EXILED HOPE, the blackened power metal project of multi-instrumentalist Sofia Frasz has released a lyric video for her song “Dreamwalker”. The moving track, which features vocalist and content creator Metal Matt, is taken from her upcoming album Apocrypha.
Sofia comments ” “Dreamwalker” is the second single I released for Apocrypha in April 2022. I love ethereal symphonic metal ballads, like Nightwish’s “Sleeping Sun”, and I always think it’s fun to contrast a heavy release (like “Altar Of Moloch”, the first single from Apocrypha, which is solidly black metal) with something lighter and softer. When I first released this song, I had an idea of what I wanted to do for a video, but I didn’t have the skills or the knowledge to execute it, and I didn’t feel like outsourcing my ideas to someone else. I finally got the idea to use InShot to make lyric videos, and while playing around with it, I realized that I didn’t need to make the lyric video for “Dreamwalker” too complicated to achieve the goals I had for the video. It’s simple, but it’s exactly what I wanted.
Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJa4GQfXeKc
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/690ToMOXx4OXkbUfXAWjtG?si=W6MEBKjSRqa6DcP-Rj3PoQ
About EXILED HOPE:
Multi-instrumentalist Sofia Frasz established EXILED HOPE in 2019, and draws musical inspiration from the likes of AVANTASIA, NIGHTWISH, KAMELOT and CRADLE OF FILTH to name a few. EXILED HOPE’s releases all take place in the same fictional universe and combine to form a dark fantasy metal opera. Each album centers on a character dealing with both an internal and external conflict in this world, and the lyrics explore how they navigate those conflicts. This is intended to provide some kind of escapism through the lyrical worldbuilding, while still keeping the songs grounded in real, relatable emotions despite their fantastical setup. EXILED HOPE is working towards the next album, Apocrypha, due to be released in late 2024. Through EXILED HOPE, Sofia has composed music for two short films, Hallowed Paths and What Happens After Midnight, and has collaborated with UK melodeath outfit STEEL FORGE.
EXILED HOPE is:
Sofia Frasz – all instruments and all vocals
Social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/legally_metal/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdZNNjK9ieVITFmcplPs1hA
Bandcamp: https://exiledhope.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/024Bd5ViU3F8gRFe9lnCth
Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/exiled-hope-virtual-merch-booth/
