“Silent Escape” is all about the addiction of painkillers and the struggle to be released of its darkness. The main premise is that the protagonist finds something intriguing and captivating, only to fall victim to its addictive qualities. The addiction will take the form of a zombie-like yet undefinable shape. This shape will emit the only light in the video. Behind the light comes a darkness, like a barrier between the natural healthy light and the unhealthy light of addiction. A barrier that sucks away any hope. The video follows the man’s struggle with addiction and how difficult it ultimately is to be free.”
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HALIPHRON’s lyrical themes are consistently intertwined with their captivating and powerful sound.
For ‘Anatomy of Darkness’, the band has pushed their boundaries further than ever before.
The album features shorter, more guitar and riff-based tracks, intense lead guitar parts, and an overall more aggressive tone.
A key component is the vocal diversity, incorporating grunts, screams, growls, whispers, and even clean singing.
These elements combine to make ‘Anatomy of Darkness’ a loud, epic, and aggressive metal album.
The band further elaborates on the album’s cover artwork:
“The cover artwork symbolizes the essence of darkness. It depicts a figure standing in a wheat field, representing the struggle against addiction. Darkness dissipates into small pieces, transforming into birds of freedom (which displayed on the back cover).”
Praised by critics for its sound and style, their first album ‘Prey’ brought international press attention :
“Sensational gathering of talent is given by this ambitious dutch project, which brilliantly blends from symphonic metal to extreme, covering a wide and fascinating range of different sounds” La Heavy (Spain)
“This Dutch supergroup delivers a brilliant debut with bombastic and powerful extreme metal” Scream Magazine (Norway)
“‘Prey’ sounds as adventurous as it is balanced.” Aardschok Magazine (Netherlands)
“Prey surges like a Tidal Wave.” Vecteur Magazine (France)
Album tracklisting :
1. Opus Addicere
2. Silent Escape
3. Feasting on Flesh
4. Black Star
5. Buried Truth
6. Double or Nothing
7. Epitome of Perfection
8. Art of the Blade
9. Anatomy of Darkness
Keys and choirs by David Gutierrez Rojas
Recorded and engineered by Hans Pieters (After Forever, Severe Torture, Epica a.o.) at Plug Unit Studio, Reeuwijk, the Netherlands.
Mixed and mastered by Andy Classen (Belphegor, Rotting Christ, Legion of the Damned a.o.) at Stage One Studio, Borgentreich, Germany.
Artwork by Dimitris Tzortzis of Immensa Artis, Greece.
Layout by Arie Bender.
HALIPHRON is:
Marloes Voskuil – Vocals
Ramon Ploeg – Guitars
Jeroen Wechgelaer – Guitars
Jessica Otten – Bass
Paul Beltman – Drums
LINKS:
www.facebook.com/haliphronofficialband
www.instagram.com/haliphron_band
www.haliphron.nl
