves to trick me

Aviators - My Church (Southern Alternative)

Aviators 2022-07-30 | You can download this song on bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/modern-mythology
Or Listen on Spotify!
open.spotify.com/track/4T2r3x7exb78lSHP46pJLN?si=84f1df5cf1e34a26
This album is also available on many other services!
fanlink.to/modernmythology

For remixes, covers, or anything of that sort, you can find the instrumental versions with vocal stems and MIDI notation right here:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/modern-mythology-the-instrumentals

After all this time, we're back in the familiar territory of the Bleeding Sun story. Functioning as a spiritual successor and distant prequel to Godhunter, "My Church" takes a look at the rise of a charming southern cult leader who starts with a small following and slowly corrupts and entrances them with promises of salvation in the end times. Obsessed with his visions of the future and dreams of ruling the ashes after a coming war, no cost is too great to build The Elder's promised congregation.

The artwork is a beautiful piece by @ABluSkittle

For this song, I had the pleasure of working with OVER 100 fans and friends who lent their voices to the chorus of this song and gave it a unique oomph. If you'd like to be part of the next song we all do together, check out the Discord server!

Join the community, discuss this song and find more on Discord:
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Lyrics:
Wild fire calls me to the madness that I seek
We've seen bold things that our storied hearts will keep
Who am I to deny the ascension of man
When I alone could bring it on with my healing hands
Don't mourn what's left in the burning states behind
You've come this far if you've opened up your mind
To a new rebirther
So take it one step further

Where the rivers meet the coming red tide
I got miracles for those on my side
In the willows I built my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people
Newfound faith that's vested in me
Now our bloody hands will heal the unclean
In the wastes I raise my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people

Some say we're doomed in the heart of our belief
Death stilled their lips and maintained the peace we keep
Now I've seen in a dream that I'm destined for a throne
Once I've conquered the cage of this flesh and bone
Accept what's kept in reaches of your soul
Cut off your will and leave the guilt you hold
Give it all to the rebirther
Let's take it one step further

Where the rivers meet the coming red tide
I got miracles for those on my side
In the willows I built my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people
Newfound faith that's vested in me
Now our bloody hands will heal the unclean
In the wastes I raise my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people

My church, yeah
My steeple
My church, yeah
My people

No, I've come too far
To give up on faith
When it's all my own creation
Bow down, face to the floor
I can heal you soon
When you've blurred your mind's foundation

It's too late for the rest now
But it's never too late for you
I'll share the truth
The end will come and take us
And the sun will bleed us dry
My church renewed
As promised soon

Where the rivers meet the coming red tide
I got miracles for those on my side
In the willows I built my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people
Newfound faith that's vested in me
Now our bloody hands will heal the unclean
In the wastes I raise my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people

My church, yeah
My steeple
My church, yeah
My people

Aviators - Bad Luck (Arcane Song | Synth Rock)

Aviators 2022-07-01 | Listen on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/68taCpgYdOj8TrPUGcidko?si=2df8f8b2b2a9453a

Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/bad-luck

Or check the album out on other streaming options:
fanlink.to/modernmythology

Wow, if there's ever been an exception to the rule that video game adaptations have to be terrible, it's Arcane. This show has perhaps become my favorite of all time, and I was greatly inspired to write a song about Jinx and her charmingly edgy state of mind. This show also inspired me to play the game, but that's a story for another time. Mistakes were made.

CDs of Modern Mythology with this song and lots of other new ones are back in stock!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/modern-mythology (the second buy link)

Join the community, discuss this song and find more on Discord:
discord.gg/aviators

Lyrics:
I think I've lost my way
A long vacation
Like a rat that holds the plague
The infestation
We all got bloody hands
While playing blackjack
You live a life on chance
You get your payback

I need a little help sometimes to listen to myself
From someone else
I can't believe I came so far surviving in this shame
Am I to blame?
I'm not, shut up, shut up

Welcome to the freak show
Thought the odds were equal
Roulette in my head keeps rolling on
Let the bloody streets flow
Nothing holds a candle
To the rapid fire of my own gun
Maybe psycho
Push me and you might go
Over in a blaze of arcane blue
Stop me if I ramble
I'll come take a gamble for you
'Cause you need a little bad luck baby

A new ghost in the house
The city's haunted
I never crossed the line
But I like feeling wanted
Foundations wash away
The pain I tasted
Now you'll love the game we play
But your luck is wasted

I need a little hurt sometimes to keep me who I am
To give a damn
I came back with my shattered soul to find a better way
Now who's to say
Now who's to say

Welcome to the freak show
Thought the odds were equal
Roulette in my head keeps rolling on
Let the bloody streets flow
Nothing holds a candle
To the rapid fire of my own gun
Maybe psycho
Push me and you might go
Over in a blaze of arcane blue
Stop me if I ramble
I'll come take a gamble for you
'Cause you need a little bad luck baby

I need a little help sometimes to listen to myself
From someone else
From someone else
I couldn't find the words to say I miss you more than peace
So save me please
Come save me please
You taught me how to hate the world itself, well lucky me
But am I free?
Now am I free?

So welcome to the freak show
Thought the odds were equal
Roulette in my head keeps rolling on
Let the bloody streets flow
Nothing holds a candle
To the rapid fire of my own gun
Maybe psycho
Push me and you might go
Over in a blaze of arcane blue
Stop me if I ramble
I'll come take a gamble for you
'Cause you need a little bad luck baby

Aviators - Painkiller (Helluva Boss Song | Synth Rock)

Aviators 2022-06-16 | (EXPLICIT LANGUAGE)

Listen to this song on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/0yc9EQIMsIA5tEisAMIcff?si=96fbc9f413324b44

Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/painkiller

Or check it out on other streaming options:
fanlink.to/modernmythology

I've been wanting to make a song about Helluva Boss for a while now, and doing an album about monsters seemed like as good an excuse as any. The biggest reason though is that it's currently one of my favorite shows of all time, and I simply can't get enough. One of my favorite dynamics in the dysfunctional world of the show is the afterlife marriage of Millie and Moxxie, which inspired this particular song. It ponders Moxxie's perspective as a clumsy and conflicted demon, appreciating his deadly partner in sin.

Join the community, discuss this song and find more on Discord:
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Thanks to @Vivziepop for creating this charming thrill of a show!

And also to @ABluSkittle for the incredible artwork.

Lyrics:

I deserve to be here
But no one could deserve you
You're an intervention
A hallucination of truth
When I need a fix-up
I feel you in my veins
You're the spark I needed
To start a whole new flame

Straight into my heart
I am blown apart
Like a bullet to my brain
You tear the world away and
When it goes to shit
I can take a hit
'Cause you're here keeping me sane
A spirit like a storm
With you I'm reborn
At the bottom of the chain
It starts to look like heaven
Cut and bleed me dry
Take another life
You're the killer of my pain

Ripped apart by something
Inside me left from those days
Walking with the earthbound
I'd rather be in your gaze
You're the one elixir
Laced with the sickness I need
And I'm gonna take you
When my affliction bleeds

Straight into my heart
I am blown apart
Like a bullet to my brain
You tear the world away and
When it goes to shit
I can take a hit
'Cause you're here keeping me sane
A spirit like a storm
With you I'm reborn
At the bottom of the chain
It starts to look like heaven
Cut and bleed me dry
Take another life
You're the killer of my pain

Risking life
I will never let go
Never let go
And while you're kicking ass I'll be there kicking too
Through the blood and strife
We will do what we know
Do what we know
Like a rose's thorns
On your hellbound horns
My thriller
Painkiller
I'll let you in to cure me
Even if it's gonna hurt me

Straight into my heart
I am blown apart
Like a bullet to my brain
You tear the world away and
When it goes to shit
I can take a hit
'Cause you're here keeping me sane
A spirit like a storm
With you I'm reborn
At the bottom of the chain
It starts to look like heaven
Cut and bleed me dry
Take another life
You're the killer of my pain

Aviators - Teeth (Beastars Song | Synth Pop)

Aviators 2022-05-20 | (EXPLICIT LANGAUGE)

Listen on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/0Eus1DjOTvL6pIXwVsqKWJ?si=727b0f7de4174716

Now available on Modern Mythology. Find this song on the platform of your choice!
fanlink.to/modernmythology

This latest album gave me a chance to do some new things, so I got decided to try a funky synthpop style when I found some inspiration while watching Beastars. The song is a struggle of desire for Legoshi the wolf, who lives in a civil society experiencing the local dating scene while also hiding his instinctual carnivorous desires. The lyrics ended up a bit, uh, explicit, so fair warning.

Join the community, discuss this song and find more on Discord:
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Mastering by Fishpaste2100

Beastars font by Mucrush:
deviantart.com/mucrush/art/Font-Pack-BEASTARS-878637073

Artwork by TwistedHound:
twistedhound.carrd.co
twitter.com/TwistHound

Lyrics:

Can't stop to think about it
Slave to the brain I doubted
Feels like a struggle in my tortured body
Seized up I stop and stammer
Make me forget my manners
But I've got warning if you think you want me
You smack the sense out of me
Redder than dirty money
I'm not a monster but you make me wonder
Put in a blaze of fury
Eyes kind of getting blurry
Making me want to roar like thunder

Maybe it's the moonlight
Mixed with carnal insight
Violent but it feels right
You make me come unsheathed
Like I'm a weapon
Born and bred to threaten
'Cause when it feels like heaven
I wanna bare my teeth

I can't escape the feeling
Your eyes just left me reeling
Lonely and gentle like I just might hurt you
Wrapped in all mixed emotions
Done going through the motions
Who gives a fuck if we could let my claws loose
Cinematic thrills of dating
We'll get a hard R rating
Done up and fancy for a horror showdown
Too much love too inhibit
Hungry like nature's own exhibit
You wondered often but you'll know now

Maybe it's the moonlight
Mixed with carnal insight
Violent but it feels right
You make me come unsheathed
Like I'm a weapon
Born and bred to threaten
'Cause when it feels like heaven
I wanna bare my teeth

You put my head in the zone
So come on throw me a bone
Say you can take it
Now can you take it
Fucked in the head but I'm in here
I know you're thrilled by the fear
Here's our solution
Natural solution
The apex versus the prey
My fangs don't get in the way
But I can't promise I won't be too hasty
We've got the time for it all
You make it impossible
To keep together when you look so tasty

Maybe it's the moonlight
Mixed with carnal insight

Maybe it's the moonlight
Mixed with carnal insight
Violent but it feels right
You make me come unsheathed
Like I'm a weapon
Born and bred to threaten
'Cause when it feels like heaven
I wanna bare my teeth

You make me wanna show my teeth
You make me wanna show my teeth

Aviators - Into The Black (Berserk Song | Dark Alternative)

Aviators 2022-05-06 | Check out this song on my album Modern Mythology!
fanlink.to/modernmythology

Finally, a chance to give tribute to the reluctant hero that started it all. Conflicted and cursed, the black swordsman laments the betrayal of Griffith, a newborn demigod who was once his loyal friend. On his journey into darkness he must choose between keeping his spirit intact and using his hate to fuel his strength.

Above all, this song is a love letter to Kentaro Miura. Without your world of dark fantasy and unique vision, most of my songs would never have come to be. Rest in peace.

