Originally founded in 2009 as a Symphonic Metal Band, Atomic Symphony was brought into life. After a turbulent time of members joining and leaving the band, it has now finally found the perfect constellation as a band of five members. However, with a growing interest for bands like Dream Theater and Meshuggah, the band's interests soon shifted from Symphonic Metal to Progressive Metal. With the aim to gain musical quality, the will to take up a musical challenge and the joy of creating gripping songs, the band has eagerly followed their idols' footsteps. The band's self-produced debut album „Redemption“ was released in September 2015.
Die junge, fünfköpfige Band Atomic Symphony aus dem Zürcher Oberland beweist, wie abwechslungsreich Metalmusik sein kann, sodass sie sogar Hörer anderer Musikrichtungen überzeugen. Anfangs (Sommer 2009) noch als Symphonic-Metal Band gedacht, entwickelten sie sich mit mehreren Mitgliederwechseln weiter und verschrieben sich bald ganz dem Progressive-Metal. Ihr Ziel, an musikalischer Qualität zu gewinnen, der Wille, sich herauszufordern und die Freude daran, spannende Kreationen zu erstellen, brachten sie nach einigen kleineren Konzerten sogar ins Finale am Axegrinder Metalbandcontest!
Donnernde, mitreissende Gitarrenriffs, geschmückt mit virtuosen Gitarrensolos, werden unterstützt von einem energiespendenden, fetten Bass und einem Schlagzeugspiel, das nur so von harten Rhythmen und ballernden Fills trieft! Darüber hinweg verleiht der Keyboarder dem Ganzen mit epischen, melodiösen Streichern und schneidenden Synthesizern eine einzigartige Würze. Abgerundet werden die eigenen Songs von einer überraschend kräftigen, femininen Stimme, die es schafft den letzten Rest Power aus der Musik herauszukitzeln.
Abwechslungsreich, von berührend weichen Parts zu typisch harten Metalpassagen, komplex, melodiös und dennoch kompakt mit erstaunlichen Live-Qualitäten: Eine atomare Symphonie im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes!
Album cover artist: Gustavo Sazes
Album cover artists: Milan Hofstetter and Dario Hofstetter
The virtue of life is taken from me.
Doom is my fate, it’s dragging me down,
Until I crawl, I crawl.
My sickness commands me, lusting for more.
When time is nigh, my cry of despair breaks the silence:
SET ME FREE, RELEASE ME.
I am lost in a dream as I’m falling.
Down on my knees (down on my knees),
Sore and I'm weak (sore and I’m weak),
Autumn bears witness of the peace that I seek.
Winter unfolds (winter unfolds),
coldness it holds (coldness it holds).
Heralds the end of my future untold.
Don't forsake me,
Don't you tell me my deeds were in vain.
If this is my fate at last,
who will tell of a heroic past?
Deceit and betrayal, I’m wandering alone
Am I bound to life and death?
Bound to this mortal shell?
All of its glory condemned to decay.
My memories leave such bitter taste as I yell:
SET ME FREE, RELEASE ME.
The tyrant whispers to me as I’m sinking.
Down on my knees, sore and I'm weak,
Autumn bears witness of the peace that I seek.
Winter unfolds, coldness it holds
Heralds the end of my future untold.
Don't forsake me,
Don't you tell me my deeds were in vain.
If this is my fate at last,
Who will tell of a heroic past?
Blazing eyes, no disguise
Feeble minds fall behind
Endless cries, sweet demise
I will stand my ground
I will fight
Fight for my life
I long to remain, I long to be freed,
I reach out my hand to the ungodly seed.
All that I have I will give to be taken,
all that I love I will leave to be shaken.
Appear before me upon the invocation,
gift me with power, life and liberation.
Mine shall be yours, you shall command me.
My silenced pride shall rise up once more.
I am the nightfall, I am the storm.
I am the ashes, I am the soil.
I am decay, I am the fall.
I am misery, I am pain.
SET ME FREE, RELEASE ME.
Down on my knees, sore and I'm weak,
Autumn bears witness of the peace that I seek.
Winter unfolds, coldness it holds
Heralds the end of my future untold.
