The Anatomy of Loneliness — EP

Dive deep into the fragile, aching body of solitude — where loneliness mutates the skin and silence becomes a wound.

Each track explores a different facet of loneliness:

phantom touches that never land,

fragile bodies cracking under silence,

the desperate warmth of self-contact,

the death of language in isolation,

and rooms that breathe on without you.

This is more than music — it’s a study of loneliness, internal disintegration, and emotional neglect. Inspired by the Japanese phenomenon of Hikikomori (extreme social withdrawal),
The Anatomy of Loneliness becomes a sonic dissection of the body and mind under prolonged absence of connection.

The project is also a very personal journey through trauma:

Noriko Mori brings in traditional Japanese instruments while working through the loss of her brother, who had withdrawn from the world as a hikikomori before taking his own life. With this EP, she faces the silence he left behind — and turns it into a voice


Vocals: Sascha Häusler, Lisa Lex, Raphaela Hartmann, Andy Green
Guitar: Andy Green, Sascha Häusler, Lisa Lex
Synths, Programming & Drums Raphaela Hartmann
Bass: Thomas Kaiser
Raffaela Espinosa – Flamenco-Guitar
Noriko Mori – Koto & Taishōgoto & Shamisen

Concept & Lyrics: Sascha Häusler & Noriko Mori 

released November 11, 2018

Tongue Without Language

For collaborations and inquiries: neondevil@bluewin.ch

We are NeON dEVIL

Our sound is ritualistic, raw, poetic, and unsettling – a feverish hallucination of lust, madness, and damnation.

This is your first glimpse into our world:
Tracks that whisper like demons and echo like broken prayers.
Listen now – let yourself be seduced.

Yet beneath the surface of distortion and desire, much of what we create is deliberately satirical, infused with dark humor, and framed by a sharp lens of social and systemic critique.
Even in our most explicit expressions, we do not glorify violence or sexuality – rather, we expose and question the very ways they are distorted, repressed, or exploited by society.

We first came together around 2004, initially under a different project name. NeON dEVIL, as it exists today, began to take shape in 2009 with the release of our first official album. We are not bound to a fixed genre. While much of our work lives within the realm of extreme metal, we also draw heavily from other styles — trap, rap, classical music, 70’s psychedelic rock, avant-garde, and at times even pop or swing.
Our influences are vast because each of us comes from a different musical background, and it is essential to us that every member can fully express themselves and feel at home within this project.

NeON dEVIL is a nonprofit music project.
We do not create for profit — all earnings are used exclusively either to support charitable causes or to fund the creation of new music. No part of our income goes anywhere else. The art we make either helps those in need or fuels the fire for our next creation.

Featuring 

Vocals: Noriko Mori, Sascha Häusler, Lisa Lex, Raphaela Hartmann, Andy Green

Guitar: Andy Green, Sascha Häusler, Lisa Lex

Piano: Sascha Häusler

Cello: Sascha Häusler, Ella Park, Anna Weiß

Violin: Tina Park

Bass: Thomas Kaiser

Percussion, Synths & Programming: Raphaela Hartmann

Concept & Lyrics: Sascha Häusler