The Planet Broke Before the Guard Did - A March song about the Courage of Cadia

[@rolelifeproject]

If anyone is interested, I've created a Discord server and for now i have no idea how to use it (it's still very basic, and I'll work on improving it in the coming days). The link for the server is in the channel description. Happy listening.

[@anaka2k114]

THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID, CADIA STANDS!

[@rolelifeproject]

Surely it did!

[@redstarlegion7009]

Praise be He who sits upon Holy Terra, we fight on!

[@black1917]

Ave Emperator Dominus!

[@redgaming8693]

The planet broke before the guard did is still such a hard line

[@alexanderstumm3972]

Soldiers of Cadia, raise your banners and let all know: Cadia stands.

[@rolelifeproject]

Always and forever! When the Emperor returns, the Cadians will stand by his side still!

[@akramgimmini8165]

For that weak sack of flesh that you so gleefully mock is no super soldier, no immortal warrior, no creature cursed by chaos like you. He is a man, an imperial guardsmen drawn from some forgotten corner of the Imperium to fight for his species and for the safety of the people he loves. He is a factory worker, a farmer, a storekeeper, a father, a brother, a son, a mere man. And against creatures like you, teeming and numberless, powered by the very will of thirsting gods......... He holds the line. He has held the line for ten thousand Years. CADIA STANDS! FOR THE 8TH AND THE EMPEROR, FORWARD!

[@rolelifeproject]

Ahhhh, sweet frail Humans in a galaxy of horrors. Capable of the most evil and cowardly deeds, yet also able to perform the most epic and courageous acts. The true power of Humanity lies in its ability to embrace the full spectrum of what is, what can be, and even what seems almost impossible.

[@Kalanxian]

Cadia cannot fall as long as its name is remembered

[@rolelifeproject]

And even then, the enemy cannot be sure they are really gone

[@disgustingweeb]

The Rift tore the entire Milky way in half. The correct statement is "The entire galaxy broke before the Guard".

[@rolelifeproject]

You are in the right. Last time such thing happened an entire race got their souls sucked in, the chaos gods didn't even try with the cadians.

[@dariomeininger4541]

i think the four Chaos Gods were like thanks but no thanks they're to much

[@specter3983]

It is said that if humanity can not bring Chaos to heel they will bring it down alongside if they fall

[@rolelifeproject]

Let's remember this: Chaos is us, the whole galaxy. The emotions, the dreams, the fears and the sins. So, for what i can think: they are depending on us. They might be powerfull, but they need us more than us needing them. We can fix them.... At least we can try.

[@Venuss374]

FOR THE EMPEROR !!!!!!!!

[@rolelifeproject]

For Holy Terra!

[@Flannel-Channel8837]

I feel like if there was a movie about the fall of cadia and it ended with a graphic scene of cadia being torn apart and the galaxy ripped asunder to invoke shock intot he audience This song would be the intro to the second movie showing cadian fleets and shock troops hunting down traitor forces.

[@rolelifeproject]

It would be an amazing movie and a tremendous honor! I can picture it clearly: heretics invading an agri-world to capture slaves, pillaging and wreaking havoc. Then, the earth begins to shake. Birds take flight. A Chaos Marine looks around in confusion-before his head is blown apart. The camera pans to reveal a Baneblade, proudly bearing the name "Emperor's Peace," rolling out, followed by Leman Russ tanks and screaming conscripts... Even on Krieg, this movie would be an instant classic.

