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0 A Metal Odyssey of Self and Survival – NIGHT’S EDGE Unveils New Video “Shapes in Grey Space II : Soaring” Ahead of New Album Out Aug 21st
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Montreal, QC – August 20, 2025
A Metal Odyssey of Self and Survival – NIGHT’S EDGE Unveils New Video “Shapes in Grey Space II: Soaring” Ahead of New Album “The World That Never Was” Out Aug 21st
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With their fourth full-length album, “The World That Never Was,” set to drop on August 21st, 2025, Baltimore-based trio NIGHT’S EDGE is unveiling one last visual offering ahead of release day. In collaboration with Ghost Cult Magazine, the band premieres the music video for “Shapes in Grey Space II: Soaring”, the second installment in a three-part suite that closes the album. The two-and-a-half-minute ballad of symphonic alternative metal track unfolds a Twilight Zone-inspired narrative, exploring themes of isolation and the transformative journey of self-discovery it can spark.
“Soaring is a hardcore banger in ¾, as fancy as it is intense. The sudden pauses and shifts in direction of the music catch you off guard, while the vocals make you feel like you are ascending into the chorus, with mixed feelings of freedom while remaining tethered to reality. The words reflect our inner turmoil of free will versus the outside forces that control us. When writing Soaring, Damian constantly referred to the movie “Chronicle,” a found-footage thriller about teenagers who get superpowers. Not sure how that connects, that is for you to figure out!” adds Brian Haran – Vocals, Bass, Keys, Programming.
Watch and listen to “Shapes in Grey Space II: Soaring” via Ghost Cult Magazine HERE.
Since forming in 2018, Night’s Edge has undergone several lineup shifts and sonic evolutions, making notable strides since their 2019 debut. Rooted in the Alternative Metal realm yet defying easy classification, their sound blends gothic metal, progressive rock, and nu-metal influences into a heady mix of heaviness and pop sensibility, wrapped in layers of synths and theatrical flair. Their upcoming album, “The World That Never Was,” delves into themes of lost identity and the voids we fall into—obsession, rage, and uncertainty. In its closing arc, the album tells a parable: the protagonist wakes in a world where humanity has vanished and is forced to confront their reflection in the silence… or so it appears.
“We are immensely proud of this album. The World That Never Was has the strongest songwriting that Night’s Edge has ever brought forward, and these powerful songs elevate the three of us as musicians and as a band. It has presented challenges to all of us, as Performers and as writers, and has resulted in a genuine expression of music that is uniquely us. The album flows dramatically from piece to piece, with each song offering something different and contributing a different part from which the whole is built. No two songs sound the same, but every second of the album is unmistakably Night’s Edge. The recording and production process challenged all of us but allowed us to become even more intimate with each song. The lyrical themes that wrap through the album have become hooks in each of our brains, and we feel like each of us left a part of ourselves in this record. The World That Never Was is dense but digestible, complex but immediate, grim but beautiful. It is an album of contrasts, an album of ambition, and Night’s Edge’s most definitive musical statement,” says Haran
“The World That Never Was” follows releases Strangers – LP (2023), Night’s Edge – EP (2022), The Darkest Side of Dreams – LP (2020), and Shades of Dusk – LP (2019) and is recommended for fans of Coheed and Cambria, Avantasia, System of a Down, HIM, and Deftones.
