Delfine : Cithare on "After the rain part. 2 : Dying Thunder" Julie : Voice on "After the rain part. 1 : Forests of Serenity" Jean-Louis : Guitar on "Medieval Times" Fabien : Bass & Guitars on the whole "Dreamful Slumber" demo
Influences
Empyrium, Kiss, Angra, Nightwish, Summoning, Vangelis, Air... And many other bands, almost only Metal.
Sounds Like
Discography :
When Nostalgia Embraces My Soul...(2006)
Tracklist :
1. Intro - Enter in another dimension
2. Thou shall go on
3. Our dark poetry
4. As the sun sets
5. Reflections
6. Lands of tomorrow
7. Drums of doom
8. Echoes of tragedy
9. Ultimate fight
10. Forget me not
11. Nightfall
Dreamful Slumber(2007)
Tracklist :
1. Free fall into slumber
2. The elven dance
3. City of the wind
4. After the rain part.1 : Forests of serenity
5. After the rain part.2 : Dying thunder
6. After the rain part.3 : Hidden wonders
7. After the rain part.4 : Heart of the universe
8. Untitled yet...
9. Tenderness
10. Freed from despair
11. Dreamless slumber
12. Medieval times
Haunting Memories(2008)
Tracklist :
1. Haunting memory
2. Some pains never heal
3. Self destruction
4. Limbs Of Oblivion
5. Forgotten landscape
6. My Impervious Homeland
7. Illusions by Twilight
8. ...And slowly, She faded away
9. Ghastly Halo
10. Returning to the olden forest of nightfallen innocence
11. The last embrace
The Modern End (EP) (2008)
Tracklist :
1. Prelude to devastation – Feeding the void
2. Prophet of the last view
3. Of Ashes and ruins
4. Frozen shapes of dead buildings
5. Dreaming Machine
6. All hope died
Songs From the Oak of Wishes (Recollection of folkish tracks, 2008)
Tracklist :
1. A Call from the deep woods
2. Madrigal
3. Dead tree’s complaint
4. A Robe of leaves
5. Snowy song without name
6. The Oak of wishes
7. Wandering
8. Melancholy Mist
9. This ancient tale
10. The Moon over the river
11. Renaissance
12. Bury my dreams under its roots
13. Dreamless slumber (revisited)
14. Yearning for stillness, my heart…
The Depressive (EP)(2008)
Tracklist :
1. Litanies of evil (my wounds are bleeding)
2. Heir of misfortune
3. One cold night of winter…
4. Funeral
5. Guilt
6. My letter to no one
Another Escape (EP)(Re-recording of six songs originally appearing on the demo "Escape", 2009)
Tracklist :
1. Your tears
2. Enter the mystical cave
3. The perfect friend
4. A day to remember
5. Separation
6. Gift
An Everlasting Drift(2009)
Tracklist :
1. Shimmering atmosphere
2. Blighting jewels of the gothic crypt
3. Merry tune from the castle court
4. Quiet agony
5. A scent of forlorn love
6. Soil symphony
7. Rising midwinter veils
8. Hymn from cleitech
9. Persistence of time
10. Dawnquest
11. ...And all shall turn back to oceans...
SOON :
- Woods of Eternity (including "Wine of Abnegation" & "Aegishjalmur")
BETRAY-ED was born in 1996, when I (François, founder and creator of the band) was attending Primary school. At that time, the band was only there to cover some old Kiss songs, and none of the members knew how to play an instrument...
A few years after, I was the only one to play in the band, but still wanted to achieve my dream, play more and more and record my own compositions...
Then, with a friend of mine who knew "how to do" I recorded in 2003 my very first demo CD : Stormy Sky. It was really cheesy : only keyboards and a silly voice... I sold something like 20 copies, essentially to my closest friends.
After this first demo, came from the past an old great friend : David, who had learned how to play the guitar... We recorded nine brand new songs, sung in French and English and then, the second BETRAY-ED was born : Escape. There were some nice ideas on this one, but sadly, we could only get a really, really awful sound ! We recorded it during the months of April 2004 and March-April 2005.
Then, I bought my own computer, a great new keyboard, and we decided to go a bit further, to work more seriously, and give to our work a much more "Metal"-lic sound. Metal has always been my favourite genre of music, and the only one I truly wanted to play. Of course, David enjoyed it too, but he was more inspired by classic rock, or blues stuffs. This mix of influences, with a sad and melancholic feeling, made the real sound of BETRAY-ED.
