Scarlet Sky - Original Touhou Fan Song feat. TALI, Kylee Brielle

[@stringstorm]

Since everyone's asking how to get started in touhou, here's an easily digestible rundown I wrote at 4am. Its hyper condensed but I'm sure some lore folks would be happy to correct some errors I have on top of providing more lore in the replies. >world starts industrializing >science and technology progress >this causes humans to stop believing in superstitions >this causes youkais to start dying off because they need human's belief in them to not poof out of existence >in order to prevent youkai extinction, a bunch of powerful youkai formed a council >they selected/created/whichever this remote land in japan called 'gensokyo' as their final domain >using their powerful magic, they spirit gensokyo away from the material world and into a pocket dimension >youkai from all over the world bailed the material world (also called as the 'outside world' by the denizens of gensokyo) because they can't survive there anymore >they all move into gensokyo >there's also a human village in gensokyo. Including them was intentional >this was so that the youkais can feed off of their beliefs, fears, and superstitions in order to exist >some years pass >youkais are much nicer to humans now >but they still need to maintain the psyop of spooking them to literally not go extinct >humans are still spooked about the youkai >but they also know that youkai attacks are extremely rare now >they even invented rules so that humans have a fighitng chance if they encounter a dangerous youkai >all that matters is that the humans are aware that the spooky youkai exist >it is now the "golden age of gensokyo" according to some nerd named Akyuu >both youkai and humans are enjoying a relative peace >peace means balance is kept >sometimes, some dipshit youkai starts some trouble and threatens that peace >enter the shrine maiden, reimu hakurei, whose job is to exterminate them >touhou starts here

[@pas700]

nice!!!!

[@kacyroush6293]

And where does this particular song fall within touhou exactly?

[@Bonkman83]

@@kacyroush6293 the visuals you're seeing in the video is actually the story of Touhou 6 Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, and judging from the lyrics of the song its singing Reimu's Journey through the game

[@TALI_KAEOS]

Tfw you called your wife Akyuu some nerd 😭

[@evanboll4651]

Damn, this is amazing. You could easily modify it for RWBY if they ever get to Volume 10 or 12 and if the show ends in the good guys winning. Things seem pretty bleak right now after Volume 8.

[@cirno9349]

Who put reimu in metal gear rising

[@brucejedilee5290]

What?

[@darkink725]

Yukari did

[@mileselon1339]

What Darkrai said! Yukari did

[@jason-yi1sl]

Dammit Yukari!

[@crashdragonkoro6484]

Lovely... Anyway time to send Sanae to DMC. Cause I know she's gonna have a blast.

[@andrewmcguinness1845]

There comes a point in every man's life where he learns about Touhou. Then he learns his spatial awareness and fine motor skills are not that great. Great song.

[@coolchrisable]

aka fightting okuu

[@niddhoggloki4384]

And then cpmes the time when he learns about the tag...

[@ResinUdongeInaba]

LoL, K.

[@sleepingpiranha8879]

I almost died of sensory overload watching Gengetsu's fight.

[@PatienceKiss]

The secret trick to lunatic mode is develop an addiction to stimulants

[@thecuumander6087]

1st time listening, "Eh." 2nd time, "Okay, this is pretty good." 3rd time, "I'LL UPHOlD MY VOW, AS A MAIDEN OF THIS LAND OF LIGHT!"

[@Im_Not_Loss]

The stringstorm effect at its best

[@FischlInsultsMePls]

@@Im_Not_Loss Like real shit man, I didn't really like Rylanor's Last Stand at first too but now I have listened to it hundreds times already.

[@Andrewlik]

1st time listening, "Wait, this isn't using a touhou motiff? Lame" 2nd time, "Actually, the metal is quite good" 3rd time, "WITH PURPOSE NOW, WITH AN OBJECTIVE SIGHT"

[@ookamiette]

This is exactly what's going on my head rigth now xD

[@SephirothRyu]

Nanoha and Gundam are only two white demons. Who says a shrine maiden can't be one too?

[@SystemSearcher]

The only issue with this song I have is the idea that Reimu would ever have an actual objective in sight instead of just randomly dashing off in a direction and just happening to discover the current problem.

