- Sylvan【 9 albums 106 lyrics 】
- Sylvan is a German progressive rock band, with some hard rock moments, and some melodic pop-rock elements, showing influences of psychedelic rock, Pink Floyd, Marillion, and Genesis.
History
Kay Söhl and keyboardists Volker Söhl and Matthias Harder founded the band Temporal Temptation in 1990. That summer, the eventual founders of Sylvan first played live — mostly hard rock sung in German, with only a little progressive rock.
In Autumn 1990, the band changed its name to Chameleon as a symbol of changeability. Album artwork resembled early Marillion covers and was never issued. In summer 1991, Marko Heisig joined Chameleon as the lead singer and bassist. Between 1992 and 1994, their music turned gloomy and aggressive. In 1992, the first official demo tape of Chameleon was released. With Matthias Koops as lead singer, the second official demo tape was recorded. The title was Slaves and its track list was Time, Slaves, Mirror of a Lifetime, and Childhood Dreams.
In 1995, guest musician Marco Glühmann joined the band, and a third and final demo tape was recorded. The track list was Beren and Luthien, Golden Cage, and Outro. All of these songs went into the Deliverance album in some way.
In 1997 the last live concert took place under the name Chameleon. The band changed its name to Sylvan. Deliverance was recorded in 1998 and a second CD, Encounters, was released in 2000.
Sylvan had used several bassists but, in spring 2000, Sebastian Harnack filled the role permanently. After releasing Encounters, the band toured in Germany and at several festivals in Europe and even in Mexico. Another highlight was the performance of Encounters / Das Rockballet together with the 'New Dance Project'. In October 2002, Sylvan released a third album, Artificial Paradise.
Sylvan's fourth album, X-Rayed, sounds rougher and darker, another concept album, each of whose songs tells a story about people coping with an emotional situation. The 2004 tour throughout Germany and Europe featured an appearance at the Rites of Spring Festival in Pennsylvania, USA, and the support of Marillion in Cologne.
Sylvan then produced two albums, both released in April 2006. Posthumous Silence describes in complex music a father who reads the diary of his apparently dead daughter and learns of her desperation. Presets had shorter and catchier songs to make Sylvan's music known to a wider range of rock fans.
Shortly after finishing this work, founder and guitarist Kay Söhl left the band. He was replaced at the end of 2007 by Jan Petersen, who had been a guest guitarist during the Posthumous Silence live show.
Band members
Current members
Volker Söhl - keyboards (1990-Present)
Matthias Harder - drums (1990-Present)
Marco Glühmann - vocals (1995-Present)
Sebastian Harnack - bass (2000-Present)
Former members
Kay Söhl - guitar (1990-2007)
Marko Heisig - vocals (1991)
Matthias Koops - vocals (1992)
Jan Petersen - guitar (2007-2013)
Discography
Albums
Deliverance (1999)
Encounters (2000)
Artificial Paradise (2002)
X-Rayed (2004)
Posthumous Silence (2006)
Presets (2007)
Force of Gravity (2009)
Sceneries (2012)
Home (2015)
Live
Posthumous Silence (Live DVD, 2008)
Leaving Backstage (Double live album, 2008) - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
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Home
2015
1.Not Far From The Sky
2.Shaped Out Of Clouds
3.In Between
4.With The Eyes Of A Child
5.Black And White
6.The Sound Of Her World7.Sleep Tight
8.Off Her Hands
9.Shine
10.Point Of No Return
11.All These Years
12.Home -
Force Of Gravity
2009
1.Turn Of The Tide
2.Episode 609
3.From The Silence
4.God Of Rubbish
5.Midnight Sun6.King Porn
7.Force Of Gravity
8.Follow Me
9.Embedded
10.Isle In Me -
Artificial Paradise
2002
1.Deep Inside
2.That's Why It Hurts
3.Strange Emotion
4.Human Apologies
5.Timeless Traces6.I Still Believe
7.Around the World (Provided)
8.Souvenirs
9.Artificial Paradise -
Deliverance
1999
1.Seeking Nights
2.Golden Cage
3.Unconsciously
4.Safe5.Those Defiant Ways
6.Deliverance
7.Childhood Dreams
8.A Fairytale Ending -
X-Rayed
1.So Easy
2.So Much More
3.Lost
4.You Are
5.Fearless6.Belated Gift
7.Today
8.Through My Eyes
9.This World is Not for Me -
Sceneries
1.The Fountain of Glow - Part 1
2.Chapter 1: The Fountain of Glow, Part Two
3.Chapter 1: The Fountain of Glow, Part Three
4.Chapter 2: Share the World With Me, Part One
5.Chapter 2: Share the World With Me, Part Two
6.Chapter 2: Share the World With Me, Part Four
7.Chapter 3: The Words You Hide, Part One
8.Chapter 3: The Words You Hide, Part Two
9.Chapter 3: The Words You Hide, Part Three
10.Chapter 3: The Words You Hide, Part Four
11.Chapter 4: The Waters I Traveled, Part One
12.Chapter 4: The Waters I Traveled, Part Two
13.Chapter 4: The Waters I Traveled, Part Three14.Chapter 4: The Waters I Traveled, Part Four
15.Chapter 5: Farewell to Old Friends, Part One
16.Chapter 5: Farewell to Old Friends, Part Three
17.Chapter 1: The Fountain of Glow, Part One
18.Farewell to Old Friends - Part 4
19.Share the World With Me - Part 1
20.Share the World With Me - Part 2
21.Share the World With Me - Part 3
22.Share the World With Me - Part 4
23.The Words You Hide - Part 2
24.The Waters I Traveled - Part 2
25.Farewell to Old Friends - Part 2 -
Presets
1.Presets
2.Transitory Time
3.One Step Beyond
4.Former Life
5.On The Verge Of Tears
6.Heal7.Signed Away
8.For One Day
9.When The Leaves Fall Down
10.Words From Another Day
11.Cold Suns
12.Hypnotized -
Posthumous Silence
1.A Sad Symphony
2.A Kind of Eden
3.The Last Embrace
4.Message from the Past
5.Answer to Life
6.Questions
7.A Sad Sympathy
8.The Colors Changed9.Forgotten Virtue
10.No Earthly Reason
11.Pane of Truth
12.Bitter Symphony
13.In Chains
14.Bequest of Tears
15.Eternity Ends (Provided)
16.Posthumous Silence -
Miscellaneous
1.No Way Out
2.Essence of Live
3.Encounters4.Vapour Trail
5.Panama City (raw edit)
【Correction of errors in the album information】