Evergrey
Evergrey is a Swedish progressive metal band from Gothenburg.
Histor… Read Full Bio ↴Evergrey is a Swedish progressive metal band from Gothenburg.
History
Evergrey was formed in 1993 in Gothenburg by guitarist/vocalist Tom S. Englund as a progressive power metal band, in contrast to the melodic death metal that Gothenburg is known for. Since then, the band's lyrics have always been of the darker sort, and the same can be said of the band's imagery. After finding a stable lineup, The Dark Discovery was recorded in 1996 and released in 1998, and Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy was recorded and released in 1999. While those two albums dealt with a variety of ideas, In Search of Truth (2001) and Recreation Day (2003) are concept albums, the latter album dealing with issues such as contemplating suicide ("As I Lie Here Bleeding"), mourners after a funeral ("I'm Sorry", a cover of Dilba Demirbag's hit), and dying people looking back on their "unforgivable" sins ("Unforgivable"). "Unforgivable" also acted as a catalyst for the next album, The Inner Circle (2004), which expanded on the issues described in the song: cults, religion and child abuse.
On 4 April 2006, Evergrey released their sixth studio album, Monday Morning Apocalypse. It debuted at No. 6 in Sweden.
Later that year, Evergrey played at many festivals throughout Europe: among others, Sweden Rock Festival, Download Festival, Arvika Festival, Masters of Rock, Storsjöyran and Sziget Festival. From 5 to 30 May, the band toured the United States with In Flames, Nevermore and Throwdown. On 15 September, they headlined Prog Power VII in Atlanta, Georgia.
On 24 October 2006, Evergrey started a new European tour. They were supported by fellow Swedish death metal band Avatar, and they visited Germany, Italy, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Sweden.
Evergrey released their seventh studio album, Torn, in September 2008, continuing with their trademark lyrical themes of desperation and despair. Jari Kainulainen permanently filled the role on 6 August 2007, who also played bass on Torn.
On 8 May 2008, Evergrey announced that they had signed a deal with Steamhammer/SPV. This included the release of their new album and the entire back catalogue. It also was announced that the new album, Torn, would be released early in September 2008. As the deal includes the band's entire back catalog, there is the possibility of re-releases of previous Evergrey albums with the inclusion of added bonus material.
In July 2008, Swedish/Danish band Amaranthe announced that keyboardist Rikard Zander, along with In Flames bassist Peter Iwers, would make a guest appearance on their upcoming album.
In May 2010, it was announced that Jonas Ekdahl, Henrik Danhage and Jari Kainulainen have all left Evergrey by mutual decision because of problems with the band members interacting with each other. They called it quits as to not ruin the friendship they all have with each other.
An article posted on 13 November 2010 on Evergrey's blog contained dates for upcoming concerts as well as the confirmation of a new album titled Glorious Collision on 28 February 2011.
Via Facebook posts in November 2013, while writing the next Evergrey album due for release in 2014, the band first confirmed that drummer Hannes Van Dahl would be leaving the band to join Sabaton full-time, and then due to "problems working together" guitarist Marcus Jidell would also be leaving.
In August 2014, the release of the music video for "King of Errors" from the forthcoming Hymns for the Broken revealed that Henrik Danhage and Jonas Ekdahl had returned to the band. Hymns for the Broken was released in September 2014. The band released two more albums after that, The Storm Within in 2016 and The Atlantic in 2019. Those three albums were mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen and form a conceptual trilogy.
Evergrey's twelfth studio album, Escape of the Phoenix, was released on 26 February 2021.
On 26 August 2021 Evergrey announced they signed a new deal with Napalm Records and are already working on a new album.
On 24 February 2022 Evergrey announced the release of their thirteenth studio album, A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament), which was released on Napalm Records on 20 May 2022.
On 23 October 2023 Evergrey announced the release of From Dark Discoveries To Heartless Portraits, a compilation album to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the band's formation, released on 15 December 2023.
On April 12th, 2024, the band released a new single, "Falling from the Sun", coinciding with the announcement of their newest album Theories of Emptiness, which released on June 7th, 2024. On May 15th, it was announced that drummer Jonas Ekdahl would be stepping down as drummer for the band due to having more interest in production and mixing than drumming. Simen Sandnes joined as drummer.
Albums
The Dark Discovery (1998)
Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy (1999)
In Search of Truth (2001)
Recreation Day (2003)
The Inner Circle (2004)
Monday Morning Apocalypse (2006)
Torn (2008)
Glorious Collision (2011)
Hymns for the Broken (2014)
The Storm Within (2016)
The Atlantic (2019)
Escape Of The Phoenix (2021)
A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament) (2022)
Theories of Emptiness (2024)
Histor… Read Full Bio ↴Evergrey is a Swedish progressive metal band from Gothenburg.
