By Witch's Cadence witchscadence Bandcamp witchs-cadence SoundCloud witchscadence Bluesky YouTube YouTube ← Smite Previous track by this artist → Myosotis in the Wind Next track by this artist.
Cover art by Leonard826 ← Winter Battle Previous track art by this artist → Suvillan's Giant Spiralling Tower Next track art by this artist.
Released 12/31/2024.
Duration: 3:25.

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Tracks that Rigid Reflex references:

• Sovereign Domain by Wights End
• Yellow and Purple by Nights
• Know Thyself by keyboard cait
• Myosotis in the Wind by Witch's Cadence

Tracks that reference Rigid Reflex:

From Beyond:

• Royal Blood by Witch's Cadence

Artist commentary:

Witch's Cadence, Leonard826, Nights, Pikarai, Neivei, Nevermind3476, leiirue, and Finchlet: (YouTube premiere live chat)

Fan: oh sh
Nights: LEITMOTIF TIME
Witch's Cadence: This one is interesting lol
Pikarai: oh swag?? swagged up?
Neivei: peak

Pikarai: we got the suvi strings in the back as well
Pikarai: i really like the horn + hand coming over the border
Nevermind: yeah this art is peak

Nevermind: HARPSICHORD HELL EYAH
leiirue: peak

Nights: I am so happy this exists because I love that Suvi motif from Witch's album
Nights: Please keep using the motif
Witch's Cadence: (it's from wight originally)
Finchlet: everyone forgetting about sovereign domain 😭
Finchlet: lmao
Witch's Cadence: Yeah lmao
Nights: Oh! Is it from the Vol 2 song
Nights: I hadn't listendd to that in so long, I guess I associated it more with Witch's
Witch's Cadence: Yea I just developed the little motif to be more melodic
Witch's Cadence: also
Nights: Thanks wight for the motif
Finchlet: witch stole the motif
Witch's Cadence: this is where that developed version of wights motif came from
Witch's Cadence: Not my solo album
Nevermind: because this album is all SO OLD
Nevermind: aaa
Witch's Cadence: So it goes
Witch's Cadence: sovereign domain -> Rigid Reflex -> that one song from my solo
Pikarai: this album really got like
Pikarai: development hell'd

Nights: I also really love this art
leiirue: FR
leiirue: all the art is so good

Nevermind: thank you to all artists for pulling through on this finally 🙏
Nevermind: especially fan here
Pikarai: ripped from the depths of art hell
Nevermind: this was the last art done for the album, fun fact
Pikarai: we thank you for your service
Geopixii: o7
leiirue: another kept complaining to me that the album woudlnt release ever

Nights: Was it your idea to have this as Nino v. Suvillan specifically, Witch?
Witch's Cadence: Yeah p much
Witch's Cadence: The intro crash sound is where I imagined nino crashing through a stained glass window to fight him (and then fucking dies because oww glass ouchie owww)

Finchlet: @Witch's Cadence thanks for the song
Witch's Cadence: you welcome @Finchlet

Crediting sources:

Witch's Cadence: (HSMusic Discord, excerpt) 1/9/2025

Rigid Reflex Motifs:

• Sovereign Domain (0:00)
• Oceanfalls (0:08)
• Know Thyself (0:35)
• Myosotis in the Wind (1:05)