"Fiend" with Official Lyrics (Sephirot Theme) | Final Fantasy XIV

[@Maddog3060]

The lyrics are all about the evil of the world and all that, but all I can think of is the Allagans going "lol no" and then locking Sephirot up.

[@owenwells7692]

He did massacre most of their army before he was locked away, not quite 'Lol No' IMO.

[@nepspartan-7597]

The allagan who finally imprisoned him: "Yeah, this one's too dangerous to put down and risk being summoned elsewhere, lock it away boys!"

[@oJaymey]

Back when I played this I skipped through it which I regret but this makes me regret it even more I need to go back and watch it. His lore literally makes it makes sense why still to this day it’s hard to solo him for me anyway 😂

[@jacobsiron6929]

"Bro we *are* the evil of the world sit down"

[@TheWickedWizardOfOz1]

I kind of see this as Sephirot's POV after being imprisoned for millennia. All of his worshippers are dead and the world he was meant to save no longer exists. I'd be fucking pissed about that too.

[@ThatOneCloudGuy]

"The edge is calling tonight" Yes sir. *DRG backflips off the stage*

[@nodot17]

Clearly the song is speaking to drk

[@haydenbennett3547]

Only the stupid dragoons do that

[@chickenza4869]

And then RDM does it too

[@kailam4421]

Hides my Bard backflip.

[@qaztim11]

DRG,BRD and RDM anthem

[@VasalisErretti]

Remember kids: don't feed too many prayers to your sacred tree or it will end up as a metal as heck multi armed fiend.

[@Sabcy2]

But what if I'm also a tree?

[@VasalisErretti]

@@Sabcy2 Then Jam out to the beats and get swole!

[@shinji200489]

Welcome to Australia, even our trees metal :P

[@Concerned_Custodian]

I think IM gonna do the exact opposite of that. Tree time.

[@EmperorPylades]

BRB, planting a forest in local cathedral

[@eksskellybur]

Me: Hey, so uhh.. I'm new to FF14, what do I do? You: Turn that shit up.

[@VorAbaddon]

There are multiple trials/raids/dungeons where I'm like "All sprouts/New Folks. BGM = 100. You're welcome"

[@MadoxXXV]

This needs more upvotes

[@balthefemroe]

Mentor to Sprout advice right there!

[@Kitsune10060]

@@VorAbaddon you do gods work.

[@Loispealz34]

@@VorAbaddon I have that on a Macro. Its legit the only macro i spam when we start trials

[@en4135]

Sephirots theme seems to encourage chaos and surrendering yourself to your most vile impulses. How horribly angry must Sephirots children have to have been to turn a fucking Tree into this

[@SirBuljo]

hahahahaahahaaha..... damn i never thought about it that way. What the hell.

[@lemonlefleur6236]

Nah this is just how trees are. The rustling of leaves is them screaming for our execution.

[@V1D30PUNK]

i’d be pretty mad too if i was slowly burning to death every day, considering sephirot’s children were tree people

[@gumebe4349]

@@V1D30PUNK we also have to take into account the fact that the allagans are masters at creating new war crimes

[@Daktangle]

I wonder if it's a reference to Exdeath from FFV, and how a sentient tree was used to seal away malignant spirits.

[@aluciae]

I can think of no cooler line than "a date with chaos and you're dressed to the nines"

[@TurntReynolds]

You gotta look good when you're.... HERE TO KILL CHAOS

[@SUPERSONICGIRLIFY]

Ayy, I bring some damn good glams to these fights. B)

[@muffetmissulena6540]

@@TurntReynolds Bullshit. *Plays Limp Bizkit*

[@darschpugs4690]

@@TurntReynolds CHAOS!

[@FlaccidPancake]

@@muffetmissulena6540 lmao

[@blockhead134]

I love this because usually, even in FF nature is put forward as something that is wholly good and we have to bend ourselves to fit into it. But then Sephirot is here talking about the predator that rips out throats, the deer that runs in panic, and the weeds that crush anything anyone tries to build. None of the summons truly live up to the word "Primal" like Sephirot

[@joshplater3963]

Bismark might, as it's much more animalistic, compared to say, Garuda, who's very much intelligent enough to speak. Shinryu could be another, but we never got the chance to speak to it directly due to Omega then Zenos.

