Convergence - Easter Eggs & Facts
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2024
- Happy Easter, my fellow heathens!
I've been wanting to do this video for a while now, so this was a good excuse.
When preparing for this video, I quickly discovered that it's impossible to cover every little detail, but that's probably for the better. Albums should retain some mystery as I feel they are a creature of their own and should be treated as such. So consider this video a light-hearted grazing of the surface - the rest is up to you to discover.
The story behind “The Sea” I referred to in the video: • SHYLMAGOGHNAR - The Se...
By the way, if you have any questions about certain details on this album or the other ones, please do not hesitate to ask in the comments. I'm always thrilled to see what people pick up on and I'll do my best to respond.
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Thank you kindly!
Timestamps:
0:29 I Hear the Mountain Weep
2:36 Follow the River
4:37 Threshold
5:29 Strata
8:07 initial sketches of Convergence artwork
8:22 Gardens of the Erased
9:58 Egregore
11:31 Infinion (the Morse code)
13:58 Convergence
14:30 The Sea
15:07 Becoming
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I'm absolutely blown away with this. Every metalhead who wants to write music needs to watch this. Makes me respect Convergence even more.
That's wonderful to hear! I would definitely recommend doing this kind of stuff to others as well. It takes longer, but once an album is out, it is out forever. Might as well put every bit of joy and pain in there while you're at it.
@@Shylmagoghnar I greatly respect your honesty and transparency revealing Convergences' secrets. Your thought process is fascinating. I will now listen to this album with a refreshed mind.
Having your newborn as the monster that can never satiate killed me 😂
Haha the reason why I did that was because the female side of my friends group kept telling me that I should have my baby's darling voice somewhere on the album. I'm sure this was what they meant, right? ;)
@@Shylmagoghnar Absolutely 😆. By the way, I'm happy to finally see a little more from "Becoming", I've been waiting for this for a while. I love this kind of material, thank you for putting it together 🍻
What an amazing video. As a previous commented said, the video I didn't know I wanted but a video I am happy it exists. It's like a CD booklet opened up into its own audiovisual domain of background easter eggs and production lore. Thanks for creating this one Nimblkorg!
Always a pleasure! I consider myself lucky to have people who care about the small details which go on behind the scenes :)
You are an amazing songwriter AND I didn't think I could appreciate you even more, but that's what happened when I saw the Elden Ring reference. Amazing!
Always glad to meet a fellow enthusiast! Thank you very much!
And now I know why Becoming always makes me tear up... That feeling when you first realize you're going to be a father... It's such an indescribably powerful moment, and I'll never forget how that felt. This song captures is so well!
I was so surprised by the Orion reference but also not really, because that is exactly what it reminded me of first listen. For some reason just never expected it to be on purpose. Cliff Burton was the reason I first picked up any instrument, bass obviously at the time, later swapping/adding guitar. He was a good one. As for the rest, you're insane.
The video that i didn't knew i wanted...but i am extremely happy that exists.
Thanks my friend... suddenly Sunday evening became 100 times better ❤
Enjoy my friend! I probably wouldn't have created it if it weren't for the many inquiries about that Morse code part, but then I figured I might as well lean into it ;) Still plenty of stuff I didn't mention in this video though - something to do for the inquisitive folks!
@@Shylmagoghnar still i am trying to decipher Transience 🤣🤣🤣.
11:31 - Translated morse code:
"Become the river. Forget life. The sea is all. The sea is nothing."
I particularly liked how catchy "nothing" is in Morse ;)
So what do you think - did the protagonist get the good ending, or was it a trap?
@@Shylmagoghnar Probably a trap
This is amazing! There are so many tiny details, it's just too impressive. Thanks for sharing all of these eggs! 🤘🙏
My pleasure! Honestly, I didn't even realize myself how much of this stuff seeped into the album until I started writing it down for this video. I think I ended up only putting about 10% of it in here, to leave room for the listener's fantasy and discovery.
Thank you for sharing! I knew the organ was a Hammond B3! The Morse code use was brilliant. And the Infineon video looks like a pro did it!
The B3 is such a classic and recognizable sound, isn't it? I really just used it because of reading about the making of Orion, but I can see myself using it in different ways on future songs.
Many thanks by the way! I was very happy with how both of those things turned out, and I've learned quite a lot from this album's cycle. It will certainly come in useful in the future!
As a pure music consumer it is very interesting for me to get beyond the border of just listening your music. This adds additinal layers to have a greater enjoyment of your phenomenal music. Thank you for sharing!
That's very much what I was hoping for, thank you for confirming it's working as intended! From my perspective, these albums feel like a massive journey, so it's great to get to share a bit of that story :)
Ah Elden Ring, i see you're a man of culture as well !
