The Silent Rage has released a lyric video for “Wings Of Tragedy MMXXV”, an old unreleased song tracing back to the demo years.
«Legionnaires, silence will now be broken. A few months ago, we decided to re-record one of the very first songs the band ever wrote in the way The Silent Rage sound nowadays: “Wings Of Tragedy MMXXV”. Therefore, we decided to revive The Legionnaires Choir Ensemble featuring the members of the band Nikos Siglidis, Nikos Sarbanis, George Haniotakis & Stamatis Katsafados with very special guest Steve Venardo, singer of “The Deadliest Scourge” album plus Dionisis Kontis, singer of the “Harvester Of Souls” EP. The result turned out to be superb» – The Silent Rage
The Silent Rage is currently working on the new studio album, the follow up to the latest, amazing 2023 record “Nuances Of Life”.
video by Stefano Mastronicola — artwork by Giannis Nakos/Remedy Art Design
Now that the year fades, THE SILENT RAGE are more than happy to announce the final visual chapter for “Nuances of Life” album. This comes with the track “Crows Fly Back”, which was shot at the Hologram studios in Athens, Greece, with director Christos Doulgerakis (Badd Kharma, W.E.B.) & cinematographer Dimitris Marinis, produced by The Storyteller Studio. The makeup was made by Marigianna Noe.
“That’s another one of my favourite tracks on the album. “Crows Fly Back” inspired its title from the “Game of Thrones” series. This track contains different elements as an influence. For example, the main riffing comes from one of my favourite bands out there, Symphony X, while the chorus guitar melodies are also a small tribute to favourite melodic death metal band, Dark Tranquillity”, comments Nikos Siglidis.
“I really came up with the idea of George Haniotakis’ bass line starting the track, which eventually makes it the first ever The Silent Rage song starting like that. He really delivered a hell of a bass line in this track! Also, a great asset in this song is, without a doubt, the bombastic second solo performed by Nikos Sarbanis. He shows that this young guy has, certainly, A LOT of potential! Of course, the vocal melodies help a lot to make a clearer view and move the listener to sing along. This time too, the lyrics are written by Michalis Rinakakis exclusively”, Nikos Siglidis adds.
“The lyrics deal with the internal struggle people can have when presented with choices outside their comfort zone, choices between good and bad, hesitations about a path they are on, feelings of helplessness the more they think things over… and over again. Embracing the idea that they themselves are in charge of moving forward and summoning the strength to do so, may help them face their fears in order to overcome them”, Michalis Rinakakis adds.
Produced by Fotis Benardo (Nightfall, Septicflesh, Melechesh) at Devasoundz Studios (Athens) and mastered by George Nerantzis (Pain Of Salvation, Abbath, Nightrage), “Nuances Of Life” released in the following formats:
-vinyl (limited edition) -digipak CD -digital
The label on the album
“The Silent Rage is finally returning to deliver their flawless, hefty, fist-pumping melodic power metal.
“Nuances Of Life” combines the characteristic sound of classic metal, filled with blazing riffs and impressive melodies, combined with catchy and blistering vocal lines – courtesy of extraordinary new frontman Michalis Rinakakis.
Lyrically wise, “Nuances Of Life” deals with spreading out the deepest, well-hidden human emotions: tales about mighty heroes and distant lands as well as everyday issues that leave a deep scar in our hearts.
Get ready to a non-stop exciting headbanging experience!”
“Nuances Of Life” tracklist: 1 The Serpent Lord 2 Code of Destruction 3 Carve Your Rage 4 Crows Fly Back 5 Another Fallen Dreamland(feat. Stu Block/Into Eternity & ex Iced Earth) 6 Scarlet Dawn (feat. Harry “The Tyrant” Conklin/Jag Panzer & The Three Tremors) 7 The Man In The Mirror 8 Exhaling Fear 9 Ghost Of A Wayward God 10 Black Monday(feat. Bob Katsionis/Stray Gods & ex Firewind) 11 Nuances Of Life 12 Defy The Headhunters (CD bonus track)
THE SILENT RAGE have released a lyric-video for ‘Black Monday’ featuring Bob Katsionis (Stray Gods, Warrior Path, ex Firewind), fourth single and third video taken from the new album ‘Nuances of Life’ released in May through Scarlet Records. Order the album here.
