Essenger & Cryoshell - As Above, So Below

[@BarberShave19]

We're making it out of Mata Nui with this one, boys!!

[@spiritsauce]

I'd bet we can even make it out of Metru Nui as well!

[@RhyaKahnum]

Mata Nui: The island, the robot, or me? Teridax: ...Yes. [Aqua Magna crashes into Teridax] Mata Nui: Friggin' smartass.

[@BlueLionX88]

@@RhyaKahnum Mata Nui: "Playing a lil game of cosmic whack-fuck here..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Mata Nui: "WHACK!!" Teridax: "FUCK!!" [DEAD]

[@maxsotomayor3674]

ALL HAIL THE GREAT SPIRIT OF MATA NUI!!

[@mysteryY2K]

😭😭😭 i miss Bionicle

[@Rinesmyth]

This brings me back to the 2000's, in the days of Bungie Halo, The Piraka and Barraki, 4KidsTV, all the Movie trilogies, and Pizza Hut for some reason. Those were the days to be Alive.

[@antonioquintanilla2233]

Oh, how I miss those days

[@ivyoh6078]

The bit about pizza hut is so crucial to this. Playing Halo 3 at a friends house with carpeted floors…

[@GOD999MODE]

Before social media started eroding society.

[@SlowestKing]

Those were the days... picture this: you finally got your parents to call the office (the day of) so you could get a pass to ride the bus to your friend's house for a sleepover on Friday. You know, that friend with the finished basement and the cool mom who buys him whatever he wants? She picks up pizza and a couple 2 liters of soda from that super greasy but bomb ass pizza joint at the gas station. The same one that sold Pokémon cards and Viper Venom candy. You get grease all over his Tahu, Kopaka, and Onua sets, playing while you eat some 'za. You and the gang take turns playing the newest shooter game, that violent one your parents wouldn't buy even if you did have an Xbox... Halo: Combat Evolved. You play until well past midnight, it's not a school night after all, but change it over to Aqua Teen Hunger Force after the level 343 Guilty Spark (spooky). You bust out the GBCs and fire up some Gen II Pokémon, before falling asleep at 4AM. You get up at 9AM and eat Apple Jacks and Cookie Crisp while watching the end of Pokémon 2000 and a couple episodes of Jackie Chan Adventures on Kids' WB. Finally, you head out onto the block, the whole weekend ahead of you for shenanigans.

[@monochromayhem7422]

Thank you for saying movie *trilogy*

[@LuckyRabbit234]

_Don't you fear that it's too late to turn the tide_ - Mata Nui’s inner feeling of hopelessness. _These machines were never built to make things right_ - The Toa being essentially tasked with having to fulfil Mata Nui’s duty in his stead. _Wake me now_ - Awaken the Great Spirit _The world outside is dying_ - Teridax and his forces laying waste to Spherus Magna. _While we slowly drown_ _Not living, just surviving_ - The Matoran and Toa suffering at Teridax’s hands inside Mata Nui’s body. _Locked in your paradise_ _Our sanctuary burns while you play god_ - Relates both to Mata Nui, who never truly recognized the Toa/Matoran as equals until it was too late, and Teridax, who’s literally playing god while those within him suffer. _As above, so below_ _So below_ - Drawing parallels between Mata Nui and Teridax.

[@dwarfboy9996]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who recognized ALL the references to the Bionicle story

[@snowhunter7536]

Damn. I can’t believe I became an Essenger fan without growing up with Bionicle and its lore.

[@lordsusano7667]

"is this real?" I don't know, is it? Can't believe the fans are Reviving Bionicle, its so beatiful.

[@ZeroOmega-vg8nq]

Thats the only way for these good series to recover. In the hands of those who loved it most and know it best and not the corpos

[@PlazDreamweaver]

​@@ZeroOmega-vg8nqAmen.

[@bumbleprime7713]

You capitalized Reviving, are you referencing the series? If so, hail Denmark.

[@g_h_o_u_l]

Unity, Duty, Destiny

[@That0neJawn]

IF there is a Bionicle Gen 3, this man needs to be on it.

[@jarfmusic]

Are we entering the re-ignition arc?