[@dariomeininger4541]

Or we see the fortress fall and shatter the planet, we see the Cadians keep fighting while Shuttles fly to their ships to evacuate important personal and in the Voice of a Chapter Master of the Astartes (maybe Dante or Calgar) or some Lord General. maybe a Hero like Ciaphas Cain or an Inquisitor, we hear a speech of them praising the Courage of the Cadians. and in an after Credit Scene we see on a World as a Cadian regimental Flag is raised and a regiment prepares to move out to hunt the Black Legion

[@tristanband4003]

I suspect this would be a marching song sung when morale is flagging or when marching home from a victory. Imagine that band of brothers and sisters, the last children of Cadia, full of pride with every verse restoring flagging resolve. Their ogryn, who don't understand or remember the words, nevertheless humming perfectly in tune. Their voices providing the bass that is heard and felt by the entire regiment. Even as Abaddon destroyed their home, they stand tall and proud. For, in a sense, as long as they all draw breath? Cadia stands.

[@rolelifeproject]

Litteral chills. Good one!

[@tristanband4003]

@rolelifeproject Cadia is a people, not a place. So long as a single Cadian remains alive, Cadia stands.

[@camohawk6703]

Especially if they are marching to certain doom where they know they will all die. But knowing in their hearts that if they just stand their ground a little bit more than more people are saved and more enemies of mankind are killed.

[@404.DKOK.34]

broken before the planet guardians I invite you to a moment of silence on the 1st of July for Cadia, who sacrificed herself for humanity.

[@LionElJonson-i6n]

The God Emperor blesses the brave guardsmen who give their lives over the entire empire and the empire blesses you, my son, for making such good music that reflects this perfectly!

[@rolelifeproject]

You honor me again Lion. I'm more than glad that you find this song good and fitting with the theme. I hope that the Emperor keep helping me in winning my battle against chaos (or Ai unpredictibility).

[@ponticgreekmapper1335]

I wish this could just exist in Instagram music to put this in my notes without giving any context to non-warhammer fans

[@bits7395]

Another banger! Your marches are the best! FOR CADIA!

[@rolelifeproject]

Thx! Glad i was able to get this one too.

[@BernddasBrotB7]

As long as Failbaddon the Harmless draws breath, Cadia will never fall!

[@rolelifeproject]

They have to reject him for at least other 13 times more

[@dariomeininger4541]

I mean he needed a Blackstone Fortress to crush their world and they now volunteer against the Black Legion... What besides the complete extinction of all Cadian Bloodlines could break their Spirit and even then are we sure they wouldn't evolve in something like the Legion of the damned just to spite him??

[@rolelifeproject]

@@dariomeininger4541 THAT! That would be so great! But i think even now, their own existence after the breaking is already a great way to spite him.

[@Wanderingsage7]

"The planet broke before the guard did" is fire 🔥.

[@chalzen1012]

As long as a single guardsman of Cadia lives then, Cadia Stands!

[@rolelifeproject]

For sure my friend. For sure.

[@Seth_A_I]

Cadia Stands!!!

[@rolelifeproject]

Cadia Stands! All Imperium is Cadia now!

[@Beeg-Baller]

This is absolutely peak once again

[@rolelifeproject]

very kind of you writing that! I hope that i would be able to get it again soon with the other one i am finishing.

[@Melli_vora_Capensis]

Cadia isn't a planet anymore cadia is the guard itself as long as the gaurd stands cadia stands every laz round every bayonet every individual soldier commissar vehicle cadia eternal

[@rolelifeproject]

As i said in another comment: Abaddon did a huge favour in giving them the occasion to become THE most glorious and motivational soldiers of the Imperium. As you perfectly said: they are the Imperial Guard now.

[@caesarczech7920]

the whole Thirteen times to blackened Gaze verse give me chills.

[@rolelifeproject]

Maybe it’s an overly used metaphor, but I really liked it when I wrote it down: it makes clear what it was like for the Chaos forces to find Cadia resisting over and over. You cannot stop the ocean (especially the Chaos one), but I’m sure that on that day, Khorne was really happy (and not because of Abaddon’s deeds).

[@caesarczech7920]

@@rolelifeproject i mean Khorne is the type to nod his head at that point and go, Okay you Sons of Bitches the corpse can be proud of having you fight under his banner, good job. at that point there had to be grudging respect for the sheer refusal to die.