Don't forsake me,
Don't you tell me my deeds were in vain.
If this is my fate at last,
who will tell of a heroic past?
Don't forsake me,
Don't you tell me my deeds were in vain.
If this is my fate at last,
who will tell of a heroic past?
Who will tell of a heroic past?
You’ve been abandoned, deceived and betrayed.
Misanthropy forced you back into the shade.
I have the cure, I’m offering you life.
Break your human shackles and you shall thrive.
You were born a free man, free you shall remain.
Give yourself to me, no more fear, no more pain.
Rise again, rise above all of humankind.
Don’t you want to live forever?
Give in to the pull of your fate.
Raise your battle cry, can’t you see the end is nigh?
For life in all its glory, make your oath to me.
Your mind’s been poisoned by
Your mind’s been poisoned
Your mind’s been poisoned by jealousy and greed,
Addled your wit by a fallacious creed.
You fell victim to corruption,
Its bitter taste tainting the air.
Rise again, rise above all of humankind.
Don’t you want to live forever?
Give in to the pull of your fate.
Raise your battle cry, can’t you see the end is nigh?
For life in all its glory, make your oath to me.
Why are you hesitant?
Don’t be a fool, they don’t respect you, you mean nothing to them.
You can be the law, the judge, the outrage.
Unleash your oppressed desire and fill the void you feel within.
Trust me, absorb me and live through me.
I can rekindle the flame in your heart, once and for all.
Trust me, absorb me and live through me.
I can rekindle the flame in your heart, once and for all.
Become one with me.
Rise again, rise above all of humankind.
Don’t you want to live forever?
Give in to the pull of your fate.
Raise your battle cry, can’t you see the end is nigh?
For life in all its glory, make your oath to me.
You can’t escape from me
‘Cause you are all I see.
When shadows fill the land,
You kneel at my command.
You’re consumed by hypocrisy
In a crippling world of lies
You will pay with your own demise.
I feel so alive,
I can feel my blood ignite.
When I come undone,
You will fall one by one.
Now I can smell your fear,
Your end is drawing near.
Your voidness makes me whole,
I regain the control.
I break you up, I pull you down,
Raze you to the ground,
In your anguish, I’m reborn.
In your anguish, I’m reborn.
I feel so alive,
I can feel my blood ignite.
When I come undone,
You will fall one ...
Boundless is my reign,
Your life was lived in vain.
I will dominate.
I’m the master of your fate.
You feed me with your lies.
In your vanity, you defy me.
I am a giant crushing you in my hand.
I am the hunter, from below I ascend.
No more cries
No more vile lies.
Can you see?
Can you feel me?
Only I rule you.
I feel so alive,
I can feel my blood ignite.
When I come undone,
You will fall one ...
Boundless is my reign,
Your life was lived in vain.
I will dominate.
I’m the master of your fate.
Waking to see the sun rise darker yet again.
Casting light on my path.
Must not stray, must obey.
Am I among the righteous in this world?
Am I to blame for the tears that are flowing into the flame?
Am I among the righteous in this world?
Am I to blame for the tears that are flowing into the flame?
Rising, only to fall again.
In the dark, empty faces is all I see.
How far is too far? How late is too late?
You give your life for mine.
Am I among the righteous in this world?
Am I to blame for the tears that are flowing into the flame?
Am I among the righteous in this world?
Am I to blame for the tears that are flowing into the flame?
Is it all just a perfect illusion?
I can never ever return.
All these memories, they make me so weary.
How I’m longing to be free.
Is it all just a perfect illusion?
I can never ever return.
For all there is, there can never be.
Giving in, let my heart break.
I’d give my life for one moment in time.
Just one moment to be free.
We have won every fight on the battlefield,
And now it is time to kill again.
We have thought until now,
there is no way to lose.
Why do my soldiers have to flee from this fiend?
I don’t have another chance
Can’t you help me, can’t you hear me?
There is nothing we can do.
What stays is just faith.
It’s not true, it can’t be, it’s impossible.
They are chasing us without remorse.
My loyal warriors have fought until the end.
All I see is growing streams of our blood.
I don’t have another chance
Can’t you help me, can’t you kill them?
