The Order Of The Shadows

“My Sweet Torment is more than just a band , it ‘s the secret kept in the bottom of your soul transformed into music, stories and images. ” Sef – Eldin!

Since 2004 Sef-Eldin founder of the group tries to improve all aspects that encompass this experience; and has made a fresh start with everything concerning this band and the style they play.!

With the help of his teammates and the hard work , experience and experimentation they are taking their work in a new direction that makes all elements of the group fascinating and innovative.!

In every new job we can see that beyond their sound, there are always soulful little nuances that escape to our ears that make from the music something more characteristic. If we break down into several projects of the band there can be seen that in the heavier music, there is a sinister atmosphere , violent and sweetly emotional that accompanies a story that may be fantasy, but on the other hand it can make us feel identified with some of the characters. All this makes My Sweet Torment different to any other band .!

The evolution of the group has been twisted and has made them sweat real blood drops, but they could manage to have given life to the album The Last Beating Heart ( Electrocardiogram remake

of 2005 ) of which they are very proud. In their previous released albums like Seven or The Last Sunrise, they began to incorporate masks , interpretation in their lives and such … but the group has decided to withdraw all that previous work and remake them with the experience and the means that they dispose now.!

Unfortunately; and for reasons beyond the group, during the period of 2012/2014 the group lost part of its members, making it hard to fulfill the task and delaying several projects to date, making of the future of the band something uncertain.!
After long time searching , the formation is again complete and ready to be heard .!

“I did not know what would happen to the group as we only stayed Alexander, me and Sylvara. Shortly after Alexander also had to leave us, but continued to help on some projects like other dear friends. All this led me to the big question of if I would just go ahead and end up leaving everything aside and devote myself on searching people . And truth to be told, I had no idea on how long it would take me as the life situation in general was not very favorable at the time to be thinking on long-term projects. All I could do was to learn from past mistakes and try to make it better by not repeating them. ”!

In a relatively short time the band was finally completed, integrating San as drummer, and J. Kalen as rhythm guitar.

They began to work on all and the new ones were still only ideas to demonstrate that they were stronger than ever and that they had not been left behind despite their lethargy.!

After completing the formation of the band, they focussed on giving a facelift to the group, forgetting about all the previous jobs to 2014 ; this included past concerts, shows, music , …!

” There are many bands who are always looking forward and your only concern is to move on and get some new material released by all means. That’s when I decided to continue with My Sweet Torment , it was like a beginning and an awakening. I had before me all previous projects, how they came and how I really wanted them to be. I deleted almost all of my mind and thought: We are practically a new formation , we re-recorded our first album for our fans to provide them a superior quality of our old releases by re-doing them something more complete and full of feeling. Why not do the same with the other projects we have? . At the time I looked to all new projects we had in hand and decided to delete all videos , songs, … prior to this project and redo all the work in a more elaborate way , while maintaining the essence of the band. We may take time and not release a record per year as the rest of the bands, but who cares if the out-coming is good ?! Seven was a very important album for us , and was well received among regular followers of the group and gave way to new ones. In fact, thanks to good reviews on that record we could do our first European Tour in 2011 Yes, it was an album that gave us the opportunity to expand ourselves and do an European tour, but still we were not quite satisfied with the result , so we had clear what would be our next target and certainly our biggest challenge ”!

My Sweet Torment has undergone a huge metamorphosis that has left their mark in each of its activities since its inception in 2004. It began as a normal death metal band , with the Electrocardiogram album, then in The Last Sunrise release there were included some dark orchestral atmospheres, which later gave way to Seven , which included the well known theatricality and staging during the lives. Also, this was their first concept album , but not the last , as the story continues in its remake The Last Beating Heart which held the titles of original songs and bases, but totally changed the lyrics making a new story linked up with the previous work Seven .!

When we thought that this metamorphosis could not overcome, keeping the musical genre that characterizes the group, decided to give us another surprise by announcing the publication of the stories told in this album on reading books.!
“I think if you’re a musician; art encompasses many fields from music you hear on the record, to the image of the cover, the lives … If we can compose music, make a video or play in a show, why won’t we be able take a further step on our careers and create a book in which the stories of our albums are told? ”!

If the lyrics / stories of the albums were already interesting, we now have the ability to capture a lot of metaphors , symbolism and different thoughts and impressions of them ; making us feel more empathy for one or the other characters played by the band …!

Ten years … and 5 albums in its career. My Sweet Torment is still at the beginning of its life, with the compromise and responsibility of making such powerful works”