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Strangers

by Grey Gallows

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1.
Strangers 03:49
STRANGERS Two years out of the sun I stay Two years in the point of a gun A black hole soaks me up away In a strange land In a strange land Like strangers in a strange land Oh, no they’re coming forth Oh, no they’re coming forth no Their skin dead and cold I know Out in the streets the bodies crawl insane Isolation takes its toll New hopes rise and fall in vein Now burn them all Away Oh, they’re running away Oh, they’re running away Oh, no I’m coming forth no My skin dead and cold I know Oh, no I’m coming forth no The fear of touch scares them all Oh, they’re running away Oh, they’re running away
2.
The Cage 03:38
THE CAGE Red shaped skinny shadow Just came to my door Walked inside my troubled mind Through the valley of souls Poor narrow mind men Heaven is more than a lie Fallen new age Is your faith a sign? My little jailbird Don’t you want to kiss the sky? Many years inside this cage Don’t you really want to fly? Don’t you really want to fly? Fly high and touch the sky Your broken wings Your wounded broken heart Do you remember how to fly? Can you remember how to fly? Don’t you want to fly? Do you want to trade Your eternity for me Your empty white cell A hovel of misery Your eternity for me A hovel of misery Don’t you want to fly? Fly high and touch the sky
3.
SPIRITS (feat. KRIISTAL ANN) One more night you spend alone Wondering in empty halls What the shadows of the past desire One more night you stand alone As years have gone Dreaming silhouettes against the fire Lost children returning home Cause they never left on their own They’re coming with eyes closed Cold, when you need them most To remind you their beloved face In your mind, in your sleep They ‘re playing with toys of grief And they’re leaving without a trace And they’re leaving without a trace Lost children returning home ‘Cause they never left on their own Eternally and every night Tonight, the spirits will shine Forevermore and all the time Tonight, they will come alive
4.
DYING LIGHT I’m still here Watching you fall Facing your fear Feeling so cold Your crying soul… Feeling so cold Your whispers like a shadow on the wall… Is the end so near? We drown our tears As the years gone by Searching a dying light My ego falls Into your walls Am I insane? Am I strong? I just want to break your wall Am I insane? Am I strong? I just want to break your wall This wall of pain for you and me That still divides us endlessly Is the end so near? We drown our tears As the years gone by Searching a dying light
5.
Lies 03:59
LIES When blood runs cold My heart And life unfolds Drowned The lies which have been told Deep in your lies Full of deceit My soul To make believe Lost The one who takes control Deep in your eyes Lies Oh, when you comfort me With distorted reality I’m addicted to your lies To make me feel I’m real Oh, when you bound me With chains of misery I’m running out of time Without you can’t you see Now love dissolves My soul Into illusions Lost Your lies are still being told Deep in your lies Full of deceit Set me free To make me think Let me be You’re always in control Time to die I’m running out of time Lies
6.
Deafland 03:28 video
DEAFLAND One truth feeding the poor We love each other a treasure for fool In this deaf land of pain you have known They only let you to walk alone You walk alone Reasons for the isolation One drive, one road, one nation They warned you every day You only walk to go astray You go astray So Sally don’t call I don’t wonder anymore So call me no more No, no No more I’ m gonna run down the hill I have no plastic dreams to kill Don't need your ghost to make me feel To find a shelter that is real For what is real No So Sally don’t call I don’t wonder anymore So call me no more No, no I don’t wonder anymore Call me no more
7.
BARE INSIDE (feat. Incirrina) Your image haunts all places Everywhere I look upon Follow all your painful traces Can’t tell what I’m searching for Outside the rain is falling I feel bare inside On my knees you got me crawling Begging for your sign No hope, no turning back from pain No hope, this struggle is in vain Into your eyes I stared I saw pictures of my soul No love can bleed enough To penetrate your wall And I still I cannot face What’s going on with us What started so well It’s fragile like a cracked glass No hope, no turning back from pain No hope, this struggle is in vain
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THE NIGHT IN ME There is something over me The weight of darkness you bare So I'm calling out your name again Come and take my pain Now forgotten, lost and gone What is real I can’t feel no more Like a storm in my head Illusions of a bright blue sky Lost love comfort lies inside Broken body tonight Broken body tonight I’m broken tonight Now forgotten, lost and gone What is real I can’t feel no more The night in me reminds me of you The night in me it’s for you The night in me it’s so you It’s for you You know it’s true that it’s for you It’s for you
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Chains 04:37 video
CHAINS A power of thousand horses Comes from an iron cell Steams and anvil madness Flames in urban hell Old word has fallen down New gods and moral stands Chains of civilization Machines and lethal guns All hail the new beginning The dawn of new born men All fail to see the meaning The fate of modern slave Gas chambers and poison No breath for the open air Bleeding industrialization Underground we make our jail Obey the machine Obey the machine All hail the new beginning The dawn of new born men All fail to see the meaning The fate of modern slave
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In Eternity 04:40
IN ETERNITY Where innocent lays beauty remains When she dances in moonlight and goes astray She asks her self is the cruelty thrilled To suffocate her will to live And again how beautiful she feels But lost some day She can’t escape from their hated pills Desperate when her body hits the wheels No fear to make you weep No tear and agony Forever in eternity Now hold your roses endlessly And again how lonely she feels Out in the rain She can’t escape from their anger Behind the door in a cold haul Liberated when her body let her soul No fear to make you weep No tear and agony Forever in eternity Now hold your roses endlessly In eternity
11.
Silentium 02:55
SILENTIUM De omnibus annis laetitiae Pro meis occulis transent memoriae Nihil erit simile cum venti suflat fortissimi De omnibus qui morituri sunt Ut umbrae cis tenebras noctis Nulla vocem ego loquar Reliquam eos perire in silentium Reliquam omnes eos perire in silentium

about

"Strangers" is the fourth full-length album by Grey Gallows in which they have found the artistic freedom and the support to fulfill their musical pursuit.

