#krypteria

Happy new year ! 🎉

Time for last year's recap in 10 songs :D

2024's recap

As usual : Song titles link to individual mp3 file download

All 5 songs can also be downloaded together in a zip file from the link at the bottom

Let's see what i listened to in 2025 :3

Baby Storme - Sunglasses At Night

Yeah, you know i like my covers, right ? Well, this one isn't quite a Corey Hart cover, but really she made it hers and i like that !! I first heard about Baby Storme here on tumblr, actually, about two years ago (I think it was the post with This city is a Graveyard), but only went to actually find her music this year, and it was good, you should look her up !

Sunglasses at Night was single (no link cause neither discogs nor wikipedia are up to date apparently) released in 2023

Krypteria - Na Ga Ja

This actually is the korean version of No More Lies, but i prefer the korean version ! The band is German, but Ji-in is Korean and i think it makes for a good musical mix !!

Na Ga Ja was on the Evolution Principle EP, released in 2006

La Bouche - Forget Me Nots

I went through a binge of like... I guess EDM/eurodance, this year, but mostly i focussed on the 90's and early 2000's cause that's what I remembered hearing on the radio as a kid, usually in the evening, in the car, when we were on the way back late from an outing. While I did remember La Bouche in general, I didn't know/remember that one, but she started singing and i was like oooooh Men in Black ! (which in turn got me looking for the original btw) and it's been regularly stuck in my head since.

Forget Me Nots is on the Sweet Dreams album from 1995

MAYOHK - ジェリージャーニー (JERRY JOURNEY)

JERRY JERRY RHAPSODYYYY ♪ Another fucking earworm lmao :D If you're into synthpop (or Hora or Közi...), like, please listen !!!

Jerry Journey was on セスィボン (C'EST SI BON), released in 2025

OCQ - 九割の蟻はそんなもの (Kyuuwari no ari wa sonna mono)

So i was downloading some Shilfee so I could complete the discography, and also because i wanted to see if I could find Chichiro in at least 320 kbps. I didnt, but what i did get, is a message from the user i was downloading from. They suggested i looked into OCQ (which is another Furukawa Tomo project), and this person didn't know it, but I was smack in the middle of my MAYOHK binge and their suggestion came on fucking point, omgoooth !!! I think its the first time im told i should listen to something and that actually 100% agree lmao

Kyuuwari no ari wa sonna mono can be found on oddness caber quark, released in 2009

(yt is giving me ants lol its fitting but hum, not what im looking for lol)

Pierre Lapointe - Dans Nos Veines

This song made me feel like the cover of the album ngl. It hit me hard and its so hard to fucking sing, he pronounces everything so fucking fast, but like holy shit. It does sound/feel like the same kind of storm of emotions that the lyrics also convey (i'm not translating that, but google should do a decent job at doing that :3). Like you know, when you fall in love and the yearning is being replaced by NRE ? Yeah its that.

Dans Nos Veines is on Dix Chansons Démodées Pour Ceux Qui Ont Le Coeur Abîmé, released in 2025

Schwarz Stein - Blanc Dehors

When I finally put my hands on DEMIGOD, it was indeed white outside, and there was something about listening to this song while walking in the snow. It was a bit reminiscent of Ophelia, too, tbh. Both being composed by Hora, i kinda just take them as sister pieces :3

Blanc Dehors is the opening track from DEMIGOD, from 2024

Tarja - Diva

Ok, this song made me go re-read what was the drama when she was kicked out of Nightwish and how they felt the need to lie about her being a diva instead of saying they wanted a softer sound, and then I came to learn that Annette Olzon was also fired cause she got pregnant and therefore refused to tour abroad while pregant and tbh... At this point idk that I can care much about fucking Nightwish anymore. (though it makes me wonder what Floor Jansen's contract look like, i mean they didnt fire her cause she got pregnant twice, so uh...) Meanwhile, Tarja's doing what she wants and its usually good. Particularly if you like christmas music lol (i dont lmao)

Diva was on The Shadow Self, released in 2016

The Birthday Massacre - Lovers End

When I went to check what was the first song i listened to in 2025, I realized that the first 3 songs i listened to already were in a rotation, so this was the 4th song i listened to in '25 lol

Lovers End can be found on Violet, which released in 2004

ZIZ - With FU

Now with Mayohk releasing their album, of course i had to not only complete my Hora discography, but also go for Közi's. It made me realize that i knew of Ziz but had not really listened to them yet. Not gonna lie, I hear the Malice Mizer behind a lot of their song, but its particularly present in this one !!

With FU is the final track on GIFT, released in 2012

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BANDS THAT I MISS

Here are some bands that I used to listen a lot, but now they disbanded or just were a side project from the band members.

1.- After Forever (1995 - 2009): It was Floor Jansen’s very first band, being one of the best symphonic metal bands in the 2000′s.

2.- Stream of Passion (2005 - 2016): Created by Arjen Lucassen with Marcela Bovio as lead vocalist. Originally set to be just a one album project, but the band kept one to release four albums.

3.- Theatre of Tragedy (1993 - 2010): Started with Liv Kristine as their vocalist, being replaced later by Nell Sigland. The band experimented with doom metal, gothic metal and even industrial metal.

4.- Revamp (2009 - 2016): This was the second Floor Jansen band with a more progressive sound, where she also incorporated growling and harsh vocals.

5.- The Gentle Storm (2014 - 2016): This was a project by Anneke van Giersbergen, and, again, Arjen Lucassen, set only to release one album.

6.- The Charm The Fury (2010 - 2018): A band lead by Caroline Westendorp which sadly disbanded at the top of their game.

7.- Krypteria (2001 - 2012): Lead by  Ji-In Cho, this band changed their name to And Then She Came, leaving gothic metal behind.

8.- Elis (2003 - 2012): A gothic metal band with Sabine Dünser as their vocalist, who sadly passed away, then Sandra Schleret took her place, and finally Simone Christinat ended being the last vocalist from the band. 

9.- UnSun (2006 - 2016): With Anna Stefanowicz as the lead singer, this band ended because she had some health issues with her voice.

10 Songs, 10 Years Old (2009 - 2019)

(via https://open.spotify.com/track/65Vvub1CNlJwRikzDRb8wv?si=C_DBX4MTT5axGj3mV0_iFA)