September 1996 saw the beginning for Antichrisis' first studio session for their debut album "Cantara Anachoreta". Sid - by this time still known by his nom de plume Moonshadow - recorded the album within only 14 days with Willowcat's vocal support. At this time Sid was in a very desolate situation concerning his private life - and the best way to express his feelings and to deal with an utterly fucked up relationship was to play that gloomy, melancholic but also furious and pushing kind of music. And that is exactly what Antichrisis is all about: to reflect Sid's feelings and emotions in the best possible way without any restrictions or musical limitations.
"Cantara Anachoreta", the band's striking debut, hit the audience by January '97 and was enthusiastically received by the press: Only once in a blue moon had a newcomer's first album indicated such well-defined and incisive style aligned with an amazingly vast number of different musical influences with enormous implicitness and distinction.
Although Antichrisis' music always beared lots of folk influences, they weren't that apparent due to the band's conventional instrumentation hitherto - until Naex joined the project in 1997 adding a completely new timbre to Antichrisis' sound with his Irish bagpipes.
Also, many of Sid's songs are arranged like stage plays dealing with love and loss, thus requiring different voices for different male and female leading parts - hence a female voice was always of great importance for Antichrisis' dramaturgic concept.
Meanwhile Antichrisis had signed to Napalm Records, and in Spring 1998 it was high time to record the debut's successor "A Legacy of Love" with new singer Lisa. Though this album did bear a few Metal references again, it primarily became a wonderful and brilliant Folk-Pop-album, containing songs that could have easily entered the charts like "Nightswan", "Our Last Show" or the smashing "Forever I Ride".
A year later the band was hitting the stage for the first time during an European tour with Tristania, The Sins Of Thy Beloved, Siebenbuergen and Trail of Tears. On this tour Antichrisis' new female vocalist Dragonfly, who had replaced Lisa, received her baptism of fire. She had joined the band just a couple of weeks before, and not only did Antichrisis promote "A Legacy of Love" live on stage, but they also took the chance of introducing some new dancefloor-influenced stuff from their forthcoming album "Perfume" to a flabbergasted audience.
Antichrisis entered the studio again in Summer 2000, this time reinforced by keyboarder Tilo Rockstroh, drummer Jens-Nils Kuge and guitarist Jens Bachmann, to forge their third album "Perfume", which contained for the very first time in the history of the band a cover version, namely Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love".
Though songs like "Like The Stars", "Goodbye to Jane", "Hole in My Head", "Carry Me Down" or "Wasteland" proved once more Antichrisis' claim for the charts, this venturous album lacked support by Antichrisis' former label Napalm Records, who weren't too happy about the band's increasing pop-appeal due to being afraid of losing their Metal credibility.
But why that long period of silence after the release of "Perfume"? Some fans received the impression that Antichrisis hadn't survived their daring musical experiment. But after a new studio session in Spring 2003, Sid suffered from some unexpected and serious emotional and physical drawbacks, hence Antichrisis was put on the back burner for quite a long time until Sid reformed the band in 2005.
So Antichrisis was ready for recording a new album called "The Legacy Remains", which is supposed to continue the story that had begun on "A Legacy of Love" - and to make both albums sound as if they were two chapters of one book, Sid decided to re-record "A Legacy of Love" before finishing the production of "The Legacy Remains".