[@anthonyzimmerman8991]

Absolutely didn't expect that scream 😍 hopefully this won't be the only time we hear it

[@jessewildman1292]

Ah, it seems you’ve missed out on Berserker, Neo Soul, and Half-Life my friend.

[@anthonyzimmerman8991]

@jessewildman1292 oh trust me I've heard them and love them but these screams are more deep and raw

[@cahillrebel]

Hoping this could carry on in terms of getting new music done by Cryoshell and Essenger together. This song is honestly going on my top music of this year. Only because it impacts me more than any random pop song we get nowadays.

[@isaacgoeth5158]

*"Unity."* *"Duty."* *"Destiny."*

[@nima.j.m]

Back to 2000-2007! Linkinpark & all alternative Rock bands in my ear and, a lot of anger and shouts in my heart and mine. I'm 38yrs by the way...🤟🏻

[@AllardRT]

Holy Jesus, the 2000s energy is strong with this one! I couldn't believe it's actually brand new! Great kudos, gonna be looking out for more of your stuff!

[@ピカリFritzyBeat]

This collab is too perfect to be real.

[@legosam2067]

I miss Bionicle so much! This song reminds me of the Bionicle commercials I would see as a kid! I miss taking my Bionicle apart and making robots of my own! Yes, some pieces were cracked and/or missing, but I had so much fun with them!

[@saunshilu]

Project Iliad mate

[@NoTheRobot]

Pardon my deep lore but this is like if the All Insane Kids made a song with Cryoshell, it’s such a perfect combination of Hero & Gravity Hurts/Closer to the Truth. SO SICK!!!

[@MrSp3c]

🔥 But now i wanna watch Bionicle

[@frank_calvert]

hah, watch? be ready to go down a rabbit hole of books, games, movies, and even ads to understand the complete story (or just read the wiki when you need to)

[@jaredhebert942]

Do It! The whole saga's out there for the taking - the movies, the books & prose, all the games, not to mention the wikis and BZPower if you need help with direction or plunging the depths however far you want to go! And the fanbase is very kind & welcoming wherever you're from to boot!

[@frank_calvert]

actually, to add on to my last comment, i recommend watching duckbrick's story summary

[@joshk9226]

I can hear this play in a Bionicle commercial 0:07 “New from Lego Bionicle…” IT’S INCREDIBLE, I GOT EMOTIONAL THINKING ABOUT IT 😭

[@nidnoms3622]

we are ready to return to the Island in the time before time

[@ashecrimson2812]

Bro, at the beginning when the mata nui online game sample kicks in… Literal Goosebumps…

[@lukestarkiller1470]

I’ve listened to this song so many times in the past 2 days it’s been out for. This is definitely my new favorite song

[@damianolandi5003]

UNITY. DUTY. DESTINY.

[@Existential_Tempest]

Sampling the Beach Chant is a deep and glorious cut.

[@DaneTheDane]

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? Don't you fear that it's too late To turn the tide? These machines were never built To make things right 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 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 Don't you fear that it's too late To turn the tide? These machines were never built TO BURN ALIVE 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 Who will take our place If this becomes our fate? HAVE WE SEALED OUR FATE? COULD IT NOT BE TOO LATE? I wanna see the stars Before they fade too far I CAN'T SEE THE STARS HAVE WE GONE TOO FAR? 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 As above So below

[@Jungleskog]

I can easily imagine this used for a Bionicle ad from the 2007.

[@I_BlackWolf_I]

Возвращает меня в 2010. Будто вновь окунулся в те времена, когда впервые позакомился со множеством рок песен, играя в NFS.

[@NexatBlackflame]

I genuinely cannot get enough of this work of art. ❤❤❤❤❤❤ ❤

[@waspshot23]

Can't stop coming back for the beach chant in the background...

[@KJKLKL4ever]

Ask your parents for permission before going online. Me: *I never did.*

[@carmineredpigment]

0:07 Is that the Beach Chant I hear in the background? Such a cool detail!

[@filoreykjavik]

AS ABOVE SO BELOW

[@aeris136]

This is sooo good! What a duo, like holy shit this is perection.