[@generaldong-dong5635]

It kinda makes sense, the source of that red shit was spilling out of the mansion, and if you would have seen it from the sky it would been obvious. lol

[@MultiKommandant]

It's all down to individual interpretation. Other characters might view her as random but lucky, while she might view it herself as intuition and gut-feeling. Gensokyo is a strange place populated by even stranger people, and the only character we never really see things from the perspective of is Reimu herself.

[@SystemSearcher]

@@MultiKommandant It is a common theory that Reimu's uncanny ability to solve the current crisis via just going off in a random direction and beating everyone in the way up is an extension of her ability to "Float through life". As in, the less she gives a damn, the more successful she is.

[@MultiKommandant]

@@SystemSearcher Oh yeah, no that one's an interesting theory. I wasn't trying to say they're all wrong, more that Touhou is a very ambiguous setting, not much is actually well-defined. The only things that can be considered absolute fact are the few things ZUN writes meta-wise, like the "Who's Who of Humans and Youkai", and most of that wouldn't really be common knowledge to the average rando in Gensokyo, while more educated or curious characters like Akyuu or Aya have their own biases to how they portray people in The Chronicle of Gensokyo and Bunbunmaru respectively. All that said (sorry about the length, I tend to ramble) it would totally fit Reimu to be so caught up in her own desire to ignore her worldly problems that she just blindly stumbles into and disrupts whatever plots happen to be going on that day.

[@seelcudoom1]

to be fair notice how they skip rumia and cirno, it starts with meiling, at which point she does in fact have an objective in sight

[@swordbrethrenmordred1230]

From all things Stringstorm could have made a song of, I didn't expect it to be Touhou if all things. Still a great song.

[@darkpixel1128]

legeally-distinct-from-40k music, battletech and now Touhou? Stringstorm is diversifing and i am here for it.

[@typehere6689]

Granted, a once infamous 40k meme clip used Touhou music, but it's been years since it was relevant.

[@highmolecularweightRDX]

This is like the third time he's done Touhou ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/emeyqHhujdhqjtE ), Bad Apple was even one of his first remixes ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHq7cmCCd6uggc0 ). This is the guy who makes 40K idols, not even Nekopara is beyond him ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWSYd5-bo89gp6M ). I can't wait for him to do a Kancolle song, maybe with the new anime.

[@typehere6689]

If (kancolle), then (must be 40k crossover). Literal Machine Spirits, that's why.

[@aenigmatrices]

Do note that this girl caused this whole incident just because she wants to walk outside during the day without a parasol.

[@ValeBridges]

So if I understand this correctly the plot is that a powerful vampire living in a distant mansion with their servants is using magic to block the sun's light, allowing them to roam the world at will even during daytime? Basically TESV: Dawnguard but with anime girls. Awesome

[@LumemDH]

Yes, and this is just the 6th game of the TouHou series(first game for windows).

[@tygerion4404]

Yeah... It only gets more fun/crazy from here. The next in the series is based on a ghost who wants to make a tree bloom, so she steals all the spring from the land, hoping to break the seal on the tree, and resurrect the body underneath it... Not realizing that the body under the tree is her own body. Oh, also? The tree is evil, and the "no blooming" seal is there to stop it blooming because it makes people die, hence why Yuyuko's (the ghost) body is being used to seal it. Then the next game's plot is basically that one of four groups has a youkai go "Someone screwed with the moon, so we must fix it!", with their human companion (Who can't sense the issue with the moon, with exception of the Netherworld team, since Youmu is half-ghost, and thus, being half-youkai, can sense the issue with the moon) following along. You then fight a bug, a bird, a human teacher, and one of the other teams for the first four stages. Then for the last two stages, you finally get to the actual culprits, who are criminals (though their "crimes" are only criminal because the moon people are assholes) from the moon who ran away from the moon people (who, as i mentioned, are assholes), and have been hiding in a bamboo forest in the area for thousands of years (before Gensokyo was separated from the rest of the world), who severed the moon from the earth to hide from the moon people, who they believe to be coming for them- not realizing that Gensokyo, the place they currently are- is cut off from the outside world, and thus safe from the moon people that they're trying to hide from. ... There's a reason why people joke about ZUN being drunk while making the Touhou games. The plots tend to be kinda crazy in all the right ways. Oh, and most of the villains tend to wind up being chill and many even hang out at Reimu's shrine after getting beat up (except for the unnamed fortune teller from one of the manga. That dude got straight-up dead). The mangas can be just as crazy. In Silent Sinner in Blue, the SDM (Scarlet Devil Mansion) crew (which consists of the villains from the song here) create a rocket to invade the moon. (The moon people deserve it. They're assholes. I _cannot_ emphasize that fact enough.)