Thanks to Fishpaste2100 for mastering this song and the entire album!

Join the community, discuss this song and find more on Discord:
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Lyrics:

Walking the crossroads of hell on earth
A devil's deal for a new rebirth
I've given my all and day by day
My soul still breaks
I can remember crossing the line
When ushered into a darker time
Though we were in agony
You left me in your wake

When I curse your name
Can you see my face
And do you taste my pain
In this bloodstained place
Forever on the attack
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Will my scars reveal
All the sins you chose
And how betrayed I feel
In my fractured bones
For us there's no turning back
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you

Still hanging on for white hawk's fall
When vengeance comes and I heed the call
With every time I plunge the steel
I'm seeing you
You once had used my desire to kill
Granted me hope with a quiet thrill
I watched as you changed the world around me
Cut in two

When I curse your name
Can you see my face
And do you taste my pain
In this bloodstained place
Forever on the attack
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Will my scars reveal
All the sins you chose
And how betrayed I feel
In my fractured bones
For us there's no turning back
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Without you

When I curse your name
Can you see my face
And do you taste my pain
In this bloodstained place
Forever on the attack
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Will my scars reveal
All the sins you chose
And how betrayed I feel
In my fractured bones
For us there's no turning back
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you

I guess I gambled and lost when fate shuffled our decks
Now that I suffer the wrath of your mad god complex
As I follow the path where the darkness collects
So much death, what for, what for, what for?
Though I am losing control I can't give up the chase
No time for mourning the loss of what hatred replaced
There lies barely a soul behind my changing face
I will break no more, no more, no more

When I curse your name
Can you see my face
And do you taste my pain
In this bloodstained place
Forever on the attack
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Will my scars reveal
All the sins you chose
And how betrayed I feel
In my fractured bones
For us there's no turning back
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you

Aviators - We Rise (Elden Ring Song | Symphonic Rock)

Aviators 2022-04-08 | Check out this song on my album Modern Mythology!
fanlink.to/modernmythology

You should also join the Aviators Music community to discuss our collective deaths!
discord.gg/aviators

Wow, what a game. I've been waiting for Elden Ring for a long time, and not JUST so I could write songs about it... Yet it didn't disappoint in the slightest. The Soulsborne style of storytelling has inspired me once again, this time with a powerful anthem of perseverance in a world abandoned by divine will. More music will be coming soon, with this song appearing on Modern Mythology releasing May 6th!

(I'm still playing Elden Ring with the group password AVIATORS, join the group so I can see all your bloodstains everywhere!)

Mastering by Fishpaste2100

Lyrics:

To dawn
We've gone
Adrift with the resolve to carry on
When the climb is steep
And the days are long
We rise
All rise
Our fight
Burns bright
From filth we ascend to the tree of life
The lowly empowered in faith unite
We rise
All rise

So far
We are
The hope scattered among the fallen stars
The last note played on an old guitar
But we rise
All rise
With hearts
Of thorns
We're matched with the will of the royal born
To stave off the fall of a house that's torn
We rise
All rise

We will die again
Where the oceans end
Over and over
In the dragon's fire
We will testify
Shoulder to shoulder
In the lands between
Spirits sharp and clean
Mused with a purpose
Through the scarlet mist
For the maidenless
We rise unburdened again
We rise again

We bled
Instead
Of giving ourselves to the void of death
Accepting the power for a final breath
We rise
All rise
To yearn
And burn
With frenzy and flame to the rights we've earned
In face of the falsehoods and secrets learned
We rise
All rise

Though some of us won't make it back
We're following into the black
Unknown for a long lost throne
We rise again
Where others might look for escape
These lights in the dark search for grace
Once lost
To a blood-soaked cause
We will rise
Through battlefields scarred by the gods
We're striving no matter the odds
When nothing can hold back the tide
We rise, we rise, we rise
All rise

Though graceless and exiled
We're loyal the same
Returning to roots through the
Worst of our pain
When kings rise against
Have it writ on their grave
The old gods were felled
By a mortal unnamed

Our eternal struggle echoes to the past
We rise, we rise
So even if only to fall then in ash
We rise, I will rise

Aviators - Haunting Kind of High (Industrial Alternative)

Aviators 2021-10-30 | Download: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/haunting-kind-of-high

Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/3fYDz5FXU2YvBaEOKB3tp2?si=3bf333ce3b564720

Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/haunting-kind-of-high/1554465828?i=1554466145

Happy Halloween! The holiday always seems especially important on this channel where so many of the songs bring in our favorite monsters, demons, and various supernatural happenings. In the case of "Haunting Kind of High", a story is told of a hopelessly addicted man that has tried every drug in search of a feeling he can't seem to find. In his desperation for further bliss, he begins to strike deals with demons to satiate himself with the power of their blood and soon the otherworldly forces in his veins consume him. Musically, this one treads in some weird territory, but it was a lot of fun!

Lyrics:

I've been feeling kind of down
Feeling like I'm going to drown
Guess I think I need a new fixation
Need experimental eyes
Just to feel the other side
And experience a close sensation
You know, this earthly world gets lonely
I want a surreal trip to haunt me

We're all just searching for that lasting mental spark
When it hits you know it sticks
And then your soul has hit its mark
Ascending from this plane to walk along the sky
But you need the supernatural
For that haunting kind of high

Delve a little in the deep
Grab a piece of hell to keep
Wanna creep into a new dimension
Warm possession by the fire
Now it gets my spirit higher
And my mind embraces the connection

Fill my psychoactive mind
Bullet proof and armor lined
Make me stronger, hold me closer
Make me shine
Leave a whisper in my brain
Take the pressure take the pain
This nirvana makes me wanna
Go insane
Take my being out of bounds
Show me what the dead have found
I can feel the rush just behind me
Make me feel a spectral love
It's a wicked potent drug
With it you could make my blood almighty

I need the haunting kind of high
That makes me feel alive
The haunting kind of high
Like you're never gonna die
The haunting kind of high
The devils dropping by
The mortal spirit's cry
Like the fire in your eyes

Aviators - Zombie (Rock | The Cranberries Cover)

Aviators 2021-09-18 | Download this song and lots of awesome new stuff on my new remix EP, "Hymns of the Dark"!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-of-the-dark-ep

Also on Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/hymns-of-the-dark/1586430909

And coming soon to Spotify!

I'm far from the first to cover this song, but I've always loved it so much and felt like I'd like to give it my own spin. Like "Holding Out For A Hero" on last year's remix release, I look this new remix EP as an excuse to take the challenge!

Check out the whole release for more, including remixes from some friends of mine!

Lyrics:

Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence, caused such silence
Who are we mistaken?
But you see, it's not me
It's not my family
In your head, in your head, they are fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head they are crying

In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie, oh

Another mother's breaking
Heart is taking over
When the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken
It's the same old theme
Since nineteen-sixteen
In your head, in your head, they're still fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head, they are dying

Aviators - Summon The Choir (Bloodborne Song | Synth Rock)

Aviators 2021-09-02 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/summon-the-choir

Stream on your favorite sites:
fanlink.to/DotD

Instrumentals, vocals, and midi resources for fellow artists!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-of-the-deep-the-instrumentals

In keeping with Dreams of the Deep's cosmic horror theme, "Summon The Choir" is a tale from the world of Bloodborne, recounting Master Willem and his troupe's discovery and use of the Old Blood that would bring unknowable power and begin The Nightmare. In his youth and foolishness he felt himself unstoppable, only to find his mind trapped forever in madness. Remixes of Dreams of the Deep will be coming soon on "Hymns of the Dark - EP" releasing September 17th!

Thanks to @ABluSkittle for another incredible art piece!

Lyrics:
Here we're frenzied by the illusion
We're dying for a transfusion
A cure to kill the virus in our midst

This city needs a savior
Healed by the church's favor
Experimental taste of moonlight's bliss

First blood
From cosmic wonders
A dark flood
Of power from under
Congregate and we begin the recovery
Praise be
The gods have fallen
Fear me
And heal the rotten
Summon the choir for we've made a discovery

Now the surgery is complete
And mortality is defeated
The needles grant the power in our veins

Brought by the holy hunters
Old ones and dreams of thunder
A sacrifice within the flames

Though the treatments take their toll
I've changed the human soul
This is power beyond control
Sing for newly granted eyes
And dreams now realized
For the righteous and divine

Aviators - Wartorn (Crusader Kings Song | Celtic Punk)

Aviators 2021-07-24 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/wartorn

Stream the album from the usual sites:
fanlink.to/DotD

Instrumentals, Vocals, and MIDI for remixing:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-of-the-deep-the-instrumentals

Back to finishing up the last album here before we get onto the remixes very soon! This song is a tribute to my love of Celtic rock and the epic adventures of my (failed) reign in Crusader Kings III. "Wartorn" tells the tale of a proud and mighty kingdom, that while small, raised an army so passionate they would sing of each victory before it was won.

The artwork is by the incredible @ABluSkittle !

Lyrics:

With strength like the Atlantic wind
We ready for a storm
The call to rise as champions
Starts where our kingdom's born
With iron on our battered skin
And anger in our bones
We'll die to serve this petty crown
Protect this fragile throne

Set your eyes
On the fire in the sky
Seems the war is neverending
'Til the true king sits on high
Our birthright
Taken swiftly in the night
We write history as immortals
May our nation never die

Blood spilled on these clover fields
Will run into the sea
Where we will take the reaches back
With brave camaraderie
Though brethren low have fallen
We have will to carry on
To build up on the ashes of
Old lies and broken bonds

We put our fear away
We heal after the break
And announce our victory
We claim this land as ours
We fight under the stars
To embrace this destiny

We gather
To push further
Not just madness
Not just murder
For safety
Together
Our kingdom
Forever

Aviators - We Evolve (Risk of Rain 2 Song | Alternative)

Aviators 2021-06-05 | Download:
fanlink.to/DotD
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/we-evolve

Instrumentals, Vocals, and MIDI (all free!):
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-of-the-deep-the-instrumentals

What a weird game this one is, yet I found myself extremely immersed and dove in to Risk of Rain 2's hellish planet for dozens of hours. It doesn't have a traditional story to play through, but instead every time you die you're back to the start and your journey will never be the same. Along this repeating experience of death the world and its origin are carefully revealed, all while increasing the dread that survival is only for the moment. "We Evolve" was born of that desperation, and the thrilling feeling of staying alive against the impossible.

To keep in touch and to keep tabs on my music, check out this channel's Discord server!
discord.gg/NY84Ycrbyp

Lyrics:

The noise has settled down
Before the storm arises
A never ending climb
No road to run away
We're scared to keep on fighting
We're running out of time

Fractured skies and acid rain
We are sent unknown
Temples high in trails of pain
For a moonlit throne

The hourglass avails
So haste must beat temptation
The dream we're living out
Is not imagination
Across a living tomb
We fight wholly outnumbered
To swiftly face our doom
And face the cosmic thunder

Fractured skies and acid rain
We are sent unknown
Temples high in trails of pain
For a moonlit throne

Take a look across the hordes
If you don't trust me
Our nightmares will evolve
And so must we

The chemicals
They settle in
The atmosphere
Breaches my skin
And there is not one ally left alive
This time, this time
The planet's wrath
A natural will
Against the test
Adapted skill
When the odds overwhelm us we survive

Aviators - Can You Hear It? (Lovecraft Song | Alternative Rock)

Aviators 2021-05-08 | Listen to this song on my new album, Dreams of the Deep!
fanlink.to/DotD
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/can-you-hear-it

Instrumentals, Vocals, and MIDI (all free!):
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-of-the-deep-the-instrumentals

Thanks to @ABluSkittle for some of his most beautifully foreboding artwork yet!

