The bands first studio-experience was in 1994/95, when they recorded the Vergelmir demo-tape at the famous Sweet Silence Studio (Metallica, Blind Guardian etc.) in Copenhagen. Although the demo-tape didn't quite get the desired production, it accomplished it's task, as it circulated through the European metal-underground where it was well received in countries like Italy and Germany.
The next major event in the history of Wuthering Heights was in 1996/97 when they were one of the bands featured on the compilation-CD "Extremity Rising Vol.2" made by Serious Entertainment. The song used on that CD was "Sorrow In Memoriam", which nicely sums up all that Wuthering Heights is about: Huge compositions, great orchestral parts, folk-influences, intriguing lyrics, up-tempo (speed) and progressive metal.
In summer of 1997 the band finally got a deal with a German record label, who (for some reason) were convinced that the band played gothic/epic metal. This co-operation resulted in the demoCD "Within", which saw the band heading in a more progressive power/speed metal direction, leading to the break-up with this label.
After only a couple of weeks the band were offered deals with different record companies all over the World, and in the beginning of 1998 Wuthering Heights started up the co-operation with the American progressive rock/metal label The Laser's Edge/Sensory.
After having signed an album-by-album deal with The Laser's Edge/Sensory, the recording of the debut album "Within" - part one of an up-coming trilogy - took place in August/September 1998 in the Aabenraa Studios with producer Jacob Hansen.
At that time Wuthering Heights featured guitarist Erik Ravn, keyboarder Rune S. Brink, bassist Kasper Gram, drummer Morten Nødgaard and well known Swedish vocalist Kristian "Krille" Andrén (ex-Fifth Reason, Street Talk, Tad Morose and Memento Mori).
Artwork for "Within" was done by none other than the highly acclaimed Kristian Wählin, (known for his work with Memory Garden, King Diamond, Dissection, Bathory, Morgana Lefay a.o.).
After the release of "Within" in October 1999, Wuthering Heights experienced tremendous response from media and fans all over the World. A great deal of interviews were arranged, mainly with Erik Ravn, and the name started to spread throughout the worldwide metal scene.
In late 1999 and the first half of 2000 the band played several gigs in and around their hometown of Copenhagen, using Peter Jensen (ex-Communic, Sinphonia) as stand-in / extra guitarist, and even though this was not the band's proper element (after all, with one member living 2000 kilometres away, it is hard to practice all the time), the concerts went great and the fans seemed to love it.
During the fall of 2000 problems occurred in the Wuthering Heights camp, which resulted in drummer Morten and bassist Kasper leaving the band. But since this was, and still IS, Erik's "baby", Wuthering Heights decided to go on without these two members.'
Finding new musicians for Wuthering Heights could be a hard task, especially since there were no immediate plans for making it a "touring band", however Intromental Management helped the remaining members (Erik, Rune and Krille) out by enlisting the services of Danish drummer extra-ordinaire Morten G. Sørensen (Pyramaze, ex-Aurora), Swedish lead guitarist Henrik Flyman (Evil Masquerade, ex-Zool, Moahni Moahna) plus Italian bassist Lorenzo Dehó (Time Machine / Khali) guesting on the album.
This line-up recorded and released the next WH masterpiece entitled "To Travel For Evermore". The famous Jailhouse Studio was the surroundings for the recordings of the album, which took place in June 2001 with producer Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Pretty Maids, Twilight, Beyond Twilight, Chroming Rose etc.).
The album is nothing short of a brilliant epos of majestic and symphonic speed/progressive metal. This time with more focus on the technical aspects, better melodies and a huge production! The release of the album was July 10th '02 in Japan (with the bonus track "When The Jester Cries") by Toshiba-EMI, September 3rd '02 in the USA by Laser's Edge/Sensory, September 20th '02 by Sail Productions in Korea and following shortly afterwards with releases in Europe (by Lucretia Records), Russia (by CD-Maximum) as well as the remaining territories.
After the release of "To Travel For Evermore", Erik and the band got really busy with interviews and promotion, but unfortunately they never made it out on tour. Instead Erik soon composed the material for the third disc, "Far From The Madding Crowd", which they recorded in Jailhouse Studios with Tommy Hansen in the summer of 2003.
This time the band found a new singer in Nils Patrik Johansson from the Swedish band Astral Doors (and also featured in Lions Share and Rickard Andersson's Space Odyssey). Nils Patrik is the perfect fit for Wuthering Heights, with his great vocal range, sometimes reminding of Russel Allen, Jorn Lande or even Ronnie James Dio. Erik handled the bass on the recording himself.
"Far From The Madding Crowd" is less progressive and more melodic than "To Travel..." - in many ways it is more of a classic hard rock album with big inspiration from Thin Lizzy to be found throughout the album - but it's still very much what you would expect from any Wuthering Heights release. This time the band have injected even more of the folk-music roots into the songs, and the album functions lyrically as the last part of the trilogy about the lonely wanderer.
The media and fans loved this amazing album, released in December 03 by Toshiba-EMI in Japan, followed by Sensory Records in USA, Hellion Records in South America and Locomotive Music in Europe in January 2004.
