Year 1995: Nirvana, Rage Agai… Read Full Bio ↴Mass Hysteria is a french metal band.
Year 1995: Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine and Faith No More are at their crest when Mass Hysteria repeats without respite to give substance to their opus influenced by strong listening to Bad Brains, Prong or Slayer.
Andre Gielen will give form to their fine and atomic mixing of groove, samples and snatched guitars named "Le Bien Etre et la Paix". This album will lead them on every stage all around Europe, ablazing fans hypnotized by the strength of their two singles "Respect to the dance floor" and "Donnez-vous la peine".
After several performances across France's most popular festivals and concert halls such as Les Transmusicales de Rennes (where they battled with Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.), Le Printemps de Bourges, Le Bataclan and Le Parc des Princes in Paris (with the famous french crew NTM, rock band No One Is Innocent and RATM), all 6 fly to Canada where their tour with Grimskunk appears to be a success, along with their numerous dates with English amazing combo Pitch Shifter, ending up with a big show at La Cigale, Paris.
Year 1998: Mass Hysteria takes the most of their campaign to Canada by recording their Raw Power "Live" in Montréal, making the fans a gift of an unpublished song together with a new cover of Sepultura. July is coming next and the band runs straight to England to record with the talented and well-known Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Fear Factory, PSI), giving its scope to produce the powerful "Contraddiction", that will lead Mass Hysteria to enter the circle of the hard rock's biggests. The quality of this 13 titles (with the contribution of Lojo Triban) doesn't last very long to bear fruits. The group carries on performing live, keeping lighting fans but also raising up a new public due to their fantastic power on stage. They end up by a French tour with the cream of neo metal: the mighty Korn, the American band that won't stop praising the French crew, moreover they will even come to discuss about a contribution in their Family Values!
But year 2000 announces also a period of changes as Erwan and Pascal whish to leave the band to walk their own way. Without wasting time, Mass Hysteria calls up a long time known friend, Olivier, another little genius that, besides real guitar skills and an energy transfused from hardcore, will offer to Mass Hysteria his 15 year-old classic piano practice for the benefit of samples and loops. With Colin Richardson always at the controls of the Mass Machine, the band starts working on their new album in studio in England and, after several months of determined work and cut off from the rest of the world, the five fantastics give the final cut to their third opus: "De Cercle En Cercle".
Melodic, melancholic, spatial, with a personality and a freshness completely recovered, the result of this descent into the depth of Hysteria is beyond all hopes, reflecting as much the resentment as the maturity and the open-mindedness of the group to new music styles.
Year 2002: Mass Hysteria finally ends up their marathon tour following the release of De Cercle En Cercle and decides to have a break before composing their fourth studio album - the first stop in 7 years.
During this break, they decide not to follow up with SONY Music and to concentrate on their new album. A few demos later, the label Wagram Music shows its enthusiasm for the band, and Mass Hysteria decides to quit the Majors World.
Achieving another months of hard work, Mass Hysteria is now ready to enter the studio. English producer Matt Hyde shall be the one for this new album, warmly elected by the group for his energetic power rock universe, coming closer to the direction Mass Hysteria has chosen for the new compositions.
After a one month stay at the famous Studio du Manoir (Noir Désir, Dolly), the Mass Hysteria terminate their work with the mix in London with Matt Hyde.
ZION
Mass Hysteria Lyrics
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Sans métissage, l'humanité court au suicide
L'unité à l'essence, les racines guident
Et commandent la descendance
Y a t il toujours une solution?
Que de faux problèmes?
Alors réfléchissons
Quelle est la solution?
Quelle est la réaction?
Quelle est la bonne?
Quelle est la bonne?
Je m'évade de Babylone pour Zion
Beaufland peut continuer à roupiller
La jeunesse sacrifiée mais avertie
A pendant des années cultivé
La débauche et le bon esprit
Nous ne sommes pas comme le mime Marceau
Flatter les cerveaux sans dire un mot
C'est sûr, vos gueules sur les affiches
N'ont convaincu que les murs
Quelle est la solution?
Quelle est la réaction?
Quelle est la bonne?
Quelle est la bonne?
Je m'évade de Babylone pour Zion
I and I feel irie
High life, Zion
The lyrics to Mass Hysteria's song "Zion" are about the idea of unity and finding a solution to the problems facing humanity. The song begins with the lines "Ca y est, le 'toi et moi' coïncident," which roughly translates to "It’s done, 'you and me' coincide". The lyrics suggest that without mixing or blending, humanity is headed towards self-destruction. The essence of unity and the importance of roots and lineage are emphasized in the song as crucial elements in directing future generations. The song poses several questions to inspire critical thinking about the problems faced by society and the need to look inwardly for solutions.
The song also alludes to the idea of escaping from the confines of society's norms to reach a peaceful and harmonious state of being. This is seen in the lines "Je m'évade de Babylone pour Zion" which roughly translates to "I escape from Babylon to Zion." This line can be interpreted as a metaphorical escape from the chaos of the world to attain a state of enlightenment or peace.
Overall, "Zion" by Mass Hysteria is a thought-provoking song that highlights the need for unity and introspection in solving the problems of society.
Line by Line Meaning
Ca y est, le "toi et moi" coïncident
Finally, the 'you and I' converge
Sans métissage, l'humanité court au suicide
Without mixing, humanity runs towards suicide
L'unité à l'essence, les racines guident
Unity comes from within, roots guide
Et commandent la descendance
And determine the future generations
Y a t il toujours une solution?
Is there always a solution?
Que de faux problèmes?
So many fake problems?
Alors réfléchissons
Well, let's think
Regardons en nous-mêmes
Let's look into ourselves
Quelle est la solution?
What's the solution?
Quelle est la réaction?
What's the reaction?
Quelle est la bonne?
What's the right one?
Quelle est la bonne?
What's the right one?
Je m'évade de Babylone pour Zion
I escape Babylon to Zion
Beaufland peut continuer à roupiller
Beaufland can keep snoozing
La jeunesse sacrifiée mais avertie
The youth, sacrificed but warned
A pendant des années cultivé
For years, they've cultivated
La débauche et le bon esprit
Debauchery and good spirit
Nous ne sommes pas comme le mime Marceau
We're not like mime Marceau
Flatter les cerveaux sans dire un mot
Flattering brains without saying a word
C'est sûr, vos gueules sur les affiches
Sure, your faces on the posters
N'ont convaincu que les murs
Have convinced only the walls
Je m'évade de Babylone pour Zion
I escape Babylon to Zion
I and I feel irie
I and I feel happy
High life, Zion
High life in Zion
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Mustapha Kelai, Yann Gerald Joseph Heurtaux, Stephan Jaquet, Pascal Jeannet, Erwan Alain Disez, Raphael Marcel Georges Mercier
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