[@zeehero7280]

Nature is neither good nor bad. it is just nature. RULES OF NATUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUREE!!! oh wait wrong game.

[@Konpekikaminari]

@@zeehero7280 no no, after Susanoo it's quite the right game

[@gumebe4349]

@@joshplater3963 it can probably speak but given the fact that indiscriminate destruction is mostly its goal, I doubt that Ilberd really bothered to give it anything resembling proper intelligence

[@TheWickedWizardOfOz1]

Even the Elementals are neutral at best in this game. Nature is kinda fucked up on Hydaelyn.

[@sephiroth21347]

This sounds like a mix of DMC and Powerman 5000's When Worlds Collide(and I love it)

[@sephiroth21347]

Oh I just noticed the description saying the same thing lol

[@sephiroth21347]

@@willa1018 yeah I was reading about that after! Kind of a bummer really, it’s be cool if instead they like collabd or something

[@EverianKalim]

@@willa1018 More than that. Became a Whole Court case. Was thrown as the judge concluded they could not just claim All Industrial metal sounds like theirs (IIRC)

[@JJ-M]

@@EverianKalim music "rip offs" are nearly impossible to prove, for what almost certainly happened here, which is that the two songs sound similar, but how can you prove one influenced the other, and it's not just a synchronicity of fate? I honestly feel bad they feel slighted by it, because I highly doubt anything of the sort was meant, but such is life.

[@darschpugs4690]

@@EverianKalim even funnier when soken was asked about it he was literally like who is powerman 5000 and what is when worlds collide

[@hillmor8635]

This theme single-handedly got me into the game. I am now over 1800 hours in.

[@thundergaming155]

Almost 2k for me on pc when I post this and a few hundred on ps4.

[@samurai90x]

@@thundergaming155 I HAVE 13k hours >.>

[@friendlygiant1507]

@@samurai90x get a fucking life dude.

[@Theigzorn]

your not alone i seen the a friend fight this and was blown away. well now i am 4 month in with 3 max lev. lol

[@adriannarafel5225]

@Hillmor what are you at now? I've recently exceeded 3k!

[@hiroshi1195]

"The seventh hell's become your seventh heaven" Wait, black mages are white mages now?

[@eden9621]

Always has been.

[@EionBlue]

We're all DPS, only difference is color.

[@brennanlable]

we kill the boss before they hurt our precious tanks

[@bookfish]

I mean.. lore wise they are basically the opposing sides of the same coin. BLM drains aether from their surroundings to explode stuff. WHM drains aether from their surroundings to defend stuff. Overusing either of it will cause big troubles since they'll tip the balance of various aspected aethers. Like in the magi war, where WHMes fought with BLMes. They used up all the aether around them, expect for water aspected aether, what became over abundant and caused the flood and with it a calamity. That's why, in lore, both of these jobs are very limited. They don't give out BLM/WHM soulstones willy-nilly to everyone, because using either of it recklessly can end up in catastrophy. Ahh sorry the lore nerd came out of me.

[@Nikoli492]

@@bookfish aka the 6 calamity the calamity of water. 🌊

[@carlatterbery2748]

The more I hear this song the more it sounds like Sephirot is throwing shade at Sophia. "She is the hand that rocks the cradle... and there She leaves you to die." Sounds like those dang scales of hers.

[@lavenderrain3379]

I never thought of it that way and now I'll never be able to think of anything else! xD

[@Evnyofdeath]

Its possible. If I remember correctly Sophia and Sephirot are both Primals summoned by Meracydians.

[@skybuilder23]

Koji said the song is about being weary of Hydaelyn. From that angle the lyrics make perfect sense.

[@ProfiteerProphet]

@@skybuilder23 I had assumed it was about Hydaelyn, specially considering the revelations from ShB and now from EW.

[@santiagocano4141]

Sephirot Diss track?

[@MrDoot-hj2ir]

The virgin silver-haired katana wielder vs. The chad multi-armed demonic tree papa

[@imaran1303]

As awesome as this theme is, One-Winged Angel has it beat in sheer epicness and iconicness. Everyone knows they are fucked when those first three notes of Sephiroths theme start playing.