In 2004 Wuthering Heights went through some line-up changes, as Andreas Lindahl jumped in on keyboards (instead of Rune Brink), Martin Arendal took the place as lead guitarist (instead of Henrik Flyman) and Teddy Möller joined as bassist.
The band performed the first gig outside of Europe ever, at the prestigious ProgPower Festival in Atlanta, GA, USA in August 2004. The response was overwhelming and a LIVE CD was recorded which was later on released as a bonus disc with the US release of the 4th album, serving as a document of this great event.
In the summer of 2005, the band did their first gig on European soil in many years, as they played the Park Rock Festival in Sweden iin front of a very enthusiastic crowd. Some of the band´s performance was even broadcast in Swedish primetime TV. At this gig Toke Skjønnemand stood in for Martin Arendal, who unfortunately had to take a couple of months off from music to nurture his injured hand.
During 2005 Erik began composing the 4th disc, "The Shadow Cabinet". Deciding to go with the same line-up as they performed with in USA 2004, Wuthering Heights was not only rejuvenated, but also experiencing a better internal harmony and friendship than ever before.
During the spring of 2006 the album was recorded using 4 different studio settings throughout Denmark and Sweden, and mixed once again by Tommy Hansen at Jailhouse Studios.
"The Shadow Cabinet", released in October and November 2006, (through Soundholic, Locomotive and Sensory for Japan, Europe and USA respectively), stands as the album that solidified Wuthering Heights' status as one of the most interesting bands to emerge on the international heavy metal scene in recent years.
After 3 years of silence from the Wuthering Heights camp, the time has come for the 5th album, "Salt", to be released. With the same line-up as on "The Shadow Cabinet", Erik and the boys have created their absolutely strongest album to date.
"Salt" sees the band moving into new conceptual territory as the whole thing takes a somewhat maritime twist. While writing the lyrics for the album, Erik found that the imagery of the sea was a great vehicle for his increasingly dark tales of personal and global armageddon. And consequently the music has traded some of its celtic delicacy for the rawness of the sailor´s tunes. The title "Salt" sums up many different aspects of the album´s lyrics - from salty seawinds to salty tears, from the salt of the earth to the salty taste of whisky! And musically the band delivers these "shanties from hell" with burning intensity. Never before has the end of the world sounded this uplifting.
Current Members
ERIK RAVN - GUITARS
NILS PATRIK JOHANSSON - VOCALS
MARTIN ARENDAL - GUITARS
TEDDY MÖLLER - BASS
ANDREAS LINDAHL - KEYBOARDS
MORTEN G. SØRENSEN - DRUMS
Former Members
John Sønder : guitar 1989-1990
Morten Birch : bass 1989-1994
Kenneth Saandvig : drums 1990-1998
Martin Røpcke : guitar 1991-1992
Jannik B. Larsen : guitar 1992-1994
Troels Liebgott : vocals 1993-1996
Tim Christensen : keyboards 1993-1996
Tim Mogensen : bass 1994-1995
Louise : violin 1994-1995
Rune S. Brink : keyboards 1996-2004
Morten Nødgaard : vocals 1996-1997, drums 1998-2000
Kasper Gram : bass 1996-2000
Kristian "Krille" Andrén : vocals 1998-2002
Peter Jensen : guitar 1999
Henrik Flyman : guitar 2002-2004
Discography:
1999 - Within
2002 - To Travel for Evermore
2004 - Far from the Maddening Crowd
2007 - The Shadow Carbinet
2010 - Salt
2007 - Roaming Far From Home (Bootleg)
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights Lyrics
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We'd roll and fall in green
You had a temper like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you leave me
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you. I loved you, too
They told me I was going to lose the fight
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering heights
Heathcliff, it's me Cathy
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window
Heathcliff, it's me Cathy
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window
Ooh, it gets dark! it gets lonely
On the other side from you
I pine a lot. I find the lot
Falls through without you
I'm coming back, love
Cruel Heathcliff, my one dream
My only master
Too long I roam in the night
I'm coming back to his side, to put it right
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering heights
Heathcliff, it's me Cathy
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window
Heathcliff, it's me Cathy
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window
Ooh! let me have it
Let me grab your soul away
Ooh! let me have it
Let me grab your soul away
You know it's me Cathy!
(Repeat 3X)
Heathcliff, it's me Cathy
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window
The lyrics to Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush are heavily inspired by the classic novel of the same name by Emily Bronte. The first verse describes the wild, barren moors that surround the story’s setting of Wuthering Heights. Bush compares the tumultuous relationship between the novel's two main characters, Heathcliff and Cathy, to the ferocity of the wind and the greenery around them. The line "You had a temper like my jealousy, too hot, too greedy" refers to Heathcliff's passionate and violent nature, which both attracts and repels Cathy. The lyrics go on to express Cathy's pain and confusion over Heathcliff leaving her when she needs him most, and the complicated mix of love and hate she feels for him.
