In October 2019, Blackbriar joined Epica as official support during their Design Your Universe 10th Anniversary Tour.
In November 2019, Blackbriar was invited to play the aftershow for Halestorm and In This Moment at the AFAS Live in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The band signed a contract with Nuclear Blast in November 2022.
The band has also shot the music video for Dianne van Giersbergen's first solosingle "After the Storm", which was released on Valentine's Day (February 14th, 2023) around 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Reception
The band's debut album The Cause of Shipwreck was released in April 2021 and received positive reviews. Metal Hammer Germany compared singer Zora Cock's style to Kate Bush in "Wuthering Heights" and Amy Lee in "My Immortal". The Finnish Tuonela Magazine wrote that the band distinguished itself by mixing "a healthy dose of Gothic imagery into their brand of symphonic metal" and called The Cause of Shipwreck "an album that not only significantly expands their sound but also solidifies it". Fellow rock musician Liselotte Hegt wrote that "Zora is almost like a siren, luring you into dark romantic scenarios, twisted fairy tales and ghostlike sceneries", and found that the orchestral elements on the album were present but not overpowering.
EPs
Fractured Fairytales (May 2017)
We'd Rather Burn (October 2018)
Our Mortal Remains (December 2019)
Albums
The Cause of Shipwreck (April 2021)
A Dark Euphony (2023)
let me in
Blackbriar Lyrics
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Swallow me alive
Open those enormous jaws
And let me glide
Glide down your throat
Swallow me whole
Let me inside and take me into the unknow
Swallow me alive
Open your enormous maw
And let me dive
Dive into your soul,
Swallow me whole
Let us collide and we will never be alone
Let me in
Let me in
Let me under your skin
Let me in
Let me in
I want to see it all
I want to know everything
Eat me up
Swallow me alive
Open your enormous mouth
And let me slide
Slide down your bones
Swallow me whole
Let us unite and show me all there is to know
Let me in
Let me in
Let me under your skin
Let me in
Let me in
I want to see it all
I want to know everything
Let me in
Let me in
Let me under your skin
Let me in
Let me in
I want to see it all
I want to know everything
I want to lose to
Eat me up
I want to lose to
Eat me up
Eat me up,
Swallow me alive
Open those enormous jaws
And let me in
Let me in
Let me under your skin
Let me in
Let me in
I want to see it all
I want to know everything
Let me in
Let me in
Let me under your skin
Let me in
Let me in
I want to see it all
I want to know everything
Let me in
Let me in
Let me under your skin
Let me in
Let me in
The lyrics to Blackbriar's song "Let Me In" suggest a desire to be consumed and absorbed by another person. The singer yearns to be swallowed whole and taken into the unknown depths of their lover's soul. The repeated refrain of "Let me in, let me under your skin" speaks to a deep longing for intimacy and connection, perhaps even a merging of identities.
The use of imagery throughout the song is striking as it paints a vivid picture of the desire to become one with another person. The reference to "enormous jaws" and a "enormous maw" suggests a primal, almost animalistic desire to be devoured by the beloved. The repeated use of the phrase "swallow me whole" emphasizes the all-consuming nature of this desire, and the line "let us collide and we will never be alone" suggests that the singer believes that by merging with their lover they will achieve a sense of completeness and belonging.
Overall, the song expresses a powerful desire for intimacy and connection, and speaks to the way in which we often seek to lose ourselves in our relationships with others.
Line by Line Meaning
Eat me up,
I want to be consumed by you
Swallow me alive
I want to become a part of you and be wrapped in your essence
Open those enormous jaws
I want you to invite me in with your open, big mouth
And let me glide
I want to smoothly slip into your being
Glide down your throat
I want to be taken down your throat by you, to feel your existence within me
Swallow me whole
I want to immerse myself into you entirely
Let me inside and take me into the unknown
I want to be a part of you, to enjoy the intimacy and explore the uncharted territory of you
Dive into your soul,
I want to penetrate your essence and reach your thoughts and feelings
Let us collide and we will never be alone
I want us to merge and become one being, so that we'll never be lonely
Let me in
Allow me to be part of you
Let me under your skin
I want to be inside you, to explore and understand all of your secrets
I want to see it all
I want to know every aspect of you
I want to know everything
I want to have complete knowledge of you
Slide down your bones
I want to be taken into you so deeply that I can feel your bones
Let us unite and show me all there is to know
I want us to come together as one, so that I can learn everything about you
I want to lose to
I want to surrender myself to you
And let me in
Allow me to be part of you
Contributed by London S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@ItsMeFern2019
I'm not gonna lie, even with the vore-ish implications that a lot of people find weird this song slaps. The meaning behind the song seems so intimate, like she wants to know every part of her partner and be a part of them (whether it be metaphorical, physical, or both) and idk man that just seems kinda sweet to me.
@dragonlime622
i knew people would latch on to the vore imagery lol. the song is about wanting someone else to consume you figuratively so that you're essentially one being, so you dont have to continue living alone. the allegory could extend to losing your virginity, having the other person control you, or even could go as far as someone having malicious intent and wanting the other person to let them in to their life so they can destroy them from the inside out
@amberharmsen2497
@@dragonlime622 I thought it was about allowing demonic possession
@darxhart1646
@@amberharmsen2497 seriously? I hadn’t even thought of that. Interesting
@bellum_7997
@@amberharmsen2497 same idea tbh
@cerberusjonny6735
I love this song. J
@lunaeinhorn
My cat at 3 AM for no reason at my door:
"LET ME IIIIIIINNN"
@luannehermione7588
Hahaha
When I wake up, its ever Very silencie here... But when I open my door, there is my cat doing a "nuclear disaster siren" cosplay.
@Alexandercarman97
LMAO my gfs cat is the say exact why😂😂
@donitapickett9992
I can relate to this lol