Album pre-order (out Aug 21st) – https://nightsedge.bandcamp.com
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/artist/5YEhprmAqIyaGmzH1qQInZ
Night Drive Visualizer – Love Fiction – https://youtu.be/MoRXlrnX6aQ
Music Video – If You Loved Me – https://youtu.be/0Fj6gIMd6dA
YouTube Stream – Someone To Stay – https://youtu.be/fg-P90AQvrA
Lyric Video – Smite – https://youtu.be/pMg-S0fn-Nk
Upcoming Show Dates:
Aug 23 – Roachfest – Hollywood, MD
Sept 12 – Zen West – Baltimore, MD – ALBUM RELEASE PARTY
Sept 20 – Asbury Park Brewery – Asbury Park, NJ
Oct 10 – The Depot – Baltimore, MD
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Track Listing:
1. Someone To Stay (4:11)
2. If You Loved Me (3:51)
3. Man of Many Faces (4:23)
4. Love Fiction (4:14)
5. Wish You Wouldn’t (4:09)
6. Overdue For Destruction (2:50)
7. Smite (3:46)
8. Ataecina (5:08)
9. Shapes In Grey Space I: Reaching (7:43)
10. Shapes In Grey Space II: Soaring (2:41)
11. Shapes In Grey Space III: Separating (5:23)
Total Length: 48:32
Recording and Live Line Up:
Brian Haran – Vocals, Bass, Keys, Programming
Damian Remmell – Guitars
Dan Hunt – Drums
More info: Nightsedgeband.com | Facebook.com/nightsedgeband | Instagram.com/nights_edge_band
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““Smite” offers a taste of the band’s ever-evolving sound, merging gothic, progressive, and nu metal influences.” – Metal Insider
“You’re going for a ride today with the premiere of the music video for “Love Fiction,” the latest single from Night’s Edge. A cool visual accompaniment, the premise of the video, a sped-up night drive of the city and the freeway, complements the song’s intensity well. The single is from the band’s latest record, The World That Never Was. Featuring eleven new tracks, the album is set to be released on August 21st. “Love Fiction” is an introduction to this era of Night’s Edge, their third full-length since first emerging in 2018. The song is a profound reflection on depression and mental health. It romanticizes depression, likening it to a partner who is always there for someone as if the condition itself has become a security blanket.” – V13
“Night’s Edge is a dynamic three-piece pushing the boundaries of alternative metal with a sound that straddles gothic melodrama, modern heaviness, and synth-drenched theatrics…. a collection of tracks that fuse headbanging weight with danceable grooves, rich atmospherics, and introspective lyricism. With influences ranging from HIM, System of a Down, Deftones, to Coheed and Cambria, Night’s Edge has carved a uniquely immersive and cinematic sound that evokes both the personal and the fantastical.” – Crannk
“The best part was how they fused a heavy sense of emotion in the music. You can hear it, and feel it, and they don’t hold back.” – Metal Temple
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0 NIGHT’S EDGE’s New Video “Love Fiction” Serenades Alt-Metal, Synthwave, and Lo-Fi Beats
NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – July 9, 2025
NIGHT’S EDGE’s New Video “Love Fiction” Serenades Alt-Metal, Synthwave, and Lo-Fi Beats
New Album “The World That Never Was” Out Aug 2025
+ East Coast USA Tour Dates (MD/PA/NY)
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Nearing the release of their fourth full-length “The World That Never Was” on August 21st, 2025, Baltimore, MD’s NIGHT’S EDGE is unveiling their fourth single “Love Fiction” accompanied by a nighttime visualizer. The song is a unique creation by the band as it melds subtle synth-wave with rare falsetto vocals, and lyrics about the romanticization of one’s depression as a safe, never-leaving partner.
The band explains further:
“Conceptualized as a mix between Deftones’ alt-metal, synthwave, and lo-fi beats, Love Fiction’s wave of music floods the listener with the swell of bouncing rhythms while the vocals take center stage, delivering complex emotions. The song’s lyrics are a romanticization of depression, viewing one’s mental illness as a safe and secure lover who is there with them through everything, who will never leave, and who one can always return to.”
Watch and listen to the nighttime visualizer for “Love Fiction” via its premiere on V13.net HERE.
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Since forming in 2018, Night’s Edge has undergone several lineup shifts and sonic evolutions, making notable strides since their 2019 debut. Rooted in the Alternative Metal realm yet defying easy classification, their sound blends gothic metal, progressive rock, and nu-metal influences into a heady mix of heaviness and pop sensibility, wrapped in layers of synths and theatrical flair. Their upcoming album, “The World That Never Was,” delves into themes of lost identity and the voids we fall into—obsession, rage, and uncertainty. In its closing arc, the album tells a parable: the protagonist wakes in a world where humanity has vanished and is forced to confront their reflection in the silence… or so it appears.
