1) an English Gothic … Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist named Nosferatu:
1) an English Gothic rock band
2) a German krautrock band
3) a heavy metal band from Brazil
4) a death metal band from Sweden
5) an alias to Hardcore Techno producer Erwin van Kan.
6) a hardcore band from the US
1) Nosferatu is an English Gothic rock band formed in March 1988 by Damien DeVille, Vlad Janicek, and Sapphire Aurora. They are one of the most successful second wave Gothic rock groups in the world. Their albums, singles, and DVD have sold over 100,000 copies world-wide. They have also sold hundreds of thousands of songs on various compilation albums since their first commercial release in the early 1990s.
Nosferatu have the credibility and good fortune of being one of the few UK-based Gothic rock bands to receive chart success both in the UK and Germany. Their back catalog of independent releases, to date, stands at 8 singles, 11 albums, 1 DVD and songs featured on 48 compilation albums. Nosferatu have a repertoire of over 100 songs and have performed over 300 concerts in 14 countries: Austria, Belgium, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Republic Of Ireland, Scotland, Spain, and Wales.
The current lineup of the band is Louis DeWray (Voice), Damien DeVille (guitar), Belle Star (drums) & Stefan Diablo (bass).
Damien DeVille is the only member to have been in the band all through its 23 year history. He has written a book on NOSFERATU titled "Vampyres Cry - The History Of A Gothic Rock Band", which is due to be published in late 2011.
2) Nosferatu, formed in 1968, was a German krautrock band. They released a self-titled album in 1970 and disbanded the year after.
3) Nosferatu is a heavy metal band from Campinas, Brazil. They've been active since 1999 and have one full-length released. Their most recent record is a split with Norwegian cult thrashers Deathhammer.
4) There was also a death metal band from Sweden called Nosferatu. They released only two demos in 1990., called "REH 90.03.06" and "Decadence Remains".
5) A project name which Patrick van Kerckhoven came up with for an early release on Ruffneck Records together with Fred Henderson. Nosferatu is also an alias to a Hardcore Techno producer. The alias was later used as a project name by Van Kerckhoven and Erwin van Kan. The latter is now the solo user of the moniker. Because Van Kan has produced the bulk of the Nosferatu material.
6) A hardcore band from Austin, Texas. They have an EP on Lumpy Records, and an album on La Vida Es Un Mus/Media Disease, as well as a bunch of tapes.
Keeper
Nosferatu Lyrics
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The keeper calls your name from the house Where he guards the gates And through the night I weaken With the feeling of him reaching out for you
Find me drained and helpless lying on the floor
On the floor as you grow stronger
Look into the sky
Can you feel the rays descending down the white light
With your protection would you fly away tonight ?
The keeper calls your name
Waiting for the flames to burn my way
As the keeper calls your name my shell is fading
Feeling like I'm losing my strength To another, another I'm waiting
To end this way, to be so brave To call the keeper, pleading he should save me
Save me from the hell
Save me from the spell
Don't leave me here to die
Look into the sun
Can you see the light descending down on you today
Without direction will you fly, fly, fly, away?
The keeper calls your name
Waiting for the flames to burn my way
Through another flame
The keeper calls your name
Waiting for the flames to burn my way
Keeper, Don't rip me up inside no more, Don't rip me up inside
Keeper, There is no place for me to hide no more
Give me back the strength you have stolen from me
A million miles away from where the moon is rising
The house where the keeper guards the gates is falling down
And through the night I strengthen
With the feeling of you reaching out for me
I find you drained and helpless lying on the floor
On the floor as I grow stronger
Look into his eyes
Can you understand the sun is calling you today?
With your protection would you fly, fly, fly away?
Through another flame
The keeper calls to you
Dream until it's true
Waiting to come through
To burn my way to you
The music video for Nosferatu's "Keeper" conveys a great deal of meaning through visuals and symbolism. The song itself features dark, melancholic lyrics that express a sense of loss and desperation. It speaks of a keeper who guards the gates, calling out to someone who is a "million miles away from where the sun is shining."
The main theme of the song seems to be the struggle to resist the pull of darkness, and the fear of losing oneself to it. The singer is weakened by the keeper's call, and is left lying on the floor, drained and helpless, while the object of their affection grows stronger. The lyrics also speak of wanting to be saved from the spell of the keeper, and of feeling like there is no place to hide.
Despite the dark themes, there is a glimmer of hope towards the end of the song. The house where the keeper guards the gates is falling down, and the singer is finding strength in the feeling of being reached out to. By the end, the tables have turned, and the singer is the one who has grown stronger while the person they previously desired is weakened.
Overall, the song seems to be about the struggle to stay true to oneself in the face of outside influences, and about the cyclical nature of power dynamics.
Line by Line Meaning
A million miles away from where the sun is shining
The singer feels extremely distant and separated from the light and warmth that the sun usually provides
The keeper calls your name from the house Where he guards the gates
The singer refers to a mysterious figure called 'the keeper' who is calling the listener's name from a house where he is protecting something valuable behind gates
And through the night I weaken With the feeling of him reaching out for you
The singer feels vulnerable and weak at night because he senses that the keeper is trying to reach out to harm the listener
Find me drained and helpless lying on the floor On the floor as you grow stronger
The singer envisions the listener becoming stronger and more powerful as he becomes drained and helpless, lying on the ground.
