Varien - Born of Blood, Risen From Ash

Varien - Born of Blood, Risen From Ash
Out now on lowly!
Art: OSKA // @oskadesigns
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[@varienofficial]

Hello all! Here's my new track out on lowly, it's an (obviously) Bloodborne/Dark Souls inspired metal track with tons of electronic elements. Sounds like Old Varien, with some New Varien ideas. Definitely one for the OG lovers! Come up next week we have a k-pop announcement and a *gorgeous* collab between me and a close friend. Stay tuned - 2 tracks a month from this month out! Much love, V

[@taylorlindow8927]

Where can I get the image in the background?

[@oscarsanchez7672]

Yeah! This is the Varien we loved always! Love this piece of Art! You have a big fan from Barcelona. I follow you for years, maybe remember we talk via Skype hahahaha

[@bleeve9425]

You should do a collab with Xtrullor. I don’t know if he’s still making music though.

[@traviskegerreis5704]

This is excellent, perfect blend of old and new styles.

[@darrenbutler9819]

incredible

[@Stabby-Cat]

She’s holding the Millennium Puzzle from Yu-Gi-Oh

[@johnwhite1534]

dun swiped yugi's bling

[@mbrenneman0411]

that looks like tea gardner

[@LordAngrylettuce]

Must...resist It’s time to d-d-d-DUEL

[@amayahiko948]

its like yu-gi-oh never stole from the ancient egyptians.. must be yugioh themed.. right?.. nO?! lolz

[@Ayveh]

Yup

[@mrfoot67]

Came for the dope background, stayed for that good shit.

[@Ayveh]

Lol same XD

[@kijinseija0]

Yeah!

[@artaum5635]

Now we need a sequel: "Born of Blood, Risen from Ash, Guided by Grace"

[@Li-Jester]

Pog

[@timothyaylett3749]

WOOOOWWWW, those strings kicking in from 1:50 ish give me such a massive Witcher 3 soundtrack vibe and I LOVE it, and then that grand piano is just out of this world. Insane track.

[@jimmyd1478]

Yes. The overuse of vibrato helps that feel. I mean I agree with you. Though I wish this piece is available for instrumentation on the piano just for the fun of playing some parts of this piece (I'm not saying I want to plagiarize his music or anything, I'm just saying this would be a wild ride if one were to learn this on an instrument) The piano part, though, does add so much contrast with the violin, since the strings come with a sort of moody and sad feeling to it, while the piano is played with ferocity, just as in Chopin's etude op.10 nr.12 (I believe) "Revolutionary". You can hear the feeling of the player in the chords (anger, hate, something of the sort). The beauty of this piece fits perfectly as the beauty of destruction, and as the perfection of the ruins of destruction. This work of art agrees with the feel of playing a game. The strings and piano could be a movie soundtrack. Maybe. Or i'm just being delusional in some sort of randomly strange way.

[@valeriocacciari3587]

Holy shit, this is incredible as expected. It's been a while since I've heard these kind of vibes from you, but this was definitely worth the wait. The piano at 2:20 gave me serious chills. But I don't really care what you make, because it always turn out to be spectacular, tbh. Keep on going, man!

[@VastumTempus]

Spoiler, jeez. I wasn't at that part yet.

[@pqiojsqdklnads3861]

Try Edvard Grieg - Piano concerto in A minor. it reminded me of that a lot. and lots of other romantic era classical works.

[@amisfortunecalledkofi7803]

Thanks for the spoiler, I literally could have had a shiver and seeing how cold it's been recently, that's a not a good idea, thank you, really

[@Gehegehee]

This have been in my recommended list for so long and I'm glad I clicked now

[@Danza62]

I can gurantie it's been in my recommended longer

[@jaccurate]

Hot damn, this track is fantastic! Sounds a lot like old Varien! Love the combo of your new and old styles!

[@varienofficial]

Bingo!

[@mememaster147]

2:20 onwards I can hear shades of Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Yes, I can hear it too -- this is one of my favourite tracks!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

I also like DB!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

BTW, the lyrics to the song Council Of Wolves And Snakes by Dimmu Borgir describe how life is an universal error perfectly ('We are sculpted into Iife by the hands of deeth') and, they also put The Triangle symbol in the video, which is one of my main symbols -- the lyrics contain subtle references to me and my protectors and to the new system... I am considered a snake -- because I am the real-Iife Medusa... So when there is a reference to the snake or the eyes of the snake (like the reference in the song Roll The Dice by Anette) in a song, it is a reference to me as Medusa which represents a part of my dark side...

[@th3rlizard20]

Too beautiful I never heard that before, I was crying, that heard like a game music

[@sol_ARG]

this kept popping up in my KZbin recs, and damn am I glad it did, this is amazing. finally the algorithm shows me something I wanted to see!

[@universalquestion2995]

the piano that begins in the middle is just incredibly good with the electronic music

[@play.dvdagreat]

Yaaaaaaaas.... old varien is baaaaaaack.