History
Evergrey was formed in 1993 in Gothenburg by guitarist/vocalist Tom S. Englund as a progressive power metal band, in contrast to the melodic death metal that Gothenburg is known for. Since then, the band's lyrics have always been of the darker sort, and the same can be said of the band's imagery. After finding a stable lineup, The Dark Discovery was recorded in 1996 and released in 1998, and Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy was recorded and released in 1999. While those two albums dealt with a variety of ideas, In Search of Truth (2001) and Recreation Day (2003) are concept albums, the latter album dealing with issues such as contemplating suicide ("As I Lie Here Bleeding"), mourners after a funeral ("I'm Sorry", a cover of Dilba Demirbag's hit), and dying people looking back on their "unforgivable" sins ("Unforgivable"). "Unforgivable" also acted as a catalyst for the next album, The Inner Circle (2004), which expanded on the issues described in the song: cults, religion and child abuse.
On 4 April 2006, Evergrey released their sixth studio album, Monday Morning Apocalypse. It debuted at No. 6 in Sweden.
Later that year, Evergrey played at many festivals throughout Europe: among others, Sweden Rock Festival, Download Festival, Arvika Festival, Masters of Rock, Storsjöyran and Sziget Festival. From 5 to 30 May, the band toured the United States with In Flames, Nevermore and Throwdown. On 15 September, they headlined Prog Power VII in Atlanta, Georgia.
On 24 October 2006, Evergrey started a new European tour. They were supported by fellow Swedish death metal band Avatar, and they visited Germany, Italy, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Sweden.
Evergrey released their seventh studio album, Torn, in September 2008, continuing with their trademark lyrical themes of desperation and despair. Jari Kainulainen permanently filled the role on 6 August 2007, who also played bass on Torn.
On 8 May 2008, Evergrey announced that they had signed a deal with Steamhammer/SPV. This included the release of their new album and the entire back catalogue. It also was announced that the new album, Torn, would be released early in September 2008. As the deal includes the band's entire back catalog, there is the possibility of re-releases of previous Evergrey albums with the inclusion of added bonus material.
In July 2008, Swedish/Danish band Amaranthe announced that keyboardist Rikard Zander, along with In Flames bassist Peter Iwers, would make a guest appearance on their upcoming album.
In May 2010, it was announced that Jonas Ekdahl, Henrik Danhage and Jari Kainulainen have all left Evergrey by mutual decision because of problems with the band members interacting with each other. They called it quits as to not ruin the friendship they all have with each other.
An article posted on 13 November 2010 on Evergrey's blog contained dates for upcoming concerts as well as the confirmation of a new album titled Glorious Collision on 28 February 2011.
Via Facebook posts in November 2013, while writing the next Evergrey album due for release in 2014, the band first confirmed that drummer Hannes Van Dahl would be leaving the band to join Sabaton full-time, and then due to "problems working together" guitarist Marcus Jidell would also be leaving.
In August 2014, the release of the music video for "King of Errors" from the forthcoming Hymns for the Broken revealed that Henrik Danhage and Jonas Ekdahl had returned to the band. Hymns for the Broken was released in September 2014. The band released two more albums after that, The Storm Within in 2016 and The Atlantic in 2019. Those three albums were mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen and form a conceptual trilogy.
Evergrey's twelfth studio album, Escape of the Phoenix, was released on 26 February 2021.
On 26 August 2021 Evergrey announced they signed a new deal with Napalm Records and are already working on a new album.
On 24 February 2022 Evergrey announced the release of their thirteenth studio album, A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament), which was released on Napalm Records on 20 May 2022.
On 23 October 2023 Evergrey announced the release of From Dark Discoveries To Heartless Portraits, a compilation album to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the band's formation, released on 15 December 2023.
On April 12th, 2024, the band released a new single, "Falling from the Sun", coinciding with the announcement of their newest album Theories of Emptiness, which released on June 7th, 2024. On May 15th, it was announced that drummer Jonas Ekdahl would be stepping down as drummer for the band due to having more interest in production and mixing than drumming. Simen Sandnes joined as drummer.
Albums
The Dark Discovery (1998)
Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy (1999)
In Search of Truth (2001)
Recreation Day (2003)
The Inner Circle (2004)
Monday Morning Apocalypse (2006)
Torn (2008)
Glorious Collision (2011)
Hymns for the Broken (2014)
The Storm Within (2016)
The Atlantic (2019)
Escape Of The Phoenix (2021)
A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament) (2022)
Theories of Emptiness (2024)
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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…
Blindfolded I need something to believe in Need something more to start…
Broken Wings From loss into your embrace I fled the fear and the…
Call Out The Dark We chose the night to be left alone Because when life's…
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…
Cold Dreams I can't help to feel like I'm alone I need to…
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…
Heartless Feels like it deepens As if I'm one of the Heartless cause…
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 …
Midwinter Calls Just listen It's not the sunrise, it is the light it…
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…
Ominous The fire's gone and I'm still paying I go on, I…
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…
Reawakening I woke up cold I'm tired to breathe the lows I dropped…
Recreation Day This next song is just as old as Henrik It's nineteen…
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…
Save Us We were out of control We got lost when we stopped…
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 Great Unwashed We stay out of sight Forced away from light We are the…
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 Orphean Testament It has taken a lifetime for me to reach here And…
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…
Wildfires I've always been dreaming of new days Where I'm stronger and…
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…
You From You He walked her down the street And stopped where he…
Your Darkest Hour Feel free to question me Let out the hate you feel Blame…