[@LowIntSpecimen]

That's basically my character so I thought you meant me at first lmao

[@irithider1078]

I will not take this Vergil slander. Both is good.

[@Babamarcus2632]

Both are good in their own terms

[@irithider1078]

Oh my god I'm stupid

[@obviouslykaleb7998]

It’s astonishing to me how they can make a fight with the most evil entity till shadowbringers anything other than a dark chorus chanting, and still communicate through the music and lyrics the gravity and scale of the fight. For all the praise given to him, Soken is still underrated.

[@AbyssWalker0]

"The empty void where the serpent lies" There was a sidequest in endwalker where a mammet is universal translator that speaks of the lifestream being a "serpent" and the pain of shedding it's own skin could destory the world.

[@riadirige7804]

Okay after 6.1 i think this has a new meaning

[@glorioustigereye]

in Jung psychology he mentions that serpents are a common motif used for femineity and hidden wisdom. Sophia could be a reference to Sophia of gnostic Christianity who has a serpent motif and is celebrated for bringing knowledge to humanity, guiding us from the Demiurge. The fiend/Sephirot in ff14 could be the Demiurge. When we move into the lower continent the gnostic themes might expand and these characters might be reintroduced.

[@themorganrileyshow5520]

'A date with chaos and you're dressed to the nines' is amazing!

[@MisteRRYouTuby]

“What is gold, always glitters…but it still comes with an unpayable price.” Beautiful.

[@nickkern4109]

Heard this theme last night during this boss fight. Changed everything I felt about the boss as soon as the grime started. Once he fell backwards and grabbed the arena? Best fight ive been in so far.

[@Ntwolf1220]

Juuust wait dude Sephirot is a great fight but they only get better

[@rugalbernstein5913]

Easily best one in heavensward, but shadowbringers has some really good ones

[@Junebug89]

That's a fucking astonishing transition. They started this approach with Shiva, smashing the ice and causing the music to change, and that was done fairly well - and the idea behind it with the heel click and all was phenomenal. Sephirot is where they perfected it I think. Oh, and then there's Exdeath Savage...

[@skillganon606]

@@Junebug89 Heel click? Do you mean when she snaps her fingers to set off diamond dust?

[@skillganon606]

I had many expectations for the fight as VI is my favorite game in the series, I was not let down.

[@Superzeroize]

Sephirot theme? More like DRK theme with those lyrics!

[@dale7326]

DRK is sephirot

[@ReveredDead]

I pray SE fixes the dark knight - Me a DRK fan in 7.05...

[@epicbananaman7776]

I just occasionally get the urge to listen to this again, and then it lives rent free in my head for about a month

[@JoshN0S]

so what you're saying is YOU LET IT INSIDE YOU LET IT INSIDE

[@isiaadiel3468]

Best way to describe this vibe is the song that plays in the slow motion club scene of a horror movie. Everything feels uneasy and tense but you can't stop dancing.

[@lawoftsunami]

Like the songs playing in Blade?

[@meatybtz]

So pretty much every NiN song.. really. I guess I date myself by thinking this is more NiN than anything modern.

[@HayTatsuko]

See "Blood on the Dancefloor" by Chris Christodoulou, for the game DEADBOLT. The scenario takes place in a dance club full of vampires, who are so busy partying that they remain largely oblivious that your character is lurking amongst them. Your character -- a Reaper, tasked with ending undead of all sorts. It's an eerie piece and I love every moment of it.

[@bloodylynx4035]

@@meatybtzI know what you mean, it's like a mashup of Closer, The Hand That Feeds, and A Perfect Drug and I love it.

[@writer747]

This song existing makes me infinitely more happy having Sephirot than Sephiroth

[@john_7000]

U r an idiot they are both the same

[@markspc1285]

@@john_7000 excuse me

[@muffetmissulena6540]

@@john_7000 Umm… no… Sephiroth and Sephirot are literally two different things.

[@Theigzorn]

well it could happen that the "other " one will show up at some point , i mean kefka is also in ff14 so why not.