In 2006, spending an entire week with David was the long-awaited opportunity to record our new ideas, on the new demo (let’s call it our first real “album”) : "When Nostalgia Embraces My Soul...". Half of the titles would be very soft, ambient songs, or ballads like "Echoes of tragedy" that you can hear on this page, the other half would be more rock or metal influenced. This album was still very immature, but with a nice melancholic feeling. A lot of people enjoyed it, and I must say that we were quite proud of it, even if some stuffs didn't work as we wanted to...
It was the real rebirth of BETRAY-ED : we decided never to use a drummer, because it would have been too complicated to record, and the duet was already ok, with a kind of magic between us while we where playing... Sometimes, you'll hear synthetic drums on our music, but most of the time, drums aren't essential for our work. If I ever enter a real studio somewhere in the future, of course, things will change. With the experience, I have really understood the importance of great drum-playing and solid rhythmic basis…
In 2007, both David and I wanted to go further. So, a friend of mine, Fabien, who could play the guitar and the bass as well, came to help us for this one. Two guitars and one bass, really good ! My elder sister came also as a guest to sing on one track and played the Cithare (zither), a beautiful ancient instrument which gives a very nice folkish feeling, and that we'll keep on using in the future. Julie, 12 years old, who had already sung choirs on the previous demo, helped us one more time ! It was another major step in the creation of BETRAY-ED’s real identity. A mix of many influences… With the evolution of my tastes, it would soon become quite clear that folk influences were going to become more and more important in my music…
So was realised Dreamful Slumber. To be honest, I'm a bit disappointed by this one. There are some good tracks, that you will hear on this page, but the Metal tracks fucked up, and I can't bear my still silly voice on it... So, we promised to do better next time !
2008 came then, and was about to be the biggest and most important year in BETRAY-ED’s history. Due to the absence of David for one complete year, I became quite anxious about the future of the project. I worked on some demos alone, following a darker path, but what would I be able to do without guitars? I could do keyboards and vocals, of course, but what would be BETRAY-ED without heavy & acoustic guitars ? But fortunately, luck was on my side when I met Adelaïde, a very old friend from Primary School… The shy and mysterious girl had grown up, and turned into a beautiful and great young lady, playing the guitar and currently looking for a band ! April came, and we started to record what would be BETRAY-ED’s most listened record up then : “Haunting Memories”.
Unlike David, Adelaïde had some rock influences, so she felt more comfortable than him on heavier & darker tunes. I started to improve my level as a composer & producer (even if my material remained quite poor and cheap… and it hasn’t changed that much today!) and we started to record. BETRAY-ED was already my project before being a real duet ; with Adelaïde, things became even easier. She was able to give life to much of my ideas, so I could bring into my work much more of myself. Those 11 songs were more personal than anything I did before, and were an honest reflection of what was happening in my mind back then. New influences came into my music : Folk, Dark Ambient, and Atmospheric Black Metal. I think we can definitely sum it up with these three names. Once again, my sister was called to help, as well as a dark ambient musician from Canada, A Bleeding Star. Our first collaboration is appearing here, but then, we recorded an album together under the name of BLEEDING & BETRAYED, which was unveiled in August 2008.
In 2008, I also started to promote my music, and to become more confident, and proud of my modest creations. Rosarius, bandmate & co-composer of my other main project ANGELLORE was the third guest in Haunting Memories. The fourth one was Julie, who seriously improved her skills as well since her first apparition in BETRAY-ED back in 2005. (She did choirs and played bass as a guest on a two songs of 2005’s demo “Escape”).
In July, I started thinking about a whole new concept, setting sails from the folkish and nature inspired side of my music, to develop a more “urban” feeling. So was born “The Modern End EP”, which was warmly welcomed by the audience on last.fm (where I started to post my entire discography, in order to reach new people and get some interesting feedbacks). My old buddy Fabien, who had started to work as a photographer, took some weird pictures of me naked in the street. For the first time, I attached importance to the visual side of BETRAY-ED. One of his works was also used as a cover for the Ep. “Dreaming Machine” was even broadcasted on an internet radio station, “La Grosse Radio”, thanks to MelonMan, great friend & awesome fan !
But once things are really starting, it’s quite hard to stop them… After the achievement of “Haunting Memories” in April, I started to work again with my sister Delfine, with Adelaïde and with Jean-Louis, an incredible acoustic guitar player/composer, on some more folkloric tunes, close to a more “nature-fascination” oriented spirit. “Songs Fom The Oak of Wishes” (dedicated to a sweet & dreamy childhood’s memory) was finished in November. 8 of my friends were playing on it, including Laetitia, met during the summer, an incredible girl who can sing, play the viola and the flute like no one else! I also met JJM thanks to last.fm, a great man that did several covers for BETRAY-ED and became a precious mate.
