Onyx Colony was a British band from Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The band was initially named "Land of Hell," and was formed in 2008 in an unknown time, their albums from the land of hell era are lost. land of hell started as a two-man band by Will Ryan and Joshua Speight. Eventually, the name changed to Colony later in 2008 and then to Onyx Colony later in 2009. In the Onyx Colony era the members of the band were Joshua Speight, Liam Ledger, Danneh Parkinson, and Will Ryan, but Will Ryan did most songs by himself under the Onyx Colony name, later on Onyx Colony was rebranded into IRIS, IRIS is also a story and even references Onyx Colony.
Albums and singles:
1. "Cus the Bitches Can" is an album from 2008 when the band was named Land of Hell. The tracks on the album were:
- Intro (Lost)
- Corruption (Lost)
- Don't Believe What's On TV (Lost)
- THUGS (Lost)
- Wizard of Oz (Original version is lost)
- Placed in a Vase (Lost)
- Little Fairy Man (Lost)
- Biscuit? My Ass! (Lost)
- Tallest Mountains (Lost)
- Eternal Sunshine (Lost)
- Cus the Bitches Can! (Lost)
2. "I'm Watching, I'm Waiting" is a lost Land of Hell album.
3. "Devilution" was said to be their first album after changing their name to Colony in November 2008, but it was only mentioned in a Newgrounds post, so it is likely canceled or lost.
4. "Claustro Ego" was originally a myspace album from January 1st, 2009. The songs included were:
- In Time to See You Die
- Bodies Burning
- Shadow on the Wall
- Claustro Ego
- Forest of the Beast
- Renegade
- Ages of Pain
- Falling
More tracks were added later on newgrounds and youtube, including:
- Your Flame Has Died Out (April 16th 2009)
- Revisit the Past (April 11th 2009)
- Defy Me I'll Blow You Down (October 23rd 2009)
- Four Leaf Clover (2009)
- We Are Dead Inside [both versions from different time periods though the original is lost]
- Tears Drop to the Ground (Remake)
- Wizard of Oz (Remake)
the final version of this album was finished in 2011.
5. "This Is Martyr" is a MySpace single from january 1st 2009, but it seems to have been added to claustro ego too
6. "The Sky" is a 10-song album released January 23rd, 2009, an EP for it was released shortly after the full version with the tracks:
- Ruined Playground (Lost)
- Speed Like a Hurricane (Lost)
- The Sky (Lost)
- Tears Drop to the Ground (original version)
the tracklist from the full version is lost.
7. "The Encrypt" had its songs uploaded on the Diamondarmada2008 YouTube channel at multiple points in 2010 and 2011. The album includes the tracks:
- Unlock the Heart
- Stone Cold Killer (May 2011)
- Rage (December 1st 2010)
- Boom
- Forget This
- The Encrypt (December 2010)
- Break (December 21st 2010)
- Silver Lining
- I Am Whole Again
- Gone and Forgotten
- My Corner (October 16th 2010)
- Deceived (October 16th 2010)
8. "Corruption" had its songs released from 2012 to 2014 on the diamond armada soundcloud page and the onyxcolonyofficial and DAGames youtube channels the album includes the tracks:
- Lost in a Corporate World (August 17, 2012)
- Strength Amongst the Dead (September 10, 2012)
- We Try Forevermore (May 3, 2013)
- Broken (September 10, 2012)
Let the Future Behold Preview (October 6, 2014)
- Memories of the Damned (Original Version) (June 5, 2013)
9. "Borderlines EP" was released march 1st 2012 on bandcamp but some of its tracks were uploaded on youtube before the EP's bandcamp release. The album was re-released on July 22nd, 2015 as "Borderlines" as a compilation album containing past songs, excluding some songs that were uploaded to youtube with the Borderlines art. The album was re-released again on February 22, 2020, as "Borderlines: The Lost Relics." for DAGames
the songs uploaded to youtube before the EP's release were:
- Save the Forsaken (Excluded)
- Open Your Eyes (Excluded)
- Bleed Through These Eyes (Preview) (Excluded)
- Bullet to the Brain (Preview) (Excluded)
- Silence The Anarchy (in a video of a preview of the full album)
- Star Wars (November 2011) (on YouTube)
- Warzone (February 21 2012) (Excluded)
and the tracks from the 2015 and 2020 versions of the album were:
- Claustro Ego
- Broken (released as a single originally alongside borderlines but got added to borderlines later on)
- Tears Drop To The Ground (Remake)
- We Are Dead Inside (re-recorded)
- The Encrypt
- Dear Humanity
- Boom
- Forget This
- Unlock The Heart
- Silver Lining
- I Am Whole Again
- Silence The Anarchy
- Gone And Forgotten
- Forest Of The Beast (Remastered) (Bonus)
- Wizard Of Oz (Bonus)
- Star War (Bonus)
10. "Dear Humanity" is a single released on March 3, 2012
11. "Memories Of The Damned" (2016 version) is a single that is a remake of the original "Memories Of The Damned" track. This version was released on August 5, 2016, and it is the last officially released Onyx Colony song.
12. The remake of "Forget This" came from the September 8, 2017 DAGames live stream "My Channel is Broken" and was not released outside of the live stream.
