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Izanami Tales - The Witch Queen

The legendary tale of Himiko as interpreted by song; 8 pairs of songs (16 Total) that reveal her story in English and Japanese.
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16 songs
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Style: Gagaku court orchestra drowned in dark-ambient sub-bass and bit-crushed biwa Tempo: 60 bpm → gradually decelerates to 33 bpm Key: E Phrygian dominant with descending chromatic shō clusters Length: 6:66 (イントロ:篳篥の長嘆息と低く歪んだ龍鳴)
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[Style: North Mississippi hill-country trance-blues in the style of Junior Kimbrough + R, L, Burnside, one endless chord, drone forever] Tuning: Open E, heavy slide, recorded in one take on a porch at 3 a, m, Ideal Length: 7:07 Music: Mid-tempo, uneven pulses, dynamic shifts from chaotic highs to quiet lulls, Starts with jagged synths, builds with layers, ends in eerie silence, Solos mix frenetic jazz with electronic swells, Instruments: Synths: Distorted leads, ambient pads, arpeggiated bass for rhythm and depth, Jazz Piano/Keys: Sharp, improvised runs for emotional tension, Electronic Drums: Heavy, syncopated beats to drive lyrics, Jazz Horns: Piercing bursts in pre-chorus for urgency, Ambient Drones: Gritty layers for immersive feel, Mood: Raw, introspective, balancing frenetic energy with haunting calm, evoking detachment
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Style: Noh hayashi drums (ōtsuzumi + kotsuzumi) locked to a 90 bpm industrial beat; shamisen fed through guitar amps until it screams; male & female choruses answering in call-and-response like possessed monks Solos: symphonic, dark vibe with intricate, glitchy bass tones, melodic arpeggio Instruments: Strings: Cello, Djent Synths: Distorted string leads, ambient pads, arpeggiated bass for rhythm and depth, Pipe Organ: Sharp, improvised runs, Electronic Drums: Heavy, syncopated beats to drive lyrics, Jazz Horns: understated Chorus: Many layers in reverb for immersive feel, Mood: Raw, empty, sad, and emotionally devastating In Don Nyx Style
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Style: Slow, filthy Delta-swamp blues dragged through 90s Bristol trip-hop mud; beat like a dying heart, bass like a coffin lid closing Key: D minor with Arabic tinges Solos: symphonic, dark vibe with intricate, glitchy bass tones, melodic arpeggio Instruments: Strings: Cello, Djent Synths: Distorted string leads, ambient pads, arpeggiated bass for rhythm and depth, Pipe Organ: Sharp, improvised runs, Electronic Drums: Heavy, syncopated beats to drive lyrics, Jazz Horns: understated Chorus: Many layers in reverb for immersive feel, Mood: Raw, empty, sad, and emotionally devastating In Don Nyx Style
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Style: Japanese shoegaze-dream-pop drowned in koto reverb and 808 sub-bass that feels like the earth itself is breathing; think vintage BOØWY guitars meets Lush meets a midnight shrine festival Tempo: 70 bpm, half-time forever Key: F# Aeolian with drifting koto microtones Length: 6:40 (イントロ:koto picking a single phrase for 32 bars while sub-bass rises like tide) Solos: symphonic, dark vibe with intricate, glitchy bass tones, melodic arpeggio Instruments: Strings: Cello, Djent Synths: Distorted string leads, ambient pads, arpeggiated bass for rhythm and depth, Pipe Organ: Sharp, improvised runs, Electronic Drums: Heavy, syncopated beats to drive lyrics, Jazz Horns: understated Chorus: Many layers in reverb for immersive feel, Mood: Raw, empty, sad, and emotionally devastating In Don Nyx Style
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Style: Classic enka ballad that slowly corrodes into a screaming noise wall and then absolute silence; think Misora Hibari fronting Merzbow Tempo: 64 bpm → total breakdown (イントロ:koto picking a single phrase for 32 bars while sub-bass rises like tide) Solos: symphonic, dark vibe with intricate, glitchy bass tones, melodic arpeggio Instruments: Strings: Cello, Djent Synths: Distorted string leads, ambient pads, arpeggiated bass for rhythm and depth, Pipe Organ: Sharp, improvised runs, Electronic Drums: Heavy, syncopated beats to drive lyrics, Jazz Horns: understated Chorus: Many layers in reverb for immersive feel, Mood: Raw, empty, sad, and emotionally devastating In Don Nyx Style
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Slow-motion doom-gospel blues church choir pitched down an octave, field-holler over detuned resonator guitar Tempo: 48 bpm, feels like it’s dying Key: E minor open tuning, bottleneck slide Alternative, Heavy Djent Sub-Genre: dark fantasy / Electronic technical dark jazz / ambient / illbient fusion, Blends pulsing distorted electronic beats, lush ambient layers, and improvisational jazz for a cinematic, introspective vibe with intricate, glitchy undertones and melodic arpeggios, Music: Mid-tempo, uneven pulses, dynamic shifts from chaotic highs to quiet lulls, Starts with jagged synths, builds with layers, ends in eerie silence, Solos mix frenetic jazz with electronic swells, Instruments: Strings: Cello, Djent, clarinet Synths: Distorted string leads, ambient pads, arpeggiated bass for rhythm and depth, Pipe Organ: Sharp, improvised runs, Electronic Drums: Heavy, syncopated beats to drive lyrics, Jazz Horns: understated, SFX: Heartbeat, creaking metal sounds, clicking, Piano Don Nyx
