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We got Silksong's final boss before Silksong 😭

The video title, I almost had a heart attack

"The game will never reach up to its hype!" "What if it does...?"

If the Shade Lord popped up and this BANGER started playing I would quite literally cry

honestly the lord of shades could be one of the best boss fights in gaming history if they decide to do it

My train of thought: If the true final boss of Hollow Knight is the sun, therefore the true final boss of Silksong will be the moon

You cannot hide from us Christopher Larkin. Jokes aside this is insane??? Like this is REALLY good, I don't think I have anything to say that the pinned comment hasn't already lmao

“Your honor, the song is peak.”

There's a bit of Hornet's boss theme in there and I love it. Well done!

The Shade Lord would make the perfect secret-final-boss. It would be just the best way to conclude it, having both game's final boss be a God.

"I've defeated you twice little spider, I can do it again."

i hope the devs see this and get some delicious ideas for silksong DLCs if any.

Oh my GOD! AH! This is so good! Seriously, I love this so much. It's such a unique sound, with some of the choral elements (getting heavy Shriek and Ori, from WotW vibes), but still feels distinctly Hollow Knight, especially with the strings. I love all the leitmotifs, calling back to Sealed Vessel, the main theme, Hornet's theme... The idea I'm inferring from this (and the artwork), that the Shade Lord from the Godmaster ending is the final boss, and it's Hornet fighting it? Ah, that's so cool! And this perfectly captures it, I think- it'd be such a different fight, and feel to anything else in the game. Absolutely incredible work, please continue making music man, you're amazing!

My brother didn't have to cook this hard and yet he did, he fuckging did

I'M NOT FALLING FOR THIS SHIT 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️ * insert evil Papyrus image * This song is nice

GOD I WISH THIS WAS IN THE GAME CHRISTOPHER LARKIN IS SHAKING

We see in the final arena the challenge prompt when facing the world's crescent moon, but then its revealed that the shadow across it was the Shade Lord resting on it making it a crescent when it was actually a full moon.

genuinely stunning, this music is loaded with i̶n̶n̶u̶e̶n̶d̶o̶ references. i love the use of various leitmotifs, this is truly a masterpiece of composition. keep up the good work, you're very talented!

This is so fucking peak, I’m losing my mind. The use of the vessel motif, and the Hornet theme, and the drums, and the vocals, and the strings, and everything. This is way too good

This is undoubtedly the best hollow knight silksong fan music on youtube.

you're a god damn musical genius

Can imagine the boss being like before the battle "I was forgotten... cast aside... abused... all for the sake of blotching out your wretched sun that proclaimed itself a god. Yet... now that I'm freed of such trivial disputes and move onward... THIS IS HOW YOU THANK ME?! Your nothing but the trophy of a deal... a deal your mother made just to please a selfish false ruler and to save what little pride she had left! Witness... dear daughter of hallownest... the birth of your DEMISE!"

Dude, I've got chills...

2:10 Literal chills when the Sealed Vessel leitmotif started

PIANO COVER WHEN. I NEED TO PLAY THIS UNTIL MY FINGERS ARE DUST AND THE WORLD IS FIRE, IF NO ONE ELSE WILL MAKE ONE I'LL HAVE TO AND IT WON'T BE ANYWHERE AS GOOD

Apex of the Abyss - THE SHADE LORD Absolutely FANTASTIC!!! It's so fitting with the style of Hollow Knight's musical style while also applying Silksong's seeming inclination over string instruments across it's own. Not to mention how ominous and opressive the "Heart of the Abyss" part is contrasting with "Queensoul"'s strained hope. It's so powerful and memorable, and i can only hope the real thing can provide something just as incredible as this. Amazing work overall!

It really feels like the song of the ruler of the abyss. We can assume that the boss is the hollow knight in the most powerful form ever seen, and I would love to see all the songs related to a silksong motiv in the game, and then you fight THIS, and the song is more related to the original game. That would be absolutely NUTS.

In all honesty, this song must be the best song I have ever heard. From the start to the finish, there was a beutiful composition of synergy between all the major themes in Hollow Knight, like, for example, The Hollow Knight's theme, Hornet's theme and many others which all combined together with the excellent playing of the violin, make a canvas that in it of itself is THE definition of Hollow Knight's music. Calling this work of art anything other than a masterpiece would be criminal. Bravo mr. Dutonic, just... bravo. You fully earned my subscribtion and my respect. Keep it up.

This is SOOOO good. I imagine the first phase being you fighting "the knight", well, at least whats left of him, and then on the inbetween we have a cutscene where the knights shell breaks open and the shade lord finally breaks free, revealing his true strengh. You fight him a while, untill you eventually get him into a Radience style escape phase, where your "Silk-soul" (a combination of the silk of spiders and soul of the higher beings, which Hornet unites) gains in strengh and like the shades in Radience, you start winning and taking the upper hand. Ending in finishing the shade lord off, perfectly timed with the music ending. I cant wait to see it all myself.......... in about a thousand years:)

This is amazing! You did an excellent job of capturing the dread and terror of the abyss. When Hornet's theme kicked in, I got chills!

