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Pillars Of Equestria Part One

by L-Train presents Ro.C.S.M.Or.

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Average Helper
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Average Helper A worthy expansion of an epic origin story. Excellent instrumentation and voicework on all counts. I'm excited to hear Part Two!
hexligma
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hexligma Instrumentals are top notch as always! Each song has its own style as well, you're simply bound to love at least one of the tracks Favorite track: Healin' Brew.
spidivonmarder
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spidivonmarder Professional symphonic metal about ponies? The dreams comes true! Music and lyrics are touching and heartbreaking! I was totally fall in love to Somnambula's part and the great choirs in chous. Favorite track: All From Hope.
PKMetal
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PKMetal I don't know ponies, but I've known symphonic metal since Skylark was my favorite band 22 years ago. This album blew me away like few can that don't have someone named Arjen in the credits. Vocals are top notch, and guess what: the story and lyrics are *better* than most of Ayreon's. So if you're not a brony, don't be fooled by the cover and subject matter: this is the real damn deal. Just wow. Favorite track: Healin' Brew.
Happy Little Boozer
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Happy Little Boozer Third project of this magnitude from L-Train and the most diverse of them. With different ethnic themes underlying each major track, there is plenty of uniqueness to each. They all feel like their own thing, tied together with swift transitions, metal foundation and the bookends of "The Heroes I Seek" & "Forged as One". The overall quality is as high es ever, with vocals perfectly reflecting each track's musical niche. Absolute banger, that has so far been criminally underrated on YouTube. Favorite track: Healin' Brew.
Lord Spiffy
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Lord Spiffy An pillar of Brony music, great metal opera lasting ~44min based on a ~22min per episode kids show with the cooperation of ~16 people (might've derped my count :P) and changing cultural styles for each Pillar of Equestria is an example why this fandom is so superb.
I had to say "shut up and take my bits" halfway through the album on Youtube.
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Overture 03:24
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Stygian: How could you run off frightened When they all needed you? To leave them ‘neath the spell, abandon all you once knew And after all that’s happened Just you alone are free But what more can I do, but turn my tail and flee I’ve lived a simple life I’m no one great or mighty What more could I have done Who would the hero rightly be? Stygian + Choir: The hero I seek (hero I seek) Protect the humble and weak Stygian: If only I could find one A warrior or mage, Or even search for him, the greatest wizard of this age But who would wish to come To save our lowly town When monsters hide in every shadow that is found But how would they all hide If light could shine for all to see? Why find a single knight When we could have an army be Stygian + Choir: The heroes I seek (heroes I seek) To fight what evil may wreak [Guitar Solo: L-Train] Stygian: If they’d only hear my plea Far beyond the Sirens Just imagine what could be We would stand the vanguard against anything Every battle could be won When they’d need us we would be United, as guardians to save everyone History is full of evils left astray Like a plague upon the world Darkness we could finally seal away We could forge something great Protect all those who are in need Each foe would know their fate As righteous Pillars they could be Stygian + Choir: The heroes I seek (heroes I seek) To stand when all else looks bleak (all else looks bleak) To save the vanquished and meek (vanquished and meek) The heroes I seek
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Somnambula: She came, demanding tribute Our harvest hers to consume As our hunger continued It seemed she’d be our doom! There was no one to stop her This Sphinx a beast so daunting Yet still our Prince would be stirred To resist her taunting The beast was displeased, Snatched him away to her temple lair, For him to be freed her riddle must Be solved, if we dare! Somnambula + Choir: All we know... All we owe, All that shines as the Glowpaz glows, All from faith… All From Hope! Somnambula: I knew it was my doing, From such an innocent alm Quickly I galloped after I knew I must save Hisan She asked me the phrase, One simple riddle with all at stake Then, I would elate I knew the answer without mistake... The sphinx scrunched up her wicked face to hear the answer found She roared and said “you’ll know your place” then stomped against the ground “But the riddles’ solved!” “You’re not absolved,” she said with leering eyes “Your bounty still belongs to me.” Her word a hollow lie. I could not leave the Prince in chains, and let her steal from everyone “But what about another game? A challenge all or none.” “But if I win you’ll go away, and leave our village be.” The Sphinx, intrigued said: “We shall see.” Then laughed aloud in glee! [Guitar Solos: L-Train, 4EverfreeBrony] Somnambula: Blind and without wings She had me cross that most dangerous pool But I made the leap I held to Hope like a precious jewel Somnambula + Choir: All we know... All we owe, All that shines as the Glowpaz glows, All from faith… All From Hope! Somnambula: I was blessed… I still owe, There’s no way I could tell you “no.” I will come… Bring them Hope!
