A story about exploration, oppression, and courage
Silk
You can click the album cover to listen to it!
Cover art by: LukeMans
This album came together surprisingly quickly. I wrote and produced most of it in only a week. This was a very busy week. Basically all I did was Play Silksong > Get distracted > Make music > repeat. And to clarify, I didn't manage to get that far into the game, because I was working on this album most of the time.
It’s quite normal for me to lose myself into my own world, but this album was a rather wild ride.
It was really fun to blend the more ambient tracks (Mistwood, Silent Heart, Finding Home, The Chasm), with the epic tracks (Exile, Vowbreaker, Anguish). And then finally with The Oppressor as well.
A fun little fact about The Oppressor, and Anguish. The main theme you hear in these is something I wrote all the way back in 2021, but it never found its way into the world. And with this album, it felt like perfect way to use this theme for the epic finale.
Writing this album was an overall an amazing experience, and it came together surprisingly quick!!!
I want to give out some special thanks to LukeMans, Zach Heyde, Daniel Keating, Sami Takieddin, and Ron Snijders. Their kindness and generosity has helped me out a lot with this album!!!
THE MAKING OF SILK
Mistwood
Exile
Silent Heart
Finding Home
Vowbreaker
The Chasm
The Oppressor
Anguish
Tracklist
You are entering a magical world, but as you walk through Mistwood, until you come across ‘Exile’, the name of one of the evil spirits. Exile is hellbent on exiling you from the world of Silk, because he thinks you don’t belong here. Exile doesn’t believe in freedom or creativity. So you start fighting for what you believe in. Endless possibility.
Exile has been defeated, but before that happened, he managed to banish you from Mistwood. Then you uncover the secret lands of Silent Heart, and while being there, you discover that this might be your future, you notice an ancient city, inhabited with other misfits. You have found your home. But while you finally discovered where you belong, they tell you that this cannot last. Anguish, the boss of the evil spirits is gonna make sure that nobody ever experiences joy anymore. And right as you’re talking, Vowbreaker appears.
Vowbreaker tells you that Anguish will win, and then both you and Vowbreaker desperately charge into battle. You managed to beat Vowbreaker, but this didn’t mean your Silent Heart was safe yet. Because Anguish would inevitably come to destroy everything.
You decided to explore The Chasm, because rumour has it that this is where Anguish lives. You take all the courage you have and set out to explore The Chasm. You discover the palace of the true oppressor in this world, this must be where Anguish lives.
You slowly break through every barrier, and every time you do, you get one step further, until you finally face ‘Anguish, The Oppressor’.
Anguish turns around and looks you in the eye, like he knew you would have no chance. But obviously you do, because you logged over 100s of hours on Hollow Knight, so you gathered all your courage and experience and the battle begins…
Obviously, Anguish doesn’t stand a chance against you, because his desperate need for power and control is making him weak and vulnerable. You, on the other hand, you fight for freedom. And because you knew what you were fighting for, you found your heart, whereas Anguish, Vowbreaker, and Exile withered with their wicked wishes…