this is all another lie • i'm falling into the same old trap • i am just another fitting attraction • you must see me • you must be me • another lie • i am just another empty attraction • you must be me • you must feel me • ...you must be like me • to be so cold • and now • i'm your hero • my cold image is all you need • my cold disguise is hiding me • i'm beauty and i will not die • i will not die • this life • is just a game • i am just another emprty attraction • i'm your hero • and i'm free • i am the master of your fear and failure • you want to be like me • you must feel me • you must be like me • to be so cold • my facade is falling • my last facade is • falling down

(Veil 'The Last Facade')

 

Veil's 2nd album 'Words Against Nothing'
with it's impressive intro of Harikesh Swami - "You want to know something certain?
I'll tell you. Death!
The death rate is still 100%..."


these chains • inside • pull the mind • everyday • i'm cold • no life • just lust • this lust that kills my love • these chains are pulling tight • and i just want to live • i want to resist • we seek • but in this darkness • we're left blind • we hide inside • behind the shell of masquerades • and death is not in our life • the death of us who will die • and i just want to live • i want to resiste • there's no hope for you there's no hope for me • in this circle of life there's no way to be free • one lie to enjoy and one to forget • just fill our heads with nonsense • so we won't try, to break this shell • break out of this circle, to defy this lie • i know there's more behind • i feel inside • i'm not that flesh and bones • beyond the costume • i am the soul

(Veil 'Shell')

 

can't you feel? • can't you see this shame? • with another voice drowned in the poison • the emptiness inflates • and they feed their lies to us • with their smile • anything to keep us calm • everything is alright • enjoy... • this is your time • be the hero • just play a role • give us anything • another competition • who dares wins • an extra price • a special gift for you • to choose between their lies • take a look behind the empty weekend life • take a look inside • they rob your youth away • don't serve this nothing • don't serve this nothing • every moment is spent in my offense • to this empty mass delirium • to the ones who keep us down • this fire will not die • this fire will burn on inside • through all my life • i stand in offense

(Veil 'Offense')

 

i've been searching • reaching • and falling again • this fire that fed my pain • i've been beating • i've been denying myself for their love • i was seeking • ...so blind • never seeing my own life • never seeing who i am • never seeing my true being inside • but as time hunted by • i realized • gain • i regained my life • feel my own will • regain life • i know i am more • i know i am more than dust • i am more than blood • i am more than your slave

(Veil 'Gain')

BIOGRAPHY

Wanting to import the sound of '90s metallic hardcore brought on by the likes of Snapcase, Quicksand, Turmoil, and Gorilla Biscuits, Veil re-introduced this genre normally familiar with American audiences to their scene of Hannover, Germany.

Having gotten their start in 1994 with Raoul Festante on vocals, Nils Nordmann on guitar, Florian Schul on drums, and Jens Lauterbach on bass, Veil quickly released two EPs on Holland's Threesome Records before their 1996 full-length, The Burden of Life, followed.

 


In the midst of two European tours that came about within the next year -- including gigs with 108 and a stint opening for Hazard -- a compilation of their first two 7" along with a few odds and ends came out in 1997, entitled The Works. 1998 saw Veil's third album, Words Against Nothing, released on Century Media Records.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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