[@flandrescarlet506]

Touhou fan here - you just perfectly described the plot of the game this song is based upon haha. Great job!

[@yakumoyukarina]

A universe filled with old and powerful races kept in a delicate balance, extermination usually being the first and most of the time only response, with ancient gods and eldritch creatures of unfathomable might and with humans that through tenacity, hard work and faith manage to keep the light burning. Truly, the only difference between Touhou and 40k is the tech level and the gender of the protagonists.

[@Alpha-qz2kc]

Not really, there are female protagonist in wh40k.

[@scotcheggable]

@@mortemtyrannus8813 you can count the male characters of Touhou on one hand, one of thems a cloud, and ones a turtle, though he isn't canon anymore.

[@kevindemon2911]

@@scotcheggable There's another male character in the actual canon: Rinnosuke Morichika.

[@scotcheggable]

@@kevindemon2911 he is included in my counting, we have reached 3. I believe byakurens brother is mentioned in passing, and youki too. That is 5 including the cloud and the turtle.

[@gunmunz]

@@mortemtyrannus8813 There's only one that's both A: Alive and B: Named

[@TonyRedgrave]

I find it amusing that Stringstorm and Miracle of Sound both released a song named Scarlet Sky within a week of each other, and they are about completely different games.

[@alexarmin1877]

OH SHIT TOUHOU HIJACK LOL! On a serious note, welcome to the fandom of Touhou Project my friend. In here we have cute girls doing cute things, a barrage of fangames, fan music, fan art, fan doujins, anything that can be created by fans, can and will be made within this fandom. in fact, you found yourself a goldmine here. No need to worry about copyright or anything, as ZUN, the Great God of Gensokyo himself approves of any kind of fan creation!

[@captaindoesyoutube7925]

As long as he is credited

[@Ginrikuzuma]

@Alex this isn't the first time stringstorm has posted touhou

[@alexarmin1877]

@@Ginrikuzuma really? That's amazing! Can you share the link to some of them?

[@Ginrikuzuma]

@@alexarmin1877 he did a cover of Go Circle 9 it should still be the in the channel anything else if he has done more would probably be in his store

[@arcangellord5372]

String has always be a touhou fan good friend

[@GhostBear3067]

Full disclosure, outside of the song Bad Apple my Touhou knowledge falls firmly between "none" and "fuck all" but I still greatly enjoyed this song. Did not expect in any way shape or form, but greatly enjoyed. It just slaps.

[@darrylpang3903]

I love Sakuya's scene, with her at the top of the stairs, with spooky mist and a menacing pose. JoJo reference ahoy!

[@TALI_KAEOS]

Oh my god thank you for noticing I had to actually bully string into having me draw it as a JoJo reference

[@darrylpang3903]

@@TALI_KAEOS Aaaahhhh!! The artist herself noticed me! Sakuya is ZUN's JoJo reference. It is only natural that her scene be a JoJo reference too!

[@enricopaolocoronado2511]

When Patchouli's part came along, I did not expect her to have heavy/power metal screaming in her lyrics. And after consecutive views, my only thought every time that part happens is: "How is she not coughing after that?"

[@stringstorm]

Don't worry. They made sure to buy some asthma relief from eirin before performing.

[@chewyuanqiang]

I know what happened, they were all actually speaking Japanese or Gensokyoneese, so the heavy metal singer was the only translator around.

[@fafikommander1903]

Welcome to the World of Death Metal. Check out Jinjer or Arch Enemy for further examples of what the female voice is capable of.

[@mightywaranvil2912]

Am I the only one who thinks the screaming lyrics are all Remilia? It checks out, given this is a retelling of EOSD.

[@enricopaolocoronado2511]

@@mightywaranvil2912 You do realize that the portion of the lyrics were also from the POV of Patchouli, right?

[@sqocks8254]

I did not expect a Touhou song to come from StringStorm. But this is very much a welcome surprise. Thank you for this new song ❤️

[@supersaiyandiclonius3056]

The guy actually used to do Brony songs before he got into 40k(those were bangers too)

[@the-letter_s]

@@supersaiyandiclonius3056 what? where? i must listen, but sorting the channel's videos by oldest uploaded shows nothing.

