Evergrey
Evergrey is a melodic metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden.
The band was … Read Full Bio ↴Evergrey is a melodic metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden.
The band was founded in 1996 and released its debut album The Dark Discovery in 1998.
Evergrey's lyrics have always been of the darker sort. While The Dark Discovery dealt with a variety of ideas, later albums have been concept albums, dealing with issues like self-reformation (Recreation Day), paranoia, alien abduction (In Search of Truth), child abuse, and religion (The Inner Circle).
Recreation Day is an album that covers many issues, ranging from death and mourning to general fear and sorrow, all of which contribute to a greater concept of re-creation of oneself. These ideas are explored from many different points of view, such as someone contemplating suicide ("As I Lie Here Bleeding"), mourners after a funeral ("I'm Sorry," a cover of Dilba Demirbag's hit) and dying priests looking back on their "unforgivable" sins (molestation) ("Unforgivable"). "Unforgivable" also acted as a catalyst for the next album, (The Inner Circle), which dealt with the same two issues described in the song: religion and child abuse.
All releases so far:
* The Dark Discovery (1998)
* Solitude • Dominance • Tragedy (1999)
* In Search of Truth (2001)
* I'm Sorry (rare single, 2003)
* Recreation Day (2003)
* The Inner Circle (2004)
* A Night To Remember (live CD/DVD, 2005)
* Monday Morning Apocalypse (both single and album, 2006)
* Torn (2008)
* Glorious Collision (2011)
* Hymns for the Broken (2014)
* The Storm Within (2016)
For decades, Sweden has continued to produce the top names in heavy metal, regardless of sub-genre. Although debuting back in '98, this Gothenburg outfit is only now receiving the international acclaim due them. Molding the various pedigrees of their countrymen into one distinctive sound: supreme musicianship prized by perfectionists, yet intense enough to win the blackened hearts of those more primordial, EVERGREY offer fans something truly different.
In these days of paint-by-numbers releases, where everyone mimics the elite purveyors of a particular style, EVERGREY's music is something unique. Reviewers, and fans alike, typically use other bands as a reference point when discussing music.
On July 25th, 2006, Michael Håkansson has decided to part ways with Evergrey. The new bass player will be the band's long-time friend Fredrik Larsson (Hammerfall). Michael left on good terms with the band stating that he wanted to do his own thing musically.
In June of 2007, Fredrik Larsson decided to leave Evergrey to rejoin Hammerfall.
The new bass player is Jari Kainulainen (ex-Stratovarius).
The band has decided that it is the time for some changes. As they wrote at their official webpage:
"Thomas and Rikard have together with Henrik and Jonas made the mutual decision that it was best for all that they leave Evergrey. They wanted to and the rest wanted them to. The last tours, recordings and just hanging with each other has not been as fun and giving as earlier AND before it would go too far, resulting in a collision in between friends, which could ruin everything we have built up during the years, they decided to call it quits"
Actually, Tom Englund (voice,guitar) & Rikard Zander (keyboards) stay in the band as a core members.
New members:
Marcus Jidell (Royal Hunt) on Guitars
Johan Niemann (ex-Therion, Mind’s Eye) on Bass
Hannes Van Dahl on Drums
Occasionally a musician has to take a step back into the past to develop artistically. Tom Englund, guitarist and vocalist with Swedish rock group Evergrey, took this risk and reorganised his artistic environment. “The most recent Evergrey line-up had reached a point where we no longer had fun as a group,” he confesses, adding: “So we went our separate ways to save our friendship. There were no angry words, and we’re still friends privately.”
Naturally, the decision to break up wasn’t easy for these long-standing friends, especially for Englund and his remaining keyboardist, Rikard Zander, for whom a continuation ofEvergrey was never called into question. Yet they both had to face a new challenge: “In the beginning, we weren’t sure whether we’d be able to write a new album without the wealth of experience that the previous line-up brought in. But after Rikard and I had composed a full three numbers during the first week, we felt that was a real coup.”
Listeners will feel this positive energy throughout Glorious Collision, the band’s eighth studio album, which is due for release on 28 February 2011 (Germany: 25 February 2011; USA/Canada: 22 February 2011) on Steamhammer/SPV. A dynamic goody bag featuring the most diverse material ever released on an Evergrey album. “This may sound like a contradiction in view of our personnel situation, but Rikard and I have allowed more influences on Glorious Collision than ever before. Some elements on Glorious Collisionare classic rock, based on a metal format, sometimes the tracks are quiet and haunting, sometimes wild, demanding and gripping.”