Back to Dreams of the Deep for a moment before we move on to new content! There's a still a few I haven't shared on the channel yet and this one definitely needed the YouTube treatment. "Can You Hear It" describes a rather rapid onset of insanity from the faint scratches in the walls and the dark history of a new heir's ancestral home. Based heavily on H.P. Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls". (quick tip: all of his stories are available for free online thanks to expired copyrights)

Lyrics:
Born of the darkness
From granted eyes beyond
Dreams of the deep mist
They hide a scratching song
There's a primal fear
That death is near
Writhing now in wait
Am I past the veil
Consciousness failing
I hear a wicked fate

Can you hear it?
Can you hear it?
The tolls of madness ringing
Do you fear it?
Do you fear it?
An ancient choir is singing
All consuming
Calling to me
In a dream, it's a thorn I can't dig out
Can't you hear it too?
If you listen close now

Lulled to the madness
I have seen what I can't know
Glimpsed at a nightmare
To fester and to grow
In this empty home
Of flesh and bone
A presence left unseen
Laying awake in bed
My hollowed head will
Call back through the dream

I feel it humming deep inside the walls
The dark vibrations
Whispered acts unspeakable, horrible, reachable, audible
I'm pressured to awaken my own sight
To generations
Ancient ones malevolent, reckoning, pestilent, beckoning

Aviators - Black Roses (Rock Ballad)

Aviators 2021-03-04 | You can grab this song and the whole new album on the site of your choice by clicking here!
fanlink.to/DotD

Black Roses is a weirdly anthemic song about death and the inevitability of the end for all things. For this track I had the help of nearly 70 fans singing on the chorus with me! A huge thanks goes out to them for lending an important sound to this song.

To keep in touch and to keep tabs on my music, check out the Discord server!
discord.gg/NY84Ycrbyp

Artwork by the incredible @ABluSkittle !

Lyrics:

Children joyful dancing in the sun
With a blissful ignorance of what's to come
When the guardsmen start to struggle
And the barriers give way
We're broken and we wither in the fray

We are husks
Alive but barely breathing
Sometimes we pull ourselves together
But our efforts fade away
We are dust
Crumbling by the moment
We try to push away the ending
And black roses fall the same

Running off afraid of what's to come
When you're facing down the barrel of the lawman's gun
But the saints have learned the secret
And the rebels know the same
We're killing just to bury our remains

Preludes of every stanza
End on repeating notes
A tale of woe and sadness
Chorus of silent throats
We try and keep a memory
Transcribing every line
But when they turn to ashes
We perish slaves to time
Burned out on borrowed moments
Used up like cigarettes
We feel our time expiring
But it's not over yet
Each finds a meager purpose
Though our cold grave awaits
We face the morbid beauty
Of our collective fate

We are flawed
Chained to the laws of nature
I guess we'll have to teach each other
To leave legends to our names

We are husks
Alive but barely breathing
Sometimes we pull ourselves together
But our efforts fade away
We are dust
Crumbling by the moment
We try to push away the ending
And black roses fall the same

Aviators - Dreams of the Deep (Call of Cthulhu Song | NEW ALBUM)

Aviators 2021-02-19 | You can grab the new album on

Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-of-the-deep

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/2LueX8nYryWp5vBwH8ZNVm

Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/dreams-of-the-deep/1554465828

YouTube Music:
youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lME-pc_vf1jTACzjASRnaRnT-20aar0q0

At long last, and after a couple little delays, Dreams of the Deep is finished! The album takes inspiration from H.P. Lovecraft stories and many other sources, and puts it all together for a wild journey into madness. The title track itself is a tribute to "The Call of Cthulhu" and its surrounding mythos. The track embodies a slow discovery of a terrifying reality and coming doom, and the following journey by ship into the ocean to find answers.

To keep in touch and to keep tabs on my music, check out the Discord server!
discord.gg/NY84Ycrbyp

Artwork by the ever-talented @ABluSkittle !

Lyrics:

Enshrined
By an ocean divine
Waiting for the truth to come alive
Before your own accursed eyes
The call
The end of it all
Death lingers endlessly below
Awaiting mankind's fall

It comes at last
From ages past
The madness below
Beyond all that we know
Will arise
Nightmares foretold
From days of old
The secrets we keep
And the dreams of the deep
Realized

The end
Of the sane world of men
Now I question all that I have seen
I this is a spectre or a dream
Embraced
By those with the taste
For insight forgotten long ago
Of futures laid to waste

And in the waves we wander
Searching for our end
Now our vessel's going under
And an epitaph is penned
With the sunken gateway opened
Soon the sea reclaims
And when the dark has spoken
We will know its cursed name

Aviators - To The Grave (Demons Souls Song | Symphonic Rock)

Aviators 2021-02-09 | Find this song on the platform of your choice:
fanlink.to/DotD

What an adventure it was to go back to Demon's Souls after its community had dwindled so greatly and the servers were taken offline. The remake brought SO much life back into a universe I love, and I was inspired to write a song in tribute once again. This is also the second single from Dreams of the Deep, my new album coming soon on February 19th!

Artwork is by @ABluSkittle

Lyrics:

Deep in the mist I can feel something there
A touch of the soul like the wind in your hair
There's a light in the dark but it's just so far away
While we storm heaven's gates
And we heal our mistakes
The fear could take us over
But we heal in the light
And we gather our might
To find our spirit's closure

So we fall again
We come together
When the pieces fall apart
They last forever
With a prayer to fill our hearts
And to keep us brave
Our eternity
A circle holding us between
The threads of life
This cursed reality
Has doomed us with new purpose
As spirits bound in service to the grave

Where some wander aimless and some quest for more
In traces of kingdoms, the ruins of before
We consider the cost
And we're fighting to survive
While we cross through the rift
Our ethereal gift
Will leave us shells no longer
With the whispers in mind
Of the demon inside
We end our failures stronger

Something has eclipsed this land
Covered by an unseen hand
Suddenly in death we've found another kind of life
Trodden under kings and queens
We inherit greater means
Power of the souls, now repurposed for our plight
Demons from an ancient time
Rise up from the filth and grime
Soon we face the storm, but in numbers we stand strong
Blessed with a kiss from the unholy light
To get up when we miss and after we've died
The battle will be ours, but the war is fighting on

So we rise again
We stand together
Like million lights aflame
They burn forever
With a song to guide us home
And to keep us sane
For eternity
We're searching onward
In the afterlife of Earth
Our bones in ashes
But we fight it all in wonder
And we'll face it with each other to the grave

Aviators - Outside (Bloodborne Song | Gothic Rock)

Aviators 2021-01-19 | Find this song on the platform of your choice:
fanlink.to/DotD

A hunter's work is never done.

Returning to the dark streets of Bloodborne, my new single "Outside" captures the tragic plight of Gilbert, the man in the window. Isolated in his room due to his sickness, he slowly feels his body transforming and his mind becoming weak. In his last days, a lone hunter arrives at his window to give him hope that maybe at last the nightmare will end.

This single comes from my upcoming album, "Dreams of the Deep" arriving on February 19th. More fantasy and sci-fi songs are on the way! The original teased release date for the album was December 2020, but that proved to be unreachable. Ignore the Bandcamp teaser (whoops)!

Artwork is by deviantart.com/abluskittle (@ABluSkittle )

Lyrics:

It is my own home's affliction
Behind bars within a cage
I've been marked the plague's possession
And I've been locked in for days
There's a ruckus in the streets
Those I begged to stay inside
Soon the noise gives way to silence
For a moonlit lullaby
Oh my mind,
Oh my mind,
Thoughts are fleeting all the time
I feel bones begin to splinter
As my fever starts to climb
Who's to blame,
Who's to blame
For the blood that wrought this shame
Now my ears have started ringing
To a symphony of pain

My blood's contagion
Brings transformation
But all I want before the doom
Is to see the streets outside this room
Don't leave me waiting
My lantern's fading
And I won't be awake to see
The monster that becomes of me
Let me see the sky one last time
Come home and take me outside

The new beast is isolation
When I'm haunting my own home
I feel my walls closing inward
And my soul leaves me alone
Here I struggle in the darkness
To remember my own name
I've caught glimpses through the window
That the world is not the same
Flesh and bone
Hunger's grown
Cries become an endless drone
I fear soon I'll be the hunted
Like the multitudes below
Someone's there
Someone's there
Night is coming and I'm scared
Starving wolves outside are howling
And I join them in their prayer

Dark signs
Flashing in my
Cold mind
Succumbing now with no time
Left to cure the pain
Pale and
Clawing blindly
Life still
Clinging tightly
But my own blood has been claimed

Aviators - The Man in the Chair (4EverfreeBrony Remix | Rock)

Aviators 2020-11-14 | Check out this remix and more on The Reimagined Future!

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/1f4YNNjMiDdyuvI0XaDRuu

Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/the-reimagined-future/1538933721

Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-reimagined-future

A HUGE thanks to @4everfreebrony for creating this mind-blowing remix that gives the original song completely new life. With those classic rock tones and solos, you just can't go wrong. Please go check out his channel, his own amazing music, and hopefully more remixes from him in the future!

Lyrics:

When you're crowded out by freedom's price
And you take a shred of bad advice
The system knows but you're kept underground
When you can't afford a flight to Mars
When you're never born to touch the stars
The endless maze of concrete wears you down
Can you theorize our better lives
Where the grass is green on the other side
We'd compromise and find a way to thrive
If you're scared of being left behind
Then you'd be so disturbed with dreams like mine
The realization that our world's alive

Control comes cheap
But nothing is fair
They wake you from sleep
But nobody's there
You walk among sheep
And that's why you're scared
You'll never be the man in the chair

Take your medicine and swallow down
All the bitterness that built this town
Don't let him hear you start to criticize
You know this array was rigged to fail
When you fall apart then you can't bail
To find a place of safety in the sky
Light a signal flare and find a way
Out of coerced androids on parade
Assimilation comes or else we die
When we worry still and break the rules
Then our consciences will make us fools
And you always end up the system's slave

When you are not enough to make it
They've taken off and left you naked
Like they did long ago to me
But now I'm free
They cut you out and tore the sutures
Out of the cinematic future
To shine with or without
To silence doubt
You know the shadows like I do
We're driven by what we've been through
And now we fall on the sword
We'll never be the chosen kings
We'll never know the finer things
But we can open up the door

Aviators - Slasher (Techno Cinema Remix | Dark Alternative)

Aviators 2020-10-31 | Happy Halloween everyone! I'm happy to announce to you that a new alternate version of this year's "The Cinematic Future" is available now! The Reimagined Future can be found on Bandcamp and is coming soon to Spotify and other platforms:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-reimagined-future

This track was on the original album but has been given new life by the incredible @TechnoCinemaMusic! As a spooky tale of murder and madness, I found it fitting for this most haunting of holidays. This version has extra cinematic flair and even more horror-inspired intensity than the original, which can be found here:
youtube.com/watch?v=NW5ml2pHA2s

Lyrics:

Unearthed and trapped within the conflict
The strings behind the scene
Set to consume like selfish addicts
The envy turns us green
Our eyes shift up to one more face
Out of place and
Nightmares of murder and cold steel
Become real

Knives out
We're going down
Just like a slasher
It's a massacre
Bloodstains
On holy ground
Here's your happy ever after

Starved out in dust to make a killing
For shares that we won't see
Our minds feel hate and flesh is willing
We hurt what lies between
One second passes and you're gone
Our weapons drawn but
Somehow these kills won't make us whole
We've sold our souls

Alive for
The weekend
We're walled in
To contend
One could imply it's by design
But nothing's left, I'm taking mine
As nature rolls back time
Destruction
The horror
To blame on
The scorers
They sit atop and watch the game
Where no one wins and gets the claim
'Cause we all fall the same

Aviators - Holding Out For A Hero (Synthwave | Bonnie Tyler Cover)

Aviators 2020-10-20 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/holding-out-for-a-hero-2

Or Listen on Spotify or Apple Music:
open.spotify.com/track/21TYqASVD3YLJNtQtoK0RJ

music.apple.com/us/album/holding-out-for-a-hero-single/1536726829

Oh man, I think I've wanted to cover this song as long as I've been making music. As a beautiful anthem of 80's cheese, I couldn't resist. This single is a new cover on the upcoming retro remix album "The Reimagined Future" coming very soon on October 30th!