There is nothing we can do.
What stays is just faith.
Ultimately, you redeem us, God.
I thought all the suffering would end at this point.
I don’t have another chance
Can’t you help me, can’t you crush them?
You betrayed us, now we die.
That’s just all your fault.
Wretched being I am, lost in this world
Tortured by infernal flames.
Hell itself breathes out contagion
To this withered heart of mine.
Are they blind or don't they wanna see
That they're stirring up despair in me?
A vast abyss is opening up before me, losing ground
Death ends this cruelty.
Let my pain cut flesh like blades
Pour salt in their wounds, make them see.
Bitter is the taste of life
My demons are calling for me.
Are they blind or don't they wanna see
That they're stirring up despair in me?
A vast abyss is opening up before me, losing ground
Death ends this cruelty.
Derision rains on me, their laughter feeds my grief.
Made a mockery of a deluded crowd, I'm staring down the abyss.
Death creeps inside of me, the blood drops hot and sweet.
I blame the earth and its sickening humanity
Damned be you all!
They are blind and they don't wanna see
What their ignorance has caused in me.
A vast abyss has opened up before me, losing ground
Death ends this cruelty.
They were blind and they just couldn't see
How they broke my heart and tortured me.
There is no love left for me, there never was
This world has given up on me.
They were blind and they just couldn't see
That no one has ever cared for me.
Soon my soul will be set free, released from all the pain
Death ends this cruelty.
All over the world you can feel deep hate and death.
Colder than ice, worse than in hell,
Paid with sweat and blood.
Go, good soldier, to the battlefield of death.
Take your sword, save your country.
Walk soldier, walk through fire and pain.
Stop this war to change the world.
Is there hope to stop this madness?
Maybe there'll be a hero who's strong enough
To fight this growing darkness.
Go, good soldier, to the battlefield of death.
Take your sword, save your country.
Walk soldier, walk through fire and pain.
Stop this war to change the world.
Shouting for help, so loud to the sky
I didn't have a chance to say goodbye.
Wanting to leave, I still can’t see the end
Being ripped apart, I can’t defend.
Blinded by passion, misled by despair
I summoned a demon, so unaware.
That playing God isn't meant for man
Now I lost everything I held dear back then.
Disturbed and hungry, torn away
All alone, forever I lay.
Bones are burning, a sea of sand
Madness rules the creature's hand.
Betrayed by blindness, I long for the day
When justice will finally have its way.
In this world of terror I must restore
Fear and greed shall be no more,
So I will give free rein to my breathing rage.
I screamed for nothing, losing my voice
Knowing for long that I have no choice.
Must break out of this, paying with blood
My gun is loaded, ready for the last shot.
Disturbed and hungry, torn away
All alone, forever I lay.
Bones are burning, a sea of sand
Madness rules the creature's hand.
Betrayed by blindness, I long for the day
When justice will finally have its way.
In this world of terror I must restore
Fear and greed shall be no more,
I am complete with Nemesis by my side.
I will give free rein to my breathing rage.
My lonely soul was ripped apart.
I've got no strength to carry on.
The light was guiding me my whole life long.
And now I can't find the path anymore.
One day evil befell our place.
Red banners of hell surrounded our home.
The dead bodies of my loved ones laid there motionlessly,
Their spirits soared into the void.
But what have I ever done?
Deep inside of me it was burning too long.
And I know I can’t forget
Why all the tears have been shed my whole life.
Will it ever end?
Evil has befallen those who were already faint.
Those who had high hopes fell victim to the curse.
No escape, no mercy
Why?
And I know I can’t forget
Why all the tears have been shed my whole life.
But I won’t live in the past,
Maybe it is possible for me to go on.
I think my experience can help
Many helpless people,
But first I have to face the evil in my heart.
I'll never give up, their lives must be avenged,
And a new age of righteousness descend upon the earth.
Soon I'm free, ready to go to paradise,
And find my peace.
Famine affected our homeland,
We lived in sodomy and hatred.
Three torturous years,
Frost and winter were weakening us,
And ripped through our fields.
A war held in in Midgard.
Now, Ragnarök is near, Gjallhorn will sound.
