OCTOPLOID – The Hallowed Flame (Official Music Video)

Taken off the album “Beyond The Aeons” (July 5th, 2024)

“A doomy tune sung by Mikko Kotamäki deals with love, longing and hope. The crushing theme meets a tender verse, creating a vulnerable balance before the heavy interlude hits. This ballad draws it’s influences entirely from the 90’s, boosting the nostalgic vibe of the entire performance.“

Music & Lyrics: Olli-Pekka Laine
Recorded & mixed by Petri Majuri at E-Studio Finland
Produced by Olli-Pekka Laine
Mastered by David Castillo at E-Studio Finland

Music & Lyrics: Olli-Pekka Laine
Recorded & mixed by Petri Majuri at E-Studio Finland
Produced by Olli-Pekka Laine
Mastered by David Castillo at E-Studio Finland
Video produced, directed and edited by: Pete Voutilainen (One Eye Media Oy) Cinematography and lights: Pete Voutilainen, Nadi Hammouda

OCTOPLOID is:
Mikko Kotamäki – Lead Vocals on ‘The Hallowed Flame’
Peter Salonen – Guitars
Kim Rantala – Keyboards
Olli-Pekka Laine – Bass, keyboards, backing vocals
Mikko Pietinen – Drums, percussion

Lyrics:

The rain is setting in tonight
Tearing harvest down for spite
Memory will not forego
Everything comes to be known

Torn from her arms away
Lightened by the hallowed flame
A morning in the wake of night
Shadows interblend with day

The sun was down and twilight gray
Shadows had been drawn all day
Allay the lament of barren earth and sky
Dead of night as still as death

Torn from her arms away
Lightened by the hallowed flame
A morning in the wake of night
Shadows interblend with day

In the starlight’s illumination
I woke into the passion of obscurity
And seized the coldest consolation
Of sin, being and purity

An empty morrow with its ease
Slowly creeping in

Torn from her arms away
Lightened by the hallowed flame
A morning in the wake of night
Shadows interblend with day