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Precipice of Man

from Kindred: Act II by Red Cain

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A ballad, but also...not? Certainly the most experimental track on this album, we did quite a bit of free-form writing with this one around a few stand-out parts, to put together what we felt was an interesting and unusual composition and musical feel. Utilizing falsetto vocals and electronic elements not found in other tracks, “Precipice of Man” still keeps the weight and urgency of the album, but provides a necessary introspective and cautiously uplifting element.

Within the “Kindred” concept, this is a track that “takes stock” of the world of the album at the time, featuring three parts from the POV of three characters: the opening stanzas from Zalcoatl’s companion Juliet urging him to push on (“take my hand and step out onto the precipice of Man”), the Nameless Exarch’s ominous Latin chants in the middle of the track as he commands his hordes, and Zalcoatl’s meditation on the role of humanity (“all their songs, they weren’t meant for us...but we are all that’s here”). The track hits a crescendo with an uplifting, determined chorus from all our protagonists together - “There is life in the ashes, there is smoke upon the shore - and your weary hands hold the fate of more than you can know” - showing that there is still hope on the journey to the Sun.

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Fed with ash and born of snow
Didn’t know what you’re saying
Don’t know even that you’re gone

We turn our faces from the Sun
So take my hand
And step out with me now
The precipice of Man

Close your eyes
You’ve come too far
To see our withered spirits
Turn to night

And from the deep
A sound rises up
A call, a call
A call that must be answered
Or defied

And you can rise
Up out of your sleep
Or fall apart

For there is life in the ashes
For there’s smoke over the shore
And your weary hands hold the fate
Of more than you can know

We are falling forever
Tied to the end
Take my hand and step out onto
The precipice of Man

Sic itur ad astra
De nocte in feris
Sic itur ad lucem
Et unum solum
Sic itur ad astra
De nocte inferis
Sic itur ad lucem

Non omnis moriar
Sic itur daemoniam
Alea jacta est
Sic itur ad finem
Et unum solum
Sic itur ad mortem
Alea jacta est
Sic itur ad gloriam
O sole!

Tearing through the forest of the lantern light
Coldest fire my guide
Moving through the archways
Of the heathen gods
Pull the moon out of the night

Cradling in my hands the spirits of the past
Confessing their dreams
All of their songs weren’t meant for us
But we are all that’s here

For there is life in the ashes
For there’s smoke over the shore
And your weary hands hold the fate
Of more than you can know

We are falling forever
Tied to the end
Take my hand and step out onto
The precipice of Man

For there is life in the ashes
For there’s smoke over the shore
And your weary hands hold the fate
Of more than you can know

We are falling forever
Tied to the end
Take my hand and step out onto
The precipice of Man

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from Kindred: Act II, released January 22, 2021

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Red Cain Calgary, Alberta

Red Cain is a powerful, melodic metal project with European roots, known for intricate storytelling and ambient elements paired with heavy, technical guitarwork and a rich, epic musical presence.

Red Cain is proud to be influenced by acts such as Kamelot, Symphony X, Marilyn Manson, Tesseract, and Alter Bridge. ... more

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