(can't wait for the dlcccccc)
Same here man! All the waiting gives me conniptions!
Yes, the eldensoulsborne series has been helping me to stay sane whenever I need them most. To me they answer the question whether games can be art with a resounding yes.
Staying sane with the soulsborne series is quite an achievement on it's own though hahaha
Yes it feels like a contradiction! I don't know why it's always the broken worlds that make me feel at home - as frustrating as they may be at times ;)
@@Shylmagoghnar I don't know how bold my statement sounds, but to me Bloodborne is the greatest piece of art ever conceived.
Shylmagoghnar's albums do come close tho
It's an honorable spot to be in, thank you! But yes, I also think Bloodborne might be the (rather unsung?) masterpiece of the series. I used to think it was DS1, but I have to say I find myself thinking about BB unreasonably often. Its questions and conundrums are much more far-reaching than the game itself, and despite being based on Lovecraft's work, I think it easily stands on its own.
When I try to come up with a definition of what "art" means to me, I think it is when something carries a profound deeper message which cannot be expressed through words alone. Bloodborne oozes this. Even if there were zero lines of dialogue in the game, I'm pretty sure I'd feel the same way about it. Maybe even more so.
I have no words, I'm just amazed! By the way, I myself noticed some Easter eggs, for example, the Morse code from "Infinion" and I was always wondering what it meant. The reference to Orion almost brought me to tears. I also think Cliff is the greatest musician and he is one of my favorites, and when I found out that he is also the favorite of my other favorite musician, I was totally shocked (yes, I'm talking about you now :)). It really says a lot about Burton as a person and a musician. He promised to become the best musician in honor of his dead brother and he actually became, and moreover, he became an idol for other musicians that are now considered as the best. I myself dream of becoming the best guitarist in honor of Cliff Burton as he became for his brother, I even practice 8 hours a day like him. And I also dedicated one of my songs to him... Thank you very much for this video, you've just confirmed that you are one of the best composers I have ever heard, and maybe even the best. I am waiting for more similar videos, maybe there will be something about "Emergence" or "Transience" too.
thank you for this video. as i stated upon release of this album, it has captured a very special place in my heart as I have continued to play it daily at work to keep my sanity. To see these little facts in here I will no doubt smile every time that moment you have outlined plays. I absolutely love this album.
Exactly what I was hoping the effect would be, thank you! I make videos like these, knowing full well they probably won't get a high amount of views. They are very much aimed at the "inner circle" of people who care about these fine details the way I do. My way of showing my appreciation for that so to say :)
I managed to spot a few of them, but most of them were a very welcome insight into the creative process :)
I assume your Shylma demo database is bigger than mine, but I think the riff at minute 1.34 of Threshold is from an old Nimblkorg song I have somewhere on an old hard drive. I was immediately triggered when I heard the song for the first time.
And finally... an egregore can be a very real monster, more real than anything else.
Oh you are right, I completely forgot about that one! Great catch! I originally wrote that melody during English class at Bernardinus iirc - because there was really nothing new to learn there for anyone who grew up with a computer. Ah well, at least the teacher was cool enough to let me zone out ;)
Yes, you are absolutely right. I would say that the world is being devoured by a whole bunch of them right now.
@@Shylmagoghnar hail Cliff btw
Such a nice thing to do for your fans, thanks!
It's a pleasure. I consider myself lucky to have people who care about this sort of stuff! Makes working on albums so much more bearable.
Thanks for letting me hear the album with a new pair of ears! Would be great to have a similar insight in the first two albums :-)
Btw I have a theory about the title of the track "Becoming".
Hegel, following his dialectic, described life as the thesis, death as the antithesis, and the becoming as the synthesis of the first two. So that's where the name comes from imo, or at least that is what it reminds me of.
Interesting! My thoughts went in a similar direction. Though I'm not certain whether I've heard of Hegel's arguments on this in great detail, I had been reading about similar concepts in several religions/isms, one of them being Saṃsāra, wherein life and death are often described as a cycle of which it is very difficult (or even impossible) to escape. While I'm not a religious person, I do find it very fascinating when there is overlap like this in cultures of all corners and ages of the world.
At the same time, the joy of feeling my kid move for the first time made me realize on a profound level that someone who wasn't, now was. Or at the very least, he was in that process, ergo, he was becoming.
So it's kind of a bittersweet title for me. Joy vs eternal entrapment. The kind of puzzle I don't expect to be able to solve within my life time.
@@Shylmagoghnar there are no certainties, of course, but that is part of the enjoyment. I'm confident those who strive to search for more will be rewarded, be it even just with the search in itself.
