Essenger & Cryoshell - As Above, So Below (Visualizer)

We were flattered when Essenger asked us to perform with him on his new song, and with a track as strong as this, we had to say yes.
We feel quite at home in Essengers sound, and we hope the audience will receive the song well - we can’t wait
Out now on all platforms
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[@Essenger]

It was an honor to work on this track together 🤍 Looking forward to whatever you have next for us!

[@Essenger]

And happy 810 to anyone here because of Bionicle :)

[@caoimhinmccann4449]

You're a legend for making this happen and for all your dank memes of course.

[@googleyoflolz9930]

​@@EssengerI found Cryoshell through Bionicle but I stayed because they're fucking awesome 🎶

[@googleyoflolz9930]

@@NebAhoy bonkle XD

[@bioman1hazard607]

Thank you, tell cryoshell if you can we are eternally grateful

[@acidsugarz]

Even after these years, Christine and the gang still evoke those epic feelings Bionicle gave us as a kid. United in duty. Bound in destiny. This is the way of the Bionicle.

[@TheVirtualWarlock]

*Nathan Furst music plays*

[@Springtrap11556]

I went to the comments in search for civilized people, and I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED!

[@Wizman347]

“Epic feeling”, you have no idea brother, I still get chills down my spine when I watch the barraki commercial!

[@D-Mod]

And so it is, and so it ever shall be.

[@lickar__]

I didn’t realize it was the same people, till you said it!!! 🤯

[@oboeshoesgames]

Bionicle Day is truly the greatest holiday

[@dylanbarnes9195]

kohrak the ice bohrok, want to be in this game.

[@questforfuturecreativity]

YEEEEESSSS!!!! What an amazing and epic tune to celebrate 810nicleday 2023. This project shows that nothing is impossible when creativity and hope leads the way. Here at Copenhagen Rig we instantly imagine great visuals to support this tune. The feeling of surfing through the Well of Time to land on a golden beach or.... to start the new adventure. Thanks for this KICK of energy and Thank you all for keeping the 810 dream alive. This community is the best and most creative group of people across the globe and the energy you put in to all the different project is incredible. Let this mark a new beginning:)!!!

[@hineschris9934]

Does this mean what I think it does or am I getting my hopes up again?

[@markdarc0448]

@@hineschris9934unfortunately I don’t think either of them have any official connection to lego anymore so I doubt there’s a comeback in the works

[@bionuvanui3142]

I wouldn't be suprprised if they did something similar for Legends of Metru Nui, Web of Shadows and The Legend Reborn respectively.

[@STICKOMEDIA]

@@markdarc0448 @markdarc0448 that would be awesome if something was brewing behind the scenes, couldn't hurt to hope it might be unlikely But Imagine

[@TahuMata1888]

Hey there Faber I saw your reaction video yesterday

[@DredgenFenrir]

"Yo babe! Wake up! Cryoshell is back from the grave and posted a new song.... ON BIONICLE DAY NO LESS!"

[@walker96284]

"Just let me sleep..."

[@joelhemphill8005]

@@walker96284 *proceeds to blast song on max volume* WAKE ME NOW!

[@SirShady0201]

@@walker96284 "No way, this is great! Now get up and watch it with me!"

[@cej3940]

Thank you all for existing, Cryoshell, Bionicle and fans of both This band and community will always be held in high regards in my heart Love y'all

[@claypigeon7063]

Happy Bionicle Day, Cryoshell! It's always such a delight to hear a new song from you guys!

[@anthonybanjak1000]

If you listen real closely at the beginning, you can hear Mata Nui's theme rising up from the background This song, truly and undoubtedly, was *MADE* for Bionicle 😂 🥰 ❤️

[@blairterry9435]

For sure.

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@@blairterry9435 This is definitely being the *one song 🎵 that's honestly made for the "Bionicle" series in-mind* here ya, Terry...👈😎👈

[@80sKidfromthe90s]

I totally agree! This is the way of the Bionicle

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@@80sKidfromthe90s *It is* , baby 😉👉!