[@the.duck.is.ronin.]

@@Theigzorn Kefka and Exdeath were summoned by Omega, who is currently unable to summon beings. So Sephiroth is unlikely.

[@SharkLordProductions]

Ah yes, Sephirot. Not to be confused with that other guy Sephiroth, they're completely unrelated

[@QberryShortcake]

Yeah this guy clearly has two wings and is not an angel

[@matix314]

please stand up for the male DRK Au Ra national anthem.

[@z8tr377]

Sidurgu dabs in the distance

[@SecretsEQ]

you mean male DRG Au Ra, because THE EDGE IS CALLING TONIGHT

[@monsoonofthememesofdestruc5449]

I feel called out

[@chaos_blue1089]

as a female DRK Au Ra, I am offended

[@KingRoni1222]

I feel somewhat called out, but I don't think I can complain, because the Edge is, indeed, calling tonight.

[@ManOfAction9]

Why do I have the sudden urge to concede my mind unto the fiend?

[@Nehfarius]

Turn away! Disobey!

[@NemesisTWarlock]

I almost wish Soken saved this song for Zodiark as the big "Anti-Hydaelyn" Song, but the fact that he makes incredible songs like this for practically every Primal just kicks *so* much ass...

[@TheLordMagmar]

Also to be fair, this song totally sounds like the response of people learning the deal with Hydaelyn and Zodiark from the Ascians and just being very unhappy with it.

[@vampireguy24]

@@TheLordMagmar I mean if I learned that this godlike being that has been supplying me with my powers for years was once some guy named Joe, has no real unique qualities, was spawned out of necessity for a hail-mary to try to correct their own mistakes and have been using me to cover up said mistakes, i'd be pretty pissed too.

[@christopherbravo1813]

If Zodiark was an actual character, I'd want his personality to be based on this very song.

[@joshplater3963]

@@christopherbravo1813 I think his personality would just be Elidibus. He was the Heart, which Fandaniel then became forcefully.

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@joshplater3963 yes, but I think Zodiark SHOULD have been a legitimate big bad.

[@MenacingWombat]

This was the reason I started playing FF14 I saw this and was blown away when I finally got to this trail boy it did not disappoint . I didn’t realize it was “that trail” till that second phase started and I was like ohhh shit!!

[@namehere4922]

Now I’m not too familiar with Final Fantasy as a whole, but I think this is the most DMC the series has gotten OST wise

[@involuntaryascetic3602]

Eden Ramuh exists

[@HellbladesFFXI]

Kinda... But there WAS this one chocobo theme written by the guy who did DMC3's music so maybe not? Crazy Chocobo is still the best thing about 13-2 >_>;

[@DonnieDarkoRemains]

Limit Break from FF13-2.

[@HellbladesFFXI]

@@DonnieDarkoRemains I would have to replay the game to remember the limit break(s). Something I have no desire to do since I pretty much hate everything about the game minus 1) Crazy Chocobo 2) the fixes from FF13's battle system like leader transferring if the leader dies 3) Sazh's DLC, and specifically the special card game they made for it. Everything else just... Didn't need to exist basically. Just my opinion though.

[@DonnieDarkoRemains]

@@HellbladesFFXI Limit Break is just the name of the OST. Pretty sure it's the name at least.

[@en4135]

This was the first raid where my mind just blanked as I listened to the music, got so into it I forgot the raid for a few seconds

[@lightsabreclasher]

This is weirdly relevant to Shadowbringers. I'm not certain if they planned it like that, but it's a damn good reference if so.

[@jacobsnyder7771]

Apparently all the way up to endwalker was planned during the time of a realm reborn or heavenward

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@jacobsnyder7771 wait, seriously? I thought they were winging it with the expansions.

[@jamestomlin5525]

​@christopherbravo1813 no that's wow lol, this was all planned out. Crazy how good the writing staff is

[@turntapeover5749]

This theme is still one of the absolute banger of this game 3 expansions later.

[@iosonotom1010]

0:25 when you play reaper / dark knight

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

Nah, that's when you play DRG, RDM or BRD and do a backflip

[@Darkishappy_2872]

​@@BroadwayRonMexico both, it's both.

