Scream Silence is a goth rock band that was founded in Germany in 1998. Read Full Bio ↴Scream Silence is a goth rock band that was founded in Germany in 1998.
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

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Scream Silence Lyrics

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Ask me the question
What does it look like on the other side
We have talked about it
It's a completely different world

I stand alone with my thoughts
So many thoughts are alive in my mind
You leave me now without a sign

I want to turn back the time

Why can't you wait, why can't you
Wait, wait 'til the end of time
I don't understand
You and suicide

Ask me the question
What does it look like on the other side
I will conjure you up
Give me an answer

I stand alone with my thoughts
So many thoughts are alive in my mind
I follow you
The time is over without you

I can't wait, I can't
Wait, wait 'til the end of life

I think I have grasp it
I come to your side

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Secret" by Scream Silence express the feeling of being left behind by someone who has committed suicide. The singer is left alone with their thoughts, trying to make sense of it all. They ask what it's like on the other side and try to conjure up an answer. They're struggling to come to terms with the fact that their loved one is no longer there and they can't turn back time.

The line "You and suicide" suggests that the person who has left the singer behind has taken their own life. The singer is left questioning why they couldn't wait and why they had to leave. Throughout the song, the singer is trying to come to terms with this devastating loss and is struggling to understand what led to this person's ultimate decision.

Overall, the lyrics are a deeply poignant exploration of grief and loss, and the journey that one goes through in trying to make sense of it.

Line by Line Meaning

Ask me the question
Challenge me with the task of answering a question

What does it look like on the other side
Inquire about the appearance of a place beyond our current location

We have talked about it
We have conversed on this topic before

It's a completely different world
It represents an entirely foreign and distinct existence

I stand alone with my thoughts
I am by myself, lost in contemplation

So many thoughts are alive in my mind
My consciousness is replete with numerous ideas and musings

You leave me now without a sign
You depart without indication or notice

I want to turn back the time
I desire to reverse or change what has passed

Why can't you wait, why can't you
Why are you unable to hold on

Wait, wait 'til the end of time
Remain patient until the conclusion of existence