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Whispers in the Shadow
12+ albums
Gothic RockdarkwaveGothicpost-punkaustrian
about
Whispers in the Shadow from Vienna, Austria was formed as a solo project by Ashley Dayour (Vocals, Guitars, also known as guitarist for L'Âme Immortelle & Veneno para las Hadas) in 1996. They soon developed into a full line up and released the first album called "Laudanum" in 1997 followed by the second Album "November" in 1999. These first two records have been very influenced by the sound of early The Cure recordings such as "Pornography". In 2000 they released the third album "A Taste of Decay" which was a departure to a more rock orientated sound. Followed only one year later by "Permanent Illusions" which was even more far away from the Gothic Rock origins of this band. Psychedelic and progressive rock bands such as Pink Floyd had a major influence on the sound of this record. After touring all across europe in 2001 they released the first live album called "Everything you knew was wrong" in 2003, but several line up and record label changes forced them to take a break. Whispers in the Shadow returned in 2007 with the live recorded "A-Cold-Night" followed by the re-releases of the first two albums "Laudanum" and "November" ,remastered with new cover artwork and unreleased bonus tracks. In 2008 they finally released the fifth studio album, the first one in seven years, called "Into the arms of chaos". This album can be seen as a new beginning and is produced by John A.Rivers at Woodbine Street Recording Studios. He also worked with bands such as The Chameleons, C
