The Vision Bleak The Unknown

2016, With WITCHING HOUR (2013), The Vision Bleak returned to their musical and conceptual roots. They had come full circle - Schwadorf and Konstanz arrived at the end of a journey spanning five albums. They knew exactly that the band's next step had to mark a new beginning, an advance into ... THE UNKNOWN. For their sixth album, The Vision Bleak broke free from the songwriting patterns of the past and dared to compose without any bias or restriction. The result: THE UNKNOWN is as diverse and boisterously creative as it can get. An almost palpable intensity, ´emotions that are metaphysically present`, to quote Schwadorf, permeate the songs and make them sound fresher than many would have expected. Lyrically, The Vision Bleak break new ground as well. Gone are the tried-and-trusted nods to horror classics and fictional terror, to legend and lore. What has remained similar is the vividly poetic, at times archaic language, yet the lyrics of THE UNKNOWN are more metaphoric, closer to the musicians' lives.