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Rockhoof: As but a colt, I would work in the fields Of our peaceful seaside realm Wishing one day I could be strong enough To join the Mighty Helm But I was small, not muscled or tall ‘Twas a thing I might never be Shovel in hoof, I set out to prove That they would have a place for me With what strength I could find I worked hard as I might ‘Twas a dream I would never let go With all body and mind Through the day and the night I refused to relent, ‘til I made that dream so Our village laid place at a volcano base Never once had we seen it blow Then on that day, we found we would face The wrath of its fiery glow Choir: We had no way to fight All the lava we saw And the Helm said we had to go But despite all our fright We just couldn’t withdraw We could not leave our homes and the land that we know Rockhoof: The river of lava got closer and closer, Soon to consume everything that we were. I could do little, but had to do something! So shovel in hoof I dug into the dirt Digging the trench, all my efforts seemed foolish, Weak as I was, I would run out of time. I needed a strength that would meet my ambition When there in a flash happened something divine [Solos: L-Train (guitar), 4EverfreeBrony (mandolin), Koron Korak (violin)] With what I’d been blessed, I carved out the trench And was able to save the town The lesson I learned, was still to endure When it seems all is coming down Rockhoof + choir: With Great Strength, you can find That no matter the fight You can beat almost every foe With your brethren, combined You’ll be able to smite Choir only: Every villain that you couldn’t face just alone Rockhoof: With the Helm at my side, We protected our land And with them, that will still be so For these Sirens may try, But they’re standing in sand We’ll knock them aside, yes indeed I will go!
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Healin' Brew 04:50
Mage Meadowbrook: Deep here in the Hayseed Swamp, we’ve lived a long ‘ol time Doin’ our best to get along with all the critter life Our masks & stews all simple but, it’s peaceful an’ sublime Never had too much hardship or, even a little strife ‘Til the folks fell sick with all these horrid spots Coughing up with bubbles, sneezing lightning snot Mage Meadowbrook / Meadowbrook and Choir: Cough, pop, zap and boom The plague was spreading way too soon Cough, pop, zap and boom I feared it’d be our doom If I could not mix a healin’ brew The fever’d claim me too With no one left to do We’d say adieu Mage Meadowbrook: Every old elixir and, each potion I could find Didn’t change that accursed plant, or poison that’s inside When soon it claimed my mother too, in bed she slept maligned I stared down in the bayou, to see if that’d provide Me the answer to save everyone I loved When some flash bees flew out, hovered just above Mage Meadowbrook / Meadowbrook and Choir: Cough, pop, zap and boom The flowers opened up their plumes Cough, pop, zap and boom And spread their toxic fumes But the flash bees were left unamused And took the pollen too And that is when I knew What I must do [Solos: TheMusicReborn (trumpet), Zephysonas (tenor sax), L-Train (guitar)] Mage Meadowbrook: After many tries and far too many stings I did realize just what would be the thing For my healin’ mask looked like the flash bee queen Let me take their honey without gettin’ mean Mage Meadowbrook / Meadowbrook and Choir: Cough, pop, zap and boom One by one and room to room Cough, pop, zap and boom The honey, once consumed Healed them all up quick, shooed away the gloom We drank the healin’ brew And all escaped the tomb! But now for you... Not much I can do Unless you need a potion brewed But I’ve done my due To see our problems through If you really think you need me too I’ll pack some different brews And help you to undo The Sirens’ gloom
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Brave Enough 05:12