I love how it goes from the usual vessel motif into Hornet’s theme! And something about that part right at the end, before Hornet’s theme comes in (right near here 6:47 I think), made me think of the Radiance fight. Not sure how, just an odd feeling. This song feels like a passing of the torch in a way, like this is what solidifies Hornet as her own separate character, not just a character in another’s world. No longer is it Hollow Knight: Silksong, it is instead now simply: *Silksong.*

I suggested the idea of a void related song for the Silksong series like a year ago. I don’t know weather that’s why you made the song but it’s awesome regardless. It sounds like that as you fight the shade lord you are slowly spiraling down into the void, getting farther and farther from the beautiful shining citadel at Pharloom’s peak.

The final boss is it's release date

I wish this becomes an official soundtrack for silksong tho, BECAUSE THIS IS FIRE, TEAM CHERRY NEEDS TO SEE THIS MASTERPIECE SIR,😭😭✋🏻

I'm not crying... I'm just...

A quick reminder that hornet is part wyrn SO there could be giant things happening in that final boss fight

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS IS SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Genuinely the vibes transferred through the music are so strong. Something specific that I heard in the song is the strong bee energy in phase 2, which gave me a sort of eldritch desperation vibe. You've broke down its physical form. It's out of the energy needed to present in a logical way. The end of Phase 1 also really does well to demonstrate the hope of finally striking the killing blow and having it on its last legs then you stab it in the heart and what comes out isn't blood but eldritch and horrible power and intelligence. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'm just trying to process this music beyond the way that it's clearing out my entire brain. I wish you success. Keep making this beautiful music. I will be listening to your whole body of work. My brain chemistry is destroyed. May you become rich and famous. AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. It's so clear how much love and effort and tweaking went into creating this piece and I've already gone through your other Hollow Knight related stuff and I don't know how your two area themes didn't get traction because I really love them. I can feel the dread of how much your music is going to consume my thoughts. It's like approaching a waterfall and knowing that you're fuck. I can feel the autism stirring. This might be worse than the PvZ orchestral remixes. Oh God.

This song has given me nothing but chills. Truly, this is only describable as Radiant. Amazing job Dutonic! excited to see what things you cook up next

This is unironically the best fanmade song I’ve ever heard omg 🫶

this genuinely rekindled my hype for silksong a bit imagining the amazing fight that would go with this phenomenally made track, absolute masterpiece right here. when the vessel theme kicks in around minute 2 it's actually godly I can't lie, same with hornets theme around the 5 and 7 minute marks. this genuinely sounds like something right out of hollow knight, well damn done.

Goosebumps, incredible work

The first part of the song gives me the vibe of someone researching or discovering something, perhaps some kind of weakness, or plotting a way to defeat this great foe Around minute 2 it transitions into this moment of actually preparing this plan that he's concocted. Around minute 3 the preparations are finished and this person is anticipating the arrival of the great foe Around minute 4 the great foe arrives the person is seeing his plan unravel as his theories and plans are put into practice. Around minute 5, through minute 6 they continue to clash against each other in battle Lastly, nearing the end of the song the battle sees itself a winner.

0:05 I have never felt more called out than I did when I skipped ahead and immediately saw this.

This would be perfect if this is the final boss. Wonderful work, Dutonic!

Damn that's awesome. There are so many Hollow Knight motifs and it would be interesting to see what motifs Silksong's music will have.

I was scrolling through my recommended videos and I saw this, I clicked and almost instantly subbed, keep up the amazing work!

i love how it feels a bit like a mashup of hornet and sealed vessel

bro all the little refrains of the main theme are used perfectly I'm in love with this ❤❤❤

I hope this awesome piece gets loads of attention!

I'm imagining the fight starting with Hornet attacking different void tendrils. The tendrils close by fight back, but the main body doesn't even notice cause it's that huge. When you start to hear the sealed vessel theme at 2:13 I imagine that the "siblings" in hollow knight fight hornet as she makes her way further. When the sealed vessel theme suddenly stops and the track becomes spooky at 2:40, the Shade Lord actually notices Hornet. It then plays an animation of it turning around and getting ready for battle until 3:50. Then the fight starts by Hornet just avoiding the Shade Lord attacks and making her way up to the monster. The music notes go upwards like how Hornet platforms upwards. Then when she reaches the top at 5:06 she leaps to the face of the Shade Lord and attacks it. The Shade Lord screams in anger and void swarms the area and contains and traps Hornet and the Shade Lord in an arena. Then they fight until 6:54 where the Shade Lord is knocked back and the void surrounding them opens up. Hornet has gained control of the fight and wins at the end.

