After impacting the scene with their debut single and announcing the debut album for an October release, SILVER PHANTOM blaze trail with their second song from the record, titled “We Sing Along”.
“This song started with the idea of doing a short, quiet intro immediately followed by a heavy riff – a bit like Kiss’ “Black Diamond” – and then to move into a big hook line chorus”, guitarist Morten Madsen explains. But things didn’t go quite as planned. “As usual the song soon went down its own twisted path and ended up being a rather different beast with a unique flavor”.
As for the lyrical part, Silver Phantom continue the double-meaning sarcastic approach of the debut single. “The lyrics deal with how we all just tend to sing along with the big choirs of our society, and how easy it is to close our eyes and avoid taking any responsibility – even when marching towards the very end of the world as we know it”, the musician offers. “Balancing the more menacing verses with the melodic choruses the words make a somewhat sarcastic point of this musical contrast”.
Being a complete band with extreme attention to visuals, the Danes have obviously also prepared a special eye candy for “We Sing Along”. “In the video, we try – in a fairly tongue-in-cheek way – to illustrate this scenario, as it would unfold in a religious fanatic murder cult… But in the end it’s just a treacherously melodic tune that sticks in your mind – “So let me hear you sing it”…”.
Silver Phantom is a rock band that mixes a wide variety of subgenres to create a new, old-school vibe. The heavy riffing of hard rock and the raw energy of the punk scene from the ’70s meet the power of 80s metal. The sound is further infused with singalong choruses and the playful genre-bending of the ’90s and the ’00s power rock – all merged and combined with theatrical shock rock.