[@DavidSmith-rb8fp]

Love all the references to The Fall of Cadia in this. What a book, what a song!

[@rolelifeproject]

Thx ! I did my research with the tools i have (wiki, lexicanum and videos of lore) and i found some things that were cool (i say some because evrything was cool but i needed to make a selection).

[@derrickbrookens-hillebeand9589]

Soldiers of cadia stand tall because the emperor is with you

[@rolelifeproject]

"And we are here for the Emperor!"

[@alexanderstumm3972]

As a huge fan of the Ultramarines, I would like a song about the end of the first company during the first Tyranid war.

[@rolelifeproject]

Keep it in mind and write it in the next post of "The Imperium Request." I'll also start looking into it (I sort of "promised" a song for them some time ago, and I need to follow through soon or later).

[@CannonmangamingYT]

I feel like the Cadians and the Clone troopers from star wars would have a lot in common. Cadia stands.

[@rolelifeproject]

Yeah... but no Order 66 could ever work on them, that's for sure.

[@ImperialistFan]

OH HELL YEAH! God dang so catchy I gave this song high marks 🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️ Stand unflinching, sons and daughters of Cadia !

[@rolelifeproject]

I proudly accept those marks as great honor. Thx for having a listen!

[@phantomreaper2057]

Can you imagine if the actual planet did break before its guards irl it would be insane yet at the same time amazing to see

[@rolelifeproject]

I really liked Space Marine 2 because they managed to recreate the feeling of the Fall of Cadia (on a smaller scale), and I got chills seeing them do exactly that: resisting and doing their duty as guardsman of the Emperor, the Imperium and Mankind.

[@phantomreaper2057]

@ true and recreating how something makes you feel is way easier said than it is to do but they did well

[@rolelifeproject]

@@phantomreaper2057I wasn’t expecting much, but they managed to do something quite difficult (especially lately): staying true to the source material and its themes. It’s a great representation of 40k, and I couldn’t ask for more (though maybe a little bit of RPG elements in the campaign would have been nice, but I liked it nonetheless).

[@jacobgilbreath6704]

It did actually break before the guard did, accounts say that even as the planet cracked and burned around them, the Cadian's never lowered their weapons and kept fighting, some accounts even say that on floating pieces of the planet, one could still see the defiant flashes of lasgun fire.

[@SinisterMr]

dude i'm getting viking vibes form this, this seems like a song a bunch of drunk guardman would start singing at the regiments boozer

[@rolelifeproject]

You know what? I can see that too now after your comment: even when they are drunk, the Cadians are thinking about duty and revenge.

[@floriantieger491]

Is it just me or is anyone else getting Sabaton Flash backs?

[@rolelifeproject]

Do you think so?.....mmmm, i should try to get one as those songs....

[@floriantieger491]

​​@@rolelifeprojectThe sound reminds me of "masters of the world" but the lyrics of "lost battalion". I realy like most of your Songs keep going

[@rolelifeproject]

@floriantieger491 thx! I will do it until i can (and even more as the cadians)

[@CHRF-55457]

Nope

[@ottolaraia4848]

I just found this channel all of these songs are AMAZING!!! could you do a song about the Elysian drop troops

[@rolelifeproject]

I'm always happy that someone finds this channel good enought to get some excitement for the themes. Welcome and stay as long as you want Every once in a while, I make a post called "The Imperium Request." You can write your suggestion there and see how it goes. Even if it’s not chosen, I might come back to the post later and see what others have written. I use these posts as a well-organized way to gather all suggestions and work on them when I have the time, credits, and most importantly, the inspiration to get them done.

[@camohawk6703]

CADIA STANDS!!!!

[@rolelifeproject]

Always and forever!

[@patrickmagnant5250]

Adding this to the training playlist ⚔️🔥⚔️🔥⚔️🔥

[@rolelifeproject]

The barbell broke, before this guardsman did!

