Millenia ago, the Beast of Time fell asleep under the trees. It lay dormant beneath the forest for untold centuries. That is, until a foolish king and his army met a rival kngdom in battle beneath the tallest oaks.

Blood seeped through the roots and underbrush, staining the soil red for days. It trickled down between the rocks and twigs, around ancient dead from battles long past and through layers of sediment until it reached the Beast's dormant body.

It stirred.

The blood drenched its body and pooled around until the Beast became as red as the forest floor. Its chest slowly heaved as it took its first real breaths in centuries. Groaning with the weight of the forest, it slowly arose.

The blood seeped in its pores and surrounded the Beast, awakening its long-forgotten hunger for the blood of man. The poor king and his followers had forgotten the old tales; the nursery rhymes warning of an eldtrich creature asleep in the forest, waiting to reclaim the world above.

All it needed was blood. And humanity delivered.

Trees cracked and bent, the earth shifted and tore itself apart. A watchman on the tallest tower in the land saw a mountain rise in the forest, making a terrible sound and shaking all the earth.

Onu has risen. The fate of mankind is sealed.

released July 20, 2018

All music by Dronn.

Album art by Alex Delgado - @askalexdelgado on Twitter, @drawnbyalex on IG