[@roguespartan2854]

Yep, I heard that too

[@purplehaze2358]

_As Above, So Below_ is a fantastic title for this song. It's a theological saying that suggests what happens in higher realms - particularly the divine - also has bearing on the happenings of the material realm, which is quite accurate considering this song is not-so-subtly about Teridax taking control of the Great Spirit's body and the chaos resulting therefrom.

[@Essenger]

good ear ;) there’s also a real world implication of using technology to shelter ourselves from the world instead of healing the planet, both will die if the upper world falls to ruin

[@05Matz]

@@Essenger I'm glad I wasn't making that up when I heard it! I'm not really familiar with Bionicle lore, but the images that came into my mind listening to the music were of some ageless 'caretaker' in a bunker somewhere who has progressively become absorbed in some virtual world of their own design, being VERY reluctantly persuaded by their computers to perform their original, largely-forgotten duty and awkwardly, un-confidently re-engage with the outer reality (bemoaning the unsuitability of their tools for the task) for the purposes of preventing it's destruction in some fashion. It's a good set of images, especially considering what's going on in the world these days.

[@E4439Qv5]

Never let Velika get away.

[@pawarl.o.s.881]

This feels like the theme song for the fight inside the Mats Nui robot after Makuta took it over. Love it.

[@djk6297]

After reading the lyrics I can agree.

[@rahadianaryo5979]

@@djk6297 Well done, then... So now can you please to *give me the lyrics of this song 🎵 by Essenger & Cryoshell* here alright 🤔?

[@walker96284]

​@@rahadianaryo5979 I only know the chorus so: Wake me now The world outside is dying while we slowly drown Not living, just surviving Locked in your paradise A sanctuary burns while you play God As above, so below So below

[@dukeynukey6725]

It's cool to see something Bionicle themed This just shows how many people liked Bionicle and the impact it left Awesome song!

[@embelished_meister500]

WE’RE RECLAIMING METRU NUI WITH WITH THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Anonymus_M8]

MATORO'S SAVING THE GREAT SPIRIT WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Jeff-cg2ku]

Man this combo turned out even better than I could've imagined, honestly this feels like it'd fit perfectly as the theme song for bionicle's final battle

[@SupersuMC]

Sounds like Mahri Nui if you ask me.

[@gandalflotr2898]

I agree if universal make a bionicle movie I hope they bring back cryoshell just like how Netflix bring Stan Bush for the transformers series

[@Jake-yz3qv]

@@SupersuMC Mahri Nui feels more like the final year than the final year did

[@PetitTasdeBoue]

Yeah when you think about it, for the Toa Mata it's the FIRST battle aha

[@PelinalWhitestrake36]

For just a moment...I feel like i'm 12 again, sitting in front of my computer watching the Toa Mahri trailer... Thank you guys; this slaps hard.

[@googleyoflolz9930]

Piraka rock

[@blockomaniac]

dang i remember the day that came out and I was so blown away lol

[@nidnoms3622]

all rise in respect and present arms to Toa Mahri Matoro

[@googleyoflolz9930]

@@nidnoms3622 🤧

[@FreePalestineFromGenocideNOW]

Cryoshell releasing a new song is a rare but beautiful phenomenon. Here's to hoping for a new full album release in the future! We need more Cryoshell songs in our life!

[@brianterry8775]

I wouldn't jump the gun. Just enjoy the fact we got anything

[@survivor3491]

I love how your icon is of the Mass Effect legendary edition cover, because I feel like this song would be perfect for a Mass Effect dedication. The opening has that Mass Effect feel and the song itself is about machines and the world burning in their wake.