But the end of the year was a much harder period for me, forsaken by some important people, and spending much of my time alone… So, I started alone the recording of a much gloomier work, and gave birth to “The Depressive EP” at the end of the same month. Adelaïde helped a bit, but most of the work was only synth-oriented. Influenced by depressive and more desperate forms of Doom & Black Metal, “The Depressive EP” was like a howl from inside, and a way for me to express my most horrible emotions in music. And to see how extreme I could be with my vocals... Once again, most of the fans welcomed it quite warmly, and it was even reviewed on a very important French webzine called Obsküre.
From 2003 to 2007 (included) BETRAY-ED offered four works to the audience, three ugly & childish releases, poorly recorded. In 2008, four new ones were recorded, and four much better ones!
Always trying to go further is quite important for me, especially musically speaking. BETRAY-ED is a mix of many genres, and this wide musical horizon must be unlimited, and linked to my personal evolution… and to the changes of my tastes, too! So, we talked with Adelaïde and we decided to make everything possible to turn this new year 2009 into a greater year for BETRAY-ED. And even if the year isn’t over yet, I can proudly say : yes, we definitely did it !
2009 started with an idea a fan gave to me : why would it be impossible to offer friends the opportunity to discover what BETRAY-ED was in the very beginning in 2005 ? So, as the sound of the first demo was really awful, and as compositions could be much better worked using the same ideas, I decided to ask Adelaïde to help me re-recording the six best songs of Escape, and to release a third EP as a result, that we would call “Another Escape”. So we did, and were satisfied with the result.
Then, we started to work on my most ambitious work to date. The fourth full length album of BETRAY-ED, that I wanted to call “Woods of Eternity”. We started to compose & record in October 2008, and the album isn’t released yet. So, I’m not going to develop about what will become the fifth full length of the band.
Thanks for have reading... And may you follow me on this path of forest...
If you want to order Songs From The Oak..., or even just to listen to a demo, give a mail, and it will be okay..
Latest releases (free downloads): LNL 014: Lonsai Maikov "The Smell of Knowledge" (Electronica/Acoustic/Christian; France) "The Smell of Knowledge" is a long-awaited album from our friendly French project Lonsai Maikov (you could hear their work on our "We Rise Above" compilation). 6 exclusive songs created in collaboration between Lonsai Maikov, ales//musiques d'images and Aevum Spiritus must make a good impression on you. http://lomeanor.net.ru/index/0-69
LNL 013: Nosens "The Final Step" (Neo Orchestral/Ambient/Industrial; France) "The Final Step" fully befits to the preferences of Lomeanor and shows you a great deal in the music that so close and expensive for us. We highly recommends you to download this release. Enjoy. http://lomeanor.net.ru/index/0-68
LNL 012: Aendlex "Nihil Drone" (drone ambient; Italy) This third work of Aendlex carries on the concepts of the previous one, that is searching for the ancestry of sound, conveyed through waves. http://lomeanor.net.ru/index/0-56
LNL 011: Olah Istvan "Signals to the North Horizon" (electroacoustic; Serbia) "Signals to the North Horizon" is a new electroacoustic/ambient EP of Serbian composer Olah Istvan inspired by the researches of deadly but attractive North. Long and exhausting expeditions, communications between researchers, sky above the ice landscapes and boundless horizon are expressed by the sounds of this EP. http://lomeanor.net.ru/index/0-54
Thank you for the attention! Best regards. Lomeanor.
In July I'll be on vacation in a tiny little village not far from Privas. So maybe there is a chance for us to meet! :)
This very village is the background of the Hitchhiker novel I'm currently working on. I'll write a blog about this novel shortly, the novel is almost finished now. Meanwhile, your music really helps me through the process of writing. The fact that it's both mysterious and French, gives me just what I need.
(I also enjoy your music when I'm not writing btw)
And if my writings are ever translated into French, you'll be the first one to know! :)
Kindest regards, Helena
PS the family name of one of the main characters is Moreau, do you agree this is a name that relates a bit to darkness or blackness?
Hails François, I wish you a happy new year, full of inspiration, so you can share even more great music with us! May all your wishes come true in 2009! ~Helena~
yes, honestly i just discovered your music and i really loved it. actually, my works remind your music, i mean my compositions, but i have to work hard to be able to make them better for sharing. i'll listen to betray-ed from now on and it'll inspire me. greetings from Turkey.
Un petit mot pour te féliciter encore une fois pour ta musique ! On voit qu'il y eu beaucoup de boulot de réalisé ! Continue comme ça, tu déchires tout ^^
Salutations. Je trouve votre musique extrêmement intéressante. J'attends vraiment quelque chose de grand de votre part. Continuez avec ce projet... Excusez moi pour le mauvais français, cela fait quelques années que je ne parle plus beaucoup cette langue :D