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Style: Matsuri ondo played on taiko made from human skin, children’s chorus singing in perfect unison, festival whistles and flutes slowly pitch-bent into screaming, Cult devotional, Tempo: 132 bpm, relentless, like a heartbeat that refuses to stop Key: E Phrygian, no harmony, only drums and voices Layer haunting cello drones, brushed jazz drums, distant choir pads, Mid-song: syncopated strings, glitchy reversed vocals, rising arpeggiated synths, Final act: full 80-piece orchestra, thunderous timpani, distorted pipe organ, massed choir shouting in rounds, massive reverb tail, Emotion: sacred regret → ecstatic annihilation, Lyrics: confessional, religious imagery, slant rhymes, rhythmic cadence over strict meter, Vocal delivery: starts fragile → possessed → transcendent, Tags: symphonic, cathartic, ash, redemption, fire, minor 9ths, Latin whispers, 6/8 sway into 4/4 crush, End on solitary music box, No pop tropes, no resolve too clean, Burn it down, then resurrect, In Don Nyx Style
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Appalachian murder ballad played on detuned banjo, throat-singing drone, field recording of cicadas and distant church bells Tempo: Free-time, 6/8 that keeps slipping into 7/8 Key: E modal, no thirds, just open fifths and death Layer haunting cello drones, brushed jazz drums, distant choir pads, Mid-song: syncopated strings, glitchy reversed vocals, rising arpeggiated synths, Final act: full 80-piece orchestra, thunderous timpani, distorted pipe organ, massed choir shouting in rounds, massive reverb tail, Emotion: sacred regret → ecstatic annihilation, Lyrics: confessional, religious imagery, slant rhymes, rhythmic cadence over strict meter, Vocal delivery: starts fragile → possessed → transcendent, Tags: symphonic, cathartic, ash, redemption, fire, minor 9ths, Latin whispers, 6/8 sway into 4/4 crush, End on solitary music box, No pop tropes, no resolve too clean, Burn it down, then resurrect, In Don Nyx Style
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Style: Glitch-idol hyperpop × ancient kagura bells × PC Music on bath salts x glitchcore backed by a strong and complex piano melody; 200 bpm that keeps skipping beats like a scratched CD of hell, Insane breakbeat, trip hop, reverb filled interruptions that bleed back into a syncopated beat, A gospel of broken machines, and dissonant chords that somehow morphs into a magic melody that weaves a spell on the whole world, Key: Chromatic mess in C# → everything pitch-shifted ±50 cents at random Solos: symphonic, dark vibe with intricate, glitchy bass tones, melodic arpeggio Instruments: Strings: Cello, Djent, digital harmonies Synths: glitched out Synthesizer, Distorted string leads, ambient pads, arpeggiated bass for rhythm and depth, Pipe Organ: Sharp, improvised runs, Electronic Drums: Heavy, syncopated beats to drive lyrics, Jazz Horns: understated Chorus: Many layers in reverb for immersive feel, Mood: Raw, empty, sad, and emotionally devastating In Don Nyx Style
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Style: Atlanta trap × hyperpop × chopped & screwed demonic lullaby; 808s so low they make your ribs vibrate, baby-voice hooks over murderous triplet flow Tempo: 145 bpm with constant half-time switches jaw harp, mouth harp, juice harp, guimbarde, plucked reed, oboe, Multi-pitch vocals, Acoustic manipulation, Cultural variety with melodic pulsing 808s, Tuvan throat singing (höömei), Inuit throat singing (katajjaq), Xhosa throat singing (umngqokolo), n Tibetan Buddhism and Sardinian singing, contemporary, rock/djent, new-age, pop, and independent, Glazerin Vargan: Often better for rhythmic and percussive music due to their flat, symmetrical frames; Traditional/classic: Symmetrical frames that are good for melodic play, Modern designs: Some are made with high-carbon steel reeds, while others feature laser-cut and polished stainless steel frames, neo-folk metal, nordic folk, 75bpm, ambient Chorus: Many layers in reverb for immersive feel, Mood: Flying In Don Nyx Style
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Solo elderly kannagi norito over a single 33 bpm 808 heartbeat that slowly decays into vacuum Alternative, Heavy Djent SubGenre: dark fantasy / Electronic technical dark jazz / ambient / illbient fusion, Blends pulsing distorted electronic beats, lush ambient layers, and improvisational jazz for a cinematic, introspective vibe with intricate, glitchy undertones and melodic arpeggios, Music: Mid-tempo, uneven pulses, dynamic shifts from chaotic highs to quiet lulls, Starts with jagged synths, builds with layers, ends in eerie silence, Solos mix frenetic jazz with electronic swells, Instruments: Synths: Distorted leads, ambient pads, arpeggiated bass for rhythm and depth, Jazz Piano/Keys: Sharp, improvised runs for emotional tension, Electronic Drums: Heavy, syncopated beats to drive lyrics, Jazz Horns: Piercing bursts in pre-chorus for urgency, Ambient Drones: Gritty layers for immersive feel, Mood: Raw, introspective, balancing frenetic energy with haunting calm, evoking detachment
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