This diversity is also expressed in the instrumentation of this extremely dynamic studio production which presents the new band members Marcus Jidell (guitar), Hannes Van Dahl (drums) and Johan Niemann (bass). “It’s great to hear what a breath of fresh air Marcus, Johan and Hannes have brought into the band,” Englund enthuses. “Although the entire material, except for two songs to which Marcus wrote and contributed on the compositional side, had already been decided when we started recording, they all left their own, very personal mark on this album.” The great experience of Jidell and Niemann, who have worked with acts such as Royal Hunt and Therion, among others, and have now contributed lots of positive energy together with the 20-year-old drummer, Van Dahl, can be felt throughout the album.
The band was … Read Full Bio ↴Evergrey is a melodic metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden.
The band was founded in 1996 and released its debut album The Dark Discovery in 1998.
Evergrey's lyrics have always been of the darker sort. While The Dark Discovery dealt with a variety of ideas, later albums have been concept albums, dealing with issues like self-reformation (Recreation Day), paranoia, alien abduction (In Search of Truth), child abuse, and religion (The Inner Circle).
Recreation Day is an album that covers many issues, ranging from death and mourning to general fear and sorrow, all of which contribute to a greater concept of re-creation of oneself. These ideas are explored from many different points of view, such as someone contemplating suicide ("As I Lie Here Bleeding"), mourners after a funeral ("I'm Sorry," a cover of Dilba Demirbag's hit) and dying priests looking back on their "unforgivable" sins (molestation) ("Unforgivable"). "Unforgivable" also acted as a catalyst for the next album, (The Inner Circle), which dealt with the same two issues described in the song: religion and child abuse.
All releases so far:
* The Dark Discovery (1998)
* Solitude • Dominance • Tragedy (1999)
* In Search of Truth (2001)
* I'm Sorry (rare single, 2003)
* Recreation Day (2003)
* The Inner Circle (2004)
* A Night To Remember (live CD/DVD, 2005)
* Monday Morning Apocalypse (both single and album, 2006)
* Torn (2008)
* Glorious Collision (2011)
* Hymns for the Broken (2014)
* The Storm Within (2016)
For decades, Sweden has continued to produce the top names in heavy metal, regardless of sub-genre. Although debuting back in '98, this Gothenburg outfit is only now receiving the international acclaim due them. Molding the various pedigrees of their countrymen into one distinctive sound: supreme musicianship prized by perfectionists, yet intense enough to win the blackened hearts of those more primordial, EVERGREY offer fans something truly different.
In these days of paint-by-numbers releases, where everyone mimics the elite purveyors of a particular style, EVERGREY's music is something unique. Reviewers, and fans alike, typically use other bands as a reference point when discussing music.
On July 25th, 2006, Michael Håkansson has decided to part ways with Evergrey. The new bass player will be the band's long-time friend Fredrik Larsson (Hammerfall). Michael left on good terms with the band stating that he wanted to do his own thing musically.
In June of 2007, Fredrik Larsson decided to leave Evergrey to rejoin Hammerfall.
The new bass player is Jari Kainulainen (ex-Stratovarius).
The band has decided that it is the time for some changes. As they wrote at their official webpage:
"Thomas and Rikard have together with Henrik and Jonas made the mutual decision that it was best for all that they leave Evergrey. They wanted to and the rest wanted them to. The last tours, recordings and just hanging with each other has not been as fun and giving as earlier AND before it would go too far, resulting in a collision in between friends, which could ruin everything we have built up during the years, they decided to call it quits"
Actually, Tom Englund (voice,guitar) & Rikard Zander (keyboards) stay in the band as a core members.
New members:
Marcus Jidell (Royal Hunt) on Guitars
Johan Niemann (ex-Therion, Mind’s Eye) on Bass
Hannes Van Dahl on Drums
Occasionally a musician has to take a step back into the past to develop artistically. Tom Englund, guitarist and vocalist with Swedish rock group Evergrey, took this risk and reorganised his artistic environment. “The most recent Evergrey line-up had reached a point where we no longer had fun as a group,” he confesses, adding: “So we went our separate ways to save our friendship. There were no angry words, and we’re still friends privately.”
Naturally, the decision to break up wasn’t easy for these long-standing friends, especially for Englund and his remaining keyboardist, Rikard Zander, for whom a continuation ofEvergrey was never called into question. Yet they both had to face a new challenge: “In the beginning, we weren’t sure whether we’d be able to write a new album without the wealth of experience that the previous line-up brought in. But after Rikard and I had composed a full three numbers during the first week, we felt that was a real coup.”
