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Released 4/21/2012.
Duration: 4:36.

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Tracks that Through the Seventh Gate ~Land of Heat and Clockwork~ references:

• Tribal Ebonpyre by Erik Scheele
• Beatdown (Strider Style) by Curt Blakeslee
• Atomyk Ebonpyre by Toby Fox

Artist commentary for Through the Seventh Gate ~Land of Heat and Clockwork~:

7/7/2011with respect to this album —
about 9 months, 14 days earlier Catboss ✑ Tumblr

Sometimes songs come to me more or less fully formed - this was the case for LOWAS; some fidelity is lost in the transition from imagination to audio, but that song is more or less how I imagine it.

Other times, though, I have far less to work with. In this case all I had was the opening and a rough idea of where I wanted the song to go. Dave is the perennial coolkid so I figured the Seventh Gate song for LOHAC would be far more casual than LOWAS. Sort of a "herp derp gonna waltz in and slaughter the denizen all cool-like", but other than that I didn't have anything else. So I don't really do my own thing like I did for LOWAS, barring some improvisation on the bass (I like bass solos). Later there was Tribal Ebonpyre, because I was using bongos already anyway.

So yes.

It's also a tribute to Castlevania music, to an extent. The main inspiration came from this song, and I wanted to try and capture that feel.

I also have a heck of a lot more percussion in this song than I otherwise would have; 1x drum kit, 1x sample set full of metallic-ish sounds, and bongos. I would have added record scratches too (it's Dave after all) if I had satisfactory ones, but I don't. Not now, anyway. If I ever revise this song I might find some and add them in.

Key changes: there are 2. The second one, I think, actually works out better than the first despite the fact that I never intended for it to be there.

Annnnd finally we end with a simple drum riff and a fadeout. That's all folks! I'll probably work on LOLAR next.

Catboss ✑ SoundCloud description

The Knight of Time enters the Forge of Flame...

This song was heavily inspired by the music of the Castlevania series. More specifically, I tried to emulate the style of one particular song - "Empty Tome," from Order of Ecclesia. I think it's possibly one of my favorite songs from the series!

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7/7/2011with respect to this album —
about 9 months, 14 days earlier Catboss ✑ Tumblr

Originals:
"Atomyk Ebonpyre" by Toby Fox
"Tribal Ebonpyre" by Erik Scheele
"Beatdown" by Curt Blakeslee (traces of)