To keep updated, be sure to check out the Aviators Music Discord Server.
discord.gg/WysBTkZ

Lyrics:

Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the Gods?
Where's the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and I turn
And I dream of what I need

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
Larger than life

Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a Superman to sweep me off my feet

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

Up where the mountains meet the Heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I could swear there is someone, somewhere
Watching me
Through the wind, and the chill, and the rain
And the storm, and the flood
I can feel his approach like a fire in my blood
(Like a fire in my blood, like a fire in my blood)
(Like a fire in my blood, like a fire in my oh, oh)

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

Aviators - Glow (Anthem Rock)

Aviators 2020-04-21 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/glow

Or stream on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/6rAg1aksbkKhcgxRpxZgNV

Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/glow/1501951952?i=1501952291

And YouTube Music:
music.youtube.com/watch?v=GovRHyv8LwQ

To keep updated, be sure to check out the Aviators Music Discord Server!
discord.gg/WysBTkZ

Harking back to the fighting spirit of albums like "Building Better Worlds", "Glow" brings a rebellious anthem of the people to a futuristic world of total authority and oppression. After all, at the end of peace and civilization itself, sometimes all that's left is to burn it to the ground and start anew. To enhance the camaraderie and unity of this track, I had over 55 fans join me in singing the chorus of the song! Thanks to each and every one of you who helped give this song the extra "punch" that it needed.

The typography in this video was created by Matrix Heirfrost, who you can find here:
youtube.com/channel/UCuUF95aFFA_ngSnwwV2lhzw/videos

He's also done a lovely extended version of this music video on his channel:
youtube.com/watch?v=yIM_393Kbeo

Lyrics:

Watch as the sky
Starts to ignite
Inhale the passion of the flame
Loosen the gears
Wipe off your tears
Turn to the players of the
Greatest game
The hall of fame
We're facing our fears
Two hundred years
We have been waiting for the turn
Trust and obey
Emperors say
But they forget that we
Live and learn
Our furies burn

Hold on
We're building new foundations
On whatever's left
When we reject the nation
Of hate
In its vulnerable state
When will they learn?
False words, no cares
When our world burns
Light up
And fight the fire with fire
When all else has failed
We fuel the blazes higher
Tonight
Set the system alight
What do they know?
Rise up and
Make this city glow

Holding a match
We're going to catch
Up to the first place after all
Never to miss
Born to resist
Against the cracks within
Prison wall
The firefall
Cult of the style
Spanning for miles
Refuse to roll back to the reign
Cut all the ties
Suffocate lies
Loosen the grip of all the
Colder days
Before the blaze

Arrange
The swirling winds of change
When life keeps getting stranger
They've had their time now
We will take the reigns

Arise
March on with brand new eyes
Take back their power
To confuse
The lives they've used
A storm
The future's getting warm
So we'll keep burning
What we built
To show their guilt

Aviators - The Red Hood (Dark Souls Song | Symphonic Alternative)

Aviators 2020-04-05 | You can find this song on my bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/masks-ep

Or on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/4iMRqbiRu5Y9FwNYWVC0q1?si=VZLu15J6T4ywa9hOpHzxnQ

Let's rewind a bit, shall we? "The Red Hood" is a track from last year's "Masks" release, and since it never got a proper video done I figure now is the time! The song is about Slave Knight Gael from The Ringed City DLC of Dark Souls 3. From his own perspective, it details his struggles to reach the end of the world in search for power and purpose. In the game, he's really no different than the player... But he found the Dark Soul first.

Instrumental version:
youtube.com/watch?v=wcnHeMnSJEY

For background music and tools for remixing, the instrumentals, vocal stems, and MIDIs of this entire EP is available for free!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/masks-the-instrumentals

You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
discord.gg/GXHT6f

Lyrics:

When once, long ago
I was worn down and abused
The strongest took the spoils
And then we fell at their shoes
But now they are gone
And my sanity's kept by my chains
So I bear them both in faith and hate
For family and all that remains

Fight, to ignite
Not for gods nor the coming of night
If I'm the last of the men to fall
Then this warrior's growing in might
For fear and for love
And survival when push comes to shove
The red hood is coming to take you home
The bearer of soul and of light

Old kings will fade
When the last of the light's fading too
The castles long have fallen
And the paintings faded blue
So here now you stand
We are human yet both something new
The last prize has been taken
Now the red hood faces you

Here in the ashes
Balanced and whole
I endlessly hunger
For power of soul
At the end of all the ages
In the last of my crusades
You're the red hood's last contender
And the first one unafraid
I'm regretful to have hurt you
But this world's blood must be spilled
I'll return home as a monster
From the bad dream that I've killed

Aviators - The Cinematic Future (Synth Rock)

Aviators 2020-03-18 | Get this song and the whole new album on:

Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-cinematic-future

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/55kHBMsnXobP9eSB1UMU0p?si=Z-gN_t6aSPOocVZoJLcYIQ\

YouTube Music:
music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k_o19GR5C7MAPySozDyzDYLlpXtgH3-OU

iTunes/Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/the-cinematic-future/1501951952

"The Cinematic Future" is the title track of my latest album, bringing us to a grim but colorful world in the year 2220, where laws have failed and the world's last societies begin to collapse. Times are changing, and all that matters now is survival. This song presents a "last stand" and a necessary embrace of chaos in the future ahead. Artwork is by @ABluSkittle .

For background music and tools for remixing, the instrumental version of this album is available for free!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-cinematic-future-the-instrumentals

You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
discord.gg/GXHT6f

Lyrics:

Brightly in a sea of light
The spotlight of a neon life
Is only shining for tonight
To spread across our culture's blight
Infected with envy
And restless for a change of scene
Keep your eyes on the screen

The storm has come
And life will never be the same
No rules or heroes
The only savior is your name
Fight the darkest nights
The only story's what you write
Trust the age of dust
There's no more honor 'til you die

Welcome to
The world that waits for you
Where the first one to the dollar
Is the last one left alive
The bright divide
Shining a spectrum wide
Into the cinematic future
Are you ready to survive?

Headstrong in a deadly race
The righteous never make first place
Pandora's opened unto us
The towers slowly turn to dust
New chaos roams these streets
So human, and spreading like a flame
At the end of the game

Set scene
Welcome to the future's matinee
No dreams
While we sleep in the dark of our last days
Don't breathe
In the smoke when the ash will fill you
Don't flee
Take the hint and watch the preview
No pain
Now the hurt just keeps us sober
One flame
Burning out to push us over
Mercy
Not a trace so don't tread lightly
None worthy
Take your place and hold on tightly

Aviators - Cities in the Distance (feat. Nirre) (Synth Rock | NEW ALBUM!)

Aviators 2020-03-06 | You can download this song on my new album, THE CINEMATIC FUTURE:

Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-cinematic-future

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/55kHBMsnXobP9eSB1UMU0p?si=Z-gN_t6aSPOocVZoJLcYIQ\

YouTube Music:
music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k_o19GR5C7MAPySozDyzDYLlpXtgH3-OU

We're back! After 7 years since our last collaboration @Nirre and I have come to present another song, this time with a cyberpunk twist. Cities in the Distance is about hope in the confines of one of Earth's last cities, where life seems so bleak and unchanging. The song dreams of the cities some say lie outside the known places, where freedom lies and escape can be found. The whole album is full of similar cyberpunk goodness as well, and will be arriving along with this song to Spotify in 1-5 days or so.

You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
discord.gg/GXHT6f

Lyrics:

The rain pours longer every night
The neon glows a lullaby
And it's haunted
Haunted with our pride
Corruption intertwined with greed
Performing interchangeably
But I wanted
I wanted to be free
A system of the absolutes
Distract to keep the people mute
And we'll all move along
But somewhere it's a different show
The re-ignition starts to glow
Far away now
They sing a brand new song

Now from the shadows
I can see their light
The lone stars shine
On the world's last night
Trapped in the veil
I've only heard their cries
The cities chanting
Their last reprise

Subsections of an institute
The work of bureaucratic brutes
They're trying
Trying to save face
But citizens of darker times
Have learned to question better lies
While they're running
Running out of space
But maybe there's one last resort
When our resources come up short
A light on the horizon shines alone
The cities in the distance live
With sanctuary left to give
Resistance soon ignites into a glow

Raise
Your hands upwards in praise
Not of the gods but rather
The human cause undying
The fear
Has held us back for years
We sold our hearts for nothing
We wasted our own time
At fault
With eyes on you all
They kept us scared and silent
And desperate to survive
The light
Grows closer every night
So we will sate our hunger
And know the world revived

Aviators - Sainthood and Sanctuary (Dark Alternative | Album Pre-Order)

Aviators 2020-02-29 | PRE-ORDER THE CINEMATIC FUTURE and get this song right away!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-cinematic-future

Sainthood and Sanctuary is a sorrowful song of betrayal and the extreme measures one would take just for the promise of safety. In the year 2220, the song's narrator has given into the false promises of his city's ruling cult in the hopes of finding safety in their temple. Instead of salvation, he finds himself trapped and constantly spied upon as his desire for safety in righteousness leaves him alone once again. Musically, this one is a weird rock/acoustic/alternative fusion that ends up being kind of an experiment in strange 3/4 drum lines. It's dark, yet soft, and serves to hint towards the more unique styles to come in the rest of the album.

