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History:
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE
UNADULTERATED TRAUMATIC SINCE 1986...
AND STILL THE VOYAGE CONTINUES...
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE IS NO USUAL BAND AT ALL. IT'S MORE SOMEKIND OF A DARK ART-PROJECT, THE INTENSE SELF-EXPRESSION OF A EXTRAORDINARY ARTIST: ASTORIAN!
AND SINCE 2001, WHEN HIS WIFE UNIKHANYA HAVE JOINED THE "BAND", TRAUMATIC VOYAGE HAS BECAME THE SPIRIDUAL COALESCENCE OF THOSE TWO UNCOMMON MINDS TO CREATE EVEN MORE INTENSE ART THAN EVER BEFORE
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE ARE ASTORIAN & UNIKHANYA TRAUMATURGOS! EVERY TRAUMATIC VOYAGE-OUTPUT IS A COMPLETE ART-CONCEPT. MUSICK, LYRICS, PHOTOS, PICTURES AND VIDEOCLIPS ARE CREATED BY ASTORIAN AND HIS WIFE UNIKHANYA ON THEIR OWN. SO THAT THEIR VISIONARY ART STAYS PURE AND ALL FIT TOGETHER AS ONE IMMENSE MASTERPIECE OF BLACK ART.
ASTORIAN & UNIKHANYA ARE LIVING THEIR TRAUMATIC VOYAGE AS A OWN UNUSUAL LIFE-STYLE AND SELF-THERAPY TO DECREASE THE PRESSURE OF DARK VISIONS AND NEGATIVE EMOTIONS INSIDE OF THEM, WHICH THIS HUMAN HELL, WE'RE ALL LIVE IN, PRODUCES TOO MUCH.
AS THE NAME SAYS: TRAUMATIC VOYAGE IS A MUSICKAL JOURNEY THAT REFLECTS EXISTENCE AS A TRAUMATIC VOYAGE ITSELF. THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER FAKE-IMAGE, IT'S THE FACE OF THE TRUTH THAT NOBODY WANTS TO SEE. THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF TRAUMATIC VOYAGE IS BASED ON ASTORIANS & UNIKHANYAS ENDLESS QUEST FOR THE FINAL, COSMIC TRUTH AND WHAT THEY DISCOVER DURING THEIR SEARCH. TRAUMATIC VOYAGE IS FAR BEYOND OF EVERYTHING YOU THINK TO KNOW. IN A WORLD OF FAKES AND LIES, TRUTH CAN ONLY BE FOUND ON A TRAUMATIC VOYAGE.
HOW SERIOUS DO YOU WANT IT?
THIS IS DEADLY SERIOUS!
CAN YOU TAKE IT?
STATIONS OF A TRAUMATIC VOYAGE
OVERTURE:
1970: "THE PAIN OF BIRTH"
ASTORIAN ENTERS HUMAN HELL.
THROUGH FLESH AND BLOOD HE
APPEARS IN THIS RAPED AND
DYING WORLD.
1978-1982:
"A SOUL ARRIVES/FIRST POSSESSION"
SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS AWAKES,
ASTORIANS SPIRIT SPREADS HIS
WINGS AGAIN AND RISES FROM THE
ASHES TO CONTINUE HIS JOURNEY.
FIRST CONTACT WITH METAL-MUSIC
(BLACK SABBATH, IRON MAIDEN,
VENOM...) CAUSES A LIFELONG
POSSESSION OF ASTORIANS MIND
BY THE POWER OF METAL.
1983: "A WAY WAS CHOSEN"
ASTORIAN LEARNS HIS FIRST
INSTRUMENT (GUITAR) AND
STARTS HIS PERSONAL
ART-REBELLION AGAINST HIS
OWN RACE.
1984-1985:
"GIVING LIFE A MEANING"
THE FIRST WAVE OF BLACK METAL
(BATHORY, CELTIC FROST,
POSSESSED...) BREAKS OVER
ASTORIAN AND PUSHES HIM
INTO HIS FINAL, MUSICAL
MAIN-DIRECTION.
THE TRAUMATIC VOYAGE BEGINS:
1986: "INSPIRED BY INSANITY"
ASTORIAN CREATES THE
CONCEPT (BAND) TRAUMATIC
VOYAGE TO FOLLOW HIS OWN
UNCOMPARABLE VISION OF
EXTREME METAL AS AN ARTFORM
AND A WAY OF LIFE.
1987-1990:
"DEVELOPMENT OF AN IDEA"
ASTORIAN WORKS ON HIS ART
TO FIND HIS OWN STYLE OF
MUSIC AND ART. SOME FIRST
EXPERIMENTAL DEMO-RECORDINGS
WERE DONE. ASTORIAN EXPLORES
ELECTRONIC AND DIGITAL
MUSIC-EQUIPMENT TO ALTER
THE POSSIBILITIES.
1991: "HERE IT COMES..."
THE FOURTH AND FINAL DEMO
"SHIZOPHRENIC MOMENTS IN
PARANOIA" WAS RELEASED IN
EXCLUSIVE CIRCLES
LIMITED TO 66 COPIES.
