The Rose Phantom - Here It Is

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Don't You Bother
Your eyes are in the way
The skies are all but grey
Don't You call her
The tide will wash away
The thoughts that make You stay

Here It is
All the laughter and the shame
There It was
All the nights You left me pain

Searching for life
When all outside is bright
I'll find You in the night
Seeing inside
I've realized my time
I'll walk straight down that line

Here It is
All the laughter and the shame
There It was
All the nights You left me pain
Here It is
All the crying in the rain
There It was
All the times You said to change

Leaving You
Giving myself to You
Holding all your love and truth

Here It is
All the laughter and the shame
There It was
All the nights You left me pain
Here It is
All the crying in the rain
There It was
All the times You said to change

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A red rose left on the doorstep of a pretty girl. This romantic act by a young man gave him the name of his alter ego—his name as an artist: The Rose Phantom. Friends have known him by that for years, though the man behind the curtain is Ted Newsom. He is a musician, songwriter, photographer, videographer, painter, and performer. With music being his medium of choice to create with, he began making it in 2003 when he started his first solo musical project, revideolized, when he was still in high school. The debut album by revideolized released in December of 2005, was an instrumental exploration of dark electronic soundscapes, with haunting whispers to the influential artists he idolized, Depeche Mode, Clan of Xymox, Tears for Fears, Jean Michel Jarre, Alphaville, and Red Flag, though the music he created was his own—a dark road into the night with splashes of color on the pavement, and ghosts watching from the forest of sound.

Music and art runs deep in his family, and from 2005-2010 The Rose Phantom was the keyboardist/back-up vocalist in his brother, Zakkary Hale’s progressive/rock/alternative band, Melodramus where Zakk was the lead vocalist and guitarist. While recording his second album with Melodramus the The Rose Phantom wrote songs with lyrics for the first time, and decided he wanted another outlet for his creativity. He formed the goth/rock duo, Sleep Slid iN with Whitney Willow where he explored songwriting, and made his debut as a vocalist. Sleep Slid iN’s album, The Open Diary (December 2009) showed he could sing, and with Whitney Willow’s vocal talent created a potent mixture of goth/rock brilliance.

All of his projects, especially Sleep Slid iN, were a prelude to things to come, and set the stage for another incarnation of the constantly evolving artist who in late 2011 abandoned all previous project names, and decided to use his alter ego’s identity, The Rose Phantom for all future releases. Abandon, his first full-length release under his nom de musique, is an album over two years in the making. The sound is a mix of pop rock and gothic darkwave, with hints of industrial. It’s very close to being a concept album about personal struggle and self-doubt... with moments of hope and love.


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AnaDaenia - If Only I Could

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"speak away this emptiness"
The words have no meaning here... now I'm never clear...
"today is just another mistake and I'm pointing this out but I'm just not ready to know if it's time, if it's not time"
What is it now?
"it's nothing, let it go"

Bring back this light (if only I could)
Hold on to time (if only I could)
Dream of this life (if only I could)
Hold on to time (if only I could)

There's nothing that can keep me away
I swear, I'll always wait
But it hurts
And I'm starting to feel this time
And you'll show me what it's worth to feel this way
I hope I live another day to see what I've held on to
Will you?

Bring back this light (if only I could)
Hold on to time (if only I could)
Dream of this life (if only I could)
Hold on to time (if only I could)

There's nothing that can keep me away
I'll always wait
(Bring back this light)
Hold on to time (if only I could)
And you'll show me what it's worth to feel this way
I hope I live another day to see what I've held on to
Will you? (if only I could)
Will You?
If only I could (x3)

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Dae Noctern Launched her new project with the Name of "AnaDaenia" on August 2014 along with her new album "Digital Scars" which include some songs from "Era Nocturna" era including "If Only I Could." AnaDaenia is a project about reinvention but also about revisiting the past to find a way to accept, through art, what has happened and heal the wounds. She hopes that her work will bring others through their own journey to find their own peace in time.

AnaDaenia may be a bastardized play on the term for what essentially translates to a deep depression but it greatly reflects the state of mind that affected Dae in the six years since her 2008 Era Nocturna release, "Lackluster." Since that time she has performed live, struggled to cope with the loss of a best friend to cancer, divorce, re-marriage, and a mental illness that she has been open about in many of her blogs online.

“I usually compose the song musically,” Dae says of her method for creating songs. “And then I’ll do a rough vocal mix and build from there, because the vocals sometimes help change the tone of the music. The lyrics often have a different vibe that isn't being represented by the music so I have to change it, either by adding or subtracting to help make room. Because sometimes the song takes on a life of its own once I put words to it.”


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Esoterik - Purgatory

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Walking in the room dripping faith and doubt
Anticipation, The thoughts to come and leave my mouth
Bound by the truth, Released by the lies
These revelations never fail to satisfy

As color starts to shade
The cracks that line this cave
Expose the fiction
Sanctified; There’s no need to wait
As ashes start to fade
and darkness burns away
renewed convictions
Purified in all we create

Hanging on the moon kicking from the sky
No resolution in this story book that we call life
Roots are only as strong as the ground they stand on
These revelations keep on singing the same old song

As color starts to shade
The cracks that line this cave
Expose the fiction
Sanctified; There’s no need to wait
As ashes start to fade
and darkness burns away
renewed convictions
Purified in all we create

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Esoterik is a Dark wave Synth driven band located in Oklahoma City. The band was formed in 2013 by Allison Eckfeldt, Brady Bledsoe and Austin Unts Unts. They combine 80's Synthpop, and Dark Wave with Electronic Dance.

If you enjoy synthpop (a genre of music that first became prominent in the 1980s) with dark undertones then you will be pleasantly surprised to hear Esoterik's debut album “Enlightenment,” released January 2014. Esoterik consists of three creationists on a mission to support and honor the gothic subculture while writing a chapter of their own. Traditional parameters of New Wave, Post-Punk, Dark Wave and SynthPop are all easily identifiable in every composition.

Allison Eckfeldt other than being on vocals she wrote the lyrics for a lot of the songs within the album ‘Enlightenment’. She also does all of Esoterik’s artwork for each album Album. Allison is actively involved in a number of endeavors to help keep the Gothic subculture alive and providing inspiration for anyone who cares to listen. Most notably to mention would be her youtube channel “kazlovesbats” With over 32,000 subscribers.