Having experimented with both hardware and software analogue synths, aimed to enrich its style sonically and synthetically, incorporating more electronic elements than in their previous albums.

Κeystone of the album is Konstantin’s baritone voice and the distinctive guitar sound of Dionisis. Moreover, the participation of two of the most important female singers in the broader dark sound of the scene in Greece and abroad, Kriistal Ann (Paradox Obscur) and Irini Tiniakou (Incirrina), has given the group a deeper expressive ability to approach different musical styles and feelings.

Furthermore, the contribution of sound designer Nick "The Mute" Chaldoupis, with whom Grey Gallows have also collaborated on "Garden of lies", in the mixing and production of the album is of high importance, as he works once again as the 3rd member of the group, giving to the band its distinctive sound.

Thus, Grey Gallows have accomplished to create a "palette" of songs from darkwave to minimal synth and cold wave, always having at the core of their influences the sound of the 80s-90s with a modern approach.

Lyrically, the album deals with both experiential and fantastic narratives about the human psyche, love, pain, alienation and the redemption of the individual, concerning with social issues that plague the modern era.
And as Grey Gallows themselves say…

’’ …I'm calling out your name again
Come and take my pain…’’

KOLLEKTIVA:
"I told you, didn't I? I told you guys a few weeks ago that it's going to be great. But it is not simply great. 'Strangers' by Grey Gallows band is an awesome, an amazing album. I am happy and honoured that we are not complete strangers (we met at the best festival of the last year: Cold Transmission Festival 2022 in Cologne).
This is the 4th album of the band, and it is like ancient Greek mythology... Did you know hat those myths were initially propagated by singers? They sung about heroes of wars. Our singers, Konstantin, Kriistal Ann and Irini Tiniakou are singing about us, our wars with our strange and sometimes crazy world. They do it with a lot of empathy of someone who has gone through a lot of it.
The album shows why are albums still important in our streaming era, when you can shuffle or pick songs in a random order, on demand as they say. This album was created with care, it builds up a tense with the first 2 songs, 'Strangers' and 'Cage' to relieve us with wonderful voice of Kriistal Ann (Paradox Obscur) 'Spirits' helps us to get free of those cages and dance, even if it has a sad story. But you can't do it right away, you have to listen and think about the story first, create your own interpretation and then, after 2:19 you are free and can dance your pain away.
Then it goes back into the depths with one of the darkwave masterpieces of the year, "Dying Light". This question "Is the end so near?" and how Konstantin asks it is the absolute highlight of the song for me. You may have an answer in your heads.... but there is hope, for that we have to be insane and strong at the same time, but we will find a solution.
'Lies' is ice cold and reminds me a little of the wonderful album 'Seventeen Seconds'. This is followed by 'Deafland' with its haunting guitar and synthesiser melodies to lead us to the conclusion of the second chapter: 'Bare Inside' with Irini Tiniakou (Incirrina) And what a conclusion... omg, I think the chorus says it all, there is "no hope" for anyone else this year to write and sing something darker, something better. They can try, but "this struggle is in vain”.
We then return to the dark world of Grey Gallows. 'The night in me' with its weeping guitars and 'Chains' with the most apt and wonderful description of our corporate life:
"All hail the new beginning
The dawn of new born men
All fail to see the meaning
The fate of modern slave”
And then comes "In Eternity"... I have to admit, until I heard this song for the first time, "Dying Light" was my favourite, but that changed after about 20 seconds. The way Dionisis plays his guitar is something you can't really describe with words, it touches something very deep in your soul.
The end of the album, the last song, is something special. There are not many bands I know that sing in Latin. Helium Vola, Ernst Horn's band, do that and I always thought that Latin is the best language for Gothic and Darkwave. I also thought there was no one in the world who could sing it like Sabine Lutzenberger, but now I'm sure there is someone: Konstantin. He is supported by magnificent female vocals in the background that make it sound like an old, ancient hymn. A great closing song, a great end to our journey together with Grey Gallows".
Ευχαριστώ πολύ Grey Gallows! 🖤
Vielen Dank Cold Transmission! 🖤

credits

released May 5, 2023

Music : Grey Gallows
Vocals at “Spirits” : Kriistal Ann
Vocals at “Bare inside” : Irini Tiniakou
Back vocals at "Lies" : Dionisis
Lyrics of songs 1,3,7,9,10,11 : Konstantin
Lyrics of songs 2,4,6,8 : Dionisis
Lyrics of song 5 : Konstantin & Dionisis
All songs recorded at “H.K.” studios.
Vocals recorded at SoundCave Studios Athens
Mixing / Mastering : Nick ''TheMute'' Chalntoupis at SoundCave Studios Athens
Cover photo : Marillia Fotopoulou
Artwork : Infrared Media
Band photo : Panos Kekesis

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Grey Gallows Patras, Greece

Grey Gallows is a dark wave group based in Patra (Greece).
Their influences can be found in the broadest spectrum of 80s dark music.
Thus, their lyrics deal with issues from inner struggle to the healing through dark emotions.

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