[@AlyCatVR]

I honestly thought I was listening to Powerman 5000 for a minute there. The music in this game is amazing and I'm only 240 hours in.

[@BolivarFTorresAlvarado]

YES! OMG I was looking for this comment specifically lol. When Worlds Collide!

[@WFBlackMaiden]

@@BolivarFTorresAlvarado Literally had to turn my speakers up on the boss battle today because I thought it was Powerman 5000

[@Sorrior]

It’s just industrial metal. DMC uses it a lot as well.

[@Kikoou]

"You'll find slumber when the world comes crumbling down, sweet dreams, baby, sleep tight" hits kinda hard, though.

[@michaelmoore2679]

If we ever get an expansion set in Meracydia I hope we get remixed fights with the Triad.

[@stampede274]

"The edge is calling tonight" Warrior of Light theme: "To The Edge" 🤔

[@dragonITH-nk3yk]

Hades theme "our defiance brings us straight to the edge"

[@Mounthuapleb5890]

What is wrong with your face? Sorry but I just had to ask.

[@stampede274]

@@Mounthuapleb5890 whatever do you mean

[@Mounthuapleb5890]

@@stampede274 a deviant I see... How grotesque.

[@stampede274]

@@Mounthuapleb5890 I'm literally a clown

[@vampireguy24]

The City-State of Dark Knights has been taken over by the Reaper army and have repurposed their national anthem for their own. In true edge fashion, it fits quite considerably or even moreso, considering Reaper's fast-paced, semi-chaotic rotation.

[@TheBakaCirno]

Reaper is literally what DRK should have been and actually is. A fucking DPS. And if thinking about 11 with a Scythe

[@ahorseofcourse7283]

Between Dark Knights coming from Ishgard and Reapers coming from Garlemald, I'm beginning to think frozen shitholes are the perfect breeding ground for edgelords.

[@Konpekikaminari]

@@ahorseofcourse7283 Dragoons _also_ come from Ishgard, so you're right

[@overdrivedrinker8284]

@@ahorseofcourse7283 Cuz snow is just cool like that

[@termnus77]

Getting serious 'Worlds Collide' vibes from this. I love it

[@KeziaTv]

It was 100% used as inspiration but after being sued by Powerman 5000 they went into protection mode.and claimed they had never heard of it lmao

[@OCMOOO]

Masayoshi Soken, Michael-Christopher Koji Fox, Dan Inoue. You guys rock

[@Gdawgi]

Unfortunately the mount doesn’t play this theme when you ride it or else it would be my favorite out of the 7 birds :\

[@john_7000]

Really??! Wtf well thanks u saved me the trouble I was about to do it unsynced and get the mount but now I know it doesn't play this song then it a waste of time

[@renjack2667]

@@john_7000 But, if you can get all 7 birds you can obtain a special mount.

[@TheDarkAngel969]

It was because of drama caused by powerman 5000 due to them accusing se plagiarizing when worlds collide

[@fjshdf]

I wonder if you can change that through modding

[@DemonousNight]

@@TheDarkAngel969 I'd like to see where you got that information. Because if that was the case, Fiend wouldn't play in the trial either lol

[@andresromero36]

Am I the only one that gets DMC vibes from this? This is such a banger holy

[@christopherbravo1813]

imagine Sephirot as a DMC boss. wouldn't that be amazing?

[@raffay_sensei]

"What is it like when you pull back the curtain" Me: Lyrics of one of my FAVORITE songs!!!! Keep it up Chad! ❤

[@waywardwriterryu7185]

I realize something in the lyrics, they’re all Sephirot trying to persuade you to corruption/ruin through temptation except for “a tightening knot to staunch the bleeding” which would actually be a helpful thing, I wonder why that one lyric is different

[@ryanspencer9602]

Well, having a wound sealed is painful as hell. It could mean that he knows what he is doing is bad, but is beneficial long-term. I have never played this game, but this is what I interpreted it as.

[@waywardwriterryu7185]

@@ryanspencer9602 the song in question is sung from the perspective of an evil tree monster that became essentially an archetypical devil

[@ryanspencer9602]

@@waywardwriterryu7185 true... But also, isn't he connected to life and death in some way?