[@supersaiyandiclonius3056]

@@the-letter_s yeah, he deleted them for some reason. I've been begging him to bring them back. But in the meantime, someone else reuploaded one of his covers. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaHQYat9rcmLbrM

[@Ginrikuzuma]

@@the-letter_s some of string's older stuff is either hidden or deleted but if you go looking thru his store i think thre is a song or two as you probably know he mostly does 40k and battletech these days but in the past he used to be more varied with his covers and originals (C&C, Shantae, Stardew Valley, Pokemon and yes Brony stuff)

[@TALI_KAEOS]

My favourite part was when Remilia pushed Sakuya away as she said, "Sakuya! Get away! I'M ABOUT TO MORB!!!!"

[@vinz873]

So true

[@kcjeancrabe8898]

Best part of touhou 6

[@phantomkrieger2744]

Oh yeah remember when Flandre said her catch phrase “it’s Morbin time” It’s definitely a video game.

[@dustindubbo2892]

IMM MORBING MY FRICKING MIND

[@bradypus55]

*Me playing all the touhou game expecting with glee to see Remilia say that line*

[@marconarvaez9871]

People surprised about Touhou are people who forgot about that GO CIRCLE NINE cover two years ago

[@marconarvaez9871]

Also who the fuck is howonk

[@basicmudkip5985]

Hong meiling???

[@Hellhound23691]

I haven't the foggiest idea what the hell a Touhou is, but I enjoyed the song regardless. It's really very good.

[@typehere6689]

More dakka.

[@scotcheggable]

Bullet hell curtain game series (Think galaga, but more). It's got a fair amount of lore to it, mostly known for its music, and the fact that almost literally every single one of the over 100 characters is female.

[@MARindrivonGER]

@@scotcheggable 250+

[@scotcheggable]

@@MARindrivonGER the numbers are expanding, hats for the hat god

[@torbjornlekberg7756]

@@scotcheggable That comment got you the Chaos Dwarf Approval.

[@scotcheggable]

Patchouli having growlies is hilarious

[@stringstorm]

She has asthma so she has the throat for it. :P Source: me, an asthmatic

[@scotcheggable]

@@stringstorm I had asthma brought on by continuous damage to the inside of my throat and if I growled like that at the time I think I would have died lol

[@gunmunz]

Patchie: What are your talking about this is my normal voice. KOAKUMA! FETCH ME MY CIGARETTES! *mukyuu*

[@peridoodle2644]

Two songs called "Scarlet Sky" come out within about a month of eachother, and they both fuckin rock!

[@JerFlow]

This song really plucks my G stringstorm

[@Xbalanque84]

Stringstorm... did... a Touhou arrangement... there are no words that can adequately describe how happy this make me...

[@whyareyoulookinghere9135]

The idea that patchouli speaks in this constant metal screaming is so incredibly funny to me. Thank you for doing this, maybe she can now fight her crippling asthma

[@SomeKrieger]

I love it how the yin-yang just starts spazzing out

[@stringstorm]

It spéeëeēn

[@SomeKrieger]

@@stringstorm and to you I’ve had it stuck in my head the entire day. The part with Remilia was so damn good but “Show me the might of humans if it holds weight” was indescribably addicting to hear. Keep up the good work cause AHHHH NED MURRE lol

[@ZephyrusMapping]

Someone's never played Highly Responsive to Prayers

[@NP3GA]

I'm really confused on how to feel about this song, but it's stringstom so my hopes are high Edit: It was perfect

[@anueutsuho7425]

I CAN NEVER ESCAPE THIS SERIES GODDAMN IT I only recently gained an interest in Warhammer stuff and have been a Touhou fan for years. And I find this without even looking for it.

[@NatharagonKoranys]

I had high hopes for your first Touhou songs, and they were not disappointed, this absolutely slaps

[@aamasna]

The funniest part here is how Rumia doesn't even get so much a passing mention. Also I think I broke the like button.

[@Balmung60]

Neither does Cirno. We just skip straight to Hong Meiling

[@braxbro6674]

@@Balmung60 they’re pretty irrelevant to EoSD tho…

[@Thezaccazzac]

You know, considering we get to see the conclusion of each foe; This implies that she died on the extra stage in the end.

