Name: The Rift
Duration: P00H08M20S
Description: The rift is the first single off of our samurai-inspired progressive metal concept album. It entails the journey of the sentinel who is banished through an interdimensional portal to find and retrieve the mortal blade.

The Rift

by Koronus

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The rift is the first single off of our samurai-inspired progressive metal concept album. It entails the journey of the sentinel who is banished through an interdimensional portal to find and retrieve the mortal blade.

lyrics

As I step into the unknown
This world materialized
Unprepared for what would be shown
I’ll wander on roaming in disbelief

There’s no connection no relevance to the world I’ve known
I’ve never seen this before
I just gotta survive and I know I’m afraid
I’ll be here evermore

Banished to hell
My purpose in vain
My time on this earth
Is fading away
I’m fading, I’m fading, I’m fading, I’m fading away
I’m fading I’m slowly fading away

(Into a world unknown)
I can feel the new air
(Discovery far from home)
As I fall through ion clouds
(I suffer this pain alone)
As I brave this storm, this void of fate
With all I have at stake
(As energy falls from the sky)
I can feel the fire
(The sun and the stars come to life)
Like electric jolts of light
(Perception of earth redefined)
As I cross this rift, this bridge of might
My destiny’s confined

Blasted
Beyond the end of the atmosphere
I’ve been sent to the mortal final frontier
Cast out and left for dead by the masses
I’ve been betrayed by the tongue of my master
And been expected to suffer
I won’t bow any longer
I’ll curse these hands of fate
This density is mine to recreate

(Into a world unknown)
I can feel the new air
(Discovery far from home)
As I fall through ion clouds
(I suffer this pain alone)
As I brave this storm, this void of fate
With all I have at stake
(As energy falls from the sky)
I can feel the fire
(The sun and the stars come to life)
Like electric jolts of light
(Perception of earth redefined)
As I cross this rift, this bridge of might
My destiny’s confined

Illuminated by the sparks of life
This vessel of spirit slowly dies
A vacated mind torn by scorn and lies
Is shattered in pieces blown out adrift by time

(Sparks of life)
(Slowly die)
(Scorn and lies)
(Drift in time)
(Sparks of life)
(Slowly die)
(Scorn and lies)
(Drift in time)

(Set me free) x 22
(Reign fire) x 16
(Falling and falling and falling over and over) x 2

Into this vortex that transcends time
I’ll fight through rain and fire to stay alive
I’ll break my master’s chains and I will escape from his hell
I will cause his reign of terror he creates to be dispelled

(Into a world unknown)
I can feel the new air
(Discovery far from home)
As I fall through ion clouds
(I suffer this pain alone)
As I brave this storm, this void of fate
With all I have at stake
(As energy falls from the sky)
I can feel the fire
(The sun and the stars come to life)
Like electric jolts of light
(Perception of earth redefined)
As I cross this rift, this bridge of might
My destiny’s confined

(Into a world unknown)
(Discovery far from home)
As time begins to meld night into day
(I suffer this pain alone)
The silence falls on deaf ears reminding me that I’m alone
Into a world unknown, I’ll find my way back home

My destiny’s confined
I’ll fight to stay alive

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released November 4, 2022

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Koronus West Lafayette, Indiana

Koronus is a progressive metal band that creates unique culturally influenced story-based concept albums that some have described as “watching a movie by listening to an album”. Their music combines bone-crushing djenty riffs, catchy feel-good melodic choruses, and carefully crafted dreamy soundscapes all woven together to create albums that aren’t just music but a work of art. ... more

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