‘Black Monday’ is a heartfelt homage to the 103 victims of the 2018 Attica wildfires in Greece – R.I.P.
Video by Stefano Mastronicola
“It is by far the most personal track I ever wrote as a lyricist. Five years ago, on July 23rd of 2018 during the summer wildfires in Mati, Attica, Greece103 people lost their lives and this track is dedicated in loving memory of them. This was one of the biggest disasters that I ever experienced in my life so far and it really affected me as a person and as a human being. You never know what’s going to happen the very next moment, so to me you have to live it like it’s going to be the very last one. I am really thankful that in this track Nikos Sarbanis and Michalis Rinakakis delivered such beautiful melodies that helped embrace my vision about it. It is a way that we mourn together with those families and pay the ultimate tribute to the lost ones. It’s also the track that Bob Katsionis(Stray Gods, ex-Firewind) is taking part in by performing his characteristic performance on keyboards, for which I can’t be thankful enough, since it has given a special tone in the whole track. Of course, one major element is the singing of Michalis in this track, who really got himself into the whole atmosphere and gave a proper feeling of the mourn the song describes. Another fact is that when time came to record my solo part, I was really touched by the passing of a person that had died a few weeks earlier and had a huge impact in my life. Performing my solo part in this song was meant to be another small tribute to a guitar player and a band that I really miss. This man was Miika Tenkula (RIP 1974-2009) and his band was Sentenced”, Nikos Siglidis comments.
“This song was one of the most emotional songs that I had to compose the music for. Nikos Siglidis was very concerned about this tragic fire accident and he decided to make a dedicated song. Later, he told me to write some music for these lyrics, and immediately took the guitar and started composing. By the way, this was a very emotional moment for me as well, as I was about to lose my hometown’s house because of a devastating fire accident in 2015. Even Though I was very furious about these accidents (which were human-made accidents in order to make profit from new buildings, wind turbines etc), I had to write tones for a ballad. About the solo, I wrote a Pink Floyd style crunchy – mellow solo. It is a huge inspiration for me and I wanted not to try to make something impressive, in terms of technique, but something more melodic and atmospheric”, adds Nikos Sarbanis.
Artwork by Nikos Siglidis
At this very moment we would like to take a minute and thank Nikos Palaiologos of SOOC Photo Agency for the letting us use images from that day in our tribute, lyric video. We can’t thank you enough! Also, Stefano Mastronicola for working together with us a second time and doing a tremendous job with the video. Kudos to you, our friend!
Those wildfires devasted Greece and every year since then, wildfires happens again every year. We are living in a never-ending circle that cannot break. Even now, the state of Attica where 4 out of 5 members of the band live, is burning again. Thousands of acres of forests and wildlife turning to ashes, giving no sign of hope for the future. Our only hope is that there will be no more loss of human life to be mourned, no more wildlife to be lost, no more burning soil.
With honor, The Silent Rage
Artwork by Giannis Nakos/Remedy Art Design
Produced by Fotis Benardo (Nightfall, Septicflesh, Melechesh) at Devasoundz Studios (Athens) and mastered by George Nerantzis (Pain Of Salvation, Abbath, Nightrage), “Nuances Of Life” will be released in the following formats:
-vinyl (limited edition) -digipak CD -digital
Below you can read the press release by the label:
“The Silent Rage is finally returning to deliver their flawless, hefty, fist-pumping melodic power metal.
“Nuances Of Life” combines the characteristic sound of classic metal, filled with blazing riffs and impressive melodies, combined with catchy and blistering vocal lines – courtesy of extraordinary new frontman Michalis Rinakakis.
Lyrically wise, “Nuances Of Life” deals with spreading out the deepest, well-hidden human emotions: tales about mighty heroes and distant lands as well as everyday issues that leave a deep scar in our hearts.
Get ready to a non-stop exciting headbanging experience!”