Listeners will feel this positive energy throughout Glorious Collision, the band’s eighth studio album, which is due for release on 28 February 2011 (Germany: 25 February 2011; USA/Canada: 22 February 2011) on Steamhammer/SPV. A dynamic goody bag featuring the most diverse material ever released on an Evergrey album. “This may sound like a contradiction in view of our personnel situation, but Rikard and I have allowed more influences on Glorious Collision than ever before. Some elements on Glorious Collisionare classic rock, based on a metal format, sometimes the tracks are quiet and haunting, sometimes wild, demanding and gripping.”
This diversity is also expressed in the instrumentation of this extremely dynamic studio production which presents the new band members Marcus Jidell (guitar), Hannes Van Dahl (drums) and Johan Niemann (bass). “It’s great to hear what a breath of fresh air Marcus, Johan and Hannes have brought into the band,” Englund enthuses. “Although the entire material, except for two songs to which Marcus wrote and contributed on the compositional side, had already been decided when we started recording, they all left their own, very personal mark on this album.” The great experience of Jidell and Niemann, who have worked with acts such as Royal Hunt and Therion, among others, and have now contributed lots of positive energy together with the 20-year-old drummer, Van Dahl, can be felt throughout the album.
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Evergrey Lyrics
...And The Distance We tried, we fought, we lost We cried, we saw it…
A Scattered Me [my faith in you has always been there] [I thought my…
A Secret Atlantis I stare the skies of abandoned hearts Dare I break…
A silent Arc A bursting hull This ship torn asunder Remote hearts now…
A Touch of Blessing Climbing walls of an endless circle Walking paths you never …
All I Have A mind has traveled A heart has changed its course A sudden…
Ambassador Show your soul for birth of freedom Leave the cold to…
As I Lie Here Bleeding I place my foot on the first step That leads me…
As Light Is Our Darkness In a garden of sorrow Among the mourning of souls A silent…
Astray This is not for me I can′t persist or breathe That which…
At loss for words Here we are once again. Time to choose at the…
Beyond Salvation The wolves carries my name In their midnight speeches And t…
Blackened Dawn Will the sun be rising that I won't know cause light…
Blinded Compelled to speak when not to speak My words lead and…
Broken Wings From loss into your embrace I fled the fear and the…
Closed Eyes Make me see through eyes Of a different soul Cause mine are…
Closure So is this it? Does time end here? Is this what I…
Currents I watched the water rise But turned my head and closed…
Damnation All is gone And my soul screams sorrow All is lost As I…
Dark Discovery Here I am the remains of me My eyes tired but…
Dark Waters Twilight Still not dark The snow on the ground sheds some li…
December 26th I recall when the bright light descends Something takes poss…
Departure The tide made it easier And time made us reasonable The curr…
Different Worlds The silence awakes me My heartbeat would so easily reveal me…
Distance It′s lost, but we'll find it again We must try, even…
End of Silence Adrift, the sleep made us liars It kept us close…
End of Your Days I've tried it all It's gone too far And the worst of…
Essence of Conviction Her gentle hand in his Revelation serves as bliss They walk …
eternal nocturnal Hand in hand with the hopeless I see you drowning in…
Fail Was your wish that I hadn't seen you When they came…
Faith Restored In a moment of clarity It all became crystal And now I…
Fear I have forsaken you And all I ever felt was true To…
For Every Tear That Falls Stranded on a shore of no light The waves brings me…
Forever Outsider Life crossed the water While I became the night We ride in…
Fragments Fragments of the past flash before my eyes Never ending stre…
Free I've read your words I understand it's said it's done I wa…
Frozen Everything is built from change All the things we recreate …
Harmless Wishes Relentless I'm speechless I'm fooled by my inner weakness En…
Hymns For The Broken I need to disappear Devoured and forgotten Gotta hurry, thes…
I Remind me of what you said life had made you…
I'm Drowning Alone I paint all black and step in among the shadows The…
I'm Sorry I painted a picture of you Your soul was red &…
In Confidence Was it just a phase? Was it all a lie? Your…
In remembrance I remember your voice and your dreams Your smile when…
In the Wake of the Weary So high on believing Not seeing your changing I carry the we…
It Comes From Within When did the walls grow this tall And the darkness begin…
King of Errors This is your last fucking chance people Oh, the time of…
