Fading Silence is my first official album, released under the name Paulo Oliveira with the independent label PO&ElectronicBox.
It is an intimate work, where every track reflects deep emotions and moments from my life.

This album is especially dedicated to my late wife, Ana Cristina, my greatest inspiration and life companion. Every sound carries her memory, my love, and the silence that remains.

With influences from Progressive Metal, Atmospheric Rock, and experimental music, Fading Silence takes you on a journey through melody, heaviness, and atmosphere.

Thank you for listening 🙏
For now, available only here on SoundCloud.

LYRICS

You went away.
You were the only soul I’d ever known.
You told me true, I would have given my life for you.
Now you were gone, I could not hold on forever.
If there was one thing I wished, it’s that we stayed together.
I kept calling your name.

They stole me for a moment, then returned me to stasis.
They mourned your loss and then went back to the basics.
I kept calling your name.

Do you really want to know what it was to live in pain?
Did you ever understand how love could never be the same?
Have you ever tried to breathe when half your heart had gone?
Have you listened to the silence when the nights grew long?
I bet you never came this close to the solitude of grief.

I saw the daylight fading from your eyes.
Held your hand as the moment passed me by.
I had a world before me, but it was hollow inside,
Just treading water in the riptide.

Do you really want to know what it was to live in pain?
Did you ever understand how love could never be the same?
Have you ever tried to breathe when half your heart had gone?
Have you listened to the silence when the nights grew long?
I bet you never came this close to the solitude of grief.

They took me to the place where your spirit still remained.
I found shelter in your voice when it called my name.
I could not bear another day with the emptiness in me,
But I carried all your light for eternity.

Do you really want to know what it was to live in pain?
Did you ever understand how love could never be the same?
Have you ever tried to breathe when half your heart had gone?
Have you listened to the silence when the nights grew long?
I bet you never came this close to the solitude of grief.

I kept calling your name…
Calling your name…

Solitude Of Grief

Trust is a powerful progressive rock anthem about redemption, faith, and finding strength after a life of broken promises and doubt. It moves from despair and deception into healing and conviction, portraying trust as the bridge between darkness and light. The song blends raw honesty with uplifting resolve, urging listeners to let go of fear and embrace belief, love, and unity. With its mix of vulnerability and triumph, Trust becomes both a personal confession and a universal call to hope.

Trust

Hey folks, here's the third single, Lumen, from my upcoming EP. Let me know which riff/solo is your favorite. 🎸

Lumen

Unwellspring

FUOCO E FERRO - excerpt

Instrumental Version of Lucid Dream. See original track for more detailed description.

Lucid Dream (Instrumental) - HIVEMIND X

Instrumental version of Pyramid Plunder. See original track for more details.

Pyramid Plunder

Pyramid Plunder (Instrumental)

Pyramid Plunder (Instrumental) - HIVEMIND X

Instrumental version of The Siege of Constantinople. See original song for more details.

The Siege of Constantinople

The Siege of Constantinople (Instrumental)

The Siege of Constantinople (Instrumental) - HIVEMIND X

038 - Demo

04_anTristis

Coming this winter!
https://soundcloud.com/AnAstralOblivion
https://anastraloblivion.com

A Tooth For A Tooth (Preview)

Coming this winter!
https://linktr.ee/AnAstralOblivion

Coming next year!
https://linktr.ee/AnAstralOblivion

Whispersilk Cloak (Preview)

Coming next year!
https://soundcloud.com/AnAstralOblivion
https://anastraloblivion.com

“Gratitude” is a soulful reflection on the tension between blessing and burden — how every joy can carry a shadow, and how finding peace often means embracing both. With poetic lyrics and haunting melodies, Audio Graffiti Society explores the fragile balance of faith, doubt, and self-awareness in a world full of contradictions.

Gratitude

A battle cry for anyone who’s been pushed to the edge and refused to fall.
This song is about surviving the fire, rebuilding from scars, and emerging stronger than steel.
Heavy, cinematic, and defiant — it’s a journey through pain, power, and resurrection.

Unbreakable

Echoes of Light is an independent music producer who transforms emotion, memory, and real human experience into atmospheric, progressive and cinematic sound. The project was born during a period of deep personal loss, where music became a way to survive, to heal, and to give meaning to moments that words could no longer carry.

With roots in the classic hi-fi world of the 80s and 90s, and supported by formal training in sound engineering, Echoes of Light combines technical precision with emotional depth. Years of work in mixing through the Cambridge Music Technology program helped refine a unique approach to sound design — from controlling bleed in drum recordings to shaping immersive textures and expressive dynamics.

On the technical side, the project has been strongly informed by educators and engineers such as Dan Worrall and Mark Daniel Nelson, whose in-depth explanations of plugins, dynamics and mixing workflows helped shape a deeper understanding of modern audio. The creative inspiration itself, however, comes from within: from lived experience, personal dedication and a constant search for honest expression.

Musically, Echoes of Light blends progressive metal, atmospheric rock, and cinematic soundscapes, creating tracks that feel intimate, emotional, and expansive. Every composition carries a fragment of a story — a moment of truth captured in sound.

Echoes of Light exists where emotion, technique, and storytelling meet.
Here, every track means something.
Here, every sound has a past.
And every listen is a connection.

Audio Graffiti Society, a faith-inspired modern prog-rock project bringing realism, truth & hope through inspiring music and dynamic videos.

I’m a composer, songwriter, arranger, orchestrator, orchestra & choir conductor, music producer, mentor, writer, and researcher.
My work moves freely across different forms of expression — from Progressive Rock and Modern Symphony to Classical Piano, Songwriting, and Cinematic Music.
Over the years, I’ve shared projects with remarkable artists — including collaborations with Francesco Di Giacomo and Rodolfo Maltese of Banco del Mutuo Soccorso — and composed original scores for film, television, and symphonic productions that have reached international audiences.
As a mentor and educator, I’ve created the ANORA method, together with formative paths and musical laboratories exploring music as a uniquely human language — expressive, relational, and representative of inner experience.
In my poetic vision, sound itself becomes an image — a mental landscape that connects the composer’s inner vision with the listener’s imagination.
Each work blends tradition and innovation through orchestral writing, progressive structures, and storytelling soundscapes.
Every “side” of my music reflects a different perspective — all parts of the same creative vision.

"Neon Ghost" EP out now!

Stream: https://hypeddit.com/neilkopicki/neonghost

Composer and multi-instrumentalist. In love with progressive and ethno music. Final songs for 1st atypic album unaXeptable can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/atypicsk or you can support us by buying the album here: https://atypic.bandcamp.com

HIVEMIND X is the solo project of Dr Hamish Mackay: Songwriter, Guitarist, Vocalist, Bassist, and Music Producer from Melbourne, Australia. His original music is a unique experimental blend of Progressive Rock incorporating multi-genre influences of Metal, Indie, Folk, Classical, Ambient, Electronic and Orchestral music.

New tracks tagged #progmetal