- Sylvan【 106 songs in total 】
- 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)
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Song
Lyricist
Composer
Date
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1
A Fairytale Ending
1999
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2
A Kind of Eden
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3
A Sad Sympathy
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4
A Sad Symphony
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5
All These Years
2015
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6
Answer to Life
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7
Around the World(Provided)
2002
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8
Artificial Paradise
2002
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9
Belated Gift
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10
Bequest of Tears
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11
Bitter Symphony
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12
Black And White
2015
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13
Chapter 1: The Fountain of Glow, Part One
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14
Chapter 1: The Fountain of Glow, Part Three
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15
Chapter 1: The Fountain of Glow, Part Two
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16
Chapter 2: Share the World With Me, Part Four
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17
Chapter 2: Share the World With Me, Part One
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18
Chapter 2: Share the World With Me, Part Two
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19
Chapter 3: The Words You Hide, Part Four
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20
Chapter 3: The Words You Hide, Part One
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21
Chapter 3: The Words You Hide, Part Three
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22
Chapter 3: The Words You Hide, Part Two
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23
Chapter 4: The Waters I Traveled, Part Four
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24
Chapter 4: The Waters I Traveled, Part One
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25
Chapter 4: The Waters I Traveled, Part Three
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26
Chapter 4: The Waters I Traveled, Part Two
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27
Chapter 5: Farewell to Old Friends, Part One
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28
Chapter 5: Farewell to Old Friends, Part Three
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29
Childhood Dreams
1999
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30
Cold Suns
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31
Deep Inside
2002
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32
Deliverance
1999
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33
Embedded
2009
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34
Encounters
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35
Episode 609
2009
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36
Essence of Live
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37
Eternity Ends(Provided)
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38
Farewell to Old Friends - Part 2
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39
Farewell to Old Friends - Part 4
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40
Fearless
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41
Follow Me
2009
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42
For One Day
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43
Force Of Gravity
2009
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44
Forgotten Virtue
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45
Former Life
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46
From The Silence
2009
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47
God Of Rubbish
2009
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48
Golden Cage
1999
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49
Heal
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50
Home
2015
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51
Human Apologies
2002
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52
Hypnotized
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53
I Still Believe
2002
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54
In Between
2015
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55
In Chains
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56
Isle In Me
2009
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57
King Porn
2009
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58
Lost
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59
Message from the Past
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60
Midnight Sun
2009
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61
No Earthly Reason
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62
No Way Out
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63
Not Far From The Sky
2015
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64
Off Her Hands
2015
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65
On The Verge Of Tears
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66
One Step Beyond
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67
Panama City (raw edit)
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68
Pane of Truth
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69
Point Of No Return
2015
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70
Posthumous Silence
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71
Presets
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72
Questions
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73
Safe
1999
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74
Seeking Nights
1999
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75
Shaped Out Of Clouds
2015
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76
Share the World With Me - Part 1
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77
Share the World With Me - Part 2
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78
Share the World With Me - Part 3
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79
Share the World With Me - Part 4
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80
Shine
2015
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81
Signed Away
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82
Sleep Tight
2015
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83
So Easy
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84
So Much More
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85
Souvenirs
2002
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86
Strange Emotion
2002
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87
That's Why It Hurts
2002
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88
The Colors Changed
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89
The Fountain of Glow - Part 1
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90
The Last Embrace
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91
The Sound Of Her World
2015
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92
The Waters I Traveled - Part 2
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93
The Words You Hide - Part 2
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94
This World is Not for Me
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95
Those Defiant Ways
1999
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96
Through My Eyes
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97
Timeless Traces
2002
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98
Today
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99
Transitory Time
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100
Turn Of The Tide
2009
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101
Unconsciously
1999
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102
Vapour Trail
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103
When The Leaves Fall Down
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104
With The Eyes Of A Child
2015
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105
Words From Another Day
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106
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