Leave It Behind Us Speak to me I can't hear when your words not spoken Where'…
Lost I have been walking this long dark road And I…
Madness Caught Another Victim I've been searching for so long For someone to lead the…
Mark of the Triangle The sun is back again the day is here Try to…
Masterplan Look at me And tell me if there's something Strange you see …
Mislead Strapped in a bed with no clothes The room has no…
Misled Strapped in a bed with no clothes The room has no…
Missing You I missed you since forever I longed for you when I…
Monday Morning Apocalypse How long have you held me in this water Much…
More Than Ever Time for a breather let it all sink in A pause…
My Allied Ocean This is for us I′m fear, I'm flight In darkened waters We mu…
Nosferatu Where ever you'll go I'll be Where ever you'll be I'll…
Nothing is Erased Been poisoned in the blood red sea I've fallen out of…
Numb Give me a reason why I'd follow you One single hour…
Obedience This is how we try to keep warm. And trust…
Out Of Reach So what now my friend Where do you go from here When…
Passing Through Ten years from now, I watched from far away Ten years…
Recreation Day 1 step at the time Small progress seems futile But is as…
Restoring The Loss Maybe the pain will bring me closer Maybe the hurt makes…
Rulers of the Mind You can't possibly know me What I feel cause even I…
Scattered me [my faith in you has always been there] [I thought my…
Shadowed There is no way to tell his story Without telling my…
She Speaks to the Dead [father I've seen her through the window] [she's been summon…
Soaked My chest is open My heart's on the ground My bare feet…
Solitude Within Cold is the air that I breath sleepless but I don't mind…
Someday I was once like you Used to be like you Embraced the…
State of Paralysis See my sorrow My tears when they fall Feel my anguish Where'…
Still In The Water We're still in the water It's getting harder to breathe…
Still Walk Alone I know you see me, you always did As you close…
The Awakening We′ve crowned a king with no soul When all doors are…
The Beacon The starlit sky offered bearing My escort through the night …
The Corey Curse [Solo: Englund] Can you feel the cold The chill around your…
The curtain fall I have tried I have fought but for nothing And…
The dark I walk you through He walked her down the street And stopped where he…
The Disease... Have I Worked this soul too hard Strained these arms to fa…
The Encounter Like leaves on trees in fall I'm shivering I'm falling Like …
The Essence of Conviction Her gentle hand in his Revelation serves as bliss They walk …
The Great Deceiver I am your temptation Your every vicious thought Lacking self…
The Impossible I′ll cross the dark side of the moon I'll do the…
The Masterplan Look at me And tell me if there's something Strange you see …
The Ocean I woke up to a change of winds Bleak gusts…
The Phantom Letters I leave this note by your side I did the same…
The Shocking Truth [we have evidence of a superior culture out there] [they com…
These Scars I walked towards the setting sun I'll prove to them that…
This Ocean I woke up to a change of winds Bleak gusts from…
To Fit The Mold We are liars and vultures Rapists of the weak Plunders of …
To Hope Is to Fear Weakened by the truth of life Suffering this endless pain Mo…
Torn I'm walking through fields of the fallen alone in silence I'…
Touch of Blessing Climbing walls of an endless circle Walking paths you never…
Trilogy of the damned In a garden of sorrow Among the mourning of souls A silent…
Trust and Betrayal Some time has past the winter is here Dark memories haunt…
Unforgivable Lonely thoughts from a lonely mind He fights for recognition…
Unforgivable Sin Lonely thoughts from a lonely mind He fights for recognitio…
Unspeakable In a time and a place where I had to…
Visions In a future not so distant The sun and moon will…
Waking Up Blind Leave the lie you got to find a way Ask yourself…
Watching the Skies Time has come to ask myself What future lies ahead The wea…
Weightless I rarely had enough time to think My mind was never…
When Darkness Falls I have now made her repent her sins she confessed to…
When Kingdoms Fall It's like when kingdoms fall and you're left without a…
When the River Calls Brought into this world Met by open arms I was born as…
When the Walls Go Down Lord, if you don't help me I can't get through…
Where All Good Sleep In depths so deep I can't believe Confusion conquers and fru…
Where August Mourn Winter came From cold to frozen Disguised in white The Arcti…
Words Mean Nothing My sanity has left me My trust died with you What is…
Wrong I run to prevent the fall To escape the wounds The unanswe…
You I wear these marks of shame Not with pride my head's…
Your Darkest Hour Feel free to question me Let out the hate you feel Blame…