The Doom Metal band Mirror of Deception was founded by two guitarists, Mich… Read Full Bio ↴The Doom Metal band Mirror of Deception was founded by two guitarists, Michael S. and Jochen F. in 1990 in Göppingen (near Stuttgart, Germany).

The first line-up was complete in early 1992. The selftitled debut demo was recorded in 1993, followed by the second demo, "Words Unspoken" a year later. After line-up changes and another demo, the band signed a deal with German label Sub Zero Records in 1997 and issued the "Veil of Lead" MCD in April of the same year.

The recordings for the band`s debut album started in December 1997 and lasted until August 1999. Sub Zero had quit the label business meanwhile so the band finally found a new partner in the UK based record company The Miskatonic Foundation which released the immensly delayed but critically acclaimed "Mirrorsoil" album in January 2001. The release of the album was followed by tours in England and Germany with bands like Solstice, Warning and End of Green.

Lead singer Markus B. decided to quit the band due to lack of time in 2002, so guitarist Michael S. took over the lead vocals as well. To support their MCD "Conversion" the band played the first edition of Doom Shall Rise festival in February 2003 and toured with reformed US Doom legends Revelation and Finland`s Reverend Bizarre.

After another change of the rhythm section in summer 2003, the band recorded their second full-length album "Foregone" which was released on the Belgian label Final Chapter in September 2004. To support the release the band embarked on a tour with dates in Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands.

Besides some festival appearances in Germany and abroad, Mirror of Deception did also play a couple of shows in Finland with Count Raven and Reverend Bizarre in 2005.

Following the release of the third album, "Shards" in October 2006 on German label Cyclone Empire more gigs and festival appearances in Germany and abroad were played, including festivals like Belgian Doom Night, Doom Shall Rise V, Dutch Doom Day VI, Days of Doom and Mirror of Deception's first shows in Ireland.

Album number 4, "A Smouldering Fire" was released in 2010, followed by gigs at festivals like Hammer of Doom and Malta Doom Festival. The band went on tour with 40 Watt Sun and Semlah.

The band was on hiatus in 2012 and 2013. After line-up changes on bass and drums the band continued with a new rhythm section, played shows, made an appearance at Heavy Days in Doomtown festival and worked on new songs.

The fifth album, "The Estuary" was released in November 2018 and presented live at Doom over Vienna festival.
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Sole
Mirror of Deception Lyrics

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(J. Fopp)

The sole disciple
Of a forgotten faith
Buries the last survivor
In a fading soil

Bleeding black, I'm bleeding black

Wounded
A hope is falling apart
Beneath the sacred surface

Cracks in the eggshell
Called life
Still feasting on this solemn moment
Descending... to a narrow place

Fevered dreams
Inside this immortal asylum

Eternal yearning
And petrified emotions

Overall Meaning

The song "Sole" by the German doom metal band Mirror of Deception is a haunting reflection on the fragility of life and faith, as well as the inevitability of death. The opening stanza sets the stage with a solitary disciple, the last vestige of a forgotten faith, attending to the burial of the final survivor in a soil that is slowly losing its vitality. The bleak imagery is reinforced by the repeated phrase "bleeding black," which could be interpreted as a metaphor for the loss of all hope and vitality. The second stanza continues this sense of decay, with references to cracks in the "eggshell" of life and a descending movement into a "narrow place."

Despite the bleak subject matter, the song also contains moments of beauty and introspection. The final stanza suggests that even in the midst of our mortal limitations, we still have the capacity for "fevered dreams" and "eternal yearning." Perhaps the most striking image in the song is that of "petrified emotions," suggesting that our deepest feelings may be frozen in time, preserved but also rendered immobile by the passage of time.

Overall, "Sole" is a powerful and evocative meditation on life, faith, and death, expressed through the language of doom metal.

Line by Line Meaning

The sole disciple
The only follower

Of a forgotten faith
Of a religion no longer remembered

Buries the last survivor
Lays to rest the final member

In a fading soil
In a decaying earth

Bleeding black, I'm bleeding black
In great pain, my blood is black

Wounded
Injured and hurt

A hope is falling apart
A wish is breaking down

Beneath the sacred surface
Underneath something considered holy

Cracks in the eggshell
Breaks in the protective barrier

Called life
Referred to as existence