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โA Symphonic Tragedyโ is an epic power ballad in which DIANNE brings an ode to her voice. Through the lyrics, she is opening up about the life-saving abdominal surgery that she endured five years ago and that wasnโt without risk: โwhile this surgery saved me, I could have lost the one thing that has been my lifelong companion, my refuge, and my loved one: my voice.โ~Dianne
"A Symphonic Tragedy" is the third song & single of DIANNEโs waterfall release album "Soulward Bound". Previously released songs are "After the Storm" and "Unleash the Siren".
Hushed is the realm where in repose I lay.
A slumber that dances between night and day.
Here where our dreams prolong, we've come to rest,
will you abide or is this goodbye?
A symphonic tragedy rains down on me, on the abyss of life.
Donโt let go but embrace the climb. Without you our end is nigh.
Gowned and enshrouded in silence I lay,
while soft hands dance on my bodyโs display.
When I awake, with wounds adorned, will you embrace me or leave me scorned?
Through gales wild and trials fierce we've roamed unforgiving years as one. (Defying the storm)
Heal me, reveal me to bathe in the first light of dawn.
A symphonic tragedy rains down on me, on the abyss of life.
Donโt let go but embrace the climb. Without you our end is nigh.
Take the leap and descend to unknown, barren lands.
Go forward, tread onwards, outrun the calling curse.
Dismantle yesteryears, leave the crown, face the tears.
A vessel eroded, blood and bone, earth and stone.
Who am I but a soul in the shadow domain?
Washed and reborn, my past life forlorn, afraid of what awaits.
Abandon the night and arise to a day without end. (Where dreams ascend)
My dear kindred soul, breathe the light and resound, my dear voice.
A symphonic tragedy rains down on me, on the abyss of life.
Donโt let go but embrace the climb. Would you wither and die, so would I.
Without you our end is nigh.
credits
released March 14, 2024
Produced and co-written by Joost van den Broek (Powerwolf, Epica, Ayreon), and featuring Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) on solo guitar, Ferry Duijsens (VUUR, Dear Mother) on rhythm guitar, Kristoffer Gildenlow (Pain of Salvation) on bass guitar and Sander Zoer (Delain, LEAH) on drums.
Dianne van Giersbergen (1985) is a Dutch dramatic soprano, who is best known as the former lead vocalist symphonic metal
band Xandria.
On February 14th 2023 Dianne's long-awaited first solo single โAfter the Stormโ was released under her own name "DIANNE". On September 22nd her second single "Unleash the Siren" was released.
Both will feature on her upcoming solo album "Soulward Bound"....more
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This is the best album they've put out since Silverthorn. It has variety, melody in spades, and a reinvigorated sense of purpose that I didn't feel in the last two records. gebs
Another scorcher from the phenomenal one-man black metal outfit STARER, with mind-flaying riffs and eerie tremolo-picked melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 31, 2023