[@waywardwriterryu7185]

@@ryanspencer9602 afaik he’s a nature creature so yes?

[@ryanspencer9602]

@@waywardwriterryu7185 i mean, more than that. Is the connected to the concepts? Like having powered over it.

[@BranGeddon]

I can see why Spider got pressed over this song. It outclasses the inspiration material.

[@RockCustom77]

It looks like a DMC OST 😂 ! But I love this song so much !

[@AurealisAzuriae]

"Binah" "Tiferet"(Tiphereth) "Ain" "Chesed" Sephirot being the plural of Sephirah Sephirot has a lot of references to the Kabbalah, the Tree of Life

[@zeurgash1456]

someone forgot chokmah

[@AurealisAzuriae]

@@zeurgash1456 and Da'at.

[@zeurgash1456]

@@AurealisAzuriae we dont talk about Da'at.

[@EsmenettaRien]

plus Malkuth (the blow back attack) and Impact of Hod

[@jacobkern2060]

Well, that's the fun part. He was a primal summoned from a race of dryads, who used a massive tree as the framework. So you could say that he is a tree of life. That and research into his abilities were what resulted in a paradigm shift for Allagan bioengineering.

[@XthTerrorOfDeath]

Why do Tree bosses always have the most raw and awesome songs in FFXIV? It's weird this has happened twice now

[@rubymint7736]

Honestly, I haven't played WoW or FF14. But I can tell that FF14 has the superior experience awaiting for me!

[@quekZo95]

played both and its true. One of the best game ever with such an amazing story

[@quinnquinnquinn215]

Gameplay is better on wow, ffxiv pretty much better at everything else, the whole catgirl and gnomes stuff is cringe tho

[@royox]

@@quinnquinnquinn215 Yeah because WoW full of literall furries and Gnomes plus Goblins is not cringe at all lol.

[@ziegfeld4131]

​@@quinnquinnquinn215lol combat in wow has no challenge you hit like 4 or 5 buttons 14 has real complicated rotations

[@zephyr8072]

The only real downside of FFXIV is the cult of Yoshi-P. For it is forbidden to ever criticise that overrated, incompetent opportunist lest you be ostracised by his obsessive fans. Most of whom pay a sub to sit in Limsa all day spamming /beesknees on their catgirls.

[@SorasShadow1]

_what do you mean Sephirot's theme is metal as fuck and slaps harder than the green death orbs was nobody going to tell me about this??_

[@dacomputernerd4096]

It's actually a mechanic. You have to dodge AoEs while head-banging.

[@civildisorder]

Treading out upon the stagnant waters Our savior waiting for a turn in the tide You are the night at the end of the tunnel Now this is what it's like WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE

[@firedrake110]

Man, what an absolute banger

[@nevanvictorian]

Amazing music and amazing lyrics very devil may cry ish

[@Necrobadger]

you know, if I had a nickel for every final fantasy song whose name was based around an angel with a specific number of wings or powers depending on the interpretation, who accompanied a mistreated demigod who nearly destroys all of humanity because of it, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice.

[@notsid3]

It's more like he is named after the sephirot of the Tree of Life in Kabbalah. each Sephirot or sphere is related to some higher-functioning aspect of the universe or soul. It is also a means to "map" god and understand creation as a whole based off of the correspondencies between each sephirot and thier eminations.

[@balthefemroe]

Not gonna lie, BGM goes up to 100 every time I hear this song (and I'm also slightly envious whenever I hear a friend gets this in Mentor Roulette as it's one of my favourite extremes). Let the headbanging commence!

[@EvergreenEvolved]

wish this was the theme that played on his bird

[@lunabunny_0521]

Agreed this song is awesome!

[@Kikoou]

NIN vibes from this theme. It actually is pure fire.

[@umjamer]

surprised not many people are saying this

[@MachinesofOurDisgrace]

They literally just ripped off Powerman 5000 lol

[@joebunckler5469]

1:21 3:11 5:01 6:51 these parts are my favourite

[@notarealspy4090]

Lesser men led to this comment, turning away and disobeying

[@immoralboi3158]

This is a certified city-state classic.

