The Great Hunt

from NÄE'BLISS by Red Cain

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With our last single for the upcoming album “NÄE'BLISS”, we are pleased to debut one of the heaviest tracks in the Red Cain repertoire - “The Great Hunt”. A stomping, driven ¾ march utilizing 8-string guitars and layers and layers of bass, this track pushes further into the djent riffs present elsewhere on the album, yet contains all of the usual characteristics of a Red Cain anthem - lush electronic backing, soaring, aggressive vocals, and a pulsing, headbanging groove.

Conceptually, within the album’s theme continuing to revolve around the “Wheel of Time” universe, “The Great Hunt” calls our Forsaken protagonists to begin the hunt for the most dangerous game - their archenemy, the worldbreaking Champion of the Light - the Dragon Reborn himself. With regression to the status quo threatening, and Chaos the only antidote, will this bold move yield success - or drive the world deeper into the designs of the Wheel?

Step up, heft your spear - and join The Great Hunt.

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Welcome, my friends
The time for turning back has gone
Here we stand
All of us
And now the hunt is on

Sharpen your knives
It’s close now, I can taste it
The lightborn beast
Cornered
So raise another glass

To the ruin
And the lightless night
The Great Lord’s will
And the falling of the Wheel

The Great Hunt
Succeed - and they will remember your names
The colour of ruin
An age of night and flame

Spill his blood
Deliver his crown of swords
Ride out and extinguish
The Light’s abhorrent Lord

Night envelops
Storm descending
Shadows reach with sharpened steel

Time is nigh, my cohorts
End it
Reach out and claim your kill

To the ruin
And the lightless night
The Great Lord’s will
And the falling of the Wheel

Part before me
Inconsolable swine
Hail your saviour and queen
The payment is due for your pitiful
Salvation
Bring me his head
Extinguish his light
Let the dismantling begin

The Great Hunt
Succeed - and they will remember your names
The colour of ruin
An age of night and flame

Spill his blood
Deliver his crown of swords
Ride out and extinguish
The Light’s abhorrent Lord

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from NÄE'BLISS, released May 10, 2023

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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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