Witherfall - 'What Have You Done?' (official music video)

How Can i forgive these lies
that they've been telling us
that we've believed so long
and now that i
alone must carry on
maybe someday we'll see the light
and that our struggles weren't in vain

And all that is real,
Will find you my friend
I tried to warn you this time
But even i couldn't reach you

What have you done?
You know you had it all,
Then you threw it all away
What have you done?
Was there no other way,
You know we're all on borrowed time
and it's over now...
Tell me what have you done.

How can i forgive you,
When every word sends you further down
and everyone's a stranger
When you let only leeches and fools come around
those dark thoughts can't torture your mind if only you let them in
sometimes they'll open our eyes and show us what could be
sometimes they'll open our minds to things that we couldn't see

And all that is real, will find you my friend
I tried to warn you this time
But nothing could change your mind

What have you done?
You know you had it all,
Then you threw it all away
What have you done?
Was there no other way,
You know we're all on borrowed time
and it's over now... Tell me what have you done.

You work so hard to find yourself
and always sacrifice the ones that love you
They love you
Then time plays it's descending lines,
The cadence reveals
that no one really cares...

Waiting alone in that final room
with loving left to give will they still love you?
Will they still love you...

When all the glamour is gone and the years have faded,
In your final hours will anyone be there...

So much for your sacred act of sympathy
here's to the years that you have thrown away,
That we may never see them again.
You chose to live the day in infamy,
Maybe when all the scars have healed and
what you have done has faded away...
We'll fight on another day.

What will it take to see the light again?

After all you still don't see, what you have done.

What have you done?
What have you done?

Άκρως δραστήριοι δισκογραφικά μέσα στο 2024 οι Witherfall καθώς έχουν ήδη κυκλοφορήσει επτά (αν δεν μου έχει ξεφύγει κανένα) singles και έναν "ολοκληρωμένο" δίσκο ("Sounds of the Forgotten" 31 Μαΐου 2024) σε cd και διπλό βινύλιο μέσω της δισκογραφικής εταιρείας DeathWave Records. Πρόκειται για το τέταρτο full length album (έχουν επίσης ένα ep και μόλικα singles) των Αμερικανών dark melodic metallers (όπως αποκαλούνται), οι οποίοι δημιουργήθηκαν πριν από μία... ενδεκάδα έτη!

Δελτίο τύπου: «Los Angeles-based dark melodic metal outfit Witherfall proudly presents their fourth full-length, “Sounds Of The Forgotten”, via DeathWave Records, advances Witherfall to legendary status with its epic, foreboding expanse.

The album is supported by an ambitious schedule of seven singles, each with an official video linking the album’s story of heartbreak, anger, and tenacity. This is genuinely Witherfall, always willing to go the extra mile to outclass the past.

Witherfall was formed in Los Angeles in 2013. Joseph Michael (also of Sanctuary fame) and Jake Dreyer (ex-Iced Earth/Demons & Wizards) built their new band around drummer Adam Sagan (RIP) and accomplished bassist Anthony Crawford (Allan Holdsworth, CHON).

Since then, the group have released three highly regarded albums: "Nocturnes And Requiems" (2017), "A Prelude To Sorrow" (2018), and "Curse Of Autumn" (2021) and an EP "Vintage" (2019).

Not one to cut corners, Witherfall enlisted famed drummer Marco Minnemann (The Aristocrats, Steven Wilson, Jordan Rudess) on "Curse Of Autumn", ensuring the foundations of singles 'As I Lie Awake', 'The Other Side Of Fear', and 'The River' were second to none.

On "Sounds Of The Forgotten", Minnemann returns to the fold with an album-only appearance, while drummer Chris Tsaganeas (Wax Owls) and multi-instrumentalist Gerry Hirschfeld (Willie Nelson) Witherfall’s newest permanent members. Every Witherfall album is a defining moment.

From the moment "Nocturnes And Requiems" thundered across metaldom to the group’s wine endeavours (Tempest Red Blend) with Charlie & Echo Winery, their video collaboration with Cig Neutron (Devil’s Workshop) on 'The Other Side Of Fear', a beer partnership with Adroit Theory Brewing Company (Shadows Black IPA), and custom Funko Pop set, Michael and Dreyer have made Witherfall their mission.

The journey to this point hasn’t been without toil and upheaval. Determination, however, is the key. Today, Witherfall brings “Sounds Of The Forgotten" to the masses. Experience it all with them.»

Παρακολουθούμε το μουσικό βίντεο του τραγουδιού "What Have You Done?", με την μπάντα να μας λέει σχετικά:

«At the beginning of composing the song we had a feeling it was going to be the albums closing piece the three movements that carry you through to it's musical conclusion mirrored real life for us in a profound way.

The song is an ode to despair. A dark reminder that like Icarus we are all fallible and prone to misdeeds. Hopefully that light at the end of the tunnel we thought we were seeing can make it's way to us and shine a light into a brighter future.»