Flash Magnus: Being just a Legion grunt, I traveled wherever they needed me And although the pegasi do rule the skies, the job ain’t that easy But it’s not the griffons or the hippogriffs that give us much to fear When one of those giant stinking dragons gets a little bit too near Choir: Yeah forever we will fly Flash Magnus: Every tempest you may see Choir: Flying free in every sky Flash Magnus: None shall stay thee Choir: They are ours to take and form Flash Magnus: Knowing you are called to be Choir: For the Legion is the storm! Flash Magnus + Choir: Brave enough! No matter what the problem Forged so tough! If it tries to kill you Show your stuff! ‘Cause it’s them who won’t be Brave enough! Flash Magnus: Then on such a mission we did have to get across the dragon lands When we saw two of them large enough to wrap us in a single hand Many of our comrades were ensnared and taken back into their cave I could not just leave them like that, there must be a way that we can save! Choir: Yeah together we will fly Flash Magnus: Like feathers in a wing Choir: It takes all to soar so sigh Flash Magnus: We’d be nothing Choir: Lest we fall back down to earth Flash Magnus: And as one be ascending Choir: Every one of us has worth Flash Magnus + Choir: Brave enough! Out from the cave I led them Forged so tough! As they tried to roast me Show your stuff! With the shield I could be Brave enough! [Guitar Solos: L-Train, Osoch] Choir: And as heroes we will fly Flash Magnus: As the storm was gathering Choir: Through the darkest of the skies Flash Magnus: Full of lightning Choir: When the thunder swallows you Flash Magnus: You will not be cowering Choir: All as one we’ll see it through Flash Magnus + Choir: Brave enough! Somehow we really made it Forged so tough! Like the shield we all could Show your stuff! Play the role we all should Brave enough! Flash Magnus: You’ve got guts To pull this all together You know what? Yes I’m gonna join you They’d be nuts If they think they could beat All of us!
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Mistmane: All my life I saw the goodness in the world In the great and little things… I had strived to bring more everywhere I could Like a flower in the spring Yet I was so unconscious of Where ugliness could cling Where such a pain might have festered Where I was needed to bring True beauty inside Not seeking glory, trying to justify I had let decay so long After years, I found my village left in ruin How I felt like such a fool… That I’d let her steal all beauty that she could To create an empty jewel And what I found there upon the throne In her abhorrent rule Was an old friend I cared about And I had let her turn so cruel All beauty outside Filling the palace, all an attempt to hide A curse born from an envious pride How our village cried I should have seen the cause of this great divide Now, I had to face her Mistmane + Choir: For beauty isn’t ours alone A thing to steal or hoard or own It is a light for all to see A well of life to let flow free [Guitar Solo: L-Train] Mistmane: And in the end, when I held her there I knew I had to prove Give up my beauty for everyone And even her too True beauty inside Shines on its own, all vanity aside Frees those who let ugliness hide All I could provide, all I can do To help out your village too I’ll do it to help you
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[Trumpet Solo: TheMusicReborn] Stygian: So now you’ve heard each story we could tell And what has brought me to you as well My village left bewitched beneath their song With every passing day, it prolongs Everyone I know and love, cursed to be their slaves We could bring the Sirens down, we could save! Star Swirl: I sympathise (with) what you’ve endured But you know not what you’re saying, and know not its allure All of my students come to learn That all Sorcery is power, which demands that you discern You collect them like torches to burn a fire bright But think not what to do when you too ignite Star Swirl + choir: When forged by life, what we can create Is all but a candle compared to the fates But you wish to take their power for your own When forged divine, a magic runs deep An ocean whose edges that we’ll never see You know not the costs such sorcery could rise from the unknown [Guitar Solo: L-Train] Stygian: Respectfully, you must believe me That these gifts that they were granted, are branches of a tree I think of them more like the sun Not a group of little torches, but a light for everyone Or as beams in a rainbow of every colored light Who could end every storm and be glowing bright Stygian + choir: They’re forged as one, whatever you say All elements of something come from the fates You can see it for yourself or turn away For all you’ve done, the spells you have penned The things that will shape ponykind to its end Yet you disavow this chance we have ‘cause of what we might pay? Flash: I know I should have died that day, by dragon fire or lightning, yet Rockhoof: We found that we could do much more when greater Flash + Rockhoof: Challenges are set Mage Meadowbrook: I thought I’d failed my home and kin, but from the state that things were in Mistmane: We turned the darkness back and Meadowbrook + Mistmane: Found the answer hiding deep within Stygian: While fear once almost held me back, I couldn’t sit around and mope Somnambula: I had to take the leap and All except Star Swirl: Put my trust in hope! Star Swirl: Alright, I’ve heard you make your case It is clear to me these wonders, must have a higher place And since you’ll do it either way… With a sorcerer to guide you, you might not go astray There indeed is much darkness that we could cast away To a place they’d be left to decay Stygian + Pillars + choir: So forged as one, with firmament laid We’ll rise up as Pillars protecting the gates For all who may need us on that day And forged as one, we’ll keep building high These gifts for all creatures to come for all time And bring Harmony to all who have been left in dismay!

