In the News
Magic Sword
Magic Sword builds their world from the moment the first note sounds, and "In the News" announces itself as something operating under a completely different gravity than most electronic music. The trio — known for performing in robes and refusing public personas — constructs a soundscape that is genuinely cinematic in the compositional sense: rising arpeggios that stack and compound, choir-like synth pads that carry overtones suggesting ancient ritual, and a rhythmic foundation that is heavy enough to be felt in the chest but never loses its purposeful forward drive. The mood is distinctly heroic but edged with darkness, as if the hero in question has already paid a significant cost. Where a lesser producer would reach for bombast, Magic Sword instead lets tension build through repetition and layering, adding elements in ways that feel inevitable rather than surprising. The track title gestures toward something newscycle-specific, but the music transcends any particular moment — it feels like a score for a conflict larger than any single story could contain. Fans of dark synthwave and fantasy-adjacent cinema would find this deeply familiar, but it belongs equally to the lineage of epic electronic composers like Vangelis. It demands volume and darkness, a room with the lights off and a subwoofer you can actually feel.
medium
2010s
dense, cinematic, dark
American electronic, fantasy-cinematic tradition
Electronic, Synthwave. Dark Synthwave. heroic, dark. Opens with rising atmospheric tension and compounds through layered arpeggios and choir pads into a climax of dark triumph shadowed by sacrifice.. energy 7. medium. danceability 4. valence 5. vocals: no vocals, purely instrumental, cinematic scale. production: stacked arpeggios, choir synth pads, heavy bass, purposeful drums. texture: dense, cinematic, dark. acousticness 1. era: 2010s. American electronic, fantasy-cinematic tradition. Lights off, subwoofer on, alone at night when you want to feel inside a score larger than any single story.