[@TeaMan4066]

Extra Stage 1CC ERASED

[@gamemoment6394]

Imo the final picture shown implies a happy end

[@TheVasgal]

Flandre is indeed a dangerous and powerful foe

[@QuestionableAdviser_]

I know almost nothing about Touhou, but hearing this makes me want to try out the game...

[@maskedmenreiki]

Fair warning, it may not be the hardest Bullet Hell out there, but it's still a Bullet Hell. In other words, it's pretty damn tough. The song here is about Touhou 6, which was the first Windows-era game. It's a pretty decent starting point but a lot of the later games have better QoL improvements, and have recently started being released on Steam

[@My6119]

I do very much appreciate the progressesive story telling in the lyrics instead of relying on cliché repetitions. May your pen of poetry bring you glory.

[@NanaChVTuber]

TALI's vocals so pretty i wanna smooch

[@PapaWerserian]

Best Slime Girl is here

[@insertnamehere8274]

If I had a penny for every banger that was called Scarlet Sky that came out this week, I'd have two pennies. Which isn't a lot, but it's strange it's happened twice.

[@EmXena315]

I did find it weird that both Stringstorm and Miracle of Sound released two songs with the same title. They're both amazing too.

[@gigaspheal9439]

I was wondering if you meant Miracle of Sound. A MAN OF CULTURE!!!!

[@TheAleatoriorandom]

WOW! Did not expect to like this one as much as i did for someone almost 100% unfamiliar with Touhou. Superb work!

[@athy8763]

god damn i wish this was MY first introduction to touhou

[@athy8763]

@@Darek_B52 youre in for a trip.

[@TonyRedgrave]

The Stringstorm effect is in full effect. This gets better and better the more I listen to it.

[@nicholasscott3287]

And then after Reimu beats them up, everyone goes out to have tea together.

[@seki108]

Wait, there is actually another channel besides Lyrica Live that's posted an original English Touhou song, not just a translated (Bad Apple) cover!?

[@YGNX]

I was not expecting Touhou, but I am not disappointed either, quite the contrary. Time to pass out though and listen to it when I wake up though, I won't stay up and ruin my entire sleep schedule. Again.

[@YGNX]

ALRIGHTY, finally woke up, and I must say my expectations have been completely blown away, this is amazing work, as expected from Stringstorm, and hammers home the Scarlet Devil Incident pretty well, it'd be curious to see a version though where Remi is voiced softly however I could see work well, but all jokes aside, I look forward to if you make anymore and if you weren't already a part, then welcome to the rabbit hole that is the 200+ long character log and underrated story haven that is Touhou, chief!

[@jarlarchjernraua719]

Loved this song, therefore I HAD TO translate it to Spanish for any other spanish speaking person that cannot translate it, I make it as closed as posible to the lyrics. He vigilado el santuario incontables veces, he resuelto incidentes dondequiera que surjan, he mantenido el equilibrio y he corregido las cosas, porque soy la doncella de esta tierra de luz. Entonces, ¿por qué todo se siente tan extraño esta noche? Una sensación de temor, pero no hay enemigo a la vista, un tinte escarlata cubre el cielo sin nubes, el aire tiene un sabor a hierro y a óxido combinados. Nacida del aislamiento, esta maldita amenaza devoradora, ninguna falsa ilusión, esta amenaza siempre creciente, romperé la barrera y llenaré el aire de rojo, para finalmente enfrentar el cielo ensangrentado. Entonces vuelo, mis ojos ahora iluminados con un propósito en mente, un objetivo en la mira, para eliminar esta plaga y mantener el equilibrio correcto, cumpliré mi juramento, como doncella de rojo y blanco. Llegué a la temida finca escarlata donde enfrenté a un guardián con fuerza feroz, mis hechizos fueron suficientes para mantenerla a raya, uno debería aprender a nunca subestimar. El conocimiento prohibido deshará tu hilo mortal, esta biblioteca es donde encontrarás tu fin, permite que la niebla escarlata crezca y se extienda para que finalmente pueda enfrentar el cielo ensangrentado. Ante mis ojos estaba una dama de los cuchillos, cuyo poder reina sobre el flujo y reflujo del tiempo, a pesar de su poder, debo armarme de valor y luchar para eliminar el miedo y traer de vuelta la luz. Hazte conocer y prepárate para enfrentar tu fin, tus secuaces han huido, ahora serás condenada, es curioso cómo un humano ha llegado tan lejos, aunque prometo darte más que solo cicatrices. Somos aquellos a los que no debes subestimar, porque podría ser tu último error, muéstrame el poder de los humanos si tiene peso, el vencedor decidirá el destino final de esta tierra. AHORA DESAPARECE Entonces vuelo, mis ojos ahora iluminados con un propósito en mente, un objetivo en la mira, para eliminar esta plaga y mantener el equilibrio correcto, cumpliré mi juramento, como doncella de rojo y blanco. Mientras dirijo mis ojos hacia el cielo crepuscular, veo a un niño con alas que brillan intensamente, con un propósito en mente, un objetivo en la mira, cumpliré mi juramento, como doncella de rojo y blanco.

