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Track: The Ascent
Artist: Caligula's Horse
Album: Rise Radiant (Bonus Tracks Version)

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Name: Caligula's Horse
Spotify Genres: progressive metal, djent, progressive rock
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Named for the prized possession of Rome’s infamous despot, CALIGULA’S HORSE is a progressive alternative rock band from Brisbane, Australia. Channelling the raw honesty of rock and the skill of progressive metal into a seamless voice at once energetic, grand and forthright, CALIGULA’S HORSE offers devotees of all strains of powerful and progressive music something unique. Formed by Sam Vallen and Jim Grey in early 2011, CALIGULA’S HORSE released their debut album “Moments from Ephemeral City” in April of the same year. “Moments” is a colourful and dynamic foray into modern progressive music, at once vital, eclectic, and memorable. It was followed in 2013 by “The Tide, the Thief & River’s End”, a dark, powerful narrative concept album about isolation, exodus, and the human spirit overcoming insurmountable odds. It received international acclaim in the progressive music sphere, lauded by rock and metal fans alike. The release of “River’s End” saw the group undertake an intense touring regime, including dates with the likes of OPETH, TESSERACT, MASTODON, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, PROTEST THE HERO, THE OCEAN, FIREWIND, TWELVE FOOT NINJA, NE OBLIVISCARIS, and hundreds more. But for CALIGULA’S HORSE this is only the beginning. After joining the roster of THE AGENCY GROUP in North America, AMF Publishing in the UK, and signing with the prestigious German record label INSIDE OUT, the band’s sights are firmly set on the rest of the world. 2015 saw CALIGULA’S HORSE release their third record “Bloom”, their most vivid, and emotional work to that date. “Bloom” is the perfect mission statement for an act blurring the line between power and reflection; a musical assertion with depth enough for the most dedicated of prog fans, and with fire enough to bring audiences in venues across the world to fury and their voices to unison.

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Release: Caligula's Horse - Rise Radiant
Year: 2020
Genres: Rock
Styles: Progressive Metal

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LYRICS

This is the way that we hand control to gravity’s grip
The way that it goes
Before we can rise we must be laid low
Bloodied, alive, I make it to my knees
Only to pray they won’t forget me
Cast to the ground when I reached for the war

So climb

Rise in the rot and set the pace to stay
The heart is the way where the markers were laid
Higher again until we’re leaving our own

We climb

The fight and the form
The ever forward, mine
Boot to the hold
One tread at a time
Hand over hand
The path as it winds

So climb

So rise radiant
You are the way
You were born to the ascent
So rise, my radiant
With my pride, bear your heart into the end of me
There is no death
I am with you, my darling
If I am breathing through you
Death only is to wake
With the face of our fathers below
And no fear to follow the way forward
Love

There is no pride
I am with you, my darling
This is your time
And so into your hands I leave all that I could not reach
You are the worlds colliding
The sail unfurls
We have all been building worlds

Forward
Like loss could colour cloud and distance edify
A farewell to sunrise
The decaying heartbeat of the sky
So as the hills drink deep
We watch survivors trace their old calligraphy in light

Forward
With all I took with me
A spite of my design
Too long the lesson
All it took to leave my hate to lie
What a privilege it is to watch the day’s last colour die
Teaching us to climb
Forward now
Through

And into your hands I leave all that I could not reach
You are the worlds colliding
We built a world
Your sails unfurled
Forward now
Through
The way is forward
The fall will take form into ascent
You are the sun
Rise radiant
Become the light alive
The fight and the climb
The strife, the day
We are the sun
Rise radiant
My love the way forward
The fall will take form into ascent
You are the sun
Rise radiant
Become the light alive
The fight and the climb
The strife, the day
We are the sun
Rise radiant, my love