“Nuances Of Life” tracklist: 1 The Serpent Lord 2 Code of Destruction 3 Carve Your Rage 4 Crows Fly Back 5 Another Fallen Dreamland (feat. Stu Block/Into Eternity & ex Iced Earth) 6 Scarlet Dawn (feat. Harry “The Tyrant” Conklin/Jag Panzer & The Three Tremors) 7 The Man In The Mirror 8 Exhaling Fear 9 Ghost Of A Wayward God 10 Black Monday (feat. Bob Katsionis/Stray Gods & ex Firewind) 11 Nuances Of Life 12 Defy The Headhunters (CD bonus track)
THE SILENT RAGE have released a lyric-video for ‘Another Fallen Dreamland’ featuring Stu Block (Into Eternity & ex Iced Earth), third single and second video taken from the new album ‘Nuances of Life’ to be released on May 26th through Scarlet Records.
video by Stefano Mastronicola
“The funny story behind “Another Fallen Dreamland” is that during the pre-production I had made up my mind to set up this song as a bonus track. And that was because it was a song that I originally composed back in the early days of the band but it never managed to be released. Therefore, I always thought that the only way for it to be released was as a bonus track. But before we even started recording it, the rest of the guys in the band really seemed to love it and they convinced me somehow to include it on the main tracklist, haha! As a track to me, it was a straight power metal crusher of the golden era of the genre, getting my mind into acts like Edguy, Stratovarius, Brainstorm etc.“
“What I really wanted, was to boost this song even more with the addition of a guest vocalist, like the way we did on our first album, “The Deadliest Scourge”, with the song “Sin Of A Pilgrim” with Apollo Papathanasio (Spiritual Beggars, ex-Firewind) featured there. We asked a few singers to see if they were interested and we managed to make the call and finalise the participation of Stu Block (Into Eternity, ex-Iced Earth), a singer whom I really love and enjoy listening to. I definitely believe that the duet here made a massive hit performance, making it a massive head banging tune! But what I also over-enjoy in this track are Stamatis Katsafados pounding drumming and the solos on it”, comments Nikos Siglidis.
“My idea here was to have Stu Block and me, be the inner voices of the realisation of truth in someone’s head, anyone that has been brainwashed or manipulated by people in power, by organisations, by standards of society, by people of influence making that person chase after dreams that are not their own, constantly trying to reach a status or an image or something that is only an unattainable construct, instead of simply following their own thoughts and dreams in life”, Michalis Rinakakis adds.
Produced by Fotis Benardo (Nightfall, Septicflesh, Melechesh) at Devasoundz Studios (Athens) and mastered by George Nerantzis (Pain Of Salvation, Abbath, Nightrage), “Nuances Of Life” will be released in the following formats:
-vinyl (limited edition) -digipak CD -digital
“Nuances Of Life” tracklist: 1 The Serpent Lord 2 Code of Destruction 3 Carve Your Rage 4 Crows Fly Back 5 Another Fallen Dreamland (feat. Stu Block/Into Eternity & ex Iced Earth) 6 Scarlet Dawn (feat. Harry “The Tyrant” Conklin/Jag Panzer & The Three Tremors) 7 The Man In The Mirror 8 Exhaling Fear 9 Ghost Of A Wayward God 10 Black Monday (feat. Bob Katsionis/Stray Gods & ex Firewind) 11 Nuances Of Life 12 Defy The Headhunters (CD bonus track)
Scarlet Records stated:
“The Silent Rage is finally returning to deliver their flawless, hefty, fist-pumping melodic power metal.
“Nuances Of Life” combines the characteristic sound of classic metal, filled with blazing riffs and impressive melodies, combined with catchy and blistering vocal lines – courtesy of extraordinary new frontman Michalis Rinakakis.
Lyrically wise, “Nuances Of Life” deals with spreading out the deepest, well-hidden human emotions: tales about mighty heroes and distant lands as well as everyday issues that leave a deep scar in our hearts.
Get ready to a non-stop exciting headbanging experience!”
The Silent Rage will support Kamelot on the 7th of May at the Fuzz Club (Athens, Greece)
After the great success that our single/video clip “The Serpent Lord” had (you can check it out here), THE SILENT RAGE are more delighted to share with you all their newest audio single for “Exhaling Fear”. You can listen to it here.
“This is one of the two songs that I haven’t participated in at all, nor by composing a part in the music or even writing any of the lyrics. It’s a total effort by Michalis Rinakakis and Nikos Sarbanis. But all I can say is, it’s a pure metal anthem and that’s why we picked it as a second single for this album. I must admit that it reveals the songwriting skills of Nikos, which brings to the music of The Silent Rage, a new aspect for the future albums. He’s more into the American metal scene and it makes sense I must say. To me the song both in music as well as in the vocal lines reminds me of the best moments of Nevermore and Sanctuary, especially with the first ones that I really miss being around delivering brilliant albums. I am pretty sure that it will be one of the songs that will definitely be picked up by many fans and listeners as their favorite moment in the album. At least it’s one of mine!” says Nikos Siglidis.
