Essenger - "Empire Of Steel" (feat. Scandroid) 

*"You won't automate our roles if we digitize our souls"* 🎶 🫵😤

Found this from Indigo Gaming's Cyberpunk documentary.

That line about “automate our roles if we digitize our souls” …. Ssooooo good.

Both very cyberpunk in theme, but also very smooth and groovy! Loving this project.

MaSu sent me, I have to say, "Yo, this song is pretty good..."

In Bryce we Thrust

Essenger: Wait, it's Cyberpunk? Scandroid: *A l w a y s h a s b e e n*

If Scandroid has absolutely no appearance what so ever in Cyberpunk 2077 I'm fighting someone.

ESSENGER is a huge blessing to the FixT NEON roster... And standing side by side with Scandroid is beyond amazing

The rebirth of Donavan

I just found this dude off " the midnight " Pandora channel. One of my favorite current artists. This song means alot now. But in 50 years this song will be a haunting memory of the last days of humanity. One love essenger. Your light years ahead of everything

well this got stuck in my head for about 2 days. Thanks to Bryce Episode 2 no less.

*History of Cyberpunk in the 90s*

I’m counting down the days The future feels so distant A lot of things have changed And few have been resistant Devaluation reigns And fear of self destruction Adapt or be replaced And follow their instructions So lay waste to all we've made For your corporate palisade You won't automate our roles If we digitize our souls A new force will intervene Half human, half machine And no enterprise on earth will make us kneel To your empire of steel Recoded we'll reboot An uprising is moving And the power you misused Will soon be your undoing We’ll give you what you need Though not quite what you were meaning And we’ll reap what you have sown We are the soul of this new machine So lay waste to all we've made For your corporate palisade You won't automate our roles If we digitize our souls A new force will intervene Half human, half machine And no enterprise on earth will make us kneel To your empire of steel Recoded we'll reboot An uprising is moving The power you misused Will soon be your undoing We’ll give you what you need Though not quite what you were meaning And we’ll reap what you have sown We are the soul of this new machine So lay waste to all we've made For your corporate palisade You won't automate our roles If we digitize our souls A new force will intervene Half human, half machine And no enterprise on earth will make us kneel To your empire of steel To your empire We’ll give you what you need (To your empire) And we’ll reap what you have sown (To your empire) So lay waste to all we've made For your corporate palisade You won't automate our roles If we digitize our souls A new force will intervene Half human, half machine And no enterprise on earth will make us kneel To your empire of steel To your empire of steel To your empire of steel

I came here after watching Brandon Rogers' "Bryce Tankthrust" Episode. Love the music by the way💗👌

"My sacrifice will mean her salvation"

Machinae Supremacy sent me here with their cover of this and I love it.

This song actually fits CP2077's story perfectly. All the stuff with Johnny, his anti-Arasaka fight, his (literally) digitized soul. Would've been great if they included ANY Scandroid song, but if I could've picked just one, Empire of Steel would've been it. Fits the theme of the game like a glove.

I'm really enjoying these Scandroid features. Sometimes I need a break from listening to Scandroid to listen to more Scandroid

I'm counting down the days The future feels so distant A lot of things have changed And few have been resistant Devaluation reigns And fear of self destruction Adapt or be replaced And follow their instructions So lay waste to all we've made For your corporate palisade You won't automate our roles If we digitize our souls A new force will intervene Half human, half machine And no enterprise on Earth will make us kneel To your empire of steel Recoded, we'll reboot An uprising is moving And the power you misused Will soon be your undoing We'll give you what you need Though not quite what you were meaning And we'll reap what you have sown We are the soul of this new machine So lay waste to all we've made For your corporate palisade You won't automate our roles If we…

Why does it seem like this is 2024s themesong with all the A.i stuff going on? That "automate our roles if we digitize our souls" line hits so hard. I think in the near future, that's probably going to be what we'll have to do to keep up, digitize ourselves.

I absolutely love the artwork here It's exactly Scandroid and Essenger themselves standing side by side

Essenger and Scandroid? Hell yeah 😎

This should be named the cyberpunk anthem

This takes me back to Metru Nui.

Cane here from machinae supremacys cover. Fan of scandroid. Have no idea on how i missed this one.

Im plugging this for cyberpunk 2077s new radio station as their asking for ideas. I want 80s synthwave

0:56 best part

On a train rn and the train noises are blending with the music highly recommended

Day by day this Genre is gaining momentum

Adding Scandroid or Day of The Dead just makes everything great.

I just want to say, I am listening to this in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, in the year 2023.

Machinae Supremacy brought me here and I'm loving the song and the cover

Bryce took me here. I searched if we digitize our souls song

Thanks Bryce Tankthrust

M'aiq wants the future to get here with haste, this one wants to be a cyborg Khajiit and live forever. M'aiq tires of his mortal coil's aches and pains.

I'm in absolute love with the guitar at 1:47 ❤

Heard this play in Brandon Rogers' 2nd episode of Bryce when they're building Donovan.

> You won't automate our roles > If we digitize our souls I somehow highly doubtful of that statement.