[@Tezuk_25]

There's never enough Cryoshell

[@darkdoubloontv8906]

Man this song is absolutely WICKED! Cryoshell never disappoints, and this collab just makes it even better. I'm super glad this band can still care about a franchise that ended over a decade ago. This feels like the final Bionicle song we never got

[@gandalflotr2898]

I agree just like Stan Bush to transformers

[@Retinax]

This was made for the fanmade Bionicle: Masks of Power game currently being made, demo comes out in 2024. It is featured in their gameplay trailer.

[@tborke]

This brought me back straight to the 2000's, what an amazing song and awesome collab! Thank you all so much for this!

[@TheZamaron]

"As Above, So Below" fits hauntingly well with Bionicle, as you see the MU or the island of Mata Nui as "locked in your paradise/sanctuary that burns while you play God (Mata Nui or Great Beings)", monsters coming out of the shadows, these machines were never built to make things right/ burn alive (First being Mata Nui's destiny, 2nd can apply to the countdown the Mask Of Life was going through that if not stopped would have wiped out all life in the MU.) And the rest of the lyrics just hauntingly highlight how dire things were for the beings in the MU. From Mata Nui and the MU slowly dying, to Teridax's machinations causing chaos for all beings, and the worst of the inhabitants taking advantage of the chaos for their own goals like the Piraka and Barakki.

[@KaminoKatie]

I feel that song also fits both of the LEGO movies as well

[@cecillewolters1995]

Happy Bionicle day! Thank you all so much for the beautiful songs and memories they bring ^^

[@electronlmg9980]

yes

[@S0M3GUY778]

Words cannot describe how INVIGORATING it is to hear Christine's vocals in a new song once again. Essenger fits in with them so naturally too! This might just be my new favourite Cryoshell song.

[@BillSchrader]

This song sets the tone perfectly for how things are going with Bionicle, and in our own world. Thank you so much for bringing this to us Cryoshell and to Essenger may the Spirit be with you!

[@googleyoflolz9930]

Unity

[@NTheHedgehog]

@@googleyoflolz9930 Duty

[@_S3R4PH_]

​@@googleyoflolz9930Duty

[@ethantidlund6388]

Duty

[@Maverick-ye3wr]

Destiny...

[@LukaFireIce13]

Let's be honest, we all really missed this sound, and it's so good to finally hear it again!

[@hypedog4598]

Gathered friends... Listen again to our legend... of the BIONICLE.

[@bdeamon1]

Why does one of these legends sound like Lord of the Rings with a lacrosse match against the devil?

[@jimbodeek]

In the time before time, the Great Spirit desccended from the heavens, carrying we, the ones called the Matoran, to this paradise. We were separate and without purpose, and so the Great Spirit illuminated us with the three virutes... Unity, Duty, and Destiny. We embraced these gifts, and in gratitude we named our island home Mata Nui, after the Great Spirit himself. But our happiness was not to last...

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

​@@bdeamon1Because kolhii is the best game ever, rockbrain~

[@TheMartianEnchilada]

I expected this song would go hard but not THIS hard.

[@rebeccam.8777]

I'm disgustingly obsessed with this song.

[@TheRealAlexFlame]

WHAT?! A new song from Cryoshell!!! Yes!!! Thank you so much for this!

[@nikolaimoskvin8016]

Beautiful❤ hopefully we'll have more of Cryoshell and Essenger in the future!

[@EclipseHedgehog]

Bionicle aside, if anything this song sounds like a critique to how society is today; how people are relying more and more on technology (A.I. for example both in dating and taking jobs, art, writing, etc.), how wrongs are becoming right and vice versa.

[@FrostbiteDigital]

4 years later and we get an absolute god-tier banger of a tune!!! Essenger must be so humbled to have worked with you lot at Cryoshell, looks like his Bionicle meme videos got him to places! Also that artwork is fantastic, it just drips with homages to 2005-era Bionicle. With what looks like Metru Nui being held in Mata Nui's hand is beautiful imagery and I love the fantastic and clever way of implementing the band's emblem and how it forms the city's layout. Happy Bionicle Day!!! Thank you Essenger and Cryoshell! Never let this music die!