Songs we don't know belong to what:
- Reminder of How I Feel (could be a Land of Hell or Colony era song)
- Break it Down (unknown origin and the title is an unconfirmed one from Genius forums and YouTube videos from channels dedicated to reuploading)
- Take This Night Away (could be a land of hell or colony era song)
- Ride To The Light And Beyond
Notes[]
- Most albums weren't properly finished and went through changes, this why there are lots of preview only songs and Borderlines Specifically is all over the place
- The Album art for "The Encrypt" was not created when the first few songs were released, song songs for the encrypt had the 4th version of the claustro ego art in their original youtube videos
- The 4th variation of the Claustro Ego art had "This Is Martyr" in it's file name in the newgrounds post it
came from
- The version of "Tears Drop To The Ground" used in Claustro Ego is the may 2011 remake
- The version of "Wizard Of Oz" used in Claustro Ego and Borderlines is the may 2011 remake
- The version of 'We Are Dead Inside" included in Borderlines is the re-recorded version
- "This Is Martyr" is shown as a one song album on myspace but since its only one track it appears to be a single, but the final version of the Claustro Ego artwork on new grounds part of the file name was this is martyr so it was most likely added to the album
- In "The Sky" the only found audio is the original version of "Tears Drop To The Ground"
- "Stars wars" was changed to "Star War"
- The original version of "Wizard Of Oz" is lost media
- "Falling" was reused for "Rip Em Up" for DAGames.
- "Strength Amongst The Dead" was reused for "You're Just Making Us Stronger" for IRIS
- The original version of "We Are Dead Inside" is lost
- "Torment" is a lost song mentioned in the description of the Youtube video "Banned University of Lincoln Advert" by tomska, It is unknown if it was a single or if it came from any of the mentioned albums.
- It is unknown if "Break it Down" had vocals or if it was an instrumental-only demo track or an instrumental of any lost songs.
- "Let the Future Behold" was intended to be a rewrite of "Memories of the Damned" so they share the same instrumental.
- Songs without a date next to them were uploaded on unconfirmed dates and are not mentioned in Newgrounds or in any Youtube pages in The Wayback Machine.
- "Dear Humanity" was supposed to have a music video, but it never came to be.
- "Ride To The Light And Beyond" has unknown origin and the titles is what was said to be the title by people in the dagames community, me and others have theorized it could be "the sky" or "tallest mountains" because of the lyrics but it is unknown
my sources of info:
http://web.archive.org/web/20111208050927/youtube.com/user/diamondarmada2008
http://web.archive.org/web/20110105130423/youtube.com/user/diamondarmada2008
http://web.archive.org/web/20130225003358/youtube.com/diamondarmada2008
http://web.archive.org/web/20120305220029/youtube.com/diamondarmada2008
http://web.archive.org/web/20111005161251/http://www.youtube.com/diamondarmada2008
http://web.archive.org/web/20160513091130/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6SHGNTB5Xw&gl=US&hl=en
http://web.archive.org/web/20130807231452/http://onyxcolony.bandcamp.com/
http://web.archive.org/web/20201101134309/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RerVYIl2lAk&feature=youtu.be
http://web.archive.org/web/20201102015136/http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bg31IjBUA4E&feature=youtu.be
http://web.archive.org/web/20201101213206/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNqWxQ6CX0w
http://web.archive.org/web/20201101232921mp_/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RerVYIl2lAk&feature=youtu.be&list=RDponUQzrDDSk
https://youtu.be/w_q5oaY8h44?si=i9GD69eU5svpCLs1
https://rockcellarstore.com/UPC/872133591805
https://dagamesofficial.newgrounds.com/audio
https://dagamesofficial.newgrounds.com/news/post/226044
https://dagamesofficial.newgrounds.com/news/post/527354
https://dagamesofficial.newgrounds.com/news/post/392038
https://dagamesofficial.newgrounds.com/news/post/219023
https://dagamesofficial.newgrounds.com/news/post/256891
https://dagamesofficial.newgrounds.com/news/post/380328
https://dagamesofficial.newgrounds.com/news/post/352035
https://dagamesofficial.newgrounds.com/news/post/257566
https://dagamesofficial.newgrounds.com/news/post/203942
https://dagamesofficial.newgrounds.com/news/post/194570
https://dagamesofficial.newgrounds.com/news/post/694777
https://youtube.com/watch?v=GcMHV4Nx65I
https://youtube.com/watch?v=qDckhiu8rO8
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_LWgkzf5SsU (the version of wizard of oz posted everywhere is the remake)
http://web.archive.org/web/20160513092030mp_/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB3lUw7xPDw&gl=US&hl=en
https://www.reddit.com/r/dagamesofficial/comments/16m6tmz/small_talk_with_liam_ledgar/
https://soundcloud.com/diamondarmada
https://youtube.com/lohlandofhell
https://youtube.com/@dagames
where to officially get onyx colony songs:
https://www.deezer.com/mx/album/130600112
https://eddsworld.bandcamp.com/track/ages-of-pain
https://onyxcolony.bandcamp.com/track/dear-humanity-2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwCWHa3sRXY
https://open.spotify.com/album/79yfs7E9uhDKqB8OAHk52Q
https://music.apple.com/us/album/borderlines-the-lost-relics/1498133409
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/228901
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/230315
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/236528