[@Sorain1]

Ah yes, Gensokyo. The place where among all the supernatural horrors the single most freighting thing in all of existence is a shrine maiden who's only 'power' is to 'fly away'. And all the horrifying power such a conceptual ability means when actually examined. Plus they have a fun method of non-lethal conflict resolution, which is cool beans.

[@DarkCT]

Strongstorm and Touhou. oh dear. you've now played for quite the realm.

[@tomleary508]

I think we should call it settled. No matter the setting or genera Stringstorm will bring the jams and hams.

[@crusaderthestranger5982]

A lot of people here seem to think this is StringStorm's first touhou related video, this is not the case, StringStorm has made a few touhou related videos in the past already, there's even one about the day of 9

[@crusaderthestranger5982]

@@silverbladeofnorth7345 I'd send the link but due to youtube's bot problem, you're just gonna have to look it up, one is called "go circle nine"

[@Cipher-no6my]

Remilia: show me the night of humans if it hold weight… why do I hear boss music? **Ludwig has been summoned**

[@gavriliosmith1499]

Reimu: Now be UNMAID! Sakuya: [visible confusion]

[@Ravared]

0:00 to 0:54 was "ok it's cool but not that much" 0:55 to 1:11 "wait what" brain start banging 1:11 to the end of the song "ok it's a listen on repeat banger" gg well donne it's a good surprise to me.

[@thedarkone2501]

I listen to touhou song around 10 years be now and must say this is fucking marvelous, i'm excited to see what touhou song will come next if you have planed any more and wich singer will be featured. I hoping for a certain someone hehe

[@trek2k409]

anyone got the sakuya pic high res at 2:06 shit looks so fire

[@thewhitelotus7667]

This is what i love about your Songs. Giving credit to the lore by entwining it in your lyrics on the appropriate tone of that story.

[@Okuu__Gaming_1]

I'll never forget patchouli having that extremely deep and scratchy voice, it's so funny to me for some reason.

[@Santisima_Trinidad]

Sooner or later I'll actually look into touhou. All i know about it currently is that it was popular enough in 2010 for SC2 to have a touhou style minigame and that there exists music for it, now including this excellent piece.

[@arslanxelan9606]

Just wow!!!! This was Awesome! Now I don't know what is my favorite string storm this or Faultless. Great Job!

[@zeehero7280]

Not a lot more grimdark than having to dodge a parts per million density of lethal projectiles of 999,999 to 1, where the 1 is the safe spot.

[@SephirothRyu]

There is room for more than just the usual two "white demons" right? That is, the prototype/experimental Gundam and a magical girl named Gundam. A shrine maiden can easily be another.

[@akirarorschach]

i love this song!!! the lyrics are powerful and the artwork is really pretty. bloody brilliant work.

[@akumaking1]

Hi Stringstorm. Have you considered composing music for Adeptus Ridiculous? Have you tried to reach out to them to guest star in an episode?

[@JV-iv9ml]

That would be an incredible collaboration

[@zeehero7280]

I really want to see a fan art of Flandre with the wings redesigned to not look like a bunch of christmas lights on a wire, and instead be more majestic rainbow energy wings.

[@peeaxe109]

i just came here for warhammer songs and i was pleasantly surprised there was a song of something i love even more than warhammer this song delivered my excitement (also i think a pcb song would be cool)

[@BlazeNextGen]

I am honestly very impressed, not many Touhou Songs are in english (unless you translate them well enough like Bad Apple and that´s likely the only one that I know that can be sung in english) I absolutely love the visuals more so the art style chosen for this video, great job :3

[@kinggoomba1142]

Phenomenal as usual, still trying to wrack my head around how you haven't gotten a bigger following with the music quality you pump out.

