The second track off of Katatonia’s 12th studio album, “Sky Void of Stars”. The track appears to either literally, or more plausibly symbolically, describe Satan. There are many references to him in the lyrics like, “a foul saint” or “engineer of the colossal shade”. If the suggestive lyrics aren’t...
[Verse 1]
We are gathered here tonight
His apostles in the moonlight
He's coming in
A foul saint coming marching in
Engineer of the colossal shade
This is us
Losing grip of the daylight
Letting go of the daylight
[Verse 2]
He is the voice of our demise
Spitting fire like a mountain
This is us
[Chorus]
Let's drain the source
And trade it for the greater high
Just say the word
I'll give up my final piece of freedom
Collapse my mind
I'm ready for the crowning blow
Come what may
I'm ready to enjoy the treason
[Bridge]
Satellite star
My futurе watching me
Transmitting scars
My future watching me
Wе are gathered here tonight
His apostles in the moonlight
He's coming in
A foul saint coming marching in
Engineer of the colossal shade
This is us
Losing grip of the daylight
Letting go of the daylight
[Chorus]
Let's drain the source
And trade it for the greater high
Just say the word
I'll give up my final piece of freedom
Collapse my mind
I'm ready for the crowning blow
Come what may
I'm ready to enjoy the treason
Colossal Shade was written by Jonas Renkse.
Colossal Shade was produced by Katatonia.
Katatonia released Colossal Shade on Fri Jan 20 2023.
It’s a funny one because my favorite Kiss album is Lick It Up and I wanted to do a riff that resembled the kind of riffing they did on that. It was very hooky stuff, but it still had some kind of evil touch to it. So, I found this first intro riff and I thought, ‘This is heavy metal,’ but of course...