Black Banner Rising

[Intro]
Ash on the floor
Cold in the throat
Hear the low vow
[Verse 1]
Stone in the chest
Black on the banner
Crowd like a storm
Waiting to scatter
Hands on the gate
Knuckles gone white
We keep the fire
Buried at night
[Pre-Chorus]
Now it starts
I feel it rise
No more sleep
No more disguise
One last breath
Then we ignite
Hearts locked in
Ready to bite
[Chorus]
Raise it up
Black banner rising
Raise it up
Hear the whole sky cracking
Hold that line
We’re not backing down
Black banner rising
Black banner rising
[Verse 2]
Feet in the dust
Steel in the marrow
We walk the edge
Narrow and narrow
Names carved deep
Into the bone
No one here
Fights alone
Eyes on the flame
Not on the fall
If we go under
We go all
[Pre-Chorus]
Now it starts
I feel it rise
No more sleep
No more disguise
One last breath
Then we ignite
Hearts locked in
Ready to bite
[Chorus]
Raise it up
Black banner rising
Raise it up
Hear the whole sky cracking
Hold that line
We’re not backing down
Black banner rising
Black banner rising
[Bridge]
When the night leans in
And the walls cave slow
We become the thunder
They were warned to know
[Chorus]
Raise it up
Black banner rising
Raise it up
Hear the whole sky cracking
Hold that line
We’re not backing down
Black banner rising
Black banner rising

Cinematic hard rock with dark choir foundations, mid-tempo driving groove, heavy but controlled guitar riffs, punchy drums, and powerful bass; verse opens with low chanting voices and tom-heavy tension, pre-chorus lifts with stacked harmonies and rising snare pressure, chorus explodes into wide shouted doubles and melodic gang vocals. Add reverse swells, braam hits, and a choir-to-guitar transition swell into the first drop. Polished, huge, aggressive, and dramatic with a clean modern punch., smooth, hard rock, metal, deep