“We think our fans will love The World That Never Was and agree with us that it is, hands down, the best Night’s Edge album. There will be a lot of different opinions on which song is the best or who prefers this vs. that, but all of those conversations will center around this LP. This album encapsulates the Night’s Edge sound we have been building towards while experimenting with new and innovative ideas. There is a clear flow and progression through the record as it explores the concept of self-identity and the loss thereof. There are moments of melancholy, moments of anger, moments of wonder, and plenty of crushing riffs,” says Brian Haran – Vocals, Bass, Keys, Programming.
“The World That Never Was” follows releases Strangers – LP (2023), Night’s Edge – EP (2022), The Darkest Side of Dreams – LP (2020), and Shades of Dusk – LP (2019) and is recommended for fans of Coheed and Cambria, Avantasia, System of a Down, HIM, and Deftones.
Album pre-order (out Aug 21st) – https://nightsedge.bandcamp.com
Music Video – If You Loved Me – https://youtu.be/0Fj6gIMd6dA
YouTube Stream – Someone To Stay – https://youtu.be/fg-P90AQvrA
Lyric Video – Smite – https://youtu.be/pMg-S0fn-Nk
Spotify – https://spoti.fi/3H6cUe1
Upcoming Show Dates:
07/11 – Union Vapes – Scranton, PA
07/12 – Psychic Garden – Rochester, NY
07/18 – The Depot – Baltimore, MD
07/19 – Century – Philadelphia, PA
08/23 – Roachfest – Hollywood, MD
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Track Listing:
1. Someone To Stay (4:11)
2. If You Loved Me (3:51)
3. Man of Many Faces (4:23)
4. Love Fiction (4:14)
5. Wish You Wouldn’t (4:09)
6. Overdue For Destruction (2:50)
7. Smite (3:46)
8. Ataecina (5:08)
9. Shapes In Grey Space I: Reaching (7:43)
10. Shapes In Grey Space II: Soaring (2:41)
11. Shapes In Grey Space III: Separating (5:23)
Total Length: 48:32
Recording and Live Line Up:
Brian Haran – Vocals, Bass, Keys, Programming
Damian Remmell – Guitars
Dan Hunt – Drums
More info: Nightsedgeband.com | Facebook.com/nightsedgeband | Instagram.com/nights_edge_band
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0 NIGHT’S EDGE Unveils Sinister Crushing Single “Smite” Off New Album “The World That Never Was” Out Aug 2025 + East Coast USA Tour Dates (VA/MD/PA/NY)
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Montreal, QC – June 5, 2025
NIGHT’S EDGE Unveils Sinister Crushing Single “Smite” Off New Album “The World That Never Was” Out Aug 2025
+ East Coast USA Tour Dates (VA/MD/PA/NY)
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Set to release their fourth full-length “The World That Never Was” this coming August 21st, 2025, Baltimore, MD’s NIGHT’S EDGE is unveiling their third single “Smite” accompanied by a lyric video in preview to the record. A sinister mid-tempo crusher, “Smite” is as headbangable as it is danceable. With unpredictable changes, Latin Choirs, and soaring synths, “Smite” is an invitation to the Night’s Edge cult.
“”This is one of our heaviest songs and will be a staple of the live show for years to come. We wrote it intending to make a heavy song that satisfies both the headbangers and the dancers in the crowd. When coming up with a BPM, Brian was inspired by songs like Slipknot’s Custer, which is as heavy and aggressive as it is danceable. Our plan worked, playing this song live leads to all-out brawls in the pit while people do the Macarena on the sidelines; it’s a good time,” adds Brian Haran (Vocals, Bass, Keys, Programming)
Watch and listen to the lyric video for “Smite” via its premiere on Metal Insider HERE.
Spotify pre-save – https://hypeddit.com/nightsedge/smite-prerelease
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Their fourth full-length, “The World That Never Was,” is a statement of songcraft and lyricism. The album flows and progresses clearly as it explores the concept of self-identity and the loss thereof. Moments of melancholy, anger, wonder, and plenty of crushing riffs elicit the stank face. Each single shows a different side of the album.
“‘The World That Never Was’ is packed with different elements of rock and metal combined with the distinct Night’s Edge sound. Fans of alternative metal, symphonic metal, and even pop punk will have something to enjoy from this album,” says Haran.