"Embodiment of the abyssal Void, Shade." *The eclipse shall begun, the era of the abyss kin shall rise once again, as its lands has long, long ago went silent and dormant..* "The last hope, is a princess with no kingdom, against a greater will, a king of nothingness that existed far before what once existed, this is the end, and thr beginning.. this is.. *The apogee of all Eras.*

the leitmotif is GAS bro

This video single-handedly reignited my hype for silksong Even though the shade lord will likely not be the final boss, the concept itself is just amazing

God this is so beautiful and impressive dude. Hopefully ill get as good at making orchestral compositions as this!! Christopher Larkin would be so goddamn proud

This is really good. So much so that it makes me afraid that the real thing might not live up to it!

Love the job u did with the original hollow knight tracks, the music is insane. U must have worked really hard to reach something like that. Cannot wait to see ur next work. Congrats🎉

Oh my gosh another beautiful masterpiece by dutonic You are a great composer bro, keep it up

great work! both the music and the art.

Larkin would be proud... this is insane. Motifs upon motifs, with a unique spin on all of them, incredible work.

The path of pain, hollow knight starting menu and hornet themes being in this is peak

I'm crying here, this is SO epic!

Amazing! I love the sealed vessel pieces in there!

Saw tnis and then checked your channel. Instantly subscribed, this is hella good!!

i've been waiting for a silksong song for a long time.. this will do

THAT TITLE SCARED ME, nice song by the way, great job

Somene once did the lord of shades theme, but now? This like the best conpect song for The God of Gods in Hollow Knight and Silksong.

this kinda fire ngl i came to listen to it after i saw the reddit post keep up the good work

I’m speechless. This was incredible

I love how it has the background creepiness of the void, but on top of that it's aggressive due to the Lord of Shade's will and wrath. Then there's the sealed vessel theme, signifying the tragic past, which quickly becomes threatening, as that old self is gone. There's the chanting, which shows the LoS's divinity, just like the Radiance. And then there is Hornet's theme, as she gains the power to win (queensoul, cool idea). And now I wonder if/how Hornet's theme will appear in Silksong. Unlike in Hollow Knight where the main themes show up when you discover important things, Hornet isn't connected to Pharloom (that we know of). I'm sure it'll show up somewhere, but she's not a boss this time.

I hope Team Cherry sees this and puts it into the game! This is beyond amazing!❤️

Imagine seing a huge LORD OF SHADES boss screen title with a complete black background with a abyss themed battle arena

absolutely magestic!

This is awesome :o

This video gives me another hope

10/10 great artwork, great music

this is awesome holy

I'm imagining Hornet imbued with the energy of the delicate flower, pure souls from the orinic kingdoms and maybe something else for his confrontation against the Lord of Shades There is no light that claims to remember the past and join it, nor an emotionless darkness that forgets any past except its hatred towards the light, there is only a white soul born from all the lights of the Orionic world and its history.

This is beautiful

This is a masterpiece

The letomifs are fire

Perfection nothing else It doubled my hope Especially the last segment is chef kiss

I absolutely love this!

Team Cherry should hire you, this is amazing.

In the art, it looks like the shade lord ripped off one of the radiance's wings, kind of like it's playing with it's prey before dragging it into the void

BRO THIS IS P E A K IM TELLING YOU ITS SO GOOD

oh this is beautiful, i love this

I don’t know what to say that others wont allready have said. The only thing I can say is, from the bortom of my heart. This is a masterpiece. I sounds like it come straight from Cristopher Larkin. Increadibly beutiful! Love it!

Oh God I love the indie productions

This is masterpiece

this is insanely well done, i wouldnt have been suprised if i heard this in the actual game

damn, it gives me goosebumps

shesh another banger

This legit is too good I love this

YOOOOOOOO I actually thought for a minute this was real xD Anyways, this song was AMAZING!!! Loved it!!

How have I found such masterpiece.... I am amazed. I can't find any words to describe how amazing it would be to hear it in Silksong during Final Boss Fight

This SLAPS. Love the choir in phase 2!

Dang. This is really good.

You don't need to tell me how hard you worked on this, I can hear it already.

While hearing this song i imagine in phase 1 all of Pharloom joining you in the figth and this being shown in gameplay as them being part of the background as you pass through the void creatures attacking the city. In hearth of the abyss i imagine the shade lord taking everyone out and holding them with its tendrils; and in phase 2 start i imagine Hornet seeing the souls of the weavers and her mother just as the void start to take over her soul, the scream at the start being her ripping away her own arm to escape before the figth starts. In queensoul i imagine the abomination about to give an undodgable attack rigth as hornet's eyes glow, not orange, not white, neither red, but with a gold ligth that burns the tentacles away, then she starts to climb through the now destroyed citadel and freeing citisen after citisen as she climb her way up again to the top to strike the darkness for a last time.