[@goodfarsight5212]

Okay, so great music and series aside, that ending is precious.

[@mechzilla569]

And the 5 games that preceded this were never heard from again

[@scotcheggable]

What games? Fighting both a powerful angel and an oni? A green ghost trying to steal your power? A weird scientist from the outside world? Yuuka's from the dream world? Alice using magical grimoires to help the goddess of hell? Did you hit your head and get all the other incidents mixed up or something?

[@mechzilla569]

@@scotcheggable nah I must have gotten it mixed with this book I read that had small smurf people fighting in service of a larger yellow smurf but eh it is what it is maybe they happened maybe they did not

[@donright4492]

As maiden of the night I sense within the light a disturbance within the lands of might for a child of the wings of the light will disappear within dread of might for I will search within the lands light for the maiden of red and white As long is there Light within the night I will stand with maiden of red and white we will bring all that is right into the lands of light For if I fall my shadow will be full of might to make the enemy flee from my wrathful sight for I stand with the maiden of red and white for together we show them our holy might For I am a maiden of the night you shall know I will make everything right for I am the eternal night

[@Fishnberg]

Now someone is going to make a touhou style arrangment of this lol(for sure) Indeed, the western Touhou community sure feels very different lol... Good stuff

[@corbeauwrite]

Holy shit, you are not joking around with the quality of this metal and great pictures. Godamn bravo!

[@Dorito_W]

Will this be on Spotify? Please

[@LanokirX]

This is so heavy, love it!

[@Soran396]

This is unbelievably good. Loving the speak and response style Stringstorm does.

[@BattleSpew]

How is it that two songs with the exact same title come out within a week of each other? I refer to Miracle of Sound's masterpiece, Scarlet Sky, a soulful (pun intended) song about Radahn and his little horse Leonard, from Elden Ring.

[@touhoudelivery3831]

Welcome to Gensokyo, I hope you will survive through everything you will encounter in this wonderland of dreams!! Touhou and metal never disappoints! I wonder if you will like to do one for the Goddess of Hell (I hope anyone will understand this pandemonic reference)

[@SephirothRyu]

All to often, the White Demon is not a demon. Sometimes they are a Gundam. Sometimes a magic girl. Sometimes, they are... A shrine maiden.

[@tk_the_onion]

I'd love to see more touhou covers come out of this; the choice in pacing, choir feeling, the bells and whatnot combined arent very common in touhou rock/metal; regardless, good original! Some of the choices reminded me of the epicness of songs like "It Has to be This Way"

[@anlize3422]

Now that was a pleasant surprise. Hope you can stay on the touhou trip and make a few more of these.

[@MrOtakulord]

I see now the "Devil voice" of Remilia finally revealed! Great songs and great vibes....only sad for little Flan FLan exposition at the end!

[@ExoticBankai]

Catchy song, nice singing !

[@PatienceKiss]

Having cleared hard 1ccs to stringstorm playlists many times, this is greatly appreciated

[@magos_gladii3775]

Again I’ll say good song and again I’ll say I’d like to see a song from the perspective of a dreadnought much like the glorious tomb book

[@Ashley-the-fox]

Just as planned

[@typehere6689]

AND THE DREADNOUGHTS DREAD NOTHING AT-oh wait.

[@erdervv]

Great song, this one has to be one the best ones yet, amazing job to you all.

[@kingrileyart6227]

yo there a instrumental for it???

[@gunmunz]

Never thought Stringstorm would do song based on touhou and now I need more!

[@YuGiOhAbridgeFAN]

The Emperor of mankind lost because he could not beat touhou on easy.

[@MaitreKorda]

Rumia wasnt even mentionned.

[@okima1911]

This is SO cool! I like the lyrics, i like the voice and the video! Metal parts are good too! As a maiden of Glass and Vine i reccomend this masterpiece as COOL thing!

[@simpsitandmore2908]

I have never seen anything like this before in touhou content before, this was AMAZING! Good work.

[@kingghidorah102]

Oh, touhou fan song? I know nothing about touhou anyway, let's give it a try 0:50 - 1:28 *falls of chair

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

I've never played a touhou game, Know little to nothign about it- yet I've probably spent double digits worth of hours listening to their fantastic music- This will be yet another in a long line of bangers from this series. Also I heard that its actually based on a real life religion/mythology from Korea/Japan is that true?

