In 1999, their first album To Die For was music magazine Orkus's album of the month. With the success of the first album, Scream Silence could go on tours with bands like Christian Death and Dreadful Shadows.
Two years later, in 2001, the successor The 2nd, climbed up to be the number 1 in all European charts. On the subsequent tour they were the main band and they played in Wave-Gotik-Treffen.
Without big promotion in 2004 they released Seven Tears and got excellent reviews from music magazines. In spring they founded their own record label Plainsong Records and immediately began to work on their fourth album, Elegy, which was released on October 25, 2004. Yuki Melchert (violin) and Anika Skusa (cello) had guest appearances.
On January 30, 2006 Saviourine was released in Germany, and also in almost all of Central and Eastern Europe.
On April 20, 2007 the sixth album Aphelia was released.
Lune up:
Hardy Fieting - vocals
Robert Klausch - guitar
Rene Gödde - guitar
Hagen Schneevoigt - bass
Heiko Wolf - drums
Discography:
1999 To Die For
2001 The 2nd
2003 Seven Tears
2004 Elegy
2006 Saviourine
2007 Aphelia
www.screamsilence.de
A little more than a year has passed since Scream Silence have cast their spell on both reviewers and the growing fan community. Just 15 months after “Saviourine” the hard working Germans release their sixth work so far.
Scream Silence never looked back to their own created horizons. More and more months of creative work they invested at their label-own Plainsong Studio to build their own musical microcosm and to extend the borders with every of the following four records as well.
“Aphelia”, a word from Greek mythology for the farthest point from the sun, ignites a firework of excellent songs, which are discharging in inexhaustible passion straight into the listener.
At first sight "Aphelia" seems to be rawer than its predecessors. The songs from the new material not only have the band-typical catchy melodies but also much more alternative- or progressive elements. Club-fitting uptempo singles like “Kerosene” or “The Vitriol”, gloomy gothic rock songs as “Harvest” and “In Every Sin” or dark rock hymns like “Nothingness” and “Unspoken” and even the dearly beloved epic ballads “My Eyes” and finally the 10-minute title track “Aphelia” melt into a harmonic concept album of eternal beauty.
The extensive designed artwork of the multiple folding DigiPak cover explains the meaning of the lyrical work. “Aphelia”, a small girl, here the symbol for the fragility of the human soul, strolls between unreal worlds she never belongs to and finally finds her only home world in the darkest of all places – herself.
The limited first edition of the album comes with additional Bonus-Live-Tracks, long awaited by every fan, recorded in December 2006 at the biggest dark music hall in Berlin, the K17.
Scream Silence leave on “Aphelia” an impressive aura of sound fulfilled with songs of remaining beauty and so far unheard lyrical deepness.
The warmest sounds from the coldest sun-farthest place Scream Silence have ever created…..
APHELIA – APRIL 2007
Source: Plainsong Records
Diary
Scream Silence Lyrics
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Your light left me
Tortured in my agony
I'm more than helpless
Sometimes I don't know
What shall I do
Without your wings
I fall into blaze
Monday I try to suppress
My wish to follow you
I've lost my will to live
Without you
Tuesday I must prevent
From drifting away
Today...my pain will fade
Sunday she is gone
And beyond the pain
Covered with flowers
She followed him
The only thing that remains
Four words in stone
Together...forever...in love
The lyrics of Scream Silence's song "Diary" encapsulate an intense emotional struggle after the loss of a loved one, exploring the pain and grief of a person who is unable to let go of their beloved's memory. The singer is overcome by despair, as they recount the days following the death of their loved one, from the Saturday when they passed away to the Sunday when they were buried. The lyrics are strongly evocative, reflecting the depth of the singer's pain, and the sense of helplessness and anguish that they feel in trying to come to terms with their loss.
In the lyrics, the singer expresses the feeling of being tortured by their agony, as they struggle to cope with the loss of their loved one's light. They are more than helpless, lost and unsure of what to do without their wings, as they fall into the blaze of their own despair. As the week unfolds, the singer recounts their attempts to suppress their wish to follow their loved one, disclosing that they have lost their will to live. Tuesday brings a resolve to prevent themselves from drifting away, but ultimately the only way to fade the pain is to accept the finality of the situation and let their loved one go.
Overall, Scream Silence's "Diary" is a poignant and emotive exploration of the experience of losing a loved one and coming to terms with grief. The lyrics are deeply personal and reflective, capturing the range of emotions that a person may experience during this difficult period, from despair and helplessness to the eventual acceptance of loss and pain.
Line by Line Meaning
Saturday two weeks ago
The beginning of a timeline that leads to a tragic event
Your light left me
Personification of the loss of someone dear
Tortured in my agony
Intense psychological pain due to the loss
I'm more than helpless
Feeling of complete despair and hopelessness
Sometimes I don't know
Feeling lost and confused about how to move forward
What shall I do
Rhetorical question that reflects the feeling of being stuck
Without your wings
Metaphorical expression of the freedom and inspiration that the person brought
I fall into blaze
Feeling of being consumed by the negative emotions associated with the loss
Monday I try to suppress
Effort to regulate emotions
My wish to follow you
Desire to join the person who passed away
I've lost my will to live
Existential crisis that comes with a tragic loss
Without you
Emphasis on how much the person meant and their irreplaceability
Tuesday I must prevent
Resilience and motivation to keep going
From drifting away
Fear of losing touch with reality
Today...my pain will fade
Hope that things will eventually get better
Sunday she is gone
Confirmation of the tragedy
And beyond the pain
Belief that there's something beyond the suffering
Covered with flowers
Cultural expression of grief at a funeral
She followed him
Metaphoric expression of belief in the afterlife
The only thing that remains
Acknowledgment of the finality of death and what's lost
Four words in stone
Epitaph that serves as a memorial
Together...forever...in love
Closure and homage to the relationship
Contributed by Lily M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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amazing music
@greenmariify
Oh my God, what it's a tragic and amazing.