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L-Train and the Royal Canterlot Symphonic Metal Orchestra (Ro.C.S.M.Or) proudly present “Pillars Of Equestria Part One”, a tale of seven courageous heroes and their mighty deeds, based on a story from "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic". Pillars Of Equestria Part One follows the story of Stygian as he gathers together heroes from across Equestria to help save his town.

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released July 1, 2019

Performed by the Royal Canterlot Symphonic Metal Orchestra:

L-Train - composer, producer, arranger www.youtube.com/user/TheLTrain9000
SkyBolt - lyricist, story www.youtube.com/user/SkyBoltsMusic

Featured Vocalists
4EverfreeBrony www.youtube.com/user/4everfreebrony/ - Stygian
ShadowSprite - Somnambula
SkyBolt www.youtube.com/user/SkyBoltsMusic - Rockhoof
Aramau www.youtube.com/user/lucasgirl101 - Mage Meadowbrook
Francis Vace www.youtube.com/user/FVaceslav - Flash Magnus
Aria Diamond www.youtube.com/channel/UCFWry-0x0pw3UqGS0DjkqiQ - Mistmane
DaWillstanator www.youtube.com/user/DaWillstanator - Star Swirl the Bearded

Choir
L-Train www.youtube.com/user/TheLTrain9000
BriLizyT www.youtube.com/channel/UCOhzKT5pYUr_kvrFAuyBEuQ
Mateo Rodríguez www.youtube.com/user/mateoro16
KayVox www.youtube.com/c/kayvox
Seriff Pilcrow www.deviantart.com/seriff-pilcrow
ShadowSprite

Featured Musicians
L-Train www.youtube.com/user/TheLTrain9000 - guitar, bass, piano, drum programming, orchestral arrangements
4EverfreeBrony www.youtube.com/user/4everfreebrony/ - mandolin, guitar
Koron Korak www.youtube.com/c/KoronKorak - violin
Osoch www.youtube.com/c/Osoch - guitar
TheMusicReborn www.youtube.com/user/TheMusicReborn - trumpet
Zephysonas www.youtube.com/user/Zephysonas - tenor saxophone

Artwork
Viwrastupr (www.deviantart.com/viwrastupr) - Cover art
Jhayarr23 (www.deviantart.com/jhayarr23) - Vector art (fav.me/dcg93pk, fav.me/dbs9jok, fav.me/dbs1xnk, fav.me/dbs9kag)
Cheezdoodle96 (www.deviantart.com/cheezedoodle96) - Vector art (fav.me/dbtrz5p, fav.me/dbnqksj, fav.me/dbofa86)

Special thanks to Hasbro, DHX and all the folks behind My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. A very big thankyou to SkyBolt for his many many contributions to the project, and to the rest of the cast and crew for generously offering their talents. Thanks also to everyone who didn’t audition for the choir, even those who weren’t successful, your talent and enthusiasm is greatly appreciated and I wish you all the best of luck with your future musical endeavours. Finally, a very special thanks to all my friends and followers around the world, this whole project would be meaningless without you, your support and encouragement is very much appreciated. Thank you for listening to my strange epic horsemusic operas.

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