Biography

It’s been more than four years since Leipzig’s dark metal act The Fright unleashed an impressive testimony to their awesome musical talent with their album ‘Canto V’. Over the subsequent four years, the world has become ever more complicated and difficult. The social upheavals of our time, the uncertainty of the pandemic, all these aspects have unnerved a lot of bands and artists, even demoralizing some of them irrevocably. Not so The Fright, who appear to draw energy from challenges and have created in their latest offering ‘Voices Within’ a recording that is in many ways contemporary and at the same time impressive in its intensity. Again, the band surrounding frontman Lon Fright has evolved artistically, made meaningful changes in terms of personnel and style, and transformed the general public`s despondent mood into a confident metal statement. ‘Voices Within’ is a reflection on the present situation, but also a reference to the future, an unreservedly positive album despite its underlying melancholia. Or as Lon Fright puts it: “Our sound has changed, it’s a bit more ponderous and bulky, but still contains lots of pop elements and catchy melodies, like a flower growing from a lava rock. ‘Voices Within’ is an album to heal the kind of adolescence where you lose sight of life’s beauty.”