(guitar, backing vocals) decided to meet up in a rehearsal room in their hometown Södertälje, outside of Stockholm,Sweden. They were all tired of playing music with people lacking the same level of ambition and wanted to create something new and fresh. Something beyond musical boundaries and invisible frames.
-- We were seeking the freedom to do exactly what we wanted to, explains Andreas Hollstrand.
A few hours later the trio started recording their very first song, the galvanic "Sun dé Man". The first chapter in the history of Port Noir was written.
Before the song was even mixed the trio made a music video and posted it on the Internet. A week later Anders Fridén, singer of Sweden's biggest metal export In Flames and main man behind the label Razzia Notes, heard the song and instantly sent a mail to the band. He stated that "Sun dé Man" was the best song he had heard in a very long time and wondered if the band was contracted to a label. Six months later Port Noir did their first show ever -- as an opening act for In Flames in Stockholm.
-- I did not even have the lyrics ready and improvised the entire show. But this was something we could not turn down, Love Andersson says with a smile on his lips revealing that the gig went really, really well.
A few months later the band began recording their debut album "Puls" at Dugout Studios in Uppsala together with Daniel Bergstrand (Meshuggah, Dimmu Borgir, Soilwork).
-- Daniel's commitment meant a lot for the record. While the rest of us fell asleep in the studio he kept on going until 4am. We still have a close contact and have become really good friends, says Andreas Wiberg.
The unexpected title, the Swedish word for "pulse", comes from the album's lyrical theme. It is about not being stuck in your safety zone but finding new ways of doing things. To follow the pulse that pushes us forward.
The members come from very diverse backgrounds (black metal, jazz, alternative rock, death metal, hardcore, progressive rock....), yet "Puls" proves that the band knows exactly where it is at and where it is heading. They are moving forward and upward -- at a very fast pace.
Now, with "Puls", the improbable and fantastic history has a soundtrack that is just as breathtaking. An amazingly strong debut.
"Tide" is released 31/5 and the debut album "Puls" 25/9.
Vous et nous
Port Noir Lyrics
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Pay - go away
We look alike but feel like severed chapters
I stay, blood runs cold
I fell so far from my origin
I twist my arm to see
It's wrong to say I was a part of the tree
I broke off, you see
If the world would collide
I'd fall through
Wouldn't die for you
I was born- but who threw me?
Adopted to love you
A broken relation
My blood is now sold
It keeps haunting me so far
This way - I pray
Next to kin I lost - You win
This is more than real
It's wrong to say I was a part of the tree
OK, a branch maybe
I broke off, you see
If the world would collide
I'd fall through
Wouldn't die for you
I was born- but who threw me?
Adopted to love you
A broken relation
My blood is now sold
A branch maybe
I broke off, you see
If the worlds would collide
I'd fall through
Would never die for you
I was born - but you lost me
Adopted to love you
A broken relation
You lost me
I'd never die for you
My blood is now sold
This is all I've got
The lyrics to Port Noir's "Vous et nous" evoke themes of familial ties, broken relationships, and the struggle to reconcile one's origins with one's present circumstances. The opening lines, "We're tied together with blood and bones / Pay - go away," suggest a deep connection between the singer and their family members, but this bond is strained by feelings of disconnect and separation. The singer notes how they "look alike but feel like severed chapters," highlighting the fragmented and incomplete nature of their relationship with those around them.
Throughout the song, the singer grapples with their sense of identity and belonging. They concede that they may have once been "a part of the tree," but now feel like a "branch maybe" that has "broke[n] off." They are unsure of whether they were "born" into their circumstances or "thrown" into them. Despite this uncertainty, however, the singer still feels a certain level of attachment: they describe themselves as "adopted to love you" and note how "my blood is now sold."
Ultimately, the lyrics to "Vous et nous" paint a complex and nuanced picture of familial relationships, exploring both the ties that bind us and the ways in which we can become disconnected from our origins.
Line by Line Meaning
We're tied together with blood and bones
We have a deep connection with one another because of our shared blood and bones.
Pay - go away
I want you to leave me alone and stop trying to make amends.
We look alike but feel like severed chapters
We may appear to be similar, but we are actually disconnected from each other like separate parts of a book.
I stay, blood runs cold
Although I remain near you, my heart has grown distant and cold towards you.
I fell so far from my origin
I have moved so far away from who I once was.
I twist my arm to see
I'm straining to get a different perspective on our relationship.
It's wrong to say I was a part of the tree
It's not entirely accurate to say that I was ever really a part of our family.
OK, a branch maybe
Fine, if you insist, I was a small part of our family, but not much more than that.
I broke off, you see
In reality, I disconnected myself from our family because I felt like I didn't belong.
If the world would collide
I'd fall through
Wouldn't die for you
I am not willing to risk my life for you, even in a catastrophic event.
I was born- but who threw me?
Although I was born into our family, I feel like I was cast aside.
Adopted to love you
A broken relation
My blood is now sold
Despite my disconnection from our family, I still care about you, but the relationship is severely damaged, and I don't feel like I belong anymore.
It keeps haunting me so far
This way - I pray
Our broken relationship still troubles me, and I hope to find a solution to it someday.
Next to kin I lost - You win
This is more than real
You have taken people I care about from me, and I am not okay with that. This isn't something I can ignore or forget.
A branch maybe
I broke off, you see
I might have been a small part of our family, but I still had to disconnect myself from it.
If the worlds would collide
I'd fall through
Would never die for you
Again, I am not willing to risk my life for you, even in the worst-case scenario.
I was born - but you lost me
Adopted to love you
A broken relation
You lost me
Although I was born into our family, I feel like you have lost me, and the relationship is beyond repair.
I'd never die for you
My blood is now sold
This is all I've got
I won't sacrifice myself for you, but I still care about you. However, our broken relationship is all that remains.
Contributed by Bentley B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Nawaf
on Exile
This entire album is beautiful, Diamond is my favorite. I've been looking all over the internet for the meaning behind the entire album and that song in particular because id love to learn the meaning behind every lyric. Genuinely gorgeous, the music industry needs more of this