This revised version of "A Legacy of Love" saw its release on Reartone Records in early 2006 as a digipack-edition titled "A Legacy of Love Mark II", and it definitely didn't sound at all like a simple re-issue. But once you listen to "A Legacy of Love Mark II" you will easily realise that this expenditure was worth while. The new versions of those already stirring songs develop an almost irresistible maelstrom - they seem like aural environments waiting for the listener to enter: "How Can I Live on Top of The Mountain?" is simply one of the most beautiful soundtracks never used for a movie score; R.E.M. would take themselves to the cleaners for a Folk-Pop-jewel like "Nightswan", "Our Last Show" couldn't have been done better by the Doors in their heydays and someone not being close to tears after listening to "Dancing in The Midnight Sun" has probably never fallen in and out of love. "Baleias Bailando" and "Planet Kyrah" are evidence of Sid's capability of creating magnificent pop songs with rather unorthodox sounds and arrangements, whereas "End of December" seems like a brilliant outtake of a late midnight session that The Jam, The Pogues and Bruce Springsteen could have had in a Galway pub. "Forever I Ride" proves that blending Knopflerian guitar riffs with McKennittish romanticism and Sabbath's abrasiveness doesn't necessarily have to be a mission impossible, and the raw guitar power of "The Sea" and "Trying Not to Breathe" should as well raise hell in every moshpit of this planet without attenuating dead catchy qualitites while at last "The Farewell" is the successful romantic conclusion of an album that is simply the most emotional roller coaster ride one could ever experience. Basically each song on "A Legacy of Love Mark II" could make easily a smashing hit single!
And if mastermind Sid should manage to avoid further detachments, breakdowns and strokes of fate that blocked the band's succession in the past, Antichrisis' future should look bright enough to make him wear shades: He sure has more than enough ideas and visions for many years to come, and "The Legacy Remains" will surely become Antichrisis' well-deserved smash hit.
Current line-up:
Sid - Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Bass
Steffi Vreiting - Vocals
Alexander "Naex" May: Uilleann Pipes, Flutes & Whistles
Jens "Gnu" Bachmann: E-Guitars, Bass
Tilo "Waran" Rockstroh: Keyboards & Loops
Jens-Nils "Kugator" Kuge: Drums
Frank J. Hennig: Baritone Vocals
Her Orphaned Throne
Antichrisis Lyrics
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"He who once was artless like a child had to face the blackest night!"
While I was unaware, She must have silently faded away:
"Whereas his shadow walks The Earth in restless search for The Queen!"
As the cold begins to bite, in Nightmare's realm I lie awake:
"Fading voices calling back the years into time's deadly embrace!"
Behind these delusive hills where gales ensnare a paralyzed sun:
"In sombre distress he's entering the hall
Broken and desperate before Her Orphaned Throne
Holding a dying sparrow in his hands
His eyes full of tears had seen the wasted land
Will She ever come again?
Ever come again?
Suam sanctam ad sedem liceat me vobis sequi
Si sanum me facere volueritis
Suam sanctam ad sedem, ad marim
Si enim hoc loco versatus sim, periturus est
Suam sanctam ad sedem liceat me vobis sequi
Nam hoc solo loco me Dea expectat
Passion turned out to be a slip of the pen amongst the lines of fate:
"All that was left in the end: Forgotten echoes in a dream!"
For only a fool's solemnity might ignite the driftwood of my heart:
"Still My Light shines on every move you make:
Just call My Name an I'll be there!"
So cranky and blind I did not see, rashness made me lose your own way:
"Fragments of glass cutting through his veins:
I shall save him from his pain!"
Destiny turned the page to the final chapter in my book of life:
"Awake see him lie in Marah's warm embrace
- I'm returning on My Throne!"
Broken and desperate before Her Orphaned Throne
Holding a dying sparrow in his hands
His eyes full of tears had seen the wasted land
Will She ever come again?
Ever come again?
The lyrics of Antichrisis's song "Her Orphaned Throne" tells a story about a protagonist who has lost his love, referred to as "The Queen," and is searching for her. The song tells the story of the singer's journey through different stages of grief, starting with his realization that fate has turned against him and he is forced to face the darkness of his life alone. However, this made him all the more determined to keep looking for The Queen, even though it becomes clear that she is gone forever. The singer is then seen wandering through a land that has been devastated by some kind of disaster, holding a dying sparrow, showing how the singer's own love for life is also fading away as he searches for The Queen.