1992: "...TO WHERE IT GOES"
THE TRAUMATIC VOYAGE-SONG
"GODLESS" WAS EXCLUSIVE
RELEASED ON PEACEVILLE'S
FAMOUS "VOL. 4" COMPILATION.
RELEASE OF THE FIRST, OFFICIAL
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE-CD
"TRAUMATIC..." BY WVRECORDS.
1993: "ABYSS OR PEAK?"
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE HAS BEEN
RIPPED OFF BY WEST VIRGINIA
RECORDS. THE DEAL WAS BLOWN!
ANYWAY, ASTORIAN RECORDS THE
2. TRAUMATIC VOYAGE ALBUM
"TRAUMATIZED..." AND LEARNS
TO PLAY THE BASS. FIRST WORK
ON A TRAUMATIC VOYAGE-VIDEO.
1994-1995:
"ENCHANTED BY MOONLIGHT"
AT NIGHT, DEEP IN THE WOODS,
YOU LOOSE YOURSELF AND
FORGET THE DAYLIGHT-WORLD...
1996: "A NEW CHANCE"
ASTORIAN RECORDS HIS 3. CD
"TRAUMA...". MINDART
PRODUCTIONS RELEASES
"TRAUMATIZED..." AND "TRAUMA...",
BOTH LIMITED ON 1000 COPIES.
1997: "CHARGING THE BATTERY"
ASTORIAN STARTS TO PLAY
DRUMS TO REACH MORE
FREEDOM FOR HIS INDIVIDUAL
ART.
1998: "BACK DOWN, BUT STILL HIGH..."
THE 4. TRAUMATIC VOYAGE-ALBUM
"COGITO ERGO SUM" WAS RECORDED
BY ASTORIAN. MINDART PRODUCTIONS
WAS SHUT DOWN, 'CAUSE THE
MINDART-CHIEF WAS IMPRISONED BY
THIS SLAVESTATE-SOCIETY. SO,
"COGITO ERGO SUM" STAYS
OFFICIALLY UNRELEASED FOR A WHILE.
1999-2000: "TRYING TO SURVIVE"
LIFE IS WAR... AND ASTORIAN
FIGHTS HIS WAY TOWARDS DEATH.
2001:
"ANOTHER PERSONAL CLIMAX"
ASTORIAN RECORDS HIS 5. CD
"ÜBERLEBENSKUNST", WHICH
IS STILL UNRELEASED AT THE MOMENT.
2002-2003:
"VISUALIZE THE VOYAGE"
THE WORK ON THE FIRST
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE VIDEOS
IS COMPLETED.
UNIKHANYA (ASTORIANS WIFE)
JOINS THE TRAUMATIC VOYAGE
AS THE ONLY MEMBER FOR THE
FUTURE.
2004: "BLACKER THAN LIFE"
ASTORIAN CREATES HIS 6.
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE MASTERPIECE
"KHIAOSCURO".
2005: "NO OTHER WAY"
UNSTOPPABLE THOUGHTS, INSANITY
TURNS TO WISDOM, WHAT ONCE WAS
JUST AN IDEA IS NOW A SPIRITUAL
REALITY.
2006:
"ESTABLISHING THE FUTURE"
ASTORIAN SIGNS A DEAL
WITH MERCILESS RECORDS
TO RELEASE ALL THE
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE-STUFF
IN THE FUTURE.
2007-2009:
"A MERCILESS TRAVEL-COMPANION"
"KHIAOSCURO" &
"COGITO ERGO SUM" WERE
RELEASED BY MERCILESS RECORDS.
2010-2011: "ONE STEP CLOSER..."
AFTER 5 YEARS OF HARD WORK
THE 7. TRAUMATIC VOYAGE
DOUBLE-ALBUM "TRAUMATURGIE"
WAS FINISHED AND RELEASED BY
MERCILESS RECORDS. NO SYNTHS
OR SEQUENCERS WERE HARMED
DURING THE MAKING OF THIS ALBUM.
UNIKHANYA STARTS TO OVERTAKE
THE TRAUMATIC BASSAGE.
2012-2014: "...TO ANOTHER LEVEL..."
AND AGAIN THE CREATIVE DUO TRAVELS
FAR BEYOND ALL STARS IN THEIR OWN
TRAUMATIC UNIVERSE TO DISCOVER
UNKNOWN SECRETS AND RETURN
WITH THEIR NEW VOYAGE-JOURNAL
"GEDANKENGLUT".
2015-2016 "...AND NEW QUALITY..."
TRAUMATIC VOYAGE RECORDS THE
8. ALBUM "GEDANKENGLUT".
USING AGAIN ONLY GUITARS (8STRING),
BASS (BY UNIKHANYA), DRUMS AND
VOCALS (NO FX, EXCEPT HALL AND DELAY)
TO CREATE ANOTHER MIND-CRUSHING
SPIRITUAL MUSICK-JOURNEY.
2017-2018: "...OF TRAUMATIC INTENSITY!"
ASTORIAN AND UNIKHANYA ARE WORKING
ON A RELEASE OF THE NEW ALBUM
"GEDANKENGLUT".