[@akiraamamiya4966]

Getting major DMC vibes from this

[@xelseartheonlyone1267]

Play as a monk. Equip fists of the fiend. Put this music in the background. Enjoy!

[@celterin]

when worlds coll- that killed me im glad someone remembers powerman5000

[@Kingenvyj]

I love how the lore is in the music in this game! These set of quests were awesome and an emotional roller coaster

[@Zidana123]

more games need bosses singing about how awesome they are

[@plac1197]

Now this is what it's like when worlds collide!

[@virtualashez]

what is it really that is in your head what little life that you had just died

[@HayTatsuko]

As a RDM main, I have personally displaced Displacement to the nether regions of my hotbars -- so that I don't respond to calling of the edge tonight~ As a Powerman 5000 fan, F to the YES for calling out to "When Worlds Collide"! These lyrics are bloody fantastic, too, maybe the most edgy in the whole dang game.

[@christopherbravo1813]

anyone notice how Sephirot seems to have at least a few physical similarities to Zodiark? the weird-looking chest, the horns, the six arms? ((yes I know Zodiark technically has three, but it is clear from his battle damage that he USED to have six!))

[@badwrongfun5541]

Im still in Heavensward so theres info I dont have, especially about Zodiark. But since its usually Ascians that goad people into summoning, I wouldnt be surprised if Sephirot was influenced by a description of Zodiark by the Ascians.

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@badwrongfun5541 seems kind of weird that they'd give a description of their God to the tree-worshipping people specifically, doesn't it?

[@badwrongfun5541]

@@christopherbravo1813 I mean sure but it doesn't actually look like Zodiark. Its suppossed to look like Fiend from FF VI and Zodiark didn't have an appearence yet. Zodiark actually looks like Feind / Sephirot, likely completely coincidently just from classic demon imagrey. And we're just making up fake, uneccsary in fiction rationalizations after the fact. They're never actually going to make sense.

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@badwrongfun5541 maybe, I just think it's ironic.

[@reviewbear6924]

AND THIS IS WHAT IT LIKE WHEN WORLDS COLL- ah shit..wrong song.

[@Zadamanim]

I finally understand the description, this song sounds extremely similar to When Worlds Collide by Powerman 5000

[@Toksyuryel]

The first time I did this fight I thought they had just dropped that song into the game

[@skeletonwar4445]

@UC8i15Yl0TNAolx740I7y3lQ PM5K whined on facebook about it being a ripoff, so now the Mount doesnt play its theme. Thanks, bitch ass band.

[@PurpleStar22]

Jesus Chirst, these lyrics still go hard.

[@alduin1098]

Almost forgot what a banger this track is ^^ thankfully the 6.2 unreal trial is there to let us remember what a badass song and fight this is when doing it on milvl ^^

[@beyondlimit99]

Holy shit A powerman 5000 reference In MY FINAL FANTASY?! I recently did this fight for the first time with one of the boys (UK mentor that helped get me into the game) By the end of it the fight I said the music gives me PM5K vibes Only to Google and turn out the comparison is so spot on with the community that spider one himself (lead vocalist of pm5k) said back in 2016 that "fiend" was a blatant straight up steal of their song "when worlds collide" xD I can definitely see why

[@Banana-cc5rx]

Funniest thing is that soken and team claimed they have never heard worlds collide before, or even know who p5000 is lmao.

[@ziegfeld4131]

The songs are nothibg alike lol people who arnt musicans shouldnt talk about this stuff

[@EntertheFray1]

@@ziegfeld4131 Neither should you if you cannot see the similarities. They may have slightly different tempos, but they both share almost identical riffs on the guitar for the verse, which is repeated and the main theme of the song. Same notes. It's easy to see why someone would be reminded of them both due to that. They slightly differ in how they are strummed. They are both sung soft at the verse and scream at the chorus and both have an industrial metal sound to them. They are in no way "nothing alike". I've given enough information two point out the parallels between them and why people would think it sounds like when worlds collide. Why else would many people who have heard both from across the globe come to the conclusion that it sounds like worlds collide. It's not some grand conspiracy. There is enough parallels for people to think it. People are aware of the differences, it's not a 1:1 copy, that doesn't mean it's not heavily based on it. As to wether Soken heard collide or not, that's up for dispute. You can believe him or don't. I would say even if he had ripped it off, he's not exactly going to admit to that. There is plenty of works in FF that sound fairly similar to other songs in existence though. I don't care either way, it's still a good song even if it's heavily based on it.

