#vambri

After nearly 2 years away from this hellsite (affectionate), I found that every other media platform out there sucks (even more), and so I return to the warmth of tumblr. I have been away for SO long and the fandoms and things I enjoy have changed a bit, so I'm looking to reorganise all the blogs I follow and find some new sources of witty banter and fanart. If any of my old mutuals are still out there and remember me, please send me any blog recommendations. Also, what is blaze? XD

Tagging my IRL Friends so they can help me get started because I trust their sense of taste

Soulbound

We race around the melted char of what was once a neutron star And use the gravity to whip us into dark galactic rifts Yet still somehow we can't escape, they have no flaw, they feel no pain These twisted shadows of the men I once condemned

And here we get to what is arguably the best ‘bop’ of the album, the high energy banger that the band themselves acknowledge as their ‘poster child standalone’ for Abyss. As well as being a blast of a song on its own, the layers of story it presents are fascinating to me- here we see The Immortal’s regrets, and his humanity, which he projects onto the spectres of the four sons as well.

Just as she threatened, The Matriarch sends her ‘boys’ to hunt down The Immortal and The Legacy – terrifying, warped visages of four men, trapped somewhere between life and death, dreadful shades with twisted, savage purpose. These are what is left of The Matriarch’s four sons, those who The Immortal himself had rounded up and doomed to be sacrificed in her bloody ritual. Now they hunt down The Immortal under her orders, her fury theirs as they seek to punish The Immortal and The Legacy both for their transgression against their master.

These spectres seem devoid of life but there is something in their eyes Refuse to see they can't be saved, I push to pull them from the grave End their addiction to the thrall once and for all

But who am I to be their saviour, slave to time When I am doomed to be in chains for all my life

Even as they are chased through countless solar systems in the vastness of space, The Immortal can’t help but feel guilt and sorrow, especially as he himself played a big role in condemning these phantoms to their eternal unlife. He wants to try to help them, and yet he realises that, he too is simply bound unconditionally to be a puppet for whoever calls upon him. If he can’t set himself free, what hope does he have of saving others?

Click the title for the spotify link, and see under the cut for full lyrics.

What is this? Track 5/10. First Song. Next Song.

@food-forever-hufflepuff @insomniac-arrest @delphionix @imanervoussystem

zodiac - Capricorn, not that I really care about horoscopes (which I’m told is typical for a capricorn)

height -  I am... 4′11″ despite being a grown-ass person 🙃

last thing i googled - Doing Time by Jodi Taylor Review (I was in a book store and trying to decide what to buy)

song stuck in my head - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwXIpjQjEy8 This has been stuck in my head for literally 2 weeks now, please help me

no. of followers - 225 ?! Whack, I’m not that funny pals. I do try to kick out all the bots that follow me, but there’s probably a few included in that number that snuck under the radar...

amount of sleep - aw man, 9-10 hours if I can...Since I’ve been on these anxiety meds my body just does NOT want to get out of bed in the morning...

lucky number - 79! Or 97. Or 7 or 9 seperately. 

fave song - dang, I have such a wide and varied taste in music, idk...Right now I’m a big fan of Renai Circulation by Kana Hanazawa and Another Place by Bastille

fave instrument - I absolutely love the sound of the Cello, but I’ve never learned to play any instrument. Cello’s are hella expensive and difficult to learn though, every time I look into it I’m too intimidated...

dream job - uhhhhhhhh that’s incredibly tricky, mostly because I’m just starting out on my career, and also because my field (molecular genetics) is changing so rapidly, so the job I’ll have one day definitely doesn’t even exist yet...A job where I could do the science I love, while liasing with Japanese scientists...that would be ideal 

aesthetic - ...I really...do NOT know? I’m a sucker for pastel punk and punk in general, but also really like retro 50′s housewife feels, or harajuku fashion or just...alternative and queer? It really does depend on my mood and gender of the day, you feel? 

fave author - Ahhhh that’s way too hard, no fair?? I do love Erin Morgenstern, she’s only published 2 books so far but both have been international bestsellers and are GORGEOUS favs of mine (”The Night Circus” and “The Starless Sea”)

fave animal noise(s) - the little “brrrriip??” cats make when you wake them up from a nap, and also the contented braying of horses and donkeys

Abyss

I can't be the only one here My path always guides me, there's nothing to fear Then why do I feel so immensely alone, this can't be the end of my story Onward I go once again, fighting my way to my final breath

Here we re-introduced to the character of The Immortal – a legendary warrior that remains asleep in his sacred mountain except when summoned. But when he awakens this time, he hears no call to action, and his mountain is gone – replaced by a cage of metal, floating alone through endless abyss…

Cry into the chasm ahead, into to the sky never ending… Out so far beyond stars and the sun, filling my heart up with wonder, unknown Now, to the edge of imagination, open my eyes to phenomenon, and hope

Click the title for Spotify link, and see under the cut for full lyrics. 

What is this?  Track 2/10. First Song. Next song.

Legacy

When I finally found the words The ones I knew would wake you To take you from her and to make you mine Somehow all I felt was hollow

This is one of my absolutely favourite songs in the whole album, as I think the instrumentals really impress upon the listener the vastness and beauty of space, as well as the periods of time that these characters are dealing with. Here we are introduced to a brand-new character – The Legacy – who is brought to life with such emotional and energetic vocals. The Legacy has apparently been searching the whole galaxy for centuries for The Immortal – at first to enact vengeance, but then as he learned more, he began to turn his vendetta instead towards the one who had awoken and commanded The Immortal to commit the heinous acts in the first place.

As we stand in this place and you wonder who I am Can't you see in my face I'm his son, his earth and ash And you are here as servant one last time Together we will bring her to the light

Here is where the true gut-punching emotion of the song comes in (and where I have to explain some plot from the previous album, but this is the longest exposition I promise!) – The Legacy reveals that he is the son of one of the four men who The Immortal had been commanded to round up and help sacrifice in the previous album. These men were the sons of The Matriarch, born only to one day be sacrificed in a ritual to grant her immortality and immense power. Though three of her sons had lived despicable and greedy lives as slavers and unscrupulous merchants, the last son was a just, honest man, and The Immortal had even felt remorseful and conflicted about bringing him to his doom. Yet this fourth son accepted his fate, making peace with his life and coming willingly. Earth and Ashes is a chilling, hallowing song as this man who has done nothing wrong accepts his fate, awakening conflict within The Immortal, who nevertheless cannot defy his given task. So to meet his son, his earth and ash, his legacy who still lives on, is a bittersweet reunion in a way.

The Legacy extends an alliance to take down The Matriarch, who in her power still reigns over and terrorises the universe.

I promise this, I vow to set you free You are the answer, you are my legacy

He also swears to set The Immortal free once their task is done – but this has been promised to him before, and last time, The Matriarch betrayed her vow, choosing instead to keep him under her thumb and casting him back into slumber until she had need of his power again.

Click on the title for the spotify link (and similarly the title for Earth and Ashes), and see under the cut for full lyrics of both songs (for a bit of extra context).

What is this? Track 4/10. First Song. Next Song.