[@WolfMagistar]

As always, you make music that make the gods dance and the demons smile.

[@flameofficial3382]

This popped up on my spotify and now I'm *inspired* as a writer to write a scene of the Deathweaver and Stringwraith fighting to the death because it fits the two so well! The vengeful parent and the insane madman!

[@whitedragon1204]

be still my heart I love the piano moment in the song. More of that please! :D! That part was awesome!

[@dragonsthorn3245]

Left a comment on xKito's upload of this, but felt the need not only to hear it again but leave a word here as well. You never fail to blow me away with your tunes, keep up the absolutely fucking stellar work. Also, absolutely love the choice of image for this one.

[@xy6830]

Holy moly, varien is back with those electronic miracles

[@QFuzzle]

Whoa. This is an epic track. Possibly the first time hearing your stuff. Really impressed by what I've heard in your demo videos, too. 2:20 - 3:20 strongly reminds me of some of Dimmu Borgir's work (especially their song "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" and the end of "The Insight and the Catharsis"). I haven't heard somebody use a chord progression like that in years. I love it.

[@AyakaruJuuhachi]

This is a really amazing track. Great melodic, and still both a little scifi and unnerving without losing that beauty of its melody

[@artaum5635]

Absolutely epic

[@doughastings5535]

Orchestral metal dubstep! Count me in!

[@Tiger_katsune]

35 seconds in, buckling my seatbelt, this one is gonna be a wild ride I can feel it *edit*: such Elegance, such dark grace, like staring into the face of an assassin sent to kill you, but you can't deny her beauty and you can't look away

[@NR1680.]

Tiger Katsuné damn dude

[@PuccioMusic]

Majestic, beautiful, bold, everything in one.

[@ArcwinOlivirus]

Awesome I miss this kind of theme/genre from you! keep it up and more power!

[@MarioManiac999]

Woah.. Ok, seriously good job on this dude, definitely see what you mean when you say this is something us OG Varien fans, that violin hit me just as hard as the instrumentals of some of your old stuff, can't wait to hear more!

[@maxxammax0]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS! Varien, please make more like this.

[@deusmortis5241]

OMFG :0 That violin kills me

[@nowaypathless2566]

I don't know why KZbin decided to recommend me this, and honestly I no longer care. It's beautiful. Like a flawlessly executed mashup of all the good bits from Stellaris Utopia OST, but with grimmer undertones and more pathos to it. Great job!

[@catzor4795]

Utmost brilliance! Splendid! I can never praise this enough!

[@markusajo5007]

*THE NUMBERS VARIEN! WHAT DO THEY MEAN?!*

[@nofacenoname1690]

Fear the old blood and let the feast begin

[@PanzAndWezGaming]

Violin was perfect 👌

[@Dragoblade811]

dame when the first note hit me it sent me into a trance

[@DatGuyYonder]

ALL HAIL VARIEN!

[@Loki-md9ny]

This girl out here with that "YuGiOh" Millenium Puzzle

[@estrng_]

Those double bass beats with soft instrumental, make the real perfect balance of the universe. #Brazil

[@JustinK.]

Loving the Music also that Effect in the video is DOPE!

[@zatoxz1513]

favourite artist ever, you definately make the highest quality music for games, im happy for you that you have achieved what you wanted as a child:)

[@MilkShotaSasuke]

This is one of if not the greatest pieces I've ever heard in the music landscape. Truly above and beyond.

[@SSelkie3]

This slaps

[@Y0nex]

That piano part and violin Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaa man

[@Talden.]

Just saw this in my recommendations. And im not disappointed

[@TheSunriseAnimation]

Who is convinced varien is secretly a number station and transmits secret messages in his new video design? XD

[@mikaellavoie6811]

Sounds like the electronic version of an old dimmu borgir song. Masterpiece.

[@AQVILVS]

Nice one Varien ! :)

[@AntaresSQ01]

I know i'm super late to this. This song is amazing, Just searched my song library and I didn't even realise I had over a dozen songs on it from you. That said this one stands out, especially that subtle chiming riff at like 2:56 in the background, there is many "decent" songs out there, but this little detail singlehandedly made this one "amazing" for me, not that the rest weren't amazing, but without that subtle riff the entire theme of the song would be different, it's crazy how that riff paired with a well chosen album cover screams "modern/technological imperialism". Not sure if that's what you were going for but I personally think it's an extremely cool concept.

[@vojtechzacek5021]

That ending is awesome

[@nicksparky6307]

I am so glad I clicked this on a hunch

[@Pikachu_25-4Life]

"Baptized by fire"

[@hadys8778]

That song goes from epic to emotional then to epic. reminds me of my league games

[@LordofSorrow7]

Holy shit what the hell is this ? And so I discover a new guy doing awesome things with music. Well that's what I call a good surprise !

[@lonelyartist4]

that pianoooo love ittt

[@Youtube_ban_me]

this is really good

[@DemarisDream]

Noice, great track dude!