SO MUCH BLOOD; SWEAT AND TEARS,
JUST TO THROW ANOTHER UNIQUE PEARL
BEFORE THE SWINES...
2018... "THE VOYAGE CONTINUES"
ASTORIAN & UNIKHANYA TRAUMATURGOS
WILL CONTINUE THEIR TRAUMATIC VOYAGE
TOWARDS THE END OF EVERYTHING.
AND NOW IT'S GETTING UGLY...
BETTER BE AWARE!
Shattered Dreams
Traumatic Voyage Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
In the last painful moment...
Before I open my eyes for the first time...
Before I get born...
For what I get born?
Life's beginning between ashes and ruins...
In the mist before life's dawn...
The fear awaits me in the light...
The solitude of the afterlife is lost...
A new order crawls upon the horizon...
Throught this ancient doorstep I fall... fall...
Into a existence of mental suffocation!
The secret of what's behind all of this...
Is buried unter fals gods!
Shattered dreams beyond the mystery of birth...
Does this life only consists out of ridiculous words...
Intelligence of words... A child lost between the lines...
My destiny sleeps in the depth of the darkness in my mind...
In this labyrinth you've creat for us...
My path will be signed!
From this point of distant view...
Eternity is in my hands... in my mortal hands...
Your descendants will be lost...
Lost in your senseless life-style!
The lyrics to Traumatic Voyage's song Shattered Dreams are about the confusion, fear, and darkness that one may feel when entering the world. The opening lines describe a chaotic void that overruns the singer just before they are born. They pose the question of what they are being born for, and the subsequent lines paint a picture of a difficult beginning, with dark clouds rising over a life that starts in the midst of ashes and ruins. The singer describes being afraid of what awaits them in the light of life, and feeling suffocated by their existence. They suggest that the true secrets behind everything are buried under false gods.
The second half of the song deals with the idea that life may be ultimately meaningless, with shattered dreams lurking just beyond the mystery of birth. The singer describes feeling lost and trapped in a labyrinth created for them, with their path already predetermined. They suggest that they hold eternity in their hands, but that the current way of living is senseless and will lead to their descendants being lost.
Overall, the song seems to be a meditation on the inherent difficulty of being alive, with the singer struggling to find meaning in their existence and grappling with the weight of mortality.
Line by Line Meaning
A chaotic void overruns me...
I feel overwhelmed by a sense of emptiness and confusion.
In the last painful moment...
Right before I am born and begin my life, I experience intense discomfort and pain.
Before I open my eyes for the first time...
Right before my birth, when I am still in the dark and have yet to see the world.
Dark clouds rising above my inner sky...
I feel a sense of gloom and dread within myself.
Life's beginning between ashes and ruins...
My life begins in a state of destruction and chaos.
In the mist before life's dawn...
Right before my life begins, when everything is still unclear and uncertain.
The fear awaits me in the light...
I anticipate feeling fear and anxiety when I come into the world.
The solitude of the afterlife is lost...
The peacefulness and quiet of death is something that I will never experience.
A new order crawls upon the horizon...
Something new and unfamiliar is approaching or taking shape in my life.
Throught this ancient doorstep I fall... fall...
I begin my life with a sense of falling or descent, as if passing through a portal.
Into a existence of mental suffocation!
I feel trapped and suffocated in my own mind.
The secret of what's behind all of this...
There is a mystery to life and existence that I don't understand.
Is buried unter fals gods!
The answers or explanations for life's mysteries may be hidden or obscured by false beliefs or ideologies.
Shattered dreams beyond the mystery of birth...
My hopes and aspirations have been shattered before I even began my life.
Does this life only consists out of ridiculous words...
My life may be pointless or meaningless, just a collection of meaningless words and actions.
Intelligence of words... A child lost between the lines...
I am still a child and don't understand the deeper meaning behind the words and actions of others.
My destiny sleeps in the depth of the darkness in my mind...
My fate or purpose in life is uncertain and hidden within my own thoughts and feelings.
In this labyrinth you've creat for us...
The world and society around me is a confusing and complex maze that I must navigate.
My path will be signed!
My destiny or path in life will be determined or influenced by the actions and decisions of others.
From this point of distant view...
Looking back on my life from a distance or with hindsight.
Eternity is in my hands... in my mortal hands...
I have the power to shape or influence my eternal destiny even though I am mortal.
Your descendants will be lost...
Future generations will be lost or misguided because of the mistakes and flaws of the present society.
Lost in your senseless life-style!
Future generations will be doomed to a pointless or meaningless existence because of the way we live now.
Contributed by David F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
koderius sizer
sounds of youth from 18 years ago ..delicious .
TheBts523
very good! why am i only discovering this band now?
typeapositive666
Bringing back memories. Sehr gute Band. Fast 20 Jahre her als ich diese CD bei ´nem Bekannten entdeckte. Wie die Zeit verrint. Großartige Musik ... auch die späteren Alben und das Khazad Dhum Projekt fand/finde ich sehr gut.
nikos marinos
innovative
Monitorreiniger
Michi? Saner? Boris?
jumpfart666
FUCKYES!!!!!