[@brutheius1054]

I LOVE kriegsmen. But something about Cadians just hits differnt. Each soldier fights with the highest skill and the ferocity of a kriegmen. Always tide for my favorite guardsman. The planet broke before the guard! Cadia Stands!

[@nkk2605]

This song is just great i am currently listening to the fall of Cadia and this song fits so perfectly

[@rolelifeproject]

It always brings me immense joy to read this kind of comment: knowing that I nailed it and got a song that evokes emotions or feels fitting for the chosen theme (whether for reading or gaming) makes me incredibly happy. Thank you for writing it!

[@Viper97Gaming]

The Emperor is my guiding light! Vengeance for Cadia!

[@rolelifeproject]

For the next 40k years to come if is necessary!

[@ElComisario117]

For Cadian! 🔥

[@rolelifeproject]

Always and forever!

[@redstarlegion7009]

The guard never breaks.

[@rolelifeproject]

But planets do apparently :D

[@theDemonicJester630]

goodjob another good song

[@rolelifeproject]

Thank you! Glad you are still around

[@fyrfly8768]

Raise the banner of the 8th. For the Lord Castellan Creed! Cadia Stands!

[@rolelifeproject]

It sure is soldier. Always and forever

[@UltraRaditzStane]

We Standing strong against Abbadon with this one🗣️🔊🔊🔊🔥🔥🔥❗❗❗

[@Vasilefs_Terranorum]

I think this one most genuinely feels like a marching song, the chanting, music, and tempo are just right (not from a theory standpoint mind, I know zilch theory). I had tried for a long time a few months back to create a style like this on Suno but eventually gave up.

[@rolelifeproject]

I'm really glad you think that way about this one. It's really tricky to manage doing this genre, sadly: every time feels like a real gamble and a trial of stubbornness. But luckly I am very stubborn.

[@niekvanderhorst6065]

Next one pls❤

[@rolelifeproject]

Soon you will be served

[@kraevorn7483]

I feel like if they made an alliance with the T’au surviving the galaxy would be a bit easier

[@rolelifeproject]

THAT'S HERESY!!! ....but quite interesting

[@kraevorn7483]

@@rolelifeproject I’ll admit I’m new to all this but not with humanity would have one less enemy to deal with and a greater sense of security, even though that this alliance would be rather fragile

[@CHRF-55457]

❤️

[@rolelifeproject]

@@CHRF-55457

[@HoldtheED]

W song

[@rolelifeproject]

Thx!

[@NicholasBlackstone]

In what world is hitting someone in the back of the head when their back is turned"fair combat" none that I can think of... neither is attacking someone in their sleep.

[@shockwave6213]

You got anything cooking for the Indomitus Crusade or Admiral Spire?

[@rolelifeproject]

Not right now: i want to finish one that is almost done for next week and then completing one at least for the 10th of december... But soon i will make another "Them Imperium Request" post. I just need to get done some other songs (at least the lyrics) before that

[@daxtheslayerofxenos6028]

@@rolelifeproject i know what im requesting.. a song about the Executioners in the Badab War

[@นัฐชัยแก้วสมทรัพย์]

✊🙂

[@rolelifeproject]

[@Rybo-Senpai]

honestly, i think dropping did works better. the planet broke before the guard. kinda rings better than the planet broke before the guard did. just my personal opinion

[@rolelifeproject]

It definitely seems like a worthwhile change. Personally, I really like this version because it makes the epic nature of the deed even more evident using "Did". I mean, a planet cracking before the humans defending it are defeated? That’s quite something! Abaddon outdid himself this time, giving the Cadians the most epic line and event that not even the Chaos Gods can take away from them.