[@lukasky6234]

just WOW!

[@Ithuru]

Stumbled on this song/channel by accident, but holy hell, this is my jam

[@phoenixhubbard8745]

Born from blood, risen from ash sounds likena fucking good title for a darksouls and bloodborne crossover

[@skyyy710]

Sick af brother keep it up

[@VOLTDOGmusic]

So good

[@KaiUndMoritz]

this is the perfect song to see bam rage quit the tower

[@Jxdiac]

Great song :)

[@Kio_Kurashi]

The art is pretty.

[@qx7392]

Recommender delivered something new yet again

[@EeorDragonheart]

Yaha! It's freaky cool!

[@bogbog]

Some good ass music.

[@PurplexityGold]

Speak of Odysseys; Whisper their Sins~ *>!

[@DarkTiger92]

Now this is an epic gamer moment

[@energyvanquish]

Amazing music as always

[@Lakus231]

good work

[@romanavramenko4853]

perfect perfect perfect! this piano at 2:20!

[@raichu9061]

1:49 - 2:17 beautiful, absolutely beautiful. can anyone recommend any other music that carry similar tune?

[@ethanglide]

Classical music is your bet

[@raichu9061]

@@ethanglide Do you have any recommendations? classical is quite broad.

[@ethanglide]

@@raichu9061 yeah sorry I dont personally listen to classical but this is the internet so you should be able to find something pretty easily

[@pqiojsqdklnads3861]

@@raichu9061 that part specifically isnt very reminiscent of classical, sounds a bit spanish or japanese? maybe? you can try some solo string arrangements of Piazzola’s music (it is originally written for the bandoneon). I am not very familiar with japanese music though unfortunately. It doesnt have a very specific style that i can pinpoint im afraid, but yea maybe try listening to Piazzola string arrangements. Its probably reminiscent of contemporary classical which i know nothing about, maybe try Max Richter or Hans Zimmer (just a shot in the dark). Also if you are going to try classical i wouldn’t start with mozart or bach or the super famous composers as they probably wont fit your tastes. Classical music which is popular today is mainly composers like Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Liszt or other 19th-20th century composers. Good luck bro

[@raichu9061]

@@pqiojsqdklnads3861 didn't see your reply, thank you for the detailed recommendations, I will see what I can find.

[@w_rcake9119]

make more of these please, its so good!!

[@wendy-xu6hx]

reminds me of a phoenix, they rise from their own ashes and I really think the fast electronic violin in the drop somehow reminds me of a phoenix so great work on that d^o^b

[@Perplex182]

Sounds great

[@Franogmo]

2:20 thick Sinnoh vibe

[@DRPDMusic]

This is EPIC!!!!!!

[@lots_of_panic2619]

I don't know where I am, why I'm here or how I got here but I'm not leaving anytime soon lmao

[@1lomi901]

You came back for this 2:17 !

[@Loomynated]

idk why but i like the violin part

[@Rmx2011]

What a tune. Oh, and does anyone know who made the picture? Edit. Picture was done by oskadesign on twitter.

[@hararotso5589]

I would like to know that too

[@leathorns1751]

Same!

[@Sadew_Sadew]

Also wondering

[@Rmx2011]

It was made by oskadesign, you can find it on twitter.

[@Sadew_Sadew]

@@Rmx2011 Thanks!

[@Christofferne]

Adding this to ma training music!!

[@KingDemitri]

this is fire, and i cant wait for that collab

[@rakharaihan1509]

2 people forget to lit the bonfire

[@toniofalconpunch12]

*FUCK YES*

[@leonidkorchynskyi1674]

Круто

[@ExpiredMilkJugs]

this is amazing dude

[@WK3nn3dy]

The fall of thine enemy is imminent. Set her among the highest seat of power.

[@Jv456]

Great perfect the sound is perfect , perfect

[@ajhqajhq4881]

I want play this (2:19) in piano, but I don't know the musical notes. Where can I find them? Plssss

[@StoriesAndPringles]

Epic stuff! Very inspirational :)

[@malavikashenoy4398]

From 3.44 where is this music originally from. I heard it in a kdrama mr queen as well.

[@golvellius6855]

Indeed a wow classic montage PvP song

[@justmindset]

Who's the artist of the bg picture?

[@varienofficial]

OSKA! @oskadesign is his socials. :)

[@joshualin5476]

Varien Thanks! Could you put the artist name in the description next time? Saves us all time

[@martintoth1537]

I want this to be in a really tragic superhero movie

[@belzweis9568]

Didn't know the God cards were going to be summoned during this Song!

[@ghostfreak1902]

magnificent and mighty song XD

[@suddenlysantan715]

It feels like an orchestra to me

[@Damian_escobar_]

Very exellent :-*

[@unnecessarilyarty5553]

This low-key gives me steampunk star wars vibes-

[@Lothric_Knight]

Fukin great music