Ashes and Retribution (Adam Taurus vs Talulah) [RWBY vs Arknights]

Track art by @iuminous_shadow on X
Mix/Master by Anthony DiGiacomo
Visualizer by ‪@lnfotron‬
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[@l30ng62]

I am genuinely amazed that we keep finding new Adam matchups that are anything but Jetstream Sam. You wont see me complaining though they are all bangers.

[@boxytheboxmaster1128]

Glad to see so much peeps respect Adam more than CRWBY tbh

[@NyanMeowser98]

Hello hello It's me (You may remember me from my 3 previous Therewolf Commissions) And I'm very happy to have my first Brandon Yates commission out And it just so happens to be the first Arknights related commission since April 2022, Many thanks to both Brandon and Anthony for the amazing work on the Music as well as iuminous_shadow for the based Track Art (Which NGL I was 100% expecting that the original name was going to be different) I went for Ashes And Retribution for the name because the Retribution is both a reference to their goals and a lyric in Lionize aka Adam's song while the Ashes is a reference to Tallulah's Pyro Arts and that Both seek to Burn the ideals of the world to Ash. Anyway hope y'all enjoy this Epic sounding track as much as I do, oh and I'd eventually be back for my second Brandon commission and it will be Glorious and Trainful lol. Also I always picture this as Them and their respective organizations fighting each other so Adam and The White Fang against Talulah And Reunion Connections/Theme: (Two Sword wielding Animal Esque leaders of Terror organizations that seek Justice and Retribution against those that have wronged them and to take back what once belonged to their people, Both also have fought one against two fights, Adam fought Yang and Blake while Talulah fought Amyia and Chen, Eventually their respective fights end very very differently since Adam got overwhelmed and was ultimately killed while Talulah managed to push Amyia and Chen to their limits before being defeated and placed under arrest. Both of their fates were different Since Adam died a villain while Talulah was redeemed and eventually became a hero)

[@Aura404Speed]

I was just talking to someone earlier about my Kuroko vs Hoshiguma commission and then Brandon uploads this one and it really had me thinking of how perfect the timing was. Hope you have a great day, brother

[@youngs.9878]

Hello thanks for your commission! I only started playing Arknights some months ago but I can see the similarities between these two. Talking about Arknights, I have been thinking of commissioning W (Arknights) vs Jinx (Arcane) because I see a lot of similarities between them too ^^, but I don't know how making a commission to Brandon works since I'm from Latin America so I dont use dollars

[@creaturetransylvania8943]

I just finished Frostnova story part, didn't expect Taulah is gonna get redeemed.

[@HyperSsonic]

​@@youngs.9878 Funny, I made Wis'adel (W's new name) VS Jinx a good while back as a match-up. Although I don't know how to help you with the commissioning stuff (all I can say is that I hope you have at least 350 dollars to get the base traco if you somehow find a way to do it), I was already planning on doing my own commission to Yates involving Wis'adel, but against Neopolitan (RWBY), which is another MU I made.

[@ajanis95]

​@@creaturetransylvania8943to put it simply: it's complicated. And to think Arc 1 is only the BEGINNING of the complicated mess that is Terra.

[@HyperSsonic]

As one of the fewer number of the DB community's Arknights fans, I see this as an absolute win!

[@Izanagi009]

same, fun to see AK get some rep, that world is quite intersting. That said, pretty sure Arknights on average stomps RWBY. even Maidens would have a hard time against some of the heavy hitters let alone a Sui Fragment or a powered up Amiya

[@NyanMeowser98]

@@HyperSsonic ye Hopefully this pays the way forward for Even more Arknights commissions in the future

[@starmaneli7711]

Okay the track art and the visualizer looks so freaking badass. I don't think i wanna know how many hours this took to make the visualizer, cause never have I seen it done in this style before. As for the track, it's been a hot minute since we got an Arknights track, and it freaking rocks hard!! Banger job as per usual to the team

[@lnfotron]

I think it took me about 3 to 5 hours to make it

[@moonknight96]

Cut’em down to size Talulah!

[@NyanMeowser98]

@@moonknight96 TBF Talulah would probably not bother cutting him, She'd most likely would just burn him alive with her Arts not before She Shatters his ego and pride

[@please_be_an_operator_soon]

​@@NyanMeowser98and worse, she might go full Kaschey laughing.

[@matthewbaddams2302]

A new visualizer format, I like it. For someone the RWBY writers saw as "the worst" Adam sure gets a lot of tracks.

[@ht82smash42]

They probably just wanna see him get his ass kicked again

[@matthewbaddams2302]

@@ht82smash42 I would say poor Adam but I don't exactly have much pity for him considering how crazy and bloodthirsty the guy is.

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

@@ht82smash42 Just like Homelander

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

@@matthewbaddams2302 I kinda wanna see him get his ass beat by Yajirobe

[@esteban8471]

Holy shit, Adam just keeps getting tracks. It's crazy. Although my favorite matchup for him is Tenjian from Azure Striker Gunvolt.