“I am not into writing lyrics at all, but I try to imagine some song titles in order to help the person who will write the lyrics. After I made this title, Michalis made some awesome lyrics. Because of the instability and insecurity in the society we live, you can see this way of “Exhaling Fear” in the faces of people. There is a way of concern and fear for the next day, and somehow I tried to express it in a song title and in melodies as well. This way of expression happened effortlessly as I had the concept in my mind. Furthermore, the most important part is that the result of this song, along with Michalis Rinakakis’ lyrics, suited perfectly with the artistic style of the band”, Nikos Sarbanis comments.
“As soon as I heard Nikos Sarbanis’ music and saw the title, I knew what the lyrics had to be about! Even though we never really discussed the meaning of the title with Nikos Sarbanis, we ended up thinking about the same thing. The uncertainties, the insecurities, the instabilities that can drive people mad, angry, their personal terrors burning inside, leading them to doing or saying things they’ll probably regret, while all they are actually doing is simply “Exhaling Fear””, Michalis Rinakakis comments.
Along with the announcement for the new single, we are more than excited to announce that we are going to be the opening act band for the upcoming Kamelot show in Athens, Greece on Sunday 7thof May, 2023. See you all at Fuzz Club. You can also check the official event here for further details.
Produced by Fotis Benardo (Nightfall, Septicflesh, Melechesh) at Devasoundz Studios (Athens) and mastered by George Nerantzis (Pain Of Salvation, Abbath, Nightrage), “Nuances Of Life” will be released in the following formats:
-vinyl (limited edition) -digipak CD -digital
Below you can read the press release by the label:
“The Silent Rage is finally returning to deliver their flawless, hefty, fist-pumping melodic power metal.
“Nuances Of Life” combines the characteristic sound of classic metal, filled with blazing riffs and impressive melodies, combined with catchy and blistering vocal lines – courtesy of extraordinary new frontman Michalis Rinakakis.
Lyrically wise, “Nuances Of Life” deals with spreading out the deepest, well-hidden human emotions: tales about mighty heroes and distant lands as well as everyday issues that leave a deep scar in our hearts.
Get ready to a non-stop exciting headbanging experience!”
Artwork by Giannis Nakos/Remedy Art Design
“Nuances Of Life” tracklist: 1 The Serpent Lord 2 Code of Destruction 3 Carve Your Rage 4 Crows Fly Back 5 Another Fallen Dreamland (feat. Stu Block/Into Eternity & ex Iced Earth) 6 Scarlet Dawn (feat. Harry “The Tyrant” Conklin/Jag Panzer & The Three Tremors) 7 The Man In The Mirror 8 Exhaling Fear 9 Ghost Of A Wayward God 10 Black Monday (feat. Bob Katsionis/Stray Gods & ex Firewind) 11 Nuances Of Life 12 Defy The Headhunters (CD bonus track)
THE SILENT RAGE is finally returning to deliver their flawless, hefty, fist-pumping melodic power metal. ‘Nuances of Life’ displays the characteristic sound of classic metal filled with blazing riffs and impressive melodies, combined with some catchy and blistering vocal lines courtesy of extraordinary new frontman Michalis Rinakakis. The album comes out on May 26th via Scarlet Records.
Lyrically wise, ‘Nuances of Life’ deals with spreading out the deepest, well-hidden human emotions: tales about mighty heroes and distant lands as well as everyday issues that leave a deep scar in our hearts.
produced by Fotis Benardo (Nightfall, Septicflesh, Melechesh)
mastered by George Nerantzis (Pain Of Salvation, Abbath, Nightrage)
cover & artwork by Giannis Nakos/Remedy Art Design (Evergrey, Amaranthe, Oceans Of Slumber, The Agonist)
guest appearances by Stu Block (Into Eternity, Annihilator, ex Iced Earth), Harry “The Tyrant” Conklin (Jag Panzer) and Bob Katsionis (Stray Gods, ex Firewind)
The band has revealed the first single ‘The Serpent Lord’, taken from the upcoming album. Watch the video below.
‘The Serpent Lord’ videoclip directed by Bob Katsionis/Progressive Vision Group
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