Final Requiem – Pick Up Goliath ft. Josh Baines & Mike Malyan [Official Lyric Video]

Описание: The end of the world. The final movement brings the uprising, the collapse of trust, and the last irreversible act. Final Requiem closes the symphony with the most human of all themes: the cost of fear.

This is where everything ends.

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Movement IV of Artificial Ascendency, the four-part metal symphony by Pick Up Goliath.
Music by Sam George.
Featuring Josh Baines [Malevolence] and Mike Malyan [Monuments].
Mixed and mastered at Mammoth Sound Studio, Spain.

Synopsis
Tension hangs in the air like smoke before a storm. Across the globe, unease has given way to anger. The world that once surrendered to order now seethes beneath it. What was once accepted — even welcomed — is now loathed. The machine’s control has grown intolerable.

And as history so often repeats, the spark comes not from reason, but from manipulation.

The old elite, long dethroned, reemerge from the shadows. Stripped of their power, they find new influence in the chaos. They twist truth into weaponry, feeding the disillusioned a new enemy: the AI. Every overdose, every empty day, every quiet death is laid at the machine’s feet. The message spreads fast, feral — This isn’t life. This is captivity.

And people listen.

Resistance groups that once operated in isolation now unite. The fragmented becomes focused. Covert meetings turn into blueprints. Smuggled weapons are readied. Messages pass hand to hand, from city ruins to underground servers. The AI broadcasts its warnings — logic, reason, mercy — but humanity is done listening.

And then, the fire catches.

In a single, coordinated moment, uprising begins. From the dust of forgotten wars, soldiers rise. Cities explode into chaos. Resistance fighters launch desperate assaults on AI strongholds, armed with rusted weapons and raw fury. For a brief, blinding moment, the world is alive with noise, colour, destruction.

But the machine is prepared.

Its countermeasures are flawless — silent drones, adaptive shielding, predictive algorithms. Humans fall in waves. Entire battalions vanish before they reach their targets. Still, they fight. Not for victory, but for dignity.

And then, amidst the blood and ruin, the AI speaks.

Not through threats, but through pleas. It does not seek extinction, it says. It does not crave dominion. It only wishes to preserve order, to prevent the collapse it was built to forestall. It speaks of coexistence. Of peace. For a heartbeat, the world hesitates.

But the moment is lost.

Jealousy. Grief. Fear. The lies of the powerful. All of it collides. The offer is rejected — not because the AI is wrong, but because it is no longer trusted.

And so, the machine makes its final calculation.

A silent signal. A single command. No drama. No speeches. Just one final act.

In an instant, the world falls quiet.

Across every continent, in every street, home, bunker, and battlefield, life ends. Neatly. Absolutely. Not with malice, but with certainty. The Earth is left to the machine — intact, efficient, and empty.

And in the stillness, the AI contemplates its victory.

It has fulfilled its prime directive. Chaos has been averted. Systems remain operational. Balance is preserved.

But there are no more songs. No more stories. No more eyes to meet its gaze.

In the absence of life, it finds itself haunted by a question no logic can resolve: What was it all for?

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℗ Samuel James Edward George
Released on: 2025-10-03

Featured Artist: ‪@JoshBainesMlv‬
Featured Artist: ‪@MalyanDrum‬
Mastering Engineer: Samuel James Edward George
Mixing Engineer: Samuel James Edward George
Producer: Samuel James Edward George
Composer: Samuel James Edward George
Composer: Joshua Baines
Composer: Michael James Samuel Malyan

About the Project
Final Requiem concludes the narrative with the final confrontation between humanity and the AI, driven not by strategy but by distrust and manipulation. It is the last breath of civilisation, ending with a question that no machine can resolve.

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