Sun Caged
Sun Caged was a progressive metal band originating in the Netherlands. Sun Caged was formed by ex-Lemur Voice guitarist Marcel Coenen and drummer Dennis Leeflang in the spring of 1999. Taking influences from artists in the metal genre such as Dream Theater, and Iron Maiden, Sun Caged has a unique sound which also incorporates influences from jazz and fusion. They have performed as support acts for bands such as Vanden Plas, Queensrÿche, Spock's Beard, and Fates Warning. Currently, the band has three albums, a self-titled studio album which was released on October 22, 2003, a second album, Artemisia, which was released on March 23, 2007 and the third album was released in 2011 and is called "The Lotus Effect". All three albums received critical acclaim from the media.
The style stated by the band on their 2000 demo was rather experimental, with the use of female vocals, death growls, some melodic vocals with a touch of groove.
After the release of their debut album the line up of Sun Caged changed considerably. When the recordings of Artemisia had started, Coenen was the only band member left from the original line up. Leeflang left shortly after the release of the band's debut to pursue a musical career in New York and was replaced by Roel van Helden. After singer André Vuurboom left to form Sphere Of Souls he was replaced by the American Paul Adrian Villarreal. With the departure of Vuurboom keyboard player Joost van den Broek also parted ways with Sun Caged to join After Forever, a Dutch gothic metal outfit. René Kroon was hired as Van den Broek's substitute. Shortly before the Artemisia recording sessions bass player Rob van der Loo left as well. He went to join Dutch gothic metal band Delain and was replaced by Roel Vink.
Sun Caged (album)
Sun Caged is the debut full-length studio album by the Dutch progressive metal band Sun Caged, released on 22 October 2003 by Lion Music. The album was mixed by Arjen Lucassen and received critical acclaim from the media.
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by Sun Caged
Artemisia
by: Sun CagedMy resolve fails I wonder why I try at all
Just let this rock roll over my bones
In the space of an hour my life devolves to something
like
A moss that grows between the stones
And I confine my racing mind
To replacing what I cannot find
A path leads to the river my footprints know their own
way there
With echoes bouncing in my head
Feel my body shiver growing despair
Give in to the will that must be fed
I can feel you out there wandering alone
Watch the water rise
Bound overflow as rain melts the snow
With tears from painted eyes
Like a flower on a weed I'm fuelling everybody's need
to
Bring me down, green turns to brown all
I was to dry my tears in sunlight
I survive when world collide despite the lies they all
go to seed
Cut the flower from the weed watch as all the rest go
to seed
Cut the flower from the weed
Watch the rest all turn into the seed of your demise
Now I can feel the universal will to live goes on
A fatal compromise
The sacred blood will flow
Like tears from painted eyes
I must know