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
Somewhere
Scream Silence Lyrics
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that i remain
i'll go away even i'll say
it is mistake
our voiceless vote
an inward fraud
to cut our tie
i concolate myself and wait
somewhere / somehow
i'll get you see
in my isolated mind
in my dreamtown
i'll get you see
you could cross my way again
well it's my fate if i fail
to resign
so i can hide & simply wipe
my wounds inside
The lyrics of Scream Silence's song "Somewhere" depict the feeling of melancholy and longing after a relationship has ended. The singer seems to be addressing their former partner, who thinks it is insane that they still hold onto hope and refuse to let go. The singer contemplates leaving and conceding that it was a mistake to hold onto their love. The phrase "our voiceless vote" suggests that perhaps the relationship was unfulfilling for both parties, and they never spoke up about it. The line "to cut our tie" indicates that they have already parted ways, yet the singer still longs for their former partner's return. In the meantime, they attempt to console themselves and wait in deep desire.
The chorus of the song is more optimistic, with the singer believing that somehow, somewhere, they will reunite with their former love. They imagine their former partner crossing their path again in their "isolated mind" and in their "dreamtown." The singer seems determined not to give up on this dream, even though it may be futile. The final verse suggests that if the singer fails to reunite with their former partner, they will simply resign themselves to hiding their emotional wounds inside.
Overall, the lyrics of "Somewhere" suggest a complex mix of hope, resignation, and longing. The singer appears to be torn between moving on and holding onto the past, which creates a sense of conflict within the song.
Line by Line Meaning
if you say it is insane
If you think it's crazy
that i remain
That I stay here
i'll go away even i'll say
I'll leave, even if I admit
it is mistake
That it's a mistake
our voiceless vote
Our silent agreement
an inward fraud
A deception of ourselves
to cut our tie
To sever our bond
i concolate myself and wait
I comfort myself and wait
in deep desire
Longing deeply
somewhere / somehow
At some point, somehow
i'll get you see
I'll see you
in my isolated mind
In my solitary thoughts
in my dreamtown
In my fantasy world
you could cross my way again
We might cross paths again
well it's my fate if i fail
It's destiny if I fail
to resign
To give up
so i can hide & simply wipe
So I can conceal and clean
my wounds inside
My emotional scars within
Contributed by Aiden S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Mily 11
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