We proudly raise our swords one last time.
Whilst he held his speech,
The stars fell from the sky.
The earth was quaking,
A wolf was wailing,
The sun would never rise again!
We must fight until the end
With nameless hate and hand in hand.
Stained blood will be shed tonight and
Paint the sky in dark-red light.
The dead, fallen in battle,
Revived and armed to fight In Wigrid.
Surtur came from south,
Held fire in his hands.
The Aesir marched towards the fiend,
Valkyries came from Valhall.
We have fought until the end
With nameless hate and hand in hand.
Surtur sets the earth on fire,
World goes under to Hel’s choir.
We have fought until the end
With nameless hate and hand in hand.
A new world rises out of the sea and
Brings a golden age of peace.
So sick of this pathetic crowd, considering themselves
An advanced society, good nature in pretence.
In fact they are worse than their ancestors
Sick, twisted kind.
Honour killing, raping their own families,
Killing just for abnormal lust, perverted fantasies.
After all, they are bound to fall,
doomed to be brought to justice through my hand.
But there is hope if I pick up the pieces.
'Cause there is nothing I cannot achieve, it's my destiny.
I am the one, make them fall, one by one
Set their souls on fire, revenge will be mine, forever mine!
Sneaky bastards, bathing in pure jealousy,
Living a life in unbounded anarchy.
They're breaking the weak, breaking the poor
Destruction all around us.
They are cheating on their fellow men with greed
In a place where hope is lost and progress misbelieved.
I'll shatter their mind, shatter their bones,
Make them atone for their nasty sins.
But there is hope if I pick up the pieces.
'Cause there is nothing I cannot achieve, it's my destiny.
I am the one, make them fall, one by one
Set their souls on fire, revenge will be mine, forever mine!
I'll give you what you deserve, this is my final scene,
I rule with an iron fist, and I'm gonna make you crawl.
It's time to leave, release the world, and say your last goodbye...
Through the gates of hell you came, through the same you will leave.
Once and for all, you're sentenced to fall. Fall for it all!
But there is hope if I pick up the pieces.
'Cause there is nothing I cannot achieve, it's my destiny.
I am the one, make them fall, one by one
Set their souls on fire, revenge will be mine, forever mine!
Place of pain, home of the fallen ones, all the evil combined.
He wanders through the kingdom of the devil, surrounded by the dead.
He feels it coming, it's snorting in his neck. He turns but nothing is there.
Suddenly he's petrified with horror, he must be in hell!
It's beyond his grasp, he's going mad.
He closes his eyes, doesn't want to see.
An ancient curse lies on his family.
He tries to run but he steps into the none.
Without shelter, scared to death, no turning back.
Feels like a madman, he's parting from this world.
Blood-red claws are reaching for his damaged human soul.
As if he'd already been there before, he goes straight for the dark.
He can't hold back, cause he's driven by an evil force.
Then he hears a voice whispering his name. It's the voice of his father.
"Don't get involved with the devil, don't look in his eyes. You have the might to succeed!"
But his strength has left him, he can't resist anymore.
His heart is bleeding, and his blood is already black.
He tries to run but he steps into the none.
Without shelter, scared to death, no turning back.
Feels like a madman, he's parting from this world.
Blood-red claws are reaching for his soul.
He lost his father years ago, he blames himself cause he did know.
Just cannot let him go.
His father played with the fire, and there was nothing to require,
Fulfilled all his desires.
He didn't know he'd burn in hell, it was too late to break the spell,
He sold his soul to the devil.
"Come closer, you can't resist. You walk the long lost fields.
Your father wasn't strong enough, so aren't you."
"Leave me alone, I'll never give up. You won't get my soul!
Your appearance can't seduce me, you won't fake my choice!"
It’s too late, you can’t save your soul!
You can try, you can’t save your soul!
It’s too late, you can’t save your soul!
You’ll give up, you will burn in hell!
His voice is fading, he falls to the ground. He becomes one of the fallen ones.
He tried to run but he stepped into the none.
A distant calling makes his senses clear again.
Bleeding everywhere, he's lying in his bed.
Was it all a dream or was it reality?