[@nehehehgraylois]

You found a really good place in the plot to pick a song from if I'm to assume this draws parallels to the Great Spirit takeover, if feels plucked right out of the tail end of 2008. Had to double take when I heard this in the BMOP trailer, like "Did they really get Cryoshell in on this??", even the death metal screaming which I admittedly found pretty funny isn't unfounded considering the rapping in Creeping in My Soul. Congrats on the crossover

[@StarboyXL9]

Beautiful, powerful, perfect.

[@huntergman8338]

"Bionicle: Masks of power" Can't wait for that to come out.

[@prezident_Ford]

Holy damn, went here after watching MOP demo trailer, straight up have me shivers when I heared it, AMAZING

[@Ixarus6713]

100% using this as the song for one of my tabletop campaigns final bosses. Super hype. And from Bionicle of all things? I remember seeing Bionicle when I was like... 6. Wow. What a banger.

[@Ixarus6713]

A similar song I'd recommend is Wildfire from Honkai Star Rail's OST. I'm using that too.

[@PiousWildcarde]

This song hits so hard, honestly. I can close my eyes and imagine the epic battles to defend Mata Nui that the Toa fought over the ages. thank you for this materpiece

[@almightyace3581]

this just feels good to listen too reminds me of when i was a kid watching those amazing trailers i hope for more like that

[@doktawhawee9870]

WE MAKIN IT OUTTA THE SPHERUS MAGNA SOLAR SYSTEM WITH THIS ONE🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣 ‼‼‼‼🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@brinsleyc]

A complete masterpiece

[@packMEKer]

we making it outta bara magna with this one for sure god damn 🔥

[@freshj749]

Bro I'm ngl, I've had this on repeat and have listened to it at LEAST 300 times at this point. Whether I'm working, driving, or at the gym. It fr just got that old-school Bionicle feel to it and I can't get enough of it. Thank you brotha 🤘🏽

[@freshj749]

400 at this point (including my spotify plays lol)

[@TheBadmintonBaller]

I found this song a few days ago, and it's been in my head ever since. This is such a good song, the vocals are great, the guys voice is excellent, the line "These machines were never meant to burn alive" & the music is absolute fire!

[@thatgrimdude1453]

I've said it before, I'll say it again - this has NO BUSINESS going as hard as it does.

[@solanumpotat2441]

this reminds me of Young Medicine, loving the sound!

[@G-seeker_Official]

Two of the most, and I mean most... Underrated artists.

[@vivi_needssleep]

I have no context to what's gong on but this song is so sick I'm all for it

[@MikePorthole222]

Love it! New Essenger song always makes for a good day.

[@BasementDweller_]

We won.

[@Jargon7098]

I can't stop listening to this, perfect pairing of singers. I lived Bionicle as a kid and this takes me right back. Excellent!!!

[@DisperseControl]

Loving your new stuff. Have this and Sanctum Eternal on repeat ❤

[@zeusthefox1585]

😢.....my Childhood

[@eltomatodelpoertos4404]

waouw that song is so epic omfggg

[@monitorlizardkid8253]

Can anyone post the full lyrics? Also, I am currently rediscovering a largely forgotten part of my childhood, I kind of stopped checking on Bionicle once the "prequal era" starring Vakama started, after learned about the scope of Makuta's true plan(taking over mata nui's body), well, that was quite the finale. It's a shame that they canceled the true final story arc, involving the great beings coming back and refusing to see the matoran and other Bionicles as anything more than machines, and Mata Nui having to convince them that they've long since become something more.

[@AllardRT]

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 Don’t you fear that it’s too late to turn the tide These machines were never built to make things right 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 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 Don’t you fear that it’s too late to turn the tide These machines were never built to burn alive 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 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) 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 As above, so below

[@OTGamer95]

[lyrics]: 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? Don’t you fear that it’s too late to turn the tide? These machines were never built to make things right 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 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 Don’t you fear that it’s too late to turn the tide? These machines were never built to burn alive 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 Who will take our place? If this becomes our fate (Have we sealed our fate? Could it not be too late?) I wanna see the stars Before they fade too far (I can’t see the stars Have we gone too far?) 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 As above, so below

[@ScorchtheHawk]

Ash Vampire has a great lore video that breaks it down in release order year by year, so that the reveals have their intended weight

[@trayzvapes7620]

definitely a banger!!!! love this track.

