Swiss modern metal outfit ILLUMISHADE break new musical ground with their latest single Paralyzed.

A dark, pulsating testament to the group’s originality, the song plants its undeniable hook immediately before a crushing, whammy-ridden riff takes you under its sombre wings.

Fabienne Erni steps into the light draped in melancholy before unleashing her trademark vocal grandeur – reminding us why we fell in love with this band in the first place.

“We’ve come to a point of stepping out of the cocoon. It feels like a soft revolution led us to this version of ILLUMISHADE – defying comparisons to other contemporary metal bands. It’s essentially our very own thing.” – Fabienne Erni
Lyrically, Paralyzed taps into the state of not being able to let go of a love once lost, making it a hymn for the broken-hearted. And it wouldn’t be a true ILLUMISHADE song without a hint of hope woven in somewhere.

​”We found a place where a towering heaviness meets a soothing kind of melancholia. We’re curious to see where this song will lead us next.” – Jonas Wolf

Founded in Zürich by vocalist Fabienne Erni and guitarist Jonas Wolf, both members of Celtic folk metal giants Eluveitie, ILLUMISHADE released two full-length albums and toured extensively across Europe and North America before making a deliberate decision to return to full independence. Paralyzed is the first statement of that new era, completed by the cinematic depth of award-winning film composer Mirjam Skal on keys, Yannick Urbanczik on bass and Marc Friedrich on drums.