Donovan reporting for duty.

I love both this and Machinae Supremacy's cover. This feels like something V would listen to and the cover sounds like something Johnny would listen to. For my cyberpunk fans.

I've had this on repeat for 3 hours

I just happened to discover this song in a cyberpunk-themed playlist and I immediately thought it was fantastic. This definitely has a permanent spot on my playlist now.

Nice. It's retro wave time. Remaking the 80's with style as always.💜😎👍

So youtube randomly put this on a generated play list i listen to at work. definitely going to listen to it some more. It fits an arc of a story I'm working on.

Here from Bryce episode 2

Anyone else imaging driving through a neon city while listening to this?

Damn this is pretty good! We'll never kneel to their empire of steel.

Machinae got me here, both songs are really freaking awesome !

I'm from BRYCE: Ep. 2

This is seriously, the best ever. I used to play Netrunner back in the late 90s and early 00s and this is just... it. This gives me chills.

"Wake the F*** up,Samurai.We got a city to burn." -Johnny Silverhand.

found this from Bryce 2

Indigo Gaming thank you very much.

I heard the Machinae Supremacy song and just found out it's a cover of this. It probably said in the description but anyway, love both versions of the song. Most amazing of all is unlike other covers, I like both equally and I must check out more of your songs after this!

Congrats on getting your song on Brandon rogers short-film klayton! New this banger would eventually be noticed

Found this song in SynthRiders and I’m OBSESSED 😁

This song goes incredibly hard in current times.

I've heard this song a few times in various media, and something about the vocals seemed familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on why. I just realized that Scandroid is Klayton and it blew my mind! I've been a huge fan of Celldweller for such a long time, but I hadn't listened in a while. This song is absolutely amazing! I really should do a better job of keeping up with my favorite artists so I don't miss out on stuff like this in the future.

Digitize our souls? Wait he’s talking about the relic 😮👏🏻😱

This song will be the anthem of 2020.. in 5 years

"Around me is a burgeoning empire of steel. From my throne room, lines of power careen unto the skies of Earth. My whims will become lightning bolts that devastate the mounds of humanity. Out of the chaos, they will run and whimper, pleading with me to end their tedious anarchy. I am drunk with this vision. God. The title suits me well."

Yeah, this one is an instant favorite.

the Cyberpunk documentary made by Indigo Gaming brought me here

Идеальная гармония! Perfect harmony!

Indigo's new video brought me here - thank you so much for this, it's celestial.

Now that I've heard the MaSu cover, I have to hear the original. Sweet, though a bit too slow for my tastes. Still good.

This is well cool. The best things I find always have a bunch of worldbuilding behind it, and this song is no exception. Fabulous job here!

Fantastic!! Why didn't cyberpunk 2077 use this? It fits the story perfectly.

Here because of Essenger. Such a cool collab! The joining of two powers

found this song through my dad on a car ride. i will forever love this, love you dad!

Last line of chorus is perfect for Transformers. Just imagine how movies would be epic with his music

Love this song. Even playing it at 1.25x speed

I love how both voices are harmonizing here

I love this track, and i also bought the "Scandroid - Scandroid" album and got it today, awesome music!

Recently got my first VR headset and discovering this track on Synth Riders has honestly been one of the best parts of the whole experience. Been in my head for days so finally had to look it up outside the game 😍

Thank god Apple Music recommended this after Neo Tokyo, freaking love this song. Thank you

This song is incredible

Those lyrics became so relevant right now

Honestly these two artists making a track together is like a fucking dream come true.

This song is fking amazing.

I actually heard of Essenger since that song by Mazare came out on Monstercat (called Berzerker). Pretty amazing one right here! 👍

Another jewel of this emergent genre.

Honestly this is incredibly relevant to our modern world as it stands today. Digitizing our souls could be seen as us using social media to organize against the megacorps. We are the first truly digital generation. Amazon, Exxon Mobile, Walmart, Bank of America, CVS, Alphabet and the rest will have their day.

This tune needs a movie with the same name!

40k fan here, this fits in the setting of a civilized world that's ruled by corporations and that the half human half machine is a description to the Adeptus Mechanicus

Scandroid has some post-pandemic music vibes Just , look at the lyrics

No words.... This is just amazing. Thank you Essenger and Scandroid!!

Some random ruskie on vrchat was playing this through his mic, to him I say spasiba!

This one is for night driving

Oh man, this is the best thing I've heard in years.

Давай, Клэйтон!! Заряжай ещё!!😝🎄😝

This needs to be in Cyberpunk 2077 its F*ckin Siiiiiick

Love it! I wouldn't digitize my soul though. There is a Black Mirror episode about it also. I love how current and relevent Klayton's music is.

What a cool song!! It perfectly portrays the cyberpunk genre!

New favorite song

One of the best musics I've listened to. Ever. Damn.

Give a thumbs up if your here because of bryce

I was looking for a theme song for my new Cyberpunk RED campaign. This both fits and lyrics game me more than a few story hooks. Thank you!

If ever Anarcho-Transhumanism had an anthem, especially in these times, it’s this.