[@austinkniga-bartlett8657]

Yo Yo, Piraka!

[@randomuserame]

Still searching.... [ *Found* ]

[@Afterhours.101]

Soooo good, screams?! More of that please

[@wren4811]

I don't even like bionicle as much as everyone else, but this rocks

[@F.R.B.Synths]

Epic & powerful 🫀

[@ilchickentv340]

SO GOOD! I can't get enough! Only thing that bugs me is the non-rhyme with "paradice" and "god." I keep expecting to here "while you play dice." But really, it's an absolute masterpiece. I showed it to my Bionicle "hating" friend (he has a fear of toilet vines) and he loved it.

[@prone_to_drift7166]

I miss Bionicles!

[@volatile5460]

WE’RE MAKING IT DOWN THE 777 STAIRS WITH THIS ONE, BOYS

[@rikuurufu5534]

New bonkle song? New bonkle song!! :D

[@Arachnid-Man]

Perfection! 👌😚

[@KristenPeacock]

Literally blown away, this is phenomenal!

[@B0I7p0S]

Потрясающий трек, автор, ты молодец!

[@celadus_springer_reviews.]

❤

[@ericscoggins5344]

Y'all need to do more together

[@academyofsillywalks]

fantastic song!

[@ScorchtheHawk]

Turaga Dume: “Cross the sea of Protodermis, and be honored as Toa!” The colosseum:

[@Ern-su7sb]

Amazing, love ya essenger!

[@mutinyz]

freakin awesome

[@PitTheFighter]

100/100

[@outcastproductions2619]

Holy CRAP

[@NorthHaus]

My rendition : We take turns Watching the sun rise And the moon burns A way of speech we have yet to learn (Yet something we yearn) Hand in hand, we follow the curse Back and forth, a thought to concur Yet here we are On the shores of memory How we are reminded of conformity Here we are (Here we were) Here we stay (Here we play) So many forms of indignity But so far we've come Yet so far we've stayed At a standstill What more do we have to say We take turns Watching the sun rise And the moon burns A way of speech we have yet to learn (This is more, this is the meaning to yearn) We take turns...(x2) Slowly we embrace the turning of tides This is so much more This is the dream we've begged for Slowly we embrace the changing of lies This so much more This is the dream we've begged for As above, so below (X4)

[@trogglemorphtrystopmotion1887]

Break me out, the world outside is dying while we slowly drown

[@AaronSoul725]

Love this holy fuck

[@jonahscanlan]

amazing! great work

[@anamericancelt6534]

Will there be a lyric video?

[@adamofblastworks1517]

I think the titles for this and the one currently called the visualizer are mixed up.

[@CaptainSamurai]

That's fire as always !! Looks like a League of Legends Worlds song lol Keep up the good work 🔥

[@mytherbalegwladys]

It's like song of Sonic Frontiers.🤘

[@ADo_Bad_Idea]

Lyrics, because they weren't in the description. [Verse 1: Essenger] 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 [Pre-Chorus: Essenger] Don’t you fear that it's too late to turn the tide These machines were never built to make things right [Chorus: Christine Lorentzen] 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: Essenger] 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 [Pre-Chorus: Essenger] Don't you fear that it's too late to turn the tide These machines were never built to burn alive [Chorus: Christine Lorentzen] 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: Christine Lorentzen, Essenger] 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: Christine Lorentzen] 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: Christine Lorentzen] As above So below

[@strikeone7803]

This is the shit!!! Straight up fire 🔥

[@obedientsole6443]

So when will the Instrumental comes out

[@BasementDweller_]

Is there an instrumental version out there?

[@Essenger]

yes its on bandcamp!

[@marshallgraham2178]

The Bionicle trailer brought me here.

[@oliverlows7741]

MATA NUI-METAL

[@juanexjuano]

this could be a league cinematic anthem

[@robbyrhodes4572]

Lyrics?

[@VerbiGereando]

🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@NorthWolf97]

An amazing song! Essenger killing it with his vocals! My only complaint is that Cryoshell's vocals dosen't fit that well, even with the echo. It doesn't sound clean enough in a way.