#essenger

[rahisaurus]

I made a moc of Essenger's "Divine Virus" basilisk!

[askdacast]

EVERYBODY ALL BONKLE FANS SHUT UP STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND WATCH THIS IMMEDIATELY

THEY OPENED UP BIONICLE DAY 2023 WITH VAKAMA (YES) NARRATING AFTER 20 YEARS OF MASK OF LIGHT AND BELOVED BIONICLE S#%&POSTER ESSENGER & CRYOSHELL’S BANGER NEW SONG

[cryoshellfans]

Cryoshell and @essengermusic are collaborating on a new song, releasing on BIONICLE Day, August 10th. Get ready!

[eclectricsheep]

Shoutouts to the two lesbian wolf girls making out in the middle of the Bionicle EDM concert tonight

[vaderslittlefinger]

So a few days ago I got to see Essenger perform!

I went wearing my Kaukau and repped my favorite Toa.

Essenger's set was fire, the crowd was amazing, and my partner and I got an epic merch haul.

10/10 would take a selfie with Teridax again.

[notblazedenough]

The Essenger show last night was amazing! I had a blast getting to know so many of my fellow bionicle fans! You know I had to hit up the merch table as well! I snagged two custom masks and this awesome Essenger shirt!

@essengermusic

[chaoskingcornerstone]

I just realized that the "Is there a cure" line in As above so below could apply to every year of G1 Bionicle

2001 - infected masks and Rahi

2002 - Krana (bit of a stretch tho)

2003 - infected masks 2

2004 - Makutas virus literally comatosed Mata Nui, he used a literal virus

2005 - Hordika venom

2006 - mind control zamor spheres

2007 - the pit mutagen

2008 - shadow leeches

2009 and 2010 (2010 is just 2009 part two after all) - Makuta as a literal virus that controls the GRS

[arzeron]

Maybe Brutaka had a reason to become disillusioned with Mata Nui...

[onvermel]

As Above, So Below. The best 810nicle day gift I could ask for. 

[herora-nuva]

"These machines were never built to make things right.

"These machines were never built to BURN ALIVE!"

Ok but can we talk about how fucking hard these lyrics go?! "As Above, So Below", the new song by @essengermusic and Cryoshell, is a masterpiece and dripping with thematic references to Bionicle, and in particular these two lines from the pre-choruses stick out too me because they feel so filled with meaning to the series. Like obviously I'm not Essenger, so I don't know everything that went into these lyrics, but I have to talk about what they make me feel because I can't stop thinking about them. So, here's my attempt at a lyrical analysis! :D

"Don't you feel that its too late to turn the tide. These machines were never built to make things right."

This line feels so interesting, because it feels like an acknowledgement that the characters were never really meant to be heroes. The Toa and Matoran were just meant to be the worker drones to keep the Mata Nui Robot functioning. Things were never meant to go this wrong, these beings who were just machines were never built to face evils and right wrongs of this magnitude. And yet they did, they rose to take on more than they were ever meant to.

"Don't you feel that its too late to turn the tide. These machines were never built BURN ALIIIIIIVEEEEE."

And then this line hits even harder! At the same time as calling them just machines, it calls them alive, and that they were never meant to burn, never meant to experience this pain. It calls them machines but evokes a pity of them, they were never meant to pay the price for these mistakes.

Just the contrast between these two lines (and I gotta say, I LOVE me some slight changes in repeating lyrics that give new context and meaning) captures what in my view is one of the most poignant themes in Bionicle, that they were never meant to be more than machines, and yet they became a people on their own, burdened with the weight of their creators' mistakes.

"Our sanctuary burns while you play god."

Who this refers to is also very interesting. It works for Mata Nui, Makuta, and the Great Beings, and I'd say most of all the Great Beings, who played god while their world burned.

"The world outside is dying as we slowly drown."

This line comes a little earlier than the previous one I mention, and I while it evokes the overarching theme in the song of the world in peril while the subjects are dormant, locked away in a paradise. It makes you think about the Great Beings off who knows where while their creation struggles. Though the drowning metaphor also makes me think of Mata Nui, also a dormant god who made mistakes, drowning from the waters of Aqua Magna literally filling his heart with the waterfall of Karda Nui. Love me some lyrics that have multiple potential meanings and interpretations.

GOD, this song is so sorrowful, and yet feels brimming with a determined rage to make things right, though wondering if ti may be too late. That feeling was so palpable in Bionicle, especially late Bionicle in the Ignition and Bara Magna Sagas. Ahhh, I love it so much, thank you Essenger, I know this was your dream, but to the rest of us, this was a gift beyond measure.

[qloof]

essenger in the works of making a 2nd album + other works in the process YEASSSSSS YESSS PRAISE THE LORD

[rahisaurus]

Did my best to create a toa using sand green and coral pink!

I had to add brown because bionicle masks/limbs don't come in either of those colours (⁠^⁠～⁠^⁠;⁠)

[fanoftoatahu]

My new shirt came in + one (1) random Kanohi! I love it! Now Tahu can rock 2 Hau Nuvas at the same time lol

[cryoshellfans]

As Above, So Below

Cryoshell's new song with @essengermusic releases on BIONICLE Day, August 10th!

Artwork by @amaryllis-no and Essenger.

Presave the song

[biggrump]

I've shilled Essenger's music to like everyone in America but I've genuinely been replaying this like a million times. I've never been too big into Bionicle or mid-2000s rock music (I may be the only Essenger fan who feels this way) but I love this version of the song.

Might be sacrilegious to say but I might genuinely prefer this one to the original (though this one is also tailored specifically to my tastes lol)

[sin-sick-soul]

Essenger - Blood Moon

Take one last look at what we left behind (Summer's over, hold me closer, cold is setting in)

We can drive forever till the blood moon dies (Lost together, now or never, there's no going back) 

Too late to start again so let's live to see the end ...And leave our shadows when we're gone