[@HenningsEdits]

2 years later. Let's not forget about FAUX and Dive. 😄

[@Wafflefrieslmdh]

We’re making it out of the world robot with this one 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@zeuqzalev5817]

YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAA CRYOSHELL IS BACK

[@SogKnight]

Essenger and Cryoshell!?! Never would I have predicted this collab... A freaking banger!

[@Chr0maY]

i mean if you saw essenger's second channel it'd seem more likely than you'd think.

[@Tulf42]

Unity. Duty. Destiny. This is the way of the Bionicle!

[@Edon_Korch]

It's so nice to hear your voice again 🤗

[@carehs12]

Remeber them... Their story... Their sacrifice... So we could have a tale tell, and a legend to remember..

[@raidenyoung6000]

This made my day! Absolutely beautiful. I can't even describe how happy I am!

[@legosam2067]

Unity, Duty, and Destiny!

[@RDCREATES]

Love you Cryoshell! You made my childhood! Long live Mata Nui

[@graysonb_designs]

Holy shit. I was about to comment that the cover art on this looks like Mata Nui's giant robot hand. And then I saw how many people were talking about Bionicle. I guess I've found my home away from home. I was 7 when they first hit McDonalds and I got Kongu. Bionicle Forever.

[@RhyaKahnum]

Words cannot express how inspiring and awesome it is to see Essenger get to collab with Cryoshell like this.

[@jadeatrophis]

And here I thought I'd never live to see a Bionicle Cryoshell song again. How the memories come rushing back..

[@bioman1hazard607]

Verse 1] Is this real? The fear I feel when the noise starts dying down Is it true? That there's a place for you when the sun burns out [PreChorus] Don’t you fear that it's too late to turn the tide These machines were never built to make things right [Chorus] Wake me now The world outside is dying While we slowly drown Not living, just surviving Locked in your paradise Our sanctuary burns while you play god As above, so below So below [Verse 2] Is there a cure? The sky obscured and the monsters crawling out I'm not scared I won’t die in here while the world burns down [PreChorus] Don't you fear that it's too late to turn the tide These machines were never built to burn alive [Chorus] Wake me now The world outside is dying While we slowly drown Not living, just surviving Locked in your paradise Our sanctuary burns while you play god As above, so below [Bridge] Who will take our place. If this becomes our fate? (Have we sealed our fate?) (Could it not be too late?) I want to see the stars Before they fade too far (I can't see the stars) (Have we gone too far?) [Chorus] Wake me now The world outside is dying While we slowly drown Not living, just surviving Locked in your paradise Our sanctuary burns while you play god As above, so below So below [Outro] As above So below Happy bionicle day everyone

[@lucasmoyne8883]

a hero without a mask

[@Team432ftj]

Thank you chad 💪

I feel like the lyrics are about current events.

[@Sargentsnakeeyes]

​@like the fact that we're getting g3 teasers?

No, the whole climate change thing.@@Sargentsnakeeyes

[@FanOfToaTahu]

Happy Bonkle Day everyone!! Absolute fire track 🤧🔥

[@Alpacnologia]

WE MAKIN IT OUT OF METRU NUI WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯🗣🗣🗣🗣

[@SupersuMC]

When the song finished, I couldn't help but sob with joy. This is the best 810nicle day yet.

[@brendan1470]

I like this art, the Hand of Mata Nui Robot having the center part of Metru Nui makes me feel that the game's going to end after the Matoran, Turaga, Toa and Takanuva reach Metru Nui after Mask of Light movie

[@Numbskill]

Every time there’s a new Cryoshell song, my soul ascends.

[@nineeerie6518]

HOLY CRAP, IT'S ALLIVE! Greetings with all heart

[@LordStarscream100]

*UNITY! DUTY! DESTINY!*

[@user-ie1gh4uw5i]

Как же приятно ощущать что двже спустя столько лет комьюнити бионикла всё ещё живёт и продолжвет радовать весь мир своим творчеством.

