The Ukrainian band ANTYTILA presents a new song in two languages and a video for it having been created especially for the computer game of the European production Rockodile and Lesser Evil – “Death from Above”. In Ukrainian, the song is called “Мій сокіл” (‘Mii Sokil’ / ‘My Falcon’).
The game is to be available in early access on the Steam platform from today. Both Ukrainian and English edits of songs will be played in the game. Moreover, the members of the ANTYTILA band will appear among the characters of the game. Everyone will be able to choose a character, a pilot who will control the drone. Among them there will be five musicians of the ANTYTILA band.
Check the game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2300160/Death_From_Above/
The music style of the song “Death from Above”, in Ukrainian – “My Falcon” is different from the previous tracks of the ANTYTILA band and is one of the heaviest in their repertoire. It conveys the tense atmosphere of the game, and transfers listeners to the world of combat operations and danger.
‘When an IT company from Germany asked us to create a song for a game – we were interested, because we like computer games.
When we were told that players would transform into Ukrainian pilots – drone operators and destroy the enemy from above, when we found out that 70% of the income would go to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine, we had no doubts about whether to participate in this project.
“Death from above” (“My Falcon” in Ukrainian) is probably the heaviest song in our discography from now on. But it is very much relevant to the mood of the gameplay.
We are sure that a perfect mix of interesting gameplay, a powerful soundtrack and a good deed in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the Victory are what all the players should expect’, tells the leader of the ANTYTILA band Taras Topolia.
In the videos for both edits of the songs, the musicians show warfare as well as situations that our military actually face on the frontlines for real but in an animated form. The enemies are depicted as orcs, pigs and in fact non-human creatures who they are actually, and who gave the name to a new phenomenon in the world history – Ruscism. This symbolism emphasizes the deep meaning of the video where the Ukrainian pilot and drone operator destroys the enemy representing a threat to freedom and independence.
“In the video, we wanted to convey the atmosphere of the game, this dynamics, this temper as well as to recreate the characters, show and emphasize to everyone once again who or what the army of the aggressor country really is. These are creatures that have a minimum of human traits and qualities,” Taras Topolia says.
The game consists in the following: a player can handle either a Ukrainian maneuvering this character in rear of the enemy’s positions or specifically a UAV conducting attacks against the enemy’s positions and destroying troops, tanks and other forces of the enemy. This kind of balancing between positioning and battle creates a tense gameplay as the operator keeps advancing deeper to the occupied territory reconquering the land, signal operation centers as well as all the belongings having been stolen from the territrory of Ukraine once.
Now ‘Death from Above’ is released in Steam Early Access, 30% of its net revenues from game sales will be sent to two Ukrainian charity foundations: Come Back Alive and Army of Drones. Once we break even, that donation will increase to 70% of all future net game revenues, with the final 30% going towards developing new game content.
Recently, the Antytila Concert LLC sent ₴1 100 000 having been earned at the band’s charity gigs in Europe, to their own charity foundation for purchasing anti-drone riffles. Thus, the band has closed a fundraiser for ₴6 million, and soon anti-drone complexes with direction finders will go to the frontline. In September, Antytila will continue their cultural activity and go on tour around the USA and Canada. The artists will perform for the first time in Australia and New Zealand as well.