| Whispers in the Shadow | |
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Ashley Dayour |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Vienna, Austria |
| Genres | Alternative rock, gothic rock, New Wave, post-punk |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Echozone / BMG |
| Associated acts | The Icarus Syndrome, Veneno para las Hadas, L'Âme Immortelle |
| Website | [1] |
| Members | |
| Ashley Dayour Fork Martin Acid Reinhard Schwarzinger |
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| Past members | |
| Sebastian Adam Richard Lederer Francis Markus Houben Max Lambert Siggi Meier Curt Benes |
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Whispers in the Shadow is a Gothic Rock Band from Austria, formed in 1996. The bandname is inspired by the story The Whisperer in Darkness by H. P. Lovecraft. The lyrics deal mainly with occult and mystic concepts.
Whispers in the Shadow was formed as a solo project by Ashley Dayour (Vocals, Guitars, also known as guitarist for L'Âme Immortelle & Veneno para las Hadas) in 1996.
They soon developed into a full line up and released the first album called "Laudanum" in 1997 followed by the second Album "November" in 1999. These first two records have been very influenced by the sound of early The Cure recordings such as "Pornography".
In 2000 they released the third album "A Taste of Decay" which was a departure to a more rock orientated sound. Followed only one year later by "Permanent Illusions" which was even more far away from the Gothic Rock origins of this band. Psychedelic and progressive rock bands such as Pink Floyd had a major influnce on the sound of this record.
After touring all across Europe in 2001 they released the first live album called "Everything you knew was wrong" in 2003, but several line up and record label changes forced them to take a break.
Whispers in the Shadow returned in 2007 with the live recorded "A-Cold-Night" followed by the re-releases of the first two albums "Laudanum" and "November", remastered with new coverartwork and unreleased bonus tracks.
In 2008 they finally released the fifth studio album, the first one in seven years, called "Into the arms of chaos". This album can be seen as a new beginning and is produced by John A.Rivers at Woodbine Street Recording Studios. He also worked with bands such as The Chameleons, Clan of Xymox, Love and Rockets, Dead Can Dance or Sopor Aeternus and created a more harsh and powerful but still dark and psychedelic sound, which was described by the press now as "Goth-Floyd" a mixture of the traditional Gothic Rock sound like Fields of the Nephilim with the soundscapes of Pink Floyd.
In 2010 they release "The Eternal Arcane" the 2nd Part of a 4 piece cycle about the occult concept of alchemy. In 2011 a Live DVD called "Searching for Light" sees the light of day and they are touring with Vendemmian and Merciful Nuns throughout Europe. In April 2011 they release a new 6 track EP, "The Lightbriner" which includes a coverversion of the Leonard Cohen classic "First we take Manhattan" as well as other unreleased tracks. The main theme of the EP is the Fall of the archangel Lucifer.
The lyrics are inspired by Chaos Magic and Occult writers such as Austin Osman Spare, Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, Kenneth Grant, but also writers from the Weird Fiction genre like Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen and the Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft.
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