Silent Scream – In The Cinema (2011)

Hervorgegangen aus der finnischen Gothic Legende Varjo – gleich zweit der Bandmitglieder starben unter tragischen Umständen – haben sich Silent Scream in Finnland bereits in den Olymp des Postpunk/Gothicrock gespielt.
Im Gegensatz zur Vorläuferband wurden die Lyrics in englischer Sprache verfasst und der Sound erfuhr Dank professioneller Produktion in Helsinki einen internationalen Appeal. Zum ersten Mal gastierte die Bands übrigens in Berlin in 2010. In The Cinema verbindet die Tradition des angelsächsischen Batcave mit finnischer Melancholie und
dürfte auch in unseren Breitengraden begeistern.Thematishc ist das Album von alten Horrorfilmklassikern der Stummfilmzeit inspiriert und versteht sich als Soundtrack zum Genre.

— english version —

Silent Scream continues where Varjo ended and their debut album. In The Cinema is inspired by the horror movie classics and creates the movie soundscape feeling together with tribal rhythms. The story of the band goes back in 1996 when Antti Lautala and Henry Waldén formed a band called Varjo (a shadow in English). Varjo was influenced by
gothic rock, post-punk and ambient but it differed from other gothic bands by the Finnish lyrics. At the beginning of the 21st century Varjo was the most successful gothic band with Finnish lyrics. After the third album there were changes in line-up but also a tragedy: ex-keyboard player disappeared and after a year and a half he was found dead. After those difficult times Varjo made new songs, supported New Model Army and was ready to record the fifth album. Two weeks before the studio Henry died in a fire accident and that ended the story of Varjo. Four months after the funerals the trio recorded the last album Viimeinen näytös and it was released in January 2010.
After the recordings Antti, Matthew and Jukka decided to continue with a new band name and new songs. It was also natural to change the language and write lyrics in English.

Tracklist:

01. Cinema
02. Do it right
03. City highrise
04. Vultures
05. Hive mind
06. Animal room
07. The present
08. Burning car (John Foxx -cover)
09. In the sea
10. The ghost in your eyes