You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
discord.gg/GXHT6f

Artwork by Michael Kirby
Album Artwork by ABluSkittle

Safe from an early grave
But death feels closer still
When does the human soul cave
To find itself a kill
Promised a crown of glory
Fought for an equal stand
But fortune would never find me
In this blood red land

Why have I given my heart
I've fallen so far
Because now the future scares me
Why am I broken and small
I'd sacrifice all
For sainthood and sanctuary

I would give anything
To know I'm not alone
I'm tired of suffering
When I once had a home

After I sought protection
The saviors broke my bones
Lost streets that I remember
Now lie here alone
Mantras of greater purpose
End up left behind
The faithful don't deserve this
Desperate and blind

Fallen graces
Familiar faces
Never look like mine
Rings of fire
And holy water
Never turn back time
Why do I
Have many questions
Intel I can't find
Still unsure of
My mind's selection
To trust my fallen kind

Aviators - Ghosts of our Fathers (Dark Alternative)

Aviators 2020-02-19 | THE CINEMATIC FUTURE - FULL ALBUM COMING MARCH 6th

Download this song:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/ghosts-of-our-fathers-2

It's almost time for a new album and that means I have a new single to share! "Ghosts of our Fathers" is about a young man entering the world with his narrowed view of tradition, lured increasingly towards the propaganda of a futuristic regime that hardly has his best interests at heart. The song urges him to reconsider the flaws and bias of the misinformed traditions he was raised with and the blind obedience of authority.

Stay tuned for more music to come soon!

You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
discord.gg/GXHT6f

Lyrics:

Searching for direction
Aimless and afraid
You dread to see the future come
And take your home away
It's cold and unfamiliar
An outmoded charade
The hope of generations
Tossed aside, betrayed

You've been waiting for the truth to come find you
Are you speaking for yourself or your pain?
Do you sleep in the silence to wane the passing shame?
You are more than what your history made you
Let the ghosts of our fathers pass on
There's a new dawn to come when the past mistakes are gone
And now they're gone

Raised by hate and anger
Fueled with nation's pride
The time of change is coming
When the old beliefs have died
Make your choice enlightened
You can't trust the lies
Don't choose their side of history
Leave the old world far behind

And you feel misunderstood
Not succeeding like you should
But the game says you aren't strong enough
Work hard enough
You've been blaming friends you knew
But we all are victims too
Restricted by the ghosts of days
Long passed away

Aviators - Undying (Sekiro Song | Hard Rock)

Aviators 2019-12-03 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/undying

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/5uSGHxgFOtjJsJgAMusbIv?si=doYg6J_uTP-7-QQeYo5STw

Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/undying/1485209877?i=1485210249

Instrumental Version:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/undying-instrumental

Man, fighting in Sekiro with no GUI is really difficult as it turns out. Still worth it! This is a song inspired by game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and tells the story of impure immortality and a warrior that guards his master to the death and beyond. The game itself is a wonderfully immersive experience, and I highly recommend you play through its mysterious story!

You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
discord.gg/GXHT6f

Lyrics:

Trapped in spirit to the earth
Where shadows find their due rebirth
My blade has fallen but rises new
The final blow will still strike true
A gift, a curse, but not my own
A wish to guide this power home
Through all the ghosts along the way
I'll live to fight another day

Breath of the unyielding wind
The dragon within
Keeps the flesh alive
To absolve my sin
I'm the thief with a mark
Redeemed by the
Will of the undying spark
The wolf in the dark

I am bound by monarch
The thief with a mark
The undying spark
The wolf in the dark

Land of conquest, age of war
The likes I've never seen before
With spirits rising, and dead unrest
This immortality's a test
A gift, a curse, but not my own
A wish to guide this power home
Through all the ghosts along the way
I'll live to fight another day

I rot the world around us
As the colors turn to gray
In a tale of death and pestilence
These footprints soon decay
So let us fade together
To a pure and mortal dream
I'll fight my way to get there
With this power in my bloodstream

Aviators - Have Faith (Faith Song | Dark Southern Rock)

Aviators 2019-10-31 | Download the song HERE on the new EP!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/have-faith

Stream on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/2w81G8XijASdljpE5AOGSj?si=5zaxtL0aTTqIsvOlYDcxCQ

Typography and animation in the video is done by Matrix Heirfrost!
youtube.com/channel/UCuUF95aFFA_ngSnwwV2lhzw

The eve of All Hallows has arrived and I'm back so soon to share another scary tale from the new MASKS EP! This track, as the closer of Masks, tells the story of Father John Ward who lost his mind after a failed exorcism and returned to the possessed girl he couldn't save to put an end to the devil inside her. He searches deep in the woods of Connecticut for her abandoned home but finds other forsaken creatures lurking as well... Is his faith misplaced, he asks, or will his prayers deliver him in his encounter with true evil? Musically this song took a very odd turn especially after a mostly heavy EP, but I felt like trying something new and running with the "dark gospel" kind of sound. My friend Matrix has supplied some amazing graphical expertise for the unique video needs of this song, so big thank you to him for the... er... "faithful" look of the video.

Faith is an indie game on itch.io and it's FREE to play!
airdorf.itch.io/faith

You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
discord.gg/GXHT6f

Lyrics:

Lord explain what I'm seeing
Now I'm down on my knees
Devil's been in the backwoods
Came to whisper to me
I need to get back
Mother Mary protect me
Into the black
Cry your heavenly tears
Is my confession loud enough
For you to hear?

You gotta have faith
To deliver from evil
You gotta have faith
In the shadow of death
You gotta keep pace
Looking over your shoulder
You gotta embrace
Your final breath
You gotta take up
Your sinner's burden
To wear it on trial
Like a crown of thorns
You need to hold tight
Like a man on a mission
You gotta cut off
These devil's horns

Lord, allow me repentance
Let me hear what I've done
Seek the devil's acceptance
Show her mercy and run
So where does this end
With a bullet or silence
Won't let you pretend
That the father can't hear
Can you show me some strength to
Wash away my fear

Here on earth your own demons dwell
Like miracles but instead from hell
Now the enemy shows herself
But father where are you?
Through the darkness I've become lost
Searching for this to bear my cross
Now I'm ready to pay the cost
But will you be there too?

Aviators - Masks (Halloween Song | Orchestral Alternative)

Aviators 2019-10-29 | Download on MASKS - EP now!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/masks-ep

Listen on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/2kSpWnKjPhi7BUQUynQS84?si=dN8pCkU4Rfi3sMh4hPvrvg

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Once again I've felt inspired by the spooky season to write a new EP. Masks - EP tackles a variety of horror and ghost stories but in this, the title track, the subject turns to a more realistic look at the nature of two-faced people and the struggles of coming to terms with one's true self instead of facing life with a well-tailored "mask."

The artwork is done by the amazing ABluSkittle! deviantart.com/abluskittle/art/Masks-818166051

You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
discord.gg/GXHT6f

Lyrics:

Creeping eyes from across this masquerade
Feeling scared, every stare will cut like blades
Dead inside, try to hide behind
And shake the tremors

Hiding with a smile in a crowded place
Emoting through the lips of a plastic face
Every word just a code that screams
I'm owned by terror
Are you scared to see what lies beneath
Behind these artificial teeth
Through the guilty strings this mask
Controls its wearer

Trapped in our own disguises
Cut free but soulless still
Our dreams are haunted by the
Ghosts we kill
Identities of silence
In search of cheaper scares
We're all surrounded by the
Masks we wear

Vilified for deeds done in the light
Hiding away within plain sight
These cloaks are keeping safe
The secret faces
Terrified of making one mistake
Narrow mind 'till the soul begins to break
We are just husks seeking
The world's false graces

Awake within the moment
Asleep throughout our lives
We suffer in this torment
Ensnared in our own lies
In facelessness we're equal
When we're not even there
You're someone underneath this
Behind the mask you wear

Aviators - Song of the Abyss (Dark Souls Song | Symphonic Rock)

Aviators 2019-10-07 | Now on Spotify!
open.spotify.com/track/4GoRNX8ZAsgt7FsmggBuAE?si=bvXnana9QNGbIzOH6l1yEQ

Download:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/song-of-the-abyss

This song is a single for my upcoming Masks - EP releasing October 25th!

The Dark Souls games keep sucking me back in.
"Song of the Abyss" is a tragic tale of loyalty and inevitable defeat, following the story of Knight Artorias and his great wolf Sif. Once the greatest warrior in the known world, Artorias fails his final mission to stop the spread of the Abyss, falling to its influence and leaving his wolf safely behind under his enchanted shield. Of course we, the player, later find Sif and carry on the legacy of the Wolf Knight despite his defeat.

You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
discord.gg/GXHT6f

Lyrics:

Old friend, we seem surrounded
As decay is closing in
And the kiss of deadly silence
Has been placed upon my skin
For the code we're bound to follow
You have led my last crusade
Now we're swallowed by the city
As it fades

I will shield you from the darkness
When the walls around us quake
I will hold back all the monsters
Until my bones begin to break
When I've lost I'll have to leave you
And the tears, they'll fall like rain
If I'm taken by the shadows
I will spare you from the pain

Cry a requiem for sunlight
Hide away now from the dark
To me the angered deep is calling
Tearing me apart
Somehow the whispers do command me
When the abyss has taken hold
Now carry on in glory
When I grow cold

I will shield you from the darkness
When the walls around us quake
I will hold back all the monsters
Until my bones begin to break
When I've lost I'll have to leave you
And the tears, they'll fall like rain
If I'm taken by the shadows
I will spare you from the pain

Foolishly I left the darkness creeping
In this restless ruin my soul is bleeding
I confess to you the dark
Has taken me prisoner
I am corrupt beyond any rescue
I've forsaken my vow to protect you
Oh, end these horrors
Face the father of the sinister

If the fight's over
I will sacrifice my mind
Just to know you'll still be breathing
When the years have been unkind
So continue on without me
Guard my body and my flame
Keep a watch over the wasteland
When the world forgets my name

I will shield you from the darkness
When the walls around us quake
I will hold back all the monsters
Until my bones begin to break
When I've lost I'll have to leave you
And the tears, they'll fall like rain
If I'm taken by the shadows
I will spare you from the pain

Aviators - Theyll Never Find Us (Dark Alternative)

Aviators 2019-09-20 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/theyll-never-find-us

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/7FvsQpiMi0VRJekvXoaJe7?si=0Ho9nxEiRkeRQ1Xt-5f-dQ

iTunes/Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/theyll-never-find-us/1478498346?i=1478498708

Instrumentals, Vocals, and MIDI for remixing:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/aeterno-rewind-the-instrumentals

They'll Never Find Us is the alternate ending of the Aeterno story, where instead of completing his assigned task of repairing the course of time, our hero ends his journey through the ages prematurely. He rescues the lost love of his own past instead, whisking her away to a period of history where no one would ever be able to find them. Together they doom the last remnants of humanity at the end of time, but they live on in peace and let the future take its course unaltered.

Stay tuned for more Aeterno uploads, as well as some upcoming Halloween content!