The second verse includes references to several important elements of the novel. Bush sings about bad dreams and a sense of foreboding, which represent the dark and ominous themes that run throughout the book. The titular Wuthering Heights is mentioned twice, emphasizing its importance as the setting for much of the novel's action. The chorus of the song, in which Cathy pleads with Heathcliff to come back to her and let her in his window, is a direct reference to a scene in the novel in which Cathy appears to Heathcliff as a ghost and begs him to let her in.
Overall, the lyrics to Wuthering Heights capture the intense, passionate, and often destructive nature of the relationship between Heathcliff and Cathy. They make several allusions to key elements of the novel, while also standing on their own as a haunting and evocative piece of poetry.
Line by Line Meaning
Out on the wiley, windy moors
In the vast, untamed moors, we once frolicked carefree
We'd roll and fall in green
We would play in the green fields and tumble joyously
You had a temper like my jealousy
Your emotions, like my green-eyed envy, tended to boil over
Too hot, too greedy
You were consumed by your passion and desire
How could you leave me
I cannot fathom how you could abandon me
When I needed to possess you?
At a time when I longed to capture your heart
I hated you. I loved you, too
I had a deep, conflicted emotion towards you, caught between love and hate
Bad dreams in the night
I had terrible nightmares that haunted my sleep
They told me I was going to lose the fight
They warned me that I was destined to lose the battle with my inner demons
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Abandoning the wild and unforgiving nature of Wuthering Heights
Wuthering heights
The symbol of my tumultuous, passionate and tragic relationship
Heathcliff, it's me Cathy
Addressing the one true love, Heathcliff, using endearment in a plea to return
Come home. I'm so cold!
Expressing the intense emptiness felt when Heathcliff is absent
Let me in-a-your window
Pleading to be let in to his heart and home
Ooh, it gets dark! it gets lonely
Feeling the loneliness and fear when separated from loved one
On the other side from you
Being cut off from the one person who completes them
I pine a lot. I find the lot
Missing and longing for Heathcliff day and night, without rest
Falls through without you
My life seems incomplete without you
I'm coming back, love
Telling Heathcliff that there's no stopping their love
Cruel Heathcliff, my one dream
Acknowledging Heathcliff's cruel attitude, but also the only dream and love of her life
My only master
Recognizing that only Heathcliff holds the key to her heart and happiness
Too long I roam in the night
Having waited too long to find her way back to him, wandering aimlessly in the dark
I'm coming back to his side, to put it right
Returning to Heathcliff's side to correct the wrongs, to take up the missing pieces
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering
Returning home to the overwhelming passion and intensity of Wuthering Heights
Let me in-a-your window
Yearning to be taken back into his heart and life
Ooh! let me have it
Desperate to hold onto Heathcliff's soul and love
Let me grab your soul away
Expressing intense emotion to possess his heart and soul permanently
You know it's me Cathy!
Affirming the depth and sincerity of love for Heathcliff
Heathcliff, it's me Cathy
Repeating the plea, calling for Heathcliff to come back and take her in
Come home. I'm so cold!
Reiterating the loneliness and emptiness felt in his absence
Let me in-a-your window
Continuing the longing to re-enter his life and heart
Contributed by Bentley D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@wecansavenergy
I was privileged to be on the recording and editing team to produce this. Kate was a wonderful young woman to work with. Enjoyed working with her for a number of other edits as well. What great memories, and her music is unique and very special!
@bailyslife9923
No fuckin way! Your generation was the last generation where normal people had access to do extraordinary things. You could say hi to John Lennon on his way in the door, go to Clive Davis and hand him your demo tape. My mom actually went out to California and did the hippie thing. I'm 43 and she STILL will occasionally catch me totally off-guard- "oh yeah, that must have been in '66, yeah, cuz that was before I spent that summer on Charlie Manson's ranch" ...👀... "What??? Oh, you knew about that!" I be like whatever mom. Y'all generation was a trip!
@sydw1173
Seriously? That’s incredible. Her music is its own experience
@koinwonderland4309
@@bailyslife9923 When I was 18 I worked in this little shop and one of the women I worked with was like that. She had moved out to Cali in the 60’s. She always had the coolest craziest stories. I’m 36 and I still think about her all the time. I feel like our whole generation envied their generation so much. Lol
@citeriorcf
That's so cool. This is one of my favorite songs of all time!
@philipboyd7692
Class well done mate her Music and herself Legendary👌
@danjames4086
I studied Wuthering Heights for my degree. About 15 of us sat in a seminar, and every one of us said there was just something unsettling about it, yet none of us could put out finger on it. Our lecturer suggested that this was precisely why it is a work of genius...it's like nothing else.
A century and a bit later, Kate Bush did this. She took a novel that defies categorisation, and made a song that encapsulates exactly the same 'otherness'. Genius.
@juliansanchezharris5773
This. This exactly what i feel whenever i hear it. Nothing's alike this. A perfect vocal and visual manifestation of a novel of mysteries, both in story as in its author.
@Eppilicious
Great way to describe it. I'm not very familiar with Kate Bush, but whenever I hear this song I know it's made by a genius, because it's a song that has been made by a completely different recipe. Feels extremely otherworldly.
@tinkerlu757
What a beautifully written comment 🥹 ❤