Emberborn

Dark pagan folk-rock with ritual drums, low toms and frame drums, droning hurdy-gurdy, octave mandolin, bowed cello, airy female lead with layered gang vocals on the chorus, minor key with Dorian color, thunderous stomps and claps, campfire ambience, 110 bpm Add cinematic build with taiko hits and metallic shakers entering at first chorus, widen with reverb tail, keep vocals upfront and raw, 110 bpm Bridge goes half-time with spacious pads and whispered harmonies, then big final chorus with call-and-response and extra floor toms, 110 bpm

folk rock, pagan / dark folk, tribal atmospheric, wind and crackling fire, a pack of large dogs chasing a rabbit, an otter in a river, chicken clucking, bird song, a hawk screech