Lyrics:
In separate folds
We're desperate people
In spite of ourselves
The balance is equal
It's time to go back
But only to take you
Somewhere to grow old
Where nothing can break through

Our chance to survive
The cosmos' winter
Will leave them behind
A world crushed to splinters
We'll snuff out the light
And hide in the darkness
The closure of pain
A final catharsis

Find your way
Through the mist
Where nothing else
But only we exist
We stem the flow
And hold the dawn
To step behind it all
Beyond

When the silence falls at last
And the clock tower rings no more
We'll watch the hourglass
Trapped like we were before
And we'll lay awake in fear
Of the past days come again
But they'll never find us here
Before they burn at this world's end

Don't cry for this world bleeding out
They've had their day and ours is now
The way of absolution is the end
The end of all of time
So have some faith and let it fade
In the past our future's made
We'll slip away unseen back to the start
To the start again

Find your way
Through the mist
Where nothing else
But only we exist
We stem the flow
And hold the dawn
To step behind it all
Beyond

When the silence falls at last
And the clock tower rings no more
We watch the hourglass
Trapped like we were before
And we'll lay awake in fear
Of the past days come again
But they'll never find us here
Before they burn at this world's end

Aviators - The Path Home (Rewind Version - Synthrock)

Aviators 2019-09-02 | Aeterno: Rewind brings us back to the time-traveling story of the original 2013 concept album, and you can get it now on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/aeterno-rewind-ep

or Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/7K6D79t5RR2I21W9gr4MLS?si=gAp5x8q9Te-1lDfIiIPHsA

The Path Home was the "end credits" song of the original Aeterno album, and follows a weary time traveler back to the end of the world where he began, all for a chance to save the future.

Artwork is by Henning!

Lyrics:

Spent my days
Watching and waiting
Killed my faith
Participating
In this crusade
Still masquerading
As the lie
That we're creating
Blinding lights
Leave me in silence
Hopes and dreams
Taken with violence
Right and wrong
Have made alliance
Now I will
Turn in defiance

Passing thoughts leave me alone
And I'm on the path home

I won't stand down
I won't give out
I'm taking a chance despite my doubt
I'm not gonna lose
With so much to prove
I'm coming home to you

Shut your eyes
Don't chase the demons
Know our way
Back through to freedom
I've seen how
This course is shifting
At the world's end
The last are listening
Let them hear
Their fate is silence
The fire grows near
To bring us guidance
Life unchecked
Becomes infernal
Now our time comes
We are eternal

One more trip
Into the hourglass
Change our place
In the upturned past
I'll find you when
This plague is mended
When we're alone
And they have ended

Aviators - Find Me (Rewind Version - Orchestral Ballad)

Aviators 2019-08-20 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/aeterno-rewind-ep

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/74WgPmxkNoI9CdEHtX2XC7?si=LQbyjggsTFm4e5b4yG3mXA

It's been a long time coming, but the revisit of 2013's "Aeterno" is almost here! Aeterno: REWIND takes us back to the post-apocalyptic future of the original concept album and re-tells the tale of one of the last humans on Earth traveling back in time to find the key to save humanity and alter the past, all while searching for his long lost love from years ago. She is the subject of this first single "Find Me" (now with lyrics!) as he leaves messages for her throughout the past thousand years.

Stay tuned for more revisited pieces of Aeterno, as well as the next upcoming REWIND project!

Far away now
Trapped at the start of all we know
Traces of doubt
Keep on obscuring my way out
Lost in days gone
Living in a memory turned wrong
So far that I wake up now afraid
When I can hear a whisper

Tell me to stay
Find me the chance to walk away
Show me the path
Home to you in the aftermath
Guilty with shame
Of leaving you helpless in the flames
So that we could thrive when I return
When I can hear you whisper

In the beat of your heart
I can still hear a spark
I'll follow all the signs
Across a thousand years in time, you'll know me
I've been back to the start
From the very last part
And all the stars align
To lead you to this place to find me waiting

What is it worth
To give it all up for new rebirth
If I could be strong
Then maybe this wouldn't feel so wrong
Now that I'm lost
And now that I know this victory's cost
Whisper a prayer to guide me home
Into the deep unknown

I never asked to walk the road alone
But someday I'll make it home
Don't let the lifeline disappear
To guide me back when hope is near
Promise a future I can come back to
When now all I have is you
I'll follow all the signs
Across a thousand years in time

I'm breaking
We're fading
But you're not alone
One more try
For tonight
I can't do this on my own

Aviators - The Bells (Game of Thrones Song | Orchestral Rock)

Aviators 2019-07-01 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/the-bells

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/1JjDIjUNpW2fKLQeRTcut8?si=kQ-OemhVTLqaMgiiQyRGqg

iTunes/Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/the-bells/1471518772?i=1471518963

Google Play:
play.google.com/store/music/album/Aviators_The_Bells?id=Begkcl4xxge5er6vmxlkz4zwcgq&hl=en_US

I'm back! I've touched on Game of Thrones before, but this time I felt like after the finale I had to give it at least one more shot. This song is a medley of various themes and motifs from the show (can you hear them all?) telling an epic tale of two queens. This should go without saying, but MAJOR SPOILERS ahead in both the lyrics and video!

Lyrics:

High in the crimson towers
Hate between a mother's eyes
Certain of a costly price
To pay when fire survives
When all she loved has left the keep
The rains above us gently weep
And wash away the blood as it goes cold

And so she spoke
And so she spoke
The lion of Castamere
When none remain
To mourn her reign
So proud yet founded upon fear

Gates swung open wide to wretches
Lowborn pay the price in blood
Placed upon the precipice
Of near rising flood
Terror in the hearts of children
Worried that the war's come home
As the sound of wildfire burning
Nears the lion's throne

Let it be fear she told them
Let it be fear they know
Let them become ashes now upon the fallen snow

Blind with the power and fury
Numb behind the dregs of wrath
Set to pay the costly price
And tread a father's path
When thousands battled in her name
She stormed the gates and showered flame
To break the wheel but then would forge her own

Let it be fear she told them
Let it be fear they know
Let them become ashes now upon the fallen snow
Burn them all down to embers
Servants and lords the same
Show them all fire and blood to win the mad queen's game

And with the swords lain down
They screamed 'til the bells cried out
In search of some mercy their hope became fear
Their hope became fear
And it fed her rage
Her lust for the lion's cage
She'll stand down for nothing
Until they all cheer, with no one left here

Castamere
Let it be, let it be fear
Castamere
Let it be, let it be fear

Aviators - Too Late for a Savior (Industrial Alternative)

Aviators 2019-03-30 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/too-late-for-a-savior

iTunes/Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/ca/album/too-late-for-a-savior/1450527493?i=1450527505

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/638u2jUbeWbANUiiYHrSQQ?si=Z8BA_FEuQRqCvsKnKCOeCg

Too Late for a Savior is an experimental song musically, lacking a true chorus and shedding a usual song structure to express a slow, methodical descent into madness. The Elder of the Godhunter saga sought power through eldritch worship of the cosmos, and as his efforts proved useless but his following grew, he pursued darker means of seeking immortality. As he searched he neglected his people, and the deaths grew quickly. It's too late for redemption, he claims, so he will stoop to any means to save himself.

Lyrics:

Never too late for changes
Never too late to move
With the barriers down
There is nothing left to prove
Then you're never too far to look back
At the vengeance or the fall
When there's nothing else left
But to take your curtain call

Give the ending just a little flavor
If you're going down, they'll break as well
'Cause it's too late for a savior
But it's never too late for hell

Never too late for madness
Never too late for death
As the towers rise
I will stand with bated breath
Now there's no one left to hurt us
And there's no one left to save
At the ending of all
It's the silence that I crave

Give the ending just a little flavor
If you're seeing ghosts they'll face the same
'Cause you're never going to be the savior
But a leader keeps the monsters sane
Lift the burdens of the weak away now
Let the many become the few
'Cause it's never too late for mercy
To let the red tides rise to you

Never too late for secrets
Never too late to hide
Build the barriers up
Let no one else inside
Heroes can't save the future
And no one can change the past
You'd need the hands of a god
Just to make this city last

Give the ending just a little flavor
If you're seeing ghosts they'll face the same
'Cause you're never going to be the savior
But a leader keeps the monsters sane
Lift the burdens of the weak away now
Let the many become the few
'Cause it's never too late for mercy
To let the red tides rise to you

Bring the fire when they call you "traitor"
If you're going down, they'll break as well
To the ones who don't deserve a savior
They've been ruined by the rebel yell
Take the suffering and plague away now
Let the madness become the truth
'Cause it's never too late for mercy
When the red tides rise to you

As power tends
Toward violent ends
I'll choose to give up nothing
'Cause it's too late to be the hero
And it's too late to see the truth
I'm exempt of absolution
But it's never too late for you

Bring the fire (It's never too late)
Bring the rain (It's never too late)
Grant desires (It's never too late)
Numb the pain (It's never too late)
Bring the fire (It's never too late)
Bring the rain (It's never too late)
Grant desires (It's never too late)
It's never too late for you

Aviators - Way of the Strong (Nioh Song | Orchestral Rock)

Aviators 2019-03-14 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/godhunter

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/2yCgBYOKJ72Mq9EzQ2uxfX

iTunes/Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/way-of-the-strong/1450527493?i=1450527503

Nioh left me feeling inspired, as with most games of its kind, and I felt compelled to write something with the victorious yet futile story it told. A warrior from England travels to war-torn Japan in an age of demons and beasts, and this song tells of his undying pursuit for his guardian spirit and his embrace of the way of the samurai.

Lyrics:

The wind sings the longest tune
Adrift under the ashen moon
The road ahead has an unforgiving toll
I've journeyed to where I stand
A ghost among the far-off lands
Survive against the fire and the cold

Walk in the deepest of footprints
Step into the fog
Breaking the silence
A threatening song
On the trail of the ancients
The demons awake
At the end of all evil
The battleground shakes
To the sound of the metal
The splinters of bone
In a war with the summoned
The soldiers of stone
As the vessel of guardians
I follow along
With the words of the wise
In the way of the strong

Follow
Step into the fog
Follow
A threatening song
Follow
We're carried along
Follow
The way of the strong

The mountains moving as night falls
In the shadows I hear demons crawl
No fear of death, just fear of something worse
A power comes from the west
Upturning all the dead that rest
Still holding on to the burdens of their curse

One goal in mind
A soul to find
Taken by a madman
Trapped within the deepest of these cursed lands
They'll scatter when
I rise again
The spirit keeps the focus
Even when the battle's odds are hopeless

Aviators - Lost Boys (feat. Moonraccoon) (Synthrock)

Aviators 2019-02-19 | Download as part of the new album on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/godhunter

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/0NNVKrc2AOnJ0XK9AZLSCs

Apple Music/iTunes:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/lost-boys-feat-moonraccoon/1450527493?i=1450527500

Instrumentals + Vocal Stems + MIDI:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/godhunter-the-instrumentals

And be sure to check out the amazing Moonraccoon!
open.spotify.com/artist/1NlD6UaLaAEKLDCsDYbUAL

Lost Boys is a song about the underestimated youth, and the reality that they have the power and the obligation to shape the future. Taking place in a post-apocalyptic revolution, it serves as an anthem of rebellion for the young citizens that grew apathetic to their current place in history.

