THE BLACKEST DEPTHS

Wracke & Redemption was a band millennia in the making. Born out of the mind of former deep-sea salvager Ceresisto (their domain spread along most of the oceans and various seas of Juno Starfield), it happened purely by chance. On a routine excavation of a particularly nasty and rocky outcrop nicknamed Baphomet's Bluff, it seemed to be just another downed space shuttle. The name tattooed on the exterior gave Ceresisto great pause. The vessel bore their name and, aboard, the surviving data journals of their great-great-great-great-great-grandfather Ceres Nirro. Within the pages came the fantastical stories of sorcery, space pirates, treasure, and the unforgiving songs of the sea. And when we mean songs, dear Audionauts, we mean SONGS. Ceres had composed, with the help of the ocean depths, a wildly thumping, tasty album of crashing waves, black holes, and haunting sirens. Unfortunately, this meant that Ceres had survived his shuttle's demise and lay at the bottom of Baphomet's Bluff for some time, eventually succumbing to Seachotic Amnesiaticus. This horrible fate, which is too brutal for words, we do not wish upon our worst enemy (except for Lord Prosect). Ceresisto saw an opportunity to junk the salvage game and bring their ancestor's vision to life. The Blackest Depths, featuring a cover photo of a statue found during one of Ceresisto's salvage hauls, hit store shelves in 4551 and was an immediate hit. The title song, and lead single, was just a precursor to the thundering melodies and ear-clogging riffs that abounded. Based entirely on their grandfather's journal, Ceres had trouble replicating the album's success, and a sequel never followed.