[@Type_0_Fighter_Model_52]

I love the song. Will listen while reading about the lore. 30 listens in a week and still on playlist. Now, I respectfully have some constructive criticism. The bridge three times at almost regular intervals, at such short distances is not good. It became jarring after the 10th listen. Proposition- replace second bridge with instrumental. Maybe dramatic violin and some heavy battle percussion. Last bridge needs some instrumental buildup. Also got to have a more powerful instrumental than the other bridge (2nd one replaced with instrumental). Same creeping drama violin and heavy military metallic drum percussion, but rare enough, not too noisy. Try referencing these kinds of drums from Halo Reach- Simple Things or Girls' Frontline- Dual Randomness, but remade in the Warhammer40k beat and note. The song can still have three bridges, but before the last one, an instrumental section has to play, to separate it from the rest of the non- bridge vocals. Again, it still has to have more powerful instrumental. Sorry if explanation seems erroneous. Don't know the exact musical vocabulary.

[@rolelifeproject]

Those are really good tips. I'm always happy to recive something that can help me get better in this. I will do my best to implement your suggestions and i hope the ai will listen to me too when i will make them. Thx again!

[@patrickmagnant5250]

Is their a way to use this song on a IG story y ????

[@corrosgamingyt9673]

What were the themes you used in Suno to get this type of music?

[@rolelifeproject]

I will answer you by using as reference another answer i made for this kind of question: Creating this type of music isn’t as straightforward as finding a good prompt that works perfectly every time and get's the vibes i want. It’s a process that involves experimentation, adaptability, and a lot of trial and error. To get started with marching songs, I use basic prompts like "Military Chant", "Proud Soldiers Anthem", "Army March" or similar combinations to establish a foundation. From there, I refine using features like the "extension" function (adding mood, rhythm, or specific instruments in the new prompts) and also cover function for variety (and to "blend" the song variations in a more coesive way). But even with these tools, results often need tweaking: maybe there are unclear words, unexpected genre shifts, or unwanted sections and so on. Also, post-production is essential: I use tools like Audacity to cut, blend, and equalize parts from multiple outputs, sometimes pulling sections from other attempts with matching rhythms. If I’m not satisfied, I’ll start over, building on what worked previously (maybe with a more complex genere prompt that it seemed to work). probably is not the most efficient way, but for now is how i do. So, it’s not just about a single good prompt, rather it’s about persistence, creativity, and a bit of luck. AI can be unpredictable; sometimes you get what you want quickly, and other times it takes dozens (or hundreds!) of tries. Hope this helps! TL;DR For start try use things like: "Military Chant", "Proud Soldiers Anthem", "Army March" or similar combinations. Then prepare yourself to listen, evaluate, change and try again ( fingers crossed maybe work too :D )

[@corrosgamingyt9673]

@@rolelifeproject thank you so much, ive been trying to write theme songs for a dnd campaign and this will be a great starting point for me to refer back to in order to help. You're a life saver!

[@rolelifeproject]

@@corrosgamingyt9673 Glad it helped! I hope you can get what you're looking for and give your players the greatest chills through immersion and emotion.

[@nachobiosca4031]

From where is the image? I want to use it as wallpaper

[@rolelifeproject]

I used midjourney to make it and then fine-tuned with Photofiltre. if you want i share the images on my discord server.

[@rivver56]

Love the song, a lot, but what a terrible, jarring end. You oughta let the instruments die down at least more than that.

[@rolelifeproject]

Thx! You’re right, but I tried so many times to get a good fade-out or song extension (and also changes) for this one that I had to stop, or I would have used up all my credits just on this track. Ending it this way was the only option left without ruining it too much, and I liked it too much to simply set it aside and wait. I hope the next one I’m working on will turn out better, but I’ve got an idea on how to stop it good this time i think. Maybe you’ll tell me if it’s a good approach when it’s ready. Thx for having a listen

[@rivver56]

I see, I understand. Still, I hope you can figure it out. You're right that this one was too good to pass up.

[@rolelifeproject]

@rivver56 i'm pretty sure you won't be disappointed with the ending of next one

[@rolelifeproject]

@@ForTheWarmasterHorus For the moment, I’m fine with it this way