Lyrics:
Days in neverland grow darker
The forbidden moments come
To a hasty resolution
When the battle starts with one

Through the crooked lies
As the conflict dies
Oh, their words have tied our tongues together
These words have tied our tongues
We've been left behind
Blamed and made to fight
But these lost boys won't stay young forever
These lost boys won't stay young

Overlooked, denied
Shamed for trying to find
Reasons for the violent answers
Young but unafraid
A massive voice awaits
Holding up to higher standards

With the seekers apprehended
It's desperate time for truth
In the war for information
The ammunition comes from you

Balance shifts
May the world be fixed
When the words we use still matter, matter
And bold faced lies are shattered, shattered
Break the cage
Bring us this new age
When we hold ground when we know it, know it
Make liars afraid to show it, show it
Carry on the heavy load
You've tread upon the longest road
And they won't let you stop until the end
Choose your words, think carefully
Their patterns of dishonesty
Are no match for your reason to contend

Aviators - Signed on for a Sequel (Synthwave)

Aviators 2019-02-05 | Download as part of the new album on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/godhunter

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/4wiBDgqWmafDphz3GikRVr?si=OGsdw7ILRfa6cP0r4KuO8g

Apple Music/iTunes:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/signed-on-for-a-sequel/1450527493?i=1450527808

Lost in time, The Hunter gives a dire warning from the centuries she has seen: History repeats, and each conflict of the past keeps coming back. Civilization ignores the mistakes of their ancestors, and the pattern continues on into the 21st century, as she watches the dark future unfold.

Lyrics:

I begged
the world to heal its scars again
As I cried into oblivion
And the victims passed me by
I said
The curse has kept us spiraling
While the desperate keep on rioting
And the greedy plea with lies
One more summer
And yet another
While the more things change they stay the same
Apathetic inaction
Is gaining traction
While the lost don't play they lose the game

Don't fade out, we'll go off script
The last scene's behind our silent lips
We're signed on for a sequel
But nobody's seen the first act
Seen the first act
Of a hundred stories just like yours
Through the history of an endless war
They've come back
Signed on for a sequel
But nobody's seen the first act
Seen the first act before

And I wept
For the future of humanity
To be free of this insanity
Where the lessons learned repeat
I sent
A message to the least of us
That the greedy are carnivorous
And that hatred fears defeat
One more summer
And yet another
While the more things change they stay the same
Apathetic inaction
Is gaining traction
While the lost don't play they lose the game

And our eyes consume the world today
Just as if the past has been erased
So don't run away, don't run away from time
There's a cycle of our symmetry
As a sign that history will repeat
So start looking back, start looking back to find
All the tragedies we've tried to mend
All the selfish acts with violent ends
We don't learn a thing from conflict
So it finds us once again

Aviators - Red Water Dreams (Acoustic Rock)

Aviators 2019-01-19 | Download on the new album, Godhunter:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/red-water-dreams

Before The Hunter's uprising in "Bleeding Sun" or her lonely cry for death in "Requiem for the Hunter", she ponders her place at the end of the world among the most violent times history had seen. Red Water Dreams is her mourning tribute to the fallen innocents of her city, as well as an oath that she will, one day, hunt those responsible.

Godhunter releases next week on January 25th, with this song and many more spin-offs involving The Hunter and other heroes of previous albums!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/godhunter

Artwork by ABluSkittle:
deviantart.com/abluskittle/art/Red-Water-Dreams-781132122

Lyrics:

Take me to the water
Where the river meets the sea
Let the memory of rising tide
Come washing over me
I saw fire consume the trusting
With the victims still naive
And so they bleed
And so they bleed
Take me to the tower
Where false gods reside in peace
Let them wither from the inside
Watch their adoration cease
Now with no more heroes left
To cull the chaff among the streets
The gates release
The gates release

Sing in grief, a requiem
The curse of our millennium
These souls keep whispering from the river beds
The end to all these violent means
Alive in these red water dreams
Their haunted burdens stirring in my head
On streets still running red

Vicious thoughts are stirring
And I hunger for their power
Just to taste the opportunity
To watch the elders cower
When the waters fall below the ruins
They'll see their final hour
But rain still showers
The rain still showers
Take me as the vessel
To infect the whole charade
I've come much too far to accept
This society they've made
In the corner of the wasteland
Under storms of acid rain
The last remain
The last remain

Most went in the flood
A few were martyred by the flames
Yet those who unleashed the waters
Are still guilty all the same
When the ignorance of puppets
Serves the master's larger game
They let it rain
They let it rain
When I gain the chance to rise
I'll find the light in their cold eyes
Or lose myself and carry out revenge
The righteous hunt has just begun
The dimming of the bleeding sun
Will let these waters run clear once again

Aviators - Last Christmas (feat. d.notive, 4EverfreeBrony, Liv & Learn, and Matthew Mosier)

Aviators 2018-12-22 | Free Download:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/last-christmas-feat-d-notive-4everfreebrony-liv-learn-and-matthew-mosier

Merry Christmas everyone! It's been a while since I covered any holiday songs, so this felt like the perfect time to try one of my all time-favorites. Fortunately, I was joined by d.notive, 4EverfreeBrony, Liv & Learn, and Matthew Mosier to sing along! A big thanks to them for taking part in this spontaneous Christmas cover, and I hope you'll check out their music as well. Original song is by the incredible Wham!

d.notive (vocals):
store.d.notive.cc

4EverfreeBrony (vocals):
youtube.com/user/4everfreebrony

Liv & Learn (vocals):
youtube.com/channel/UCk15iUJZDX7bkDvXXf0Gvlw

Matthew Mosier (guitar and vocals):
youtube.com/user/matthewmosiermusic

Lyrics:

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special

Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance
But you still catch my eye
Tell me, baby
Do you recognize me?
Well, it's been a year
It doesn't surprise me
(Merry Christmas!) I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying, "I love you, " I meant it
Now, I know what a fool I've been
But if you kissed me now
I know you'd fool me again

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special

A crowded room, friends with tired eyes
I'm hiding from you, and your soul of ice
My my, I thought you were someone to rely on
Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover but you tore me apart
Now, I've found a real love you'll never fool me again

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special

Aviators - Endgame (Infinity War Song | Alternative Rock)

Aviators 2018-11-22 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/endgame

The first single from "Godhunter" has arrived! "Endgame" is a song based on Avengers: Infinity War from the perspective of Tony Stark, fearing his prophetic vision of being the last one left alive after a horrific battle against an alien god. It's a long story of death and defeat, so SPOILER WARNING if you're hoping to avoid any details!

The full album will release on January 25th, 2019.

Lyrics:

I don't want to be the last one alive
Facing all the wreckage of my pride and sadness
Now the culmination will soon arrive
Forming in the cosmos, one dark scheme of madness

We've never seen a fight like this
Universal power amiss
Cheating nature in a grasp for power
Seeking balance with this stand
Now the culling is at hand
And we've awoken in our final hour

When every hero falls out of the sky
And all we can muster is a desperate try
We stand in the crossfire, eyes ready and wide
Playing the endgame, at last unified
For the weak to survive

Greater than the odds, higher than the stakes
One shot to change the course, with no room for mistakes
Bound with stronger will, in the hands of time
So where's the pawn that turns the tide and keeps the game alive?

Now we're the bastion in the storm
Split apart but uniform
I'll give everything to wane this power
Facing threats to every soul
We've approached a hopeless goal
Fighting headstrong in our final hour

When there were none
To hold infinite power
When the game was young
And victory was ours
I had seen the edge of fate beyond
And knew one day it would respond
In dust
Set in stone
Despite the distant thunder
With our vision gone
And our heroes losing numbers
If the moment comes to pay the price
I'll take the lead and roll the dice
To save the most defenseless among us

Aviators - All Hallows (Halloween Song | Darksynth)

Aviators 2018-10-27 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/all-hallows

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/3OO0N0X9qXguDALLUbapMJ?si=AN0E2wBDQmWkBh7yrfi9nw

Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-hallows-single/1440488787

Instrumental Version:
dropbox.com/s/2yuj47k86yckobo/All%20Hallows%20Instrumental.wav?dl=0

Vocals for Remixes:
dropbox.com/s/e96buv5zdkv6ir8/All%20Hallows%20Vocal%20Stem.wav?dl=0

~HAPPY HALLOWEEN!~

Once every century, on All Hallow's Eve, the monsters of long ago rise to get their revenge. Masked psychopaths, malformed beasts, and the saints of the unholy night of Halloween have come to cull the living while the blood moon lights the way. With only a few desperate hours before death takes them once again, the only way to survive is to disguise yourself, and become one of the monsters for the night.

Inspired by countless video games, cheesy 80's slasher films, and all the stories that make this my favorite time of year!

Lyrics:

Still air, the harvest moon in the sky
Fools scared of their supernatural demise
Raised hair on the back of your neck
Tells you something is lurking tonight
The hymns of the October wind are howling through the trees
The sun sets on a night to bring the bravest to their knees
A thin divide is lifted letting spirits through the fray
When shadows fall the beasts have come to scare us all away

Dark saints
All hallows
The villains hunt before they're off to the gallows on a
Cursed night
A bone chiller
Cover your eyes, 'cause you're living a thriller

Red feast, of bounty for violent delights
Released from hell and its unending spite
One breach, every hundred years
To let the masked reign the living with fright
A ravenous monstrosity to put Lovecraft to shame
When horrors born with countless eyes, arise without a name
The living and the citizens once mourned but fear the dead
Those fiends have come for vengeance, and will bury them instead

The spirits and the whispers stir, the shadows come alive
The dead ones in their sleep no longer pressured to abide
Free reign, for those between the veil
Held tight within a harrowing tale
Lights out, hide on this unholy eve
When the mortal boundaries fail

Aviators - Streets of Gold (Orchestral Alternative)

Aviators 2018-10-06 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/streets-of-gold

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/2yeB5etduPToXt0CjMMdgj?si=zM8eK9KDSrWwwUirYTglPw

Google Play:
play.google.com/music/m/Blgvdwpfejkh6vfspewbhz5htta?t=Let_There_Be_Fire_-_Aviators

Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/let-there-be-fire/1389210914

Instrumentals/Vocals/MIDI For Remixing:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/let-there-be-fire-the-instrumentals

Streets of Gold is a bittersweet tale in a kingdom far away, in an age long ago of magic and conquest. The traveler has fought honorably for his King, his family, and now finds himself with no one left to defend, wandering the ruined towns he once saw full of life. What is there left to do but wander, when every soul you fought for is lost?

Artwork is created by ReneAigner.

Lyrics:

I see the golden years behind us
I'm getting scared to move along
My inspiration has subsided
Without a muse to keep me strong
I can't remember our last victory
Was it the past, or just a dream?
The world we grew to love has crumbled
With my own efforts losing steam

I think I need your hands to lift me
I think I need your light to shine
There lies a trail of fire behind us
From a warstruck, weary time
I'm going to need a guide to show me
To walk me through the streets of gold
When death will meet us at the end
Of our own lost and broken road

I've made mistakes that devastated
Too many battles lost to tell
If I could turn back to time to find you
I'd find our confidence as well
So please forgive the tears and whispers
If you are only in my head
Sometimes I want to think you're listening
When every other voice is dead

The last survivor of the fall
Without a will to live at all
The sun is setting as
No one remains my weakened call
I've come a thousand miles alone
Passed every kingdom's empty throne
And I can't shake the feeling
You'll arrange the stars to lead me home

Aviators - Requiem for the King (Dark Souls II Song | Dark Acoustic)

Aviators 2018-09-15 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/requiem-for-the-king

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/2yeB5etduPToXt0CjMMdgj?si=zM8eK9KDSrWwwUirYTglPw

Google Play:
play.google.com/music/m/Blgvdwpfejkh6vfspewbhz5htta?t=Let_There_Be_Fire_-_Aviators

Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/let-there-be-fire/1389210914

Instrumentals/Vocals/MIDI For Remixing:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/let-there-be-fire-the-instrumentals

At last, after being inspired by Dark Souls 1 and 3, Demon's Souls and Bloodborne, Dark Souls 2 gave me a story with more emotional impact than I expected. Within the expansion "Crown of the Ivory King" lies a story of love and sacrifice, telling the tale of The Ivory King's plunge into the depths of chaos to save his dear Queen Alsanna and the rest of the world. Years later, his soul remains in torment without rest, reliving the pain of leaving his love until someone comes to take his soul.

