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Howl Of Tides - As You Betray

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When Silence Breaks

The Storm

One Bullet Left

Below "Mare of the Night" from the album "Across the Dark River"

Below "Mare of the Night"

This was another song I wrote during those same emotionally turbulent high school years in the mid-1980s. If "Breakin' My Heart" was about the immediate shock of betrayal, "Shattered Illusions" dug deeper into the aftermath - that hollow feeling when you realize everything you believed about someone was built on lies.

The opening line "Midnight shadows, a phone that won't ring" perfectly captured those sleepless nights, waiting for someone who was never going to call. I remember writing that verse thinking about how naive I'd been, how I'd "built castles on empty words." The metaphor felt so real to me then - all those promises and dreams just crumbling down.

What I'm proud of in this song is the pre-chorus structure. Adding that extra emotional build before hitting the chorus made the impact stronger. "Shattering my world" felt like the perfect phrase to describe how completely someone could destroy your sense of reality when you're seventeen and think you know everything about love.

The bridge represents growth - moving from victim to survivor. "I'm done with your lies, done with the pain" shows that progression from hurt to empowerment that I was learning to navigate as a teenager. The outro ties it all together with "Your love was fiction, but I'll rise from this fall" - probably the most mature line I wrote at that age.

Like my other lyrics from that time, this sat dormant for decades until AI technology gave me the opportunity to finally hear these words with music. There's something magical about bringing teenage angst full circle with today's creative tools. The song now has that dramatic, emotional sound that matches the intensity I felt when I first wrote these words.

Shattered Illusions

Five Years Gone

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Breakdown Of Sanity - We Have To Escape

Musical transformation of Kanye West's "Stronger" (album version) into modern metal. 
This is not a one to one cover, but it bases on the melodies, beats and most of the parts and lyrics off the original track.

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"Stronger" (Album Version) written by Kanye West, Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Edwin Birdsong and Daft Punk. Produced by Kanye West and Timbaland, co-produced with Mike Dean, copyright © 2006 Roc-A-Fella Records.


Breakdown of Sanity - Stronger (Kanye West Cover)

From the ENSLAVED album, Axioma Ethica Odini

ENSLAVED - Lightening

Taken from the upcoming album »The Sun And The Cold« (Release date: 10.01.20)

The Sun And The Cold

Paralyzed

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Oceans - Paralyzed

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Breakdown Of Sanity - We Have To Escape

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