[@malik_splandhis4girls384]

Damn this is new. Also Adam is getting a lot of tracks more than Team RWBY Themselves

[@jarelldavis31]

For someone that's universally hated in his universe, why do most Adam matchups have killer bangers? Imagine Jaune vs Sokka, for comedy alone. Someone plz help me come up with RWBY vs matchups.

[@robertcurley8406]

@@jarelldavis31the only ones I care for are… *Sunny Dragon* (Sun Wukong VS Kim Wu) [RWBY VS Killer Instinct] *Tail Ended Journey* (Sun Wukong VS Mashirao Ojiro) [RWBY VS My Hero Academia] *Unlucky Charms* (Qrow Branwen VS Domino) [RWBY VS Marvel]

[@tristanthewalrus7496]

​@jarelldavis31 I'd be down for Jaune vs Tucker from Red vs Blue Nora vs Reinhardt from Overwatch Yang vs Vi from League of Legends and Team RWBY vs The TMNT

[@captainsmuggo2364]

I thought of team rwby vs the primus crew from cod zombies just because I feel like tracks from rwby and zombies would flow so well together. Also the title Semblance of CXV(115) goes ridiculously hard

[@necryo_0]

Well this is a new video format, i like it Banger track as always

[@corrinfevincenohr]

We of the Many, the hivemind has been alerted once again. Heed thyne calling… Never expected to see AK being covered on this channel lets goooo

[@ht82smash42]

You know it's really funny these 2 series came together like this. Jeff and Casey Lee Williams worked on a song for Arknights

[@HelenaSan425]

Jump force Bakugo vs Archie Knuckles (Track name: Explosive Chaos)

[@calebkelley9381]

Let There Be Khaos (Dark Carnage VS Titan Havik) [Marvel VS Mortal Kombat]

[@agustinval1508]

Another adam taurus matchup? Not that i mind but its odd that him of all characters would be so heavily requested

[@robertcurley8406]

How many more Commission Tracks is Adam Taurus going to get? *Brandon Yates* Blue Moon Hatred for Humanity Fangs of Cerberus Ashes and Retribution *Therewolf Media* Chorus of Shadows Ravaged Remnants I thought everyone hated hi- oh… wait a minute… I get it now

[@ht82smash42]

Yup. You got it 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thesaviourfromheavensunwuk9639]

HELL YEAH!?! this is fire

[@thedino27fr]

Can't even remember the last time Arknights got featured. Also, how many does that make for Adam ? Because I'm pretty sure he's got quite a few tracks to his record now. Also² that's a cool visualizer even if I don't pay too much mind to those usually. As always with RWBY tracks I'll admit I was a bit apprehensive because a lot of them are starting to feel redundant to me given they tend to have very similar themings and melodies. However after listening to this one I'm quite happy it follows more so inline with Fangs of Cerberus than it does with "average" RWBY tracks. It's catchy with simple but notable melodies and those are also backed with a lot of power and variation that combine to allow the track to be enjoyable and not to feel stale despite its lack of a "true" leitmotif. I'll admit that I wish it hinted more so into that raw power and grand scale at points, notably towards the ending starting at 2:57 where it really feels like it wants to go all out but doesn't for some reason, but despite this it's still got everything that makes a really cool track and I appreciate that for sure. I will also note that I quite like how, similar to its "predecessor", this one doesn't quite feel antagonist to its core. It's something I mention with a lot of tracks but this one certainly has it done notably: sure it's agressive and violent but it doesn't sound evil or something like that. Even has moments that feel quite sad if not borderline upbeat (1:36-2:06) which reinforces that feeling of variation throughout the track that helps it not sound redundant with itself and just generally helps give it more personality. Now of course I still have no idea if it actually fits given I still haven't seen and probably won't ever see RWBY and Arknights is, as far as I understand it, a Gacha game which means it can burn in my opinion (altho you're free to like it of course, especially since from what I've heard its OST is quite nice) but either way that won't stop me from thinking this song is really nice. Overall this track is a small and appreciable surprise. It's not groundbreaking but it certainly feels nice to have one more song that stands out for RWBY and just in general to have one more nice song as a whole. As said above I have no idea if it fits the characters but I do know that what it has makes it appreciable to the ear via it standing out, having a personality and even if it's not perfect on that side, a very powerful presence to itself and that's all I need to know that I like the song. Amazing job with this as always.

[@Bubonic32]

This is cool

[@creaturetransylvania8943]

Good sound.

[@reubenblackgrave4122]

Peak music.

[@Everyone4Everything]

Hummm Brandon drops a Arkights track, let's check it o... >Arkights ad drop before Guys do yall believe in Gravity?

[@please_be_an_operator_soon]

Thanks to Sir Isaac Newton, yes, we do.

[@xtraveller8596]

How many commissioned MUs does Adam have now?

[@javondozier7904]

Turn For The Worser (Keyaru vs Yoshida Saki) [ Redo Healer vs Metamorphosis]

[@matthewmccoyd2578]

Jenny Wakeman vs Uzi Doorman Teen Bots

[@crimsonzone8984]

Could you do Infinite vs the unknown god next?

[@lukaberdun321]

WHO WIN

[@tyreesecanada5209]

Hey....I'm here lol

[@enzohugociallella7518]

What does the title mean?