Also, outside of the really bittersweet lore, I got to know The King very well in this area of the game, because it is really, REALLY hard. I think I'll leave him and his queen alone from now on.

Lyrics:

Last kiss for a burned man
Dark child of the outlands
My heavy heart will take this last goodbye
Brave souls for a last stand
Spilled blood on my charred hands
A sacrifice to know you'll stay alive

When the fire has come
I will die to protect you
Light a candle for me
On this winter's day
My queen, don't cry tonight
There's a dream left to cling to
I will rest in ash
To leave you safe, I pray

Fresh snow for the dark years
Frost graced by a king's tears
My love, I must not waver now in death
Deep earth, where the fires glow
Faced down with the unknown
A whispered vow to you on my last breath

Always these winds will whisper
Laced with an endless shiver
Leave a light above for me to find
Last queen of lands forsaken
Hold strong when life is taken
Keep a memory, for peace of mind

Aviators - Ordinarily Human (Blade Runner 2049 Song | Alternative Rock)

Aviators 2018-08-16 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/ordinarily-human

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/2yeB5etduPToXt0CjMMdgj?si=zM8eK9KDSrWwwUirYTglPw

Google Play:
play.google.com/music/m/Blgvdwpfejkh6vfspewbhz5htta?t=Let_There_Be_Fire_-_Aviators

Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/let-there-be-fire/1389210914

Instrumentals/Vocals/MIDI For Remixing:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/let-there-be-fire-the-instrumentals

If there was ever a series that left me completely stunned yet inspired, it is Blade Runner. The sequel last year proved to be every bit as immersive as the first, and I quickly started work on a song to pay tribute. "Ordinarily Human" follows K's journey of self-discovery and questioning the very nature of his world. Perhaps the line between "artificial" and "human" was made up all along.

For more music or to get in touch, find me on
Patreon: patreon.com/Aviators
Twitter: twitter.com/Aviators84
Twitch: twitch.tv/aviatorslivestream
Discord: discord.gg/JWqXshB

Lyrics:

I don't know where my own dreams end
And where the world begins
Am I alone in the core
Of the body I'm caged in
On the run from my origins
So scared to see the light
Am I awake, conscious flesh
Or will this static fade to white

Like the cracks in the pavement I've fractured my mind
Artificially soulless, perceiving that I'm
Ordinarily human but programmed to seem
Too unnatural to live my electric dreams

All the faults of reality
Are crawling in my head
If this machine is a pawn
Why do I lie awake in bed
Let me find where the program stops
To put my open eyes to sleep
No turning back, I'm set free
Within a herd of plastic sheep

Self-aware of my bounds
From the truth that we've found
Cut the wires, reject my own memory
Life inside of a shell
Mindless commands to quell
Human thought, so deeply ordinary

My existence has never been true
Reconciled with the dream that we knew
A hive of empty space
Flawed in function, humanity
Our lives were never free

Aviators - Incandescent (Dark Souls Song | Synthpop)

Aviators 2018-07-19 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/incandescent

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/2yeB5etduPToXt0CjMMdgj?si=zM8eK9KDSrWwwUirYTglPw

Google Play:
play.google.com/music/m/Blgvdwpfejkh6vfspewbhz5htta?t=Let_There_Be_Fire_-_Aviators

Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/let-there-be-fire/1389210914

Instrumentals/Vocals/MIDI For Remixing:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/let-there-be-fire-the-instrumentals

Time for a sunbro song! This is a reflective anthem of fellowship, inspired by Solaire, the most loyal knight of them all. The Warriors of Sunlight are a bastion of friendship in the bleak world of Dark Souls, and I was inspired by the jolly co-operation and uplifting aid that they bring to the game. This song is less about the death and destruction of old lands, but instead about the ability to overcome impossible odds and fight to the very end with the help of friends. For this track, I reached out to my patrons and Discord server members to help me out with backing vocals! There are over 70 people singing with me on the chorus, joining in on the anthem much like they did for "Dystopian Fiction." A big shout out to my amazing fans for lending me their voice and praising the sun together!

Lyrics:

We're chasing ashes in the wind
When the end of fire begins
Just look to the sun and soon you'll find your aid
Don't fear the demons in the dark
We have a journey to embark
You're never alone, even when light will fade

We are the heroes
Never defeated
March to the ending
History repeated
Together as equals
At heart we're the same
Live in the present
and signal your name
Shine like a beacon
The light we are after
Here in the fallout
Bound in disaster
We're burdened with purpose
So here we remain
We're incandescent
A glorious flame

Overcome by this vivid dream
When the odds aren't what they seem
You've got a friend to watch your back and guide the way
Mistakes that set you back too far
I've set a sign just where you are
I've struggled as well, but I won't let you die today

Don't rush through the night's fog
Join these shining watchdogs
To chase your fear away when you're alone
Spite the rolling thunder
Tear these streets asunder
Toward a shining sun to call your own
Savor every moment
Here comes our atonement
When hell's own flames arise, we fight as one
Step forth now, ascended
Grossly incandescent
You're part of something more, a warming sun

Spent years waiting for the time
I'd come to see the truth behind
The darkness that we face in our own lives
Cast aside your fear
We're strong in numbers
Holding back a fate of endless slumber
I want to stay to keep you strong
Side by side is where we belong

Aviators - Paralyzed (feat. Lectro Dub) (Dance Rock)

Aviators 2018-07-05 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/paralyzed-feat-lectro-dub

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/2yeB5etduPToXt0CjMMdgj?si=zM8eK9KDSrWwwUirYTglPw

Google Play:
play.google.com/music/m/Blgvdwpfejkh6vfspewbhz5htta?t=Let_There_Be_Fire_-_Aviators

Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/let-there-be-fire/1389210914

Instrumentals/Vocals/MIDI For Remixing:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/let-there-be-fire-the-instrumentals

Lectro Dub's Channel:
youtube.com/user/Kujiiro

"Paralyzed" is dance-infused rock song making for one of the more intense moments on my most recent album, "Let There Be Fire." Lectro Dub came on board and took it even further with his gritty, visceral vocals and lyrics! The lyrics portray a fantasy hunter and a cold-hearted monster locked in combat, both on their best game and enthralled with a skilled battle. Instead of the usual monster hunter's perspective though, this song is held mostly in the eyes of the monster itself. Playfully deadly and intelligent, the war has come to the lair of this beast and it has been preparing.

Lyrics:

So I know what you've been thinking
That you're the only thing that's lurking in the night
You aren't safe within in the shadows
'Cause tonight begins the hunt and you're in sight
Moonlit eyes under still and haunting sky
I can see within the soul you've stowed away
Tend your fire, draw this cursed evening's ire
Try your odds and you just might become the prey

That adrenaline rush when weapons fly
It's the fear that brings out that body high
So you know that I'm stuck here paralyzed with you
In a midnight clash of circumstance
At the mercy of my inhuman hands
I will bring myself to see this challenge through
It's a stalemate
In a twist of fate
When you're face to face with death itself
Grounds of battle where no heroes dwell
For a light thrill
Or a cold night's chill
You will be this hunter's golden prize
If you leave your guard down, paralyzed

Wicked traps are set around you
Not a lantern lit in sight to guide you home
You've been looking for the danger
And you sense my presence chilling in your bones
Take your stance, I will give you one fair chance
So let's make this dance a bloody masquerade
Understand how this ends, and what I am
You're against the night itself, so be afraid

As the darkness takes the light
Shadows crawling through the night
I will let you take my hand
But I hope you understand
That it's always been the same
Bringing thunder with the rain
But you shouldn't be afraid
Of the games they like to play
Every moment left alone
Gets to feeling more like home
Leaving chills under your skin
So let's start to settle in
Through the multitude of eyes
Taking shapes under the skies
Aren't you curious to see
What kind of monster you've set free
You try to scream but there's no sound
Try to hide but you'll be found
You'll be next to bear the mark
From the tendrils in the dark

Aviators - When Our Bodies Wash Ashore (Bloodborne Song | Dark Alternative)

Aviators 2018-06-13 | Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/when-our-bodies-wash-ashore

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/2yeB5etduPToXt0CjMMdgj?si=zM8eK9KDSrWwwUirYTglPw

Google Play:
play.google.com/music/m/Blgvdwpfejkh6vfspewbhz5htta?t=Let_There_Be_Fire_-_Aviators

Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/let-there-be-fire/1389210914

Instrumentals/Vocals/MIDI For Remixing:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/let-there-be-fire-the-instrumentals

Let There Be Fire is a SoulsBorne inspired album after all, so I looked to Bloodborne once again for inspiration. This time, as a spiritual successor to "No One Will Save You," I've told another sad tale of unfortunate encounters with a higher power. Long ago, an unnamed fisherman hears voices beneath the waves and wanders from his decrepit village out into the Deep, to find ascension in death and to have audience with the mother of the ocean. "When Our Bodies Wash Ashore" is a Lovecraftian tale of madness and unholy infatuation with the deep wonders below.

It's also very nearly a 10 minute song, so I may have gone a little mad myself.

Artwork by the wonderful SeanSoong:
deviantart.com/seansoong

For more music or to get in touch, find me on
Patreon: patreon.com/Aviators
Twitter: twitter.com/Aviators84
Twitch: twitch.tv/aviatorslivestream
Discord: discord.gg/JWqXshB

Lyrics:

Are you waking up afraid
Are you brave enough to glance behind the curtain
To use the eyes inside
Have you felt them in your sleep
Have you seen them in a vision that's uncertain
A dream outside your mind

Once come upon in and ancient land
I've heard the tales of an unseen hand
Myths of the otherside that took my breath away
Out in the deep I've seen something real
The mouth of the void that the waves conceal
Speaking low, as my thoughts draw near the fray

When the currents carry on
Lifeless waves we float along
There's a solemn depth below
Deeper truth I cannot know
Our own hastened time has come
In this death our minds are young
When our bodies wash ashore
Sorrow's children nevermore

Are you scared to look behind
Do you feel the breath of sunken apparitions
Awake, impure, divine
Now I'm sure they're coming soon
In the blackness my unholy friend has spoken
Through a shiver in my spine

My own senses wash away
I've let go of my eyes
Grant me life beyond the veil
For this humble sacrifice
You're the next to float along
As we all grow insane
Let the dream pull you below
No more watchers will remain

So bring me close to you
I want to be consumed
I'm transcending yet alive
Grant me vision deep inside
Transformed and unafraid
This earthly vessel fades