Vilde Iris Hartveit Kolltveit, better know as iris, is a Norwegian singer a… Read Full Bio ↴Vilde Iris Hartveit Kolltveit, better know as iris, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. Her debut EP a sensitive being was released by MADE Records on April 10, 2019. She earned some greater recognition from a post by her friend AURORA promoting the music video for cotton candy, lead single from her second EP femme florale, which was released on December 4, 2019.

Her debut album love and other disasters was released on June 4th, 2021. It is preceded by the tracks: lavender and heaven, voodoo voodoo, lovemark, crawl for me and to be mine (is to lose your mind).

2) IRIS originally called "Forgiving Iris", started in 1993 when two members of a Texas college electronic music class, Reagan Jones and Matt Morris, realized they had identical tastes in music. The band began playing covers of their favorite songs at clubs in town, and slowly gained a following. A lucky break led to Iris playing at the KRBE 104.1 festival in Houston with acts like C&C Music Factory and Lucas, as well as a performance at the side stage of the Duran Duran / Waterlilies concert that same year. After the appearance of an early version of the track "Annie, Would I Lie To You" on various compilations, the band signed with Todd Durrant from A Different Drum, and work began on the first record.

3) Iris is a Romanian hard rock band. It was established in 1977 by Ion Dumitrescu (drums), Nuţu Olteanu (lead solo guitar and vocals) and Emil Lechinţeanu (bass guitar). They achieved a huge success, followed by tours throughout Romania and recordings for radio broadcast.
The democratic regime installed after 1989 offered the group a chance they couldn’t have in the communist regime. They started appearing on TV and having tours in Italy. They celebrated their 15th anniversary at an international rock festival in 1991 and 1992 beside Ian Gillan Band, and 25 years in 2001 with Uriah Heep.

4) Iris is the name of a Canadian shoegaze band based out of Toronto. In February of 2015, they released an album titled "Haunt Me".

5) Iris Aneas has made herself a name in Europe with her electronics bathed in pop through recordings in labels such as the German Monika Enterprise. Versatile and eclectic, she writes, produces and sings every one of her songs in a very meticulous way. Her artistic interests and her good taste in electronic music are indisputable. Her sounds seek to surprise you and her melodies are like a journey into the youth. Iris is an artist committed to awakening and the free truth, together with a pure talent on stage. Not only composes music for herself, but also for advertising, as for the prestigious Spanish fashion brand Mango. Her delicate voice merges with the exquisite music of electronic overtone, pop, idm… that depicts her work. Iris Aneas' melodies are adjusted to 528Hz, the Solfeggio frecuency.

6) IRIS is a japanese, Tokyo-based melodic hardcore band. Formed in 2015, they have had used a different name until 2016, when they changed the name to "IRIS". With influences as Napoleon, Counterparts,The Ghost Inside and Hotel Books, they have released an EP, "MORTALITY", and a single, "Misery", featuring C. Hinojosa from Eforos, a Peruvian metalcore band.
Bandcamp: https://irisjpn.bandcamp.com
Members: Ken Nicolas Aioi; Tetsuma Horikawa; Rasta Takamatsu; Kaisei Yamaguchi.

7) Iris was an American post-hardcore/mall emo band from Torrance, California. They released an EP in 2005, "Escaping The Clinic".

New Invaders
Iris Lyrics

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below's a fire
shooting guns, the senses
mission dire
circle back, adverse sends

all along, on recess
just breathing's not enough to exist

long days
new invaders
I destroy the enemy
It's how I now survive
I go where fate intends
leave me out for dead
I'm a wanted life
who's never getting out alive

new season, sun burns a new day
starbound heeling
sending out mayday

no response, forsaken
dark spaces, no entrance or exits

going live to the scene of pain defiant

here inside the astral plane,
I'm at the center of

Overall Meaning

a rising storm, though life here is near silent

In Iris's song "New Invaders," the artist describes a world of chaos and danger where survival is a constant battle. The lyrics paint a picture of a fierce firefight with shooting guns and the heightened senses that come with it. The mission is dire, and the singer is forced to circle back and face adverse sends. Even during moments of respite, just breathing is not enough to exist.

The theme of survival is prevalent in this song as the singer faces long days with new invaders. Despite facing enemies at every turn, the singer believes they can emerge victorious. They declare themselves as destroyers, someone who goes where fate intends, even if it means leaving them out for dead. They accept their status as a wanted life and acknowledge that they may never get out alive.

The lyrics of "New Invaders" are full of vivid imagery that reinforces the theme of survival in a hostile world. Iris uses metaphors such as "the astral plane" and "starbound heeling" to describe a world beyond the physical realm. The overall effect is an intense and dramatic song that captures the listener's attention and leaves a lasting impression.

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