[@youngs.9878]

The Ashes make reference to Taluhahs flame powers, the Retribution is a reference to the fact both characters believe that humanity has to pay for what was done to their kin.

[@NyanMeowser98]

@@youngs.9878 And Retribution is also a reference to a lyric in Lionize aka Adam's Song which was used as Adam's reference Track

[@enzohugociallella7518]

Thanks you two

[@deadratt9473]

Ashes could also refer to the Infected in Arknights. When those infected with Orithipathy (the infected) die by it, they sort of wither away into Ash-like particles.

[@Tommysans]

(Blue Archive)Takanashi Hoshino vs sans the skeleton(Undertale)

[@Tommysans]

Can I make this show , which I personally think is better than VS Judges , with better music ?

[@tristanwaits5688]

Who wins here?

[@youngs.9878]

I only started playing Arknights recently and I only saw two Taluhah scenes until now, but I'll kick the bucket and guess that she's the one winning this battle. -Her group, the Reunion Movement, is larger, more dangerous and way more powerful than Adam's White Fang. -Like most Arknights characters, Taluhah is infected and her body is constantly in pain thanks to Oripathy, so she might have a better pain tolerance than Adams. In addition, her Oripathy gives her flame manipulation powers. -Adams semblance can dish out energy he absorbs through his sword but I doubt that would be much of a use since Arknights already starts with the player confronting Taluhah as she's completely destroying a whole city with her group. Then the city is hit by a Catastrophe (, and while the heroes escape so they won't be killed by it, it is implied that Taluhah stayed in the city and watched it's destruction, implying that she can survive a natural disaster. -She has a Berserk mode during her boss fight, in which she gets faster and stronger when she's with low health.

[@NyanMeowser98]

@@youngs.9878Yeah Adam is getting burned Both figuratively and literally

[@please_be_an_operator_soon]

​​​@@youngs.9878and it doesn't really help him that, in RWBY's term, he's basically up against a Fire Maiden but worse. (And by worse, I mean he had to deal with worse than just a Fire Maiden on crack).

[@joaquincarloshernandez9651]

AMV Plan Satsuki Kiryuin & Hero Killer: Stain - Ashes & Retribution (Brandon Yates) (Full Version) Tagline: "Another Kill la Kill & My Hero Academia Rep With Satsuki Kiryuin, But This Time, Fight Hero Killer: Stain As A Battle Of Both Rivals Of Ryūko Matoi & Tenya Iida With Adam Taurus VS Talulah's Commission Track." Satsuki Kiryuin VS Hero Killer: Stain (Kill la Kill VS My Hero Academia) | Ashes & Retribution AMV Cast Satsuki Kiryuin: Carrie Keranen/Ryōka Yūzūki Chizome Akaguro/Hero Killer: Stain: Robert McCollum/Gō Inōūe Override Bloodcurdle (Satsuki Kiryuin VS Stain) [Kill la Kill VS My Hero Academia] Ultra Super Pictures VS Hitotsubashi Group Anime Battle Music Performed By Brandon Yates With Mixing & Mastering Done By Anthony DiGiacomo Satsuki Kiryuin & Kill la Kill Was Owned By Studio Trigger Hero Killer: Stain & My Hero Academia Was Owned By Kohei Horikoshi

[@socialaccount0000]

Man, mid franchise vs mid franchise? Hard to say who would win

[@Nutball-hd6ou]

Death To The Gods (Gorr The God Butcher vs Kratos) [Marvel vs God Of War]

[@michaelsimpson208]

Rock Howard 🆚. Homelander Trevor Beumont, Sypha, Alucard and Grant Danasty 🆚. Amakusa, Mizuki, Zankuro & Gaoh

[@jeromelancashire3278]

Arknights? Is that an abbreviation of Arkham Knights?

[@agustinval1508]

How do we tell him?

[@Jex257]

No, it's a tower defense gacha game and, in my opinion, one of the best.

[@marcusyates3044]

Crusade of Solstice! (Batman VS James Bond) For his 85th anniversary!

[@agustinval1508]

Hold on, i never heard of that matchup, why is that actually kinda cool? Tho maybe it should be a specific version of batman, since giving batman stuff like final batsuit or hellbat doesnt seem exactly fair

[@MidnightPhantom]

​@@agustinval1508Nolanverse Batman VS Daniel Craig Bond is one that works

[@sailordarty9032]

I find it hilarious how much everyone hypes up Adam, enough to the point to put him up against way stronger opponents just for his aesthetic.

[@wizarde3007]

hey, i just started playing arknights

[@AuraSilverHero]

*Hikari-No-Okami* Palutena vs. Amaterasu (Kid Icarus / Okami) *Our Loving Empress* Mitsuru Kirijo vs. Mitsuri Kanroji (Persona / Demon Slayer) *Power Premiere* Red Power Ranger vs. Viewtiful Joe *Shimmering Stars* Mela vs. Sunset Shimmer (Pokémon / My Little Pony) *Trampled To Dust* Lynel vs. Nuckelavee (Legend of Zelda / RWBY)