[@Turak500]

This song slaps! Happy Bionicle Day to all my fellow bonkle people!

[@NTheHedgehog]

Happy 810nicle day

[@Iron_Hans]

Happy Bionicle day my matorandudes!

[@CrotWolf]

Desde Lima Perú, un saludo enorme a la Nueva Orden de Mata Nui. Feliz día 810NICLE. Unidad, Deber y Destino. ❤️❤️

[@TheNightsideChronicles]

Yo tmb soy de lima, desde muy pequeño siempre fui fa de bionicle hasta el día de hoy.

[@veexy...]

Me and the boys raving to this banger in Metru Nui🗿🗿🗿

[@GreenTree67]

🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@AutobotSonicTheTelltaleGamer]

I felt like I just got sent back to 2007 with the song. Bionicle was such a big part of my life as a child, hearing your music in the Mahri toyline ads when I was nine years old back then really made me fall in love with that toyline. Now that I'm twenty five, seeing you put it another song in celebration of the series is so much fun to see! Thanks for making this year's 810nicle Day so awesome!

[@Takutanuva]

Right on the feels. These machines were never built to burn alive. 😭

[@dujrthur]

Im about to have this song on loop for the next 3 months…

[@YaBoyConsky]

“Where wisdom and valor fail, all that remains is faith.” -Tahu, the toa of fire.

[@CXSGroupie]

Thanks Essenger for introducting Cryoshell to me. Really a superb song, heared it like 1000 times since release. I wish there would be more of this great collaboration.

[@deadtroperr1930]

Спасибо комьюнити бионикл и группе за эту шикарную песню. Обожаю серию биониклов с самого детства и переслушиваю ваши песни. Надеюсь будет еще возможность нормально возродить легендарную серию

[@AnonyMask0]

Cryoshell, and Essenger?! Awesome. This rocks. Fantastic work.

[@kaptainkoffee9074]

Whether on the face of our resting god or in the heart of his merciful body we will fight back the darkness of Makuta wherever he toils. As Above, So Below. For the Great Spirit, Mata Nui.

[@alphalightning00frost67]

So no one's gonna talk about the background being a city in mata nui's hand?

[@SoranoGuardias]

From those of us at the Official Cryoshell Fanpage: Thank you for giving us this new masterpiece, and welcome to the family Essenger.

[@workingsloth]

I do remember cryoshell. From the time bionicle became a legend in 2008. Thank you so much cryoshell for bring my childhood song back to life. in a memorable way😭😭😭😭 of lego bionicle

[@WildDancer101]

It's like the lyrics are expressing disbelief that the original Bionicle IP is still alive and coming back in fan projects while eventually accepting it.

[@granteklund9943]

Any day we get a new Cryoshell song is a day to be chronicled. Thank you for still making music all these years later.

[@CSK_T.]

So many flashing masks passing before my mind's eye as the song goes on... It's mad to realise how much your group means and represent to this little, dead franchise and well alive fandom that is Bionicle. Thanks a lot for this, and for letting Team Kanohi put this wonder of a song in their new trailer

[@PootisMayo]

I’ve never been so deeply touched by a song’s lyrics until now, it just brings tears to my eyes. This song reminds me of how much I remember Bionicle from my childhood.

[@KAR98Kruz]

I absolutely love Essenger, thank you youtube for showing me this song. It's fire!

[@splashcat5485]

"As above, so below" takes on some extra meaning when the universe you inhabit is the literal physical body of a god built in the same image as you.

[@kevinwiseman4254]

One of the best songs I've ever heard

[@tyrannicalsaur]

This is why Cryoshell is the best band of all time

[@erwinbogumil207]

And there comes my childhood, crashing into my adulthood.

