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Visions of Retribution

by Highborne

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Metallurgical Fire
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Metallurgical Fire Archon is an artist with unique vision across all his projects: Highborne, Valiant, and Draenor. He is a gifted composer.
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Cataclysmical I thoroughly enjoy the direction that Highborne is pursuing, with their most recent release. Bearing similarities to Archon's other black metal project (Valiant), Visions of Retribution retains more harsh facets of black metal whilst combining the majestic elements that Valiant is known for; creating a sublime album! Favorite track: Visions of Retribution.
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1.
On this night of woe I distinguish my soul, To the final grave of existence enslaved, In the descent to darkness, I met the dusk of solitude, Now the visions are here, The retribution is near. Frailty in the darker shade of the mind, Appalling senses of the soul intertwine I close my eyes to see how it all ends, Visions awaken this is the retribution. Banish myself from this forsaken world, The conclusion to my story will be told, In the descent to darkness, I met the dusk of solitude, Now the visions are here, Retribution is near.. Frailty in the darker shade of the mind, Appalling senses of the soul intertwine I close my eyes to see how it all ends, Visions awaken this is the retribution.
2.
Loosen your mind, relinquish your soul, Endure the sensation from within, Unearth the answers to all, Accompany me into my astral temple.. Come closer to my fire, and you'll be free within my desire.. Guide your mind, follow my light, Welcome this new sensation tonight, To unite the pleasures of the body, Accompany me to my astral projection.. Rest with me eternally, Breathing sempiternally, In worship of the affinity, Of the astral sun..
3.
Arise! Nightfall is here and shadows appear, Gloom and darkness, a tomb incarnate, On it's slumber, a dormant thunder, There will be no light to shine, An eternity of darkness divine, No dawn ahead!! Awaken! Desolate and dark, another lost arc, Chaos and death, a forgotten breath, A beating heart, long lost to the black arts,
4.
Descending down alone, Into the bottomless pit, I face my fears alone, Where shadows are, My fears await me.. Down below miles deep, I suffer an endless death. In this bottomless pit, A lost communion with life I hear haunting screams, With weeping cries of agony, Like the darkest memory, of my dreams Down below miles deep, I suffer an endless death.
5.
Silence... Forget me, just let me pass, There's nothing for me here, In this cold world I won't last, I bleed again, merely waiting for my end. This tragedy I shall breathe no more... Tragedy... Forgive me, I've let you down, I can no longer feel this pain, I'm empty and cold within, I live for nothing...
6.
Cold Embrace 03:15
Endure the cold, a chilling atmosphere, Creeping through the depths of my soul, I find myself for once to be serene, A feeling long forgotten to be destined, Although I feel nothing no more, Will the cold help find myself once more? Frozen deep within I find myself to be free, In this cold world I have been set free, The cold embrace I walk again, To the depths of this chilling atmosphere.
7.
Alone in total darkness I break, Unaware of the void I make, Silence and misery follows my path, Taunting me with unprovoked wrath, A haze colluding against my mind, Constantly pushing me - left behind. When will it end the confusion and the misery, Into the endless void I leave this entropy... Follow me to the ends of existence, Where death brings darkened persistence, The time has come to break free, And from the relentless fog I flee, To discover a new sense of life. When will it end the confusion and the misery, Into the endless void I leave this entropy...
8.
Archon: Escape the illusion, free your being, Return to reality, darkness fleeing, With a significant sign you flee the fog, In a dark place, consciousness regained, Free your mind, a sense remained, In the might of the sun's light, A realm of possibility in sight. Rott: Cleansed for the rest of time, A life seen as a paradigm, Rise from the ground, Return to reality profound..
9.
Abysmal Soul 03:48
I fail to come to grips, With this life I have lived. I live abysmally in this world, My soul is desolate and afraid.. I will face my final failure, To be put out of this misery..
10.
Highborne 04:40
Born into gloom and dejection, Disarrayed by the rejection, Disillusioned from life's sadness, Vigorously rotting with madness.. I will the power of my mind, I dwell in the deepest black, Born again; I am highborne, Walked alone in the years of emptiness, Tragedy and rage with endless spitefulness, Drowned in the tears of a demoralized mind, Cataclysmic intentions left to bare a soul to find.. Undergo an eternity of darkness, Withstand the fall of everything, Hold my head up high, Born into an endless dark night.. I will the power of my mind, I dwell in the deepest black, Born again; I am highborne,

about

Archon's third black metal effort as Highborne combines every element from the first two albums added with a new direction in sound.
Production began in April 2017 as Archon wished to change the way Highborne released new music. He wished to connect Highborne to the sound of Descent and unite it with the power of The Dusk of Solitude.. All while introducing a new sound; atmospheric/ambient.
Visions of Retribution is a perfect combination of the black metal Highborne is known for, and a new vision for Highborne; atmospheric black metal.

(Remastered - 2019)

Descent (2016) - Black Metal
The Dusk of Solitude (2017) - Blackened Death Metal
Visions of Retribution (2017) - Ambient Black Metal
Inheritor (2019) - Atmospheric Black Metal
Renewal of the Supreme Being (2020) - Blackened Death Metal/Atmospheric
Deceptions (2021) - Blackened Doom Metal

credits

released October 13, 2017

Archon - Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals and Keys - in addition to lyrical content, and themes.

Rott of Scarification - Guitar solo (track 7) Additional Vocals (track 8)

Logo by Modblackmoon

Album Art by Alfredo Eduardo

All tracks produced, engineered and mastered by Archon at Highborne Studios from April 2017 to September 2017

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Highborne Albuquerque, New Mexico

Archon began Highborne in 2014, and has so far went on to record 90 tracks across 6 albums and 4 EPs.

Logo by Modblackmoon.

Listen to Archon's main black metal project VALIANT

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