[@Alpha-qz2kc]

Yes, mostly While there are references to pretty much all the main religions on Japan and some from China and general Asia the series core is the conflicts between Youkai and humans, Youkai themselves being usually the focus. The concept of the Youkai is a elusive one, first of yes it's an actual thing in real life Japanese mythos, the closest approximation western culture has is the folkloric Fae. Essentially they are unexplained phenomena, such as why there is dust in places that are not cleared regularly, why does the roof makes weird sounds or why did someone died suddenly.

[@WelcomeToDERPLAND]

@@Alpha-qz2kc Thanks for the explanation mate, I had heard of Youkai before, but I had always associated them with basically the eastern equivalent of demon- much like the other term 'Oni' but from what you say they seem to be more analogous to a broader spectrum of various mythical and mystical creatures, and from the quick search I did, Oni seem to be just a demonic sub-branch of Youkai.

[@Alpha-qz2kc]

@@WelcomeToDERPLAND The Youkai in general are a very complex matter, they don't really have true analogues in western mythos. While the Oni may seem demon like and some are related to the Japanese equivalent equivalent of hell, they are not really demons, whole they are brutal, vicious, agresive and known to eat humans they are however also very honorable and completely unable to lie and some even serve the kami or serve as kami, kami being similar but not the same as a god Youkai are an odd concept of something to be feared but also venerated in some cases, a more clear case may be the mizuchi or water dragon, they are the envoiment of a river or similar body of water, because of that they are often venerated as Kami that brings prosperity and are praid to in order to obtain it's favor, but on that very same river it may also be feared as a destructive entity that must be appeased as a form of Youkai This duality is natural in Japanese theology, which is also present in the youkai, something can be inherently Evil and inherently good simultaniously Because of that the concept of Youkai and Kami is rather foreign to a western mindset, it may seem easy to tag the concept of demons to some youkai but the reality is often more complex than that.

[@Kielyk]

1:29 electricity

[@stringstorm]

Kappas ;)

[@eggwah]

i can't get enough of this this song is addictive for real

[@superbocky9891]

Holy shit that was great and epic! Liked and subscribed!

[@c42viper31]

There is no mention of the strongest touhou character in this song 0/nine ball

[@c42viper31]

But actually great freaking song

[@Albulandii]

Remilia and gang after getting beaten by Reimu: "we were bad but now we're good"

[@FireWolf42]

Lol i just heard miracle of sounds Scarlet sky and i look down and see another Scarlet sky xd btw good job both are good mayby every song named like that is awesome

[@billtrent6520]

Wait is just me or did they skip over the encounter over the Misty Lake with the storngest of the fairy. Was not sure if anyone made the joke yet.

[@imperiumCirca41]

You make me wanna learn more about this mysterious Universe

[@RainbowDevourer]

It can be kinda hard to begin due to the amount of content. You can start with the games or the official mangas, but I suggest browsing a bit on the wikis first to understand the timeline and the character-relations. - Touhou is a highly character-focused setting, where the actions they do in one game often transfers over to the next and interacts dynamically. - You can also think of a set of characters belonging to one or more "Factions", which can aid how quickly you get a general overview of the plot (the opponents in this music-video belongs to the Scarlet Devil Mansion-faction, the next game's character features the denizens of the Underworld and so on)

[@eggwah]

when the Touhou land's sky was painted red by a little vampire that smokes red ciggy i don't know i'm not so sure but this song slaps so hard can't wait for your new content (and of course, touhou too o_o )

[@AvatarOfMountainsAndLakes]

Surprising to see a Touhou song. Really good song, loved how it was a musical telling of the story of EOSD. Really love Touhou as a series with all the lore, great characters, and writing.

[@Cube210]

2:02 Nice reference.

[@e21big]

Didn't expect Touhou but hey I'll take it! Honestly, I think it doesn't 'Touhou' enough at first glance (not because of metal, there's plenty of great Touhou metals) but I can see a little of bit of them more when listen closely. It sound really nice and StringStormy though, but for a Touhou song I really would love a Japanese lyric (but that's probably not the easiet thing to implement)

[@bookmoth-d1q]

Very nice!

[@zamestitel35]

Seeing thumbnail at first made me question my sanity. Unexpected but very welcome surprise!