Look into the sky Can you feel the rays descending down the white light With your protection would you fly away tonight ?
The singer questions if the listener can feel the warmth and light of the sun, and wonders if the listener would leave and escape harm if they had protection
The keeper calls your name Waiting for the flames to burn my way
The keeper calls out to the listener, waiting for his plan to destroy the singer to come to fruition
As the keeper calls your name my shell is fading Feeling like I'm losing my strength To another, another I'm waiting To end this way, to be so brave To call the keeper, pleading he should save me Save me from the hell Save me from the spell Don't leave me here to die
The singer feels weakened and believes he is losing himself as he waits for the listener to save him from the keeper's spell and asks the keeper to save him from his inevitable fate of dying
Look into the sun Can you see the light descending down on you today Without direction will you fly, fly, fly, away?
The singer again questions if the listener can feel the power of the sun to guide and protect them, and wonders if they will fly away without any guidance
Keeper, don't rip me up inside no more, don't rip me up inside Keeper, there is no place for me to hide no more Give me back the strength you have stolen from me
The singer pleads with the keeper to stop harming him and stealing his strength, and expresses his lack of places to hide from the keeper's attacks
A million miles away from where the moon is rising The house where the keeper guards the gates is falling down And through the night I strengthen With the feeling of you reaching out for me I find you drained and helpless lying on the floor On the floor as I grow stronger
The singer feels rejuvenated as the moon rises and senses that the keeper is losing power, and finds the listener weakened as he grows stronger
Look into his eyes Can you understand the sun is calling you today? With your protection would you fly, fly, fly away?
The singer tells the listener to look into the keeper's eyes and understand that the sun is trying to guide them, and urges them to escape harm with protection
Through another flame The keeper calls to you Dream until it's true Waiting to come through To burn my way to you
The keeper keeps calling to the listener, and the singer warns them to dream until they can escape harm, waiting until the keeper is gone and the singer can finally reach them
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A million miles away from where the sun is shining
The keeper calls your name from the house Where he guards the gates And through the night I weaken With the feeling of him reaching out for you
Find me drained and helpless lying on the floor
On the floor as you grow stronger
Look into the sky
Can you feel the rays descending down the white light
With your protection would you fly away tonight ?
The keeper calls your name
Waiting for the flames to burn my way
As the keeper calls your name my shell is fading
Feeling like I'm losing my strength To another, another I'm waiting
To end this way, to be so brave To call the keeper, pleading he should save me
Save me from the hell
Save me from the spell
Don't leave me here to die
Look into the sun
Can you see the light descending down on you today
Without direction will you fly, fly, fly, away?
The keeper calls your name
Waiting for the flames to burn my way
Through another flame
The keeper calls your name
Waiting for the flames to burn my way
Keeper, Don't rip me up inside no more, Don't rip me up inside
Keeper, There is no place for me to hide no more
Give me back the strength you have stolen from me
A million miles away from where the moon is rising
The house where the keeper guards the gates is falling down
And through the night I strengthen
With the feeling of you reaching out for me
I find you drained and helpless lying on the floor
On the floor as I grow stronger
Look into his eyes
Can you understand the sun is calling you today?
With your protection would you fly, fly, fly away?
Through another flame
The keeper calls to you
Dream until it's true
Waiting to come through
To burn my way to you
BG- BOO- G
A million miles away from where the sun is shining
The keeper calls your name from the house Where he guards the gates And through the night I weaken With the feeling of him reaching out for you
Find me drained and helpless lying on the floor
On the floor as you grow stronger
Look into the sky
Can you feel the rays descending down the white light
With your protection would you fly away tonight ?
The keeper calls your name
Waiting for the flames to burn my way
As the keeper calls your name my shell is fading
Feeling like I'm losing my strength To another, another I'm waiting
To end this way, to be so brave To call the keeper, pleading he should save me
Save me from the hell
Save me from the spell
Don't leave me here to die
Look into the sun
Can you see the light descending down on you today
Without direction will you fly, fly, fly, away?
The keeper calls your name
Waiting for the flames to burn my way
Through another flame
The keeper calls your name
Waiting for the flames to burn my way
Keeper, Don't rip me up inside no more, Don't rip me up inside
Keeper, There is no place for me to hide no more
Give me back the strength you have stolen from me
A million miles away from where the moon is rising
The house where the keeper guards the gates is falling down
And through the night I strengthen
With the feeling of you reaching out for me
I find you drained and helpless lying on the floor
On the floor as I grow stronger
Look into his eyes
Can you understand the sun is calling you today?
With your protection would you fly, fly, fly away?
Through another flame
The keeper calls to you
Dream until it's true
Waiting to come through
To burn my way to you
Graveyard Ghost
Nosferatu...one of the best vampire bands!!
Anders Jansson
One of my favorite tracks on this album...they should always sound like this. Theres something magic with it. Is they still around?❤
eyetrauma
First heard this band off a compilation CD, song’s stuck with me ever since.
SlimyboyDave
Awesome underrated song!
Uncle Spook
Killer....best Nosferatu album...
Sigmar Heldenhammer
one of my alltime favorites
Vampyres Graveyard
the prophecy is my favorite nösferätu album good gothic rock. too hard to pick favorite song on the album their all good songs
Eduardo Costanzo
Lo mejor de Nosferatu !!!
Chipius
SIN DUDA.. JUNTO A SHADOW PROJECT...TWO WITCHES Y THE WAKE