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
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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
Promise
Scream Silence Lyrics
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The heat in me
The fire
Like the sun it burned between us
You were my flower
In the desert
It was the storm
That always showed me the right way
The time has gone so fast
You will leave me
Faking your smile your face sends the grief to me
Tears in me
Let me drown
I kiss your face
With the pain I remain
I keep your soul for eternity
You're not alone believe in me
Nothing in my mind will change
I catch your spirit before you die
And take the last tear from your eye
So bitter the parting
The pain in myself
Now it happens
Your soul passes my body
A low croon
Of your voice sounds in my head
Strange feeling
It hurls me in trance
I hear you call me
Whisper the words to me
I keep your soul for eternity
...
If you miss me on your side
Think of me and wait for the night
I could be the vision in your dreams
The lyrics to Scream Silence's "Promise" delve into themes of love, loss, and the enduring nature of the soul. The song opens with a reflection on a past love, described as a fire burning between the singer and their partner like the sun in a desert. Despite the difficulties they faced together, the storm always seemed to show them the right way. However, the time has passed too quickly and the partner must leave, though they try to hide their sadness with a fake smile. The singer is left with tears and kisses their partner with the pain they feel.
Despite the separation, the singer promises to keep their partner's soul for eternity and that they are never alone if they believe in the singer. The song takes on an almost spiritual tone, as the singer describes how their partner's passing brings about a strange trance-like state where they hear their partner's voice and whispers. The song ends with a message of hope, encouraging the listener to think of them and wait for the night, where they could be the vision in their dreams.
Line by Line Meaning
I remember
Reflecting on a past memory
The heat in me
Describing a strong emotional feeling
The fire
Metaphor for intense passion and desire
Like the sun it burned between us
Comparison of the strength of their relationship to the heat of the sun
You were my flower
Metaphor for the love interest being the bright spot in a bleak world
In the desert
Metaphor for the world being rough and difficult
It was the storm
Metaphor for difficult times in life
That always showed me the right way
Reflecting on how hardships can lead to positive outcomes
The time has gone so fast
Reflecting on how quickly time has passed
You will leave me
Addressing the love interest who is leaving
Faking your smile your face sends the grief to me
Acknowledging that the love interest is hiding their sadness from the singer
Tears in me
The artist is feeling emotional and could cry
Let me drown
Metaphor for the singer wanting to succumb to their sadness
I kiss your face
Saying goodbye to the love interest who is leaving
With the pain I remain
The singer is left with emotional pain
I keep your soul for eternity
The love interest will stay in the artist's heart forever
You're not alone believe in me
The artist reassures the love interest that they are not alone
Nothing in my mind will change
The singer's feelings for the love interest will not fade
I catch your spirit before you die
The singer will remain close to the love interest until the end of their life
And take the last tear from your eye
The artist wants to comfort the love interest in their final moments
So bitter the parting
The artist is saddened by the love interest leaving
The pain in myself
The sadness is felt within the artist
Now it happens
The moment of the love interest's death
Your soul passes my body
Metaphor for the love interest's spirit moving on from life
A low croon
The love interest's voice is heard faintly
Of your voice sounds in my head
The singer is remembering the love interest's voice
Strange feeling
The singer has a surreal feeling
It hurls me in trance
The artist is in a daze
I hear you call me
The artist is imagining the love interest's voice
Whisper the words to me
The love interest is speaking comforting words to the singer
If you miss me on your side
Addressing the love interest after their death
Think of me and wait for the night
The artist hopes the love interest will remember them and dream of them
I could be the vision in your dreams
The artist hopes to appear in the love interest's dreams
Contributed by Ella F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.