The lyrics of "Her Orphaned Throne" are rich in imagery, and the words themselves are poetic and reflective. We can see the singer's soul deteriorating with each passing moment, driven by his grief and his unwillingness to let go of his love. However, towards the end of the song, the singer finally finds solace in his search for The Queen, as he sees a glimmer of hope that she might return. This is beautifully communicated in the final lines, where the singer finally finds Marah's warm embrace and knows that The Queen is returning to her throne.
Line by Line Meaning
Destiny turned the page to another side in my book of life:
My fate has taken a new turn, leading me down an unknown path
"He who once was artless like a child had to face the blackest night!"
I, who was once innocent and naive, have been forced to endure great darkness and despair
While I was unaware, She must have silently faded away:
Unbeknownst to me, the one I loved must have left me silently
"Whereas his shadow walks The Earth in restless search for The Queen!"
Despite my loss, I continue to search for my lost love, haunted by her absence
As the cold begins to bite, in Nightmare's realm I lie awake:
As I suffer in loneliness and pain, I am plagued by nightmares and cannot sleep
"Fading voices calling back the years into time's deadly embrace!"
Haunted by memories, I am reminded of what I have lost and cannot regain
Behind these delusive hills where gales ensnare a paralyzed sun:
In a place of darkness and confusion, I search for something that may never be found
"In sombre distress he's entering the hall
Just to find Her Orphaned Throne!"
Despite my sadness and despair, I continue to search for my lost love and the place where she once ruled
Broken and desperate before Her Orphaned Throne
Holding a dying sparrow in his hands
His eyes full of tears had seen the wasted land
Will She ever come again?
Ever come again?
I am broken and desperate as I stand before the empty throne of my lost love, clutching a dying creature in my hands, wondering if she will ever return
"Suam sanctam ad sedem liceat me vobis sequi
Si sanum me facere volueritis
Suam sanctam ad sedem, ad marim
Si enim hoc loco versatus sim, periturus est
Suam sanctam ad sedem liceat me vobis sequi
Nam hoc solo loco me Dea expectat"
Latin lyrics meaning 'Allow me to follow to her holy throne; If you wish to make me well; Her holy throne, to the sea; If I stay here, I will die; Allow me to follow to her holy throne; For there She expects me'
"Passion turned out to be a slip of the pen amongst the lines of fate:"
My great love was a mistake, a mere blip in the grand scheme of my destiny
"All that was left in the end: Forgotten echoes in a dream!"
All that remains of my lost love are distant memories that haunt me like a dream
"For only a fool's solemnity might ignite the driftwood of my heart:"
Only a foolish and unrealistic hope could reignite the flame of my broken heart
"Still My Light shines on every move you make:
Just call My Name an I'll be there!"
Despite my despair, I believe that my lost love still watches over me and will help me if I call out to her
"So cranky and blind I did not see, rashness made me lose your own way:"
Due to my foolishness and rash behavior, I lost my way and lost the one I loved
"Fragments of glass cutting through his veins:
I shall save him from his pain!"
Despite my pain, there is still hope for salvation and healing
Destiny turned the page to the final chapter in my book of life:
My fate has reached its final chapter and my story will soon come to an end
"Awake see him lie in Marah's warm embrace
- I'm returning on My Throne!"
As I lay in despair, my lost love returns to me and takes her rightful place on her throne beside me
Broken and desperate before Her Orphaned Throne
Holding a dying sparrow in his hands
His eyes full of tears had seen the wasted land
Will She ever come again?
Ever come again?
I am broken and desperate as I stand before the empty throne of my lost love, clutching a dying creature in my hands, wondering if she will ever return
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA/AMCOS
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Itza Dohotaru
Thank you for uploading this. A song to echoe through the eons:)
André Aliendre
+Itza Dohotaru You're wellcome, my friend. This is a awesome band. :)
Lígia Avelino
Obrigada por postar! !!
André Aliendre
Lígia Avelino, eu que te agradeço por apreciar a música. :)