[@exxo3349]

NOW THIS IS WHAT ITS LIKE WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE

[@OldManDoom]

How in the love of god and everything that is holy is this NOT the song that damn Mount plays?!?! I about shit my pants when I got the lanner and heard the stock boss theme from the Warring Triad bosses. The mounts from ARR and HW are like the opposite where the Mount plays the best part of the song versus the crummy part. Sephirot, Ravana, Bismarck- it was such a bummer to find that out

[@HeyHeyNeon]

iirc that was deliberately done to avoid even more trouble with powerman 5000 :(

[@overdrivedrinker8284]

Soken definitely took some inspiration from Powerman 5000. I can hear the When Worlds Collide influence and I adore it

[@BrianHuynhPersonal]

This has become one of my favorite songs from you :3

[@Nej82]

All I hear is pm5k, NIN and Rammstein meshed into something that took me back to highschool.

[@acehealer4212]

I got into FFXIV because I found a video of the Sephirot fight. It still slapsZ

[@DuskEalain]

Two days remain lads, prepare to have this rocking at full blast!

[@jackcromwell1836]

I hear similarities with PM5K's When Worlds Collide. It sounds good and these lyrics are fucking sweet. The Edge is real.

[@ryanschindler923]

more like it's practically a carbon copy of that song lol

[@megamitenseibrasil5206]

Getting ready for the Unreal!

[@basilton]

this so should've been the theme to play on the sephirot bird, but no, instead we get the regular warring triad theme.

[@desdenova1]

Sounds like Downward Spiral-era NIN.

[@kailam4421]

YEEESSSS!!!!

[@CragroAgg]

Koji had no reason to go so hard on the second chorus, but man am I glad that he did.

[@kasuta613]

"Say my name, SAY MY NAME" YOUR NAME IS ALEXANDER

[@vindurza]

Best theme of the entire triad ^^

[@nodot17]

5:15 tactical retreat I see

[@NuramonX_]

This gives ma such a powerman 5000 - when worlds collide vibe.

[@twilightgrilminda]

So I just started playing (Xbox) and I can't wait to get to this raid to jam out to this

[@crimsonpotemkin]

So many banger quotes in one song: "every wrong is a right" "salt of the earth salting your own fields" "necessity is an inventive mother, promising sanctum that she cannot provide, she is the hand that rocks the cradle, the wind that breaks the bough and leave you to die" "the faith that feeds the unbelieving" and so many more

[@mr.xiv.n]

Truly underrated OST ! It's fire !

[@frasermacbeth867]

Getting HUGE powerman 5000 vibes from this.

[@SparkShadow212]

Didn't know I was playing a DMC soundtrack.

[@OceanSSShark]

Gives me the time has come vibes, so good

[@zeronixtheyoutuber3983]

Oh, I wish they could add Sephiroth in Final Fantasy 14

[@margotrosendorn6371]

The chorus always had be bobbing my head when I did my lanner farm runs

[@DragoonlordXXiV]

A majority of this song is spot on from when worlds collide by powerman 5000

[@Konpekikaminari]

All GNB players are legally required to dye their trenchcoats Dalmund Red/default colour before entering this fight

[@MrGoesBoom]

This seriously sounds like a Powerman 5000 song....and man I haven't thought about that band in forever....gonna go dig up my CDs

[@TiennosMigos]

FFXIV Version of - "When Worlds Collide" :D

[@jacktangent]

this is awesome its like a lost NIN song

[@BoogieSquared]

First time I did this trial I was playing DRK. Needless to say I suddenly felt like I was playing Devil May Cry.

[@ruikirisame1744]

i heard this for the first time a few dies and thought "YOOO, IS THIS DMC MUSIC?!"