[@TahuMata1888]

Cryoshell was new to doing songs 16 years ago since “creeping in my soul”, the band name was founded almost 15 years when they did “closer to the truth”

[@0hvist]

So much Bionicle Lore in these lyrics... "Wake me now": A plea from Mata Nui who was cast into an eternal slumber. "The World Outside is Dying while we Slowly Drown": Mata Nui sinking into the depths of Aqua Magna. "Not Living just Surviving": The Matoran that had fled from Metru Nui and are wandering aimless on the surface. "Locked in your Paradise, our Sanctuary burns while you Play God": Makuta Teridax who drove the Matoran out of Metru Nui to the surface and torments them for his own amusement. "As Above, So Below": Self-explanatory, Makuta Teridax seeking out manipulation and control the Surface just as he does from within the Matoran Universe.

[@corestudio77]

"As new legends awake, old lessons must also be remembered. For this is the way of the Bionicle." - Turaga Vakama

[@PsionicCavalier]

It's still crazy the guy that does the funny Bionicle meme commercials made this song. Keep on rocking Essenger and Cryoshell!

[@kind1253]

I can see this topping charts

[@WujuDancerXP]

I'm glad to see the band back with something new and cool to listen :D

[@arti2901deer]

Time to listen to this masterpiece for a week straight

[@Bruno-ip2nn]

Been a fan since I was a Kid playing with Bionicles. 2023, I still have Cryoshell tattooed in my heart✨️🤍

[@GiantShoutmonTM]

I feel like this is the perfect soundtrack for the final fight between Makuta and Mata-Nui when the story of Bionicle Concluded. Amazing song. Thanks a lot for this. We love Bionicle!

[@linalee_]

You are the best!

[@sekiko7183]

"Is it legal to go this hard?" "I will MAKE IT legal."

[@floodedmoat2620]

When Bionicle inevitably gets a reboot and movie, Cryoshell better be part of it.

[@linalee_]

Cryoshell!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@GillesSoulet]

So happy to hear you again !

[@BIONICforge_Studios]

Decades later, and Bionicle still exists. Toys, story, and music.

[@aj125tyskawery7]

Yesss

[@WillDa713]

I can't express how happy i am to hear this right now. Cryoshell's rarity probably adds to the mystique but i gotta say, that's one very good, very old school track and i mean that in the best way possible. It's like those exceptional second movies that are as good or better than the original, except in music, and every time they've dropped a single since the end of Bionicle my heart's been blown away. Thank you Christine, thank you all of Cryoshell and the production team, for your effort and keeping up the good work more than fifteen years later. I will always, ALWAYS cherish your music.

[@toafellha8130]

As old as new song Cryoshell still got it. Great Song and great Collab.

[@kiyanhakim384]

Crazy to see the dude making funny bionicle commercials suddenly collaborating with the one and only cryoshell. Damn. I really appreciate this community for never dying

[@80sKidfromthe90s]

Cryoshell has been my favorite band since 2007

[@FlippantBear]

Heck yeah!! Love hearing new music from a favorite band of mine! :)

[@ThisisBebitan]

Awesome 👍 I love this! We need more! Videos, lives, interviews - everything! Welcome back Cryoshell, Essenger killing it, and Happy Bionicle Day!! 🎉❤

[@camgeiger]

This is a song you can listen to on repeat for hours!!!! We need more!!!!!!!! Love you Cryoshell!!!!!!!

[@austinmorrison6953]

It’s like seeing an old friend and seeing they’re just as amazing as you remember.

[@maxm4375]

Can you please take a second to appreciate the fact that the cover of this song is literally Mata Nui’s hand. It’s a true callback to the origin of Bionicle.

[@alexanderberrones2165]

i may have been part of the generation that barely got to experience Bionicle on its original Run but it’s happy to the people who lassoed me into the series in the first place making a new song for Bionicle around the anniversary of the first (worldwide) Bionicle movie

[@HenryStudebaker]

You guys did an amazing job on this song, and Essenger’s voice paired brilliantly with Christine’s! Great job, and I’d love to hear more new Cryoshell songs!