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UNWRITTEN · Soul Forged Studios

Four voices, one story, and a saga that refuses to stay on the page.

Grimdark fantasy metal out of the Forge. Every song is a chapter.

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Now Playing · DragonHearts

The DragonHearts Tour

UNWRITTEN — The Essential Collection

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UNWRITTEN:
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Ten tracks. Four voices. The world behind the songs.

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Who We Are

We are a band that lives inside a book.

UNWRITTEN started as four characters in a novel and would not stay there. Now they have a catalog, a tour, and opinions about who keeps leaving dishes in the sink.

Soul Forged Studios is the workshop behind them. One person, a stack of instruments, three published novels, and a world called Virelya that keeps getting bigger than planned.

Adger Matthews · Soul Forged Studios

Adger Matthews at work — The desk where most of it actually happens.

Now Playing

DragonHearts

The Anvil Ceremony opens the tour. Watch the whole thing.

UNWRITTEN: DragonHearts

DragonHearts

Single · The Anvil Ceremony

DragonHearts

The hammer comes down, the tour begins, and the band plays the song that names it. Recorded live at the Forge.

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The Band

Selene, Nysera, Mirael, Talia

They write the songs, argue about the setlist, and carry the saga between them.

Selene Araveth

Lead Vocals · Rhythm Guitar

Selene Araveth

Has submitted another pay raise request. It is on the fridge.

Nysera Ashveil

Nysera Ashveil

Precise about everything except her own feelings.

Mirael

Mirael

Eight formal complaints filed. All eight still open.

Talia

Talia

Counts the band in. Does not wait for them.

Live

Night of Fireflies

One night with the Meridian Symphony Orchestra. A full hall, a hundred players, and the saga scored the way it was always heard in our heads.

Night of Fireflies, full hall

The hall, before the first note.

Talia on drums

Talia

Nysera on guitar

Nysera

Mirael on bass

Mirael

The Meridian Symphony Orchestra

Meridian Symphony Orchestra

Watch Part I Watch Part II Watch Part III All Live Films

Forge Life

Off the Clock

What happens at the Forge Grounds when nobody is recording. These are not outtakes. This is Tuesday.

The band at a diner

Somebody ordered for the table again.

The band in the city

Nobody can read the map.

Selene carrying Talia

Talia lost a bet. Selene is paying for it.

The band at the gala

Cleaned up for once.

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Inside the Forge

How It Gets Made

No label, no team, no budget. A room, a desk, and four people who will not let a take go until it is right.

UNWRITTEN in the control room

Playback. Nobody agrees yet.

Storyboarding with Nysera

Storyboards for the next video.

At the mixing desk

Nysera and Selene, third pass on the mix.

The World Behind It

Virelya

The songs are chapters. The chapters are books. The books are a world you can play in.

The Saga

Where the band came from, and what they are running toward.

The Films

Every video, every live film, in order.

The Community

Where the four of them talk back. Come argue with us.

Forge Shop

Records you can hold, and things to wear to the show.

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