1. An Engli… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least three artists with the name Heavenly.
1. An English indiepop group (active from 1989 to 1996).
2. An Australian indie avant-garde band fronted by Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence-Geldof, daughter of INXS member, Michael Hutchence.
3. A French power metal band (active from 1994 to present).
1. Heavenly were a 1990s indiepop band formed in Oxford, England in 1989. Amelia Fletcher (vocals), Mathew Fletcher (drums; Amelia's brother), Peter Momtchiloff (guitar) and Robert Pursey (bass) had all been members of Talulah Gosh, a key band of the c86 scene which preceded the indiepop movement, formed in 1986.
Heavenly debuted with the 7" single I Fell In Love Last Night, followed by another 7", Our Love Is Heavenly, both released in 1990 on Sarah Records. Heavenly Vs. Satan, the group's debut album, came out in 1991. They went on to release three more albums: Le Jardin de Heavenly, The Decline and Fall of Heavenly, and Operation Heavenly.
Shortly before the release of their final album in 1996, Mathew Fletcher, the band's drummer and Amelia's brother, committed suicide. The remaining members announced that the band name Heavenly was to be retired. The other members regrouped with a new drummer as Marine Research, a moniker under which they released a single album, 1999's Sounds From The Gulf Stream. The band's core members reformed in 2002 as Tender Trap.
A collection of their singles was released in 2020 under the title "A Bout De Heavenly." Reviewing in Pitchfork, Quinn Moreland noted "Heavenly released four studio albums, but a recent singles collection, A Bout De Heavenly, makes the case that some of their most magical work existed in smaller formats."
2. Heavenly is an Australian avant-garde, experimental band consisting of members Tiger Lily Hutchence-Geldof, Nicholas Allbrook, India Rose, Scarlett Stevens, and Jacob Diamond. The band released their first EP titled Tragic Tiger’s Sad Meltdown in March 2020 on Bandcamp.
3. Heavenly, a power metal/neo-classical metal band from Paris, France, were formed in 1994 by vocalist Benjamin Sotto and drummer Max Pilo. They were originally a cover band and played under the name of 'Satan's Lawyer' before evolving into a fully-fledged Helloween-influenced power metal outfit.
In 2000, Heavenly released their debut album 'Coming From the Sky.' Although it was largely shunned by the media, the album proved a hit with metal fans and its success helped Heavenly land an appearance at the French Hard Rock Festival.
Heavenly released their second album Sign of the Winner in 2001, and received positive feedback from both fans and media alike. After appearing at Wacken (the world's biggest metal festival) in 2002, Heavenly set to work recording their third album, 'Dust to Dust,' which was eventually released in early 2004, further solidifying their status as one of France's premier power metal bands.
Ashes to Ashes...
Heavenly Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Suffer the wound I inflicted upon you, as a vampire now you shall be
damned. Fear you shall forever feel and induce to human hearts, on your
quest for blood. Thou shall not tempt to find me, the master of all, the
bringer of your tragedy. But alone in darkness you shall dwell for
centuries to come. The night will be your friend, and you shall hide from
daylight. It is the end of your human soul, but the beginning of your
eternal doom.
The lyrics of "Ashes to Ashes" by Heavenly describe the transformation of the singer into a vampire. The song opens with a warning about the "dark side," suggesting that the following lyrics will be powerful and possibly sinister. The first lines describe the singer's power to wound and transform the listener, turning them into a vampire who will be "damned" forevermore. The vampire will experience fear and inspire it in others, hunting for blood and hiding from daylight. Although the singer is referred to as the "master of all," they tell the newly-made vampire not to try to find them, suggesting that their power is so great that the vampire would be unlikely to succeed.
The final lines of the song present a somewhat bleak portrait of the vampire's future: they will be alone, dwelling in darkness for centuries to come. The night will be their only companion, and although their soul is now "eternal," the tone of the song suggests that this is not necessarily a positive thing. Overall, the lyrics suggest a fascination with the duality of life and death, power and weakness, and the idea that there are forces beyond our control that can shape our destiny.
Line by Line Meaning
Welcome to the dark side.
You have entered a place of evil and despair.
Suffer the wound I inflicted upon you, as a vampire now you shall be
damned.
You will experience pain from the injury I caused you, and you will become a cursed vampire.
Fear you shall forever feel and induce to human hearts, on your
quest for blood.
You will always feel fear and will instill fear in others as you search for blood to survive.
Thou shall not tempt to find me, the master of all, the
bringer of your tragedy.
You should not try to seek me out, as I am the leader of all vampires and the cause of your tragic fate.
But alone in darkness you shall dwell for
centuries to come.
You will spend centuries alone in the darkness.
The night will be your friend, and you shall hide from
daylight.
You will find comfort in the night and avoid the daylight.
It is the end of your human soul, but the beginning of your
eternal doom.
Your human soul is dead, and you will face never-ending damnation.
Contributed by Grayson I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.