Sending you the best wishes! Thank you for your art!
Thank you as well for giving it serious consideration like this! That makes it worth the journey for me :) All the best to you too my friend \m/
I love how you dreamt a song and I love your waking do-do's to help you remember 😂😂. This whole album is AMAZING! Just like you!❤🤘
Haha I had to convince myself multiple times to put that bit in here, but in the end that is truly how most of these things start :D Thank you for confirming that it was the right choice to make!
@@Shylmagoghnar 😄😄😁😁👍👍
Your creativity is really mindblowing. Love these easter eggs. Always thought the morse code meant something. Glad I was right about that. 😉 So glad you shared this with us, loved it.
Thank you! Your music is soooooo mind blowing and unique!
And this right here is why this album is my all time favorite in recent history, I love this stuff!
Thanks for the info, Nimblkorg! 🌀🌀🌀🙏🙏🙏✊✊✊
My pleasure! \m/
Hah! I noticed the Bass Swells, and was curious as to whether it was a reference to Cliff- and, a few months later, THIS pops up! 😁 Didn't pick up on most of the rest though. And, damnnn, you get creative pushes in your dreams??!? I get Abstract nonsense 😄. Chaarz Nimbl, this kinda stuff is called 'going above and beyond what's required', ta 👍🏻
Nice details Kev. 😊
Thank you sir ^^
Would love a video like this for Emergence!
Excelente! La primera ves que escucho un tema con código Morse, lo sabía! Jaja me parece de lo mejor el vídeo, Gracias por tomarte el tiempo y mostrarnos estás curiosidades, sigue para adelante eres un gran músico y compositor! Shylmagoghnar es único y me encanta, aguante el metal! Saludos desde Argentina! 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
P.d: dónde puedo conseguir las letras de las canciones?
Thank you kindly, that makes me happy to read! As for the lyrics, they are in the booklets and lyric sheets for the CD and vinyl, but I've also added them to Spotify (there should be a button somewhere where you can see the lyrics live while the song is playing), and I'm sure they are also just posted on lyric websites in general :)
There is something so strange and unsettling about the distortion on the vocals at 10:36. it instantly reminded me of the distortion I heard when being put under anesthesia for a surgery. I've heard it twice in my life and I've always wondered if that's the same sound you hear when dying.
Unsettling was definitely the vibe I was going for!
And you've heard them too then, that's very interesting. I base these kinds of sounds on things I've heard as well. In my case it's usually because of bad health, but in both cases I assume the brain simply starts to go off the rails and these are the results. I guess there's only one way we can truly find the answer to that question. I hope it's not this thing that talks to us when that time arrives though...
starta fact was a good one 😆
It's probably not the clean singing in Shylma people have been asking for, but it's a start ;D
Really nice! I kneeeew it was morse code 🙀🙀
Well noticed! Some people picked up on that right away while others struggled to hear it even when I pointed it out. Goes to show that everyone perceives things very differently :) I have no idea whether someone managed to translate it by themselves.
@@Shylmagoghnar I tried deciphering it, but I did not have the tools or the know-how, so this video breaking it down was like a metal hacker tutorial!
Yeah I figured it would probably take someone with at least a passing interest in both audio engineering and code language, but you never know! People have surprised me before with what they were able to uncover. If there was a larger userbase, I would have probably gone a few layers deeper. Full on Shylma ARG ;)
@@Shylmagoghnar That will be a massive success, Shylma goes Oldroot and people dedicate years worth of time delving into to every hz of music. What do I know, perhaps you have foreseen the future and the chessboard is already set ;) Perhaps there are coordinates to geocaches with uniquely printed lyrics... Good to hear from you sir, take care of yourself and the family. Best regards from Sweden (guy with the Emergence guitar)
Absolutely. The plan set in motion so long ago cannot be stopped by any mortal agency.
That guitar made me so happy man. To think that a picture I associate with pain would end up in such a pleasant way was extremely wholesome. Thank you for the honor and all the best to you as well!
Ты в курсе, что ты гений! Тут лайков столько не будет, просто!
Lets just hope he gets 666 👍. 😅
Err, for some reason my comment gets deleted? Anyway, it‘s a bit like Tolkien, you feel the depth, even if you can‘t see the „bones of the ox“. (But thanks for a look at those bones!)
That's a comparison I'll take with honor, thank you! Crafting those bones is half the experience for me, and I'm lucky enough to have people to share them with :) No clue why your comment got deleted btw, I don't think I have any automatic filters enabled. I swear this website is barely ran by humans these days.
@@Shylmagoghnar Yeah, 🤖 deleting comments (mostly) made by 🤖. We‘re making ourselves redundant.😅