Since their inception in 2018, the band has gone through a few changes in lineup and sound, and has progressed significantly from their debut in 2019. Falling under the umbrella of Alternative Metal, Night’s Edge‘s sound is hard to pin down. Incorporating influences from gothic metal, progressive rock, and nu metal, the band’s music is equal parts heavy and poppy, soaked in synthesizers and drama. Lyrics breach topics including isolation, dissociation, and the romantic, approaching themes common to the human experience from a cerebral angle that complements the band’s emotionally evocative music.
“The World That Never Was” follows releases Strangers – LP (2023), Night’s Edge – EP (2022), The Darkest Side of Dreams – LP (2020), and Shades of Dusk – LP (2019) and is recommended for fans of Coheed and Cambria, Avantasia, System of a Down, HIM, and Deftones.
Album pre-order (out Aug 21st) – https://nightsedge.bandcamp.com
Music Video – If You Loved Me – https://youtu.be/0Fj6gIMd6dA
YouTube Stream – Someone To Stay – https://youtu.be/fg-P90AQvrA
Spotify – https://spoti.fi/3H6cUe1
Upcoming Show Dates:
06/07 – Granny’s – Winchester, VA
06/28 – Cafe 611 – Frederick, MD
07/11 – Union Vapes – Scranton, PA
07/12 – Psychic Garden – Rochester, NY
07/18 – The Depot – Baltimore, MD
07/19 – Century – Philadelphia, PA
08/23 – Roachfest – Hollywood, MD
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Track Listing:
1. Someone To Stay (4:11)
2. If You Loved Me (3:51)
3. Man of Many Faces (4:23)
4. Love Fiction (4:14)
5. Wish You Wouldn’t (4:09)
6. Overdue For Destruction (2:50)
7. Smite (3:46)
8. Ataecina (5:08)
9. Shapes In Grey Space I: Reaching (7:43)
10. Shapes In Grey Space II: Soaring (2:41)
11. Shapes In Grey Space III: Separating (5:23)
Total Length: 48:32
Recording and Live Line Up:
Brian Haran – Vocals, Bass, Keys, Programming
Damian Remmell – Guitars
Dan Hunt – Drums
More info: Nightsedgeband.com | Facebook.com/nightsedgeband | Instagram.com/nights_edge_band
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0 NIGHT’S EDGE Announces New Album “The World That Never Was” Out Aug 2025 + New Music Video “If You Loved Me”
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Montreal, QC – May 22, 2025
NIGHT’S EDGE Announces New Album “The World That Never Was” Out Aug 2025
+ New Music Video “If You Loved Me”
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Baltimore, MD’s NIGHT’S EDGE announces the release of their fourth studio album entitled “The World That Never Was” this coming August 21st, 2025 to follow their Strangers – LP (2023), Night’s Edge – EP (2022), The Darkest Side of Dreams – LP (2020), and Shades of Dusk – LP (2019).
Since their inception in 2018, the band has gone through a few changes in lineup and sound, and has progressed significantly from their debut in 2019. Falling under the umbrella of Alternative Metal, Night’s Edge‘s sound is hard to pin down. Incorporating influences from gothic metal, progressive rock, and nu metal, the band’s music is equal parts heavy and poppy, soaked in synthesizers and drama. Lyrics breach topics including isolation, dissociation, and the romantic, approaching themes common to the human experience from a cerebral angle that complements the band’s emotionally evocative music.
Night’s Edge believes in creating music that has a purpose. There is no copy-cating of other artists, or following trends here – even the band’s select cover tunes turn the originals on their heads. This is music that you can’t get anywhere else, that has something to say, that is unique and exciting while still feeling familiar, like a friend finishing your sentences when you run out of words.
Their fourth full-length, “The World That Never Was,” is a statement of songcraft and lyricism. The album flows and progresses clearly as it explores the concept of self-identity and the loss thereof. Moments of melancholy, anger, wonder, and plenty of crushing riffs elicit the stank face. Each single shows a different side of the album.
Brian Haran (Vocals, Bass, Keys, Programming) comments:
“We think our fans will love it and agree with us that it is, hands down, the best Night’s Edge album. There will be a lot of different opinions on which song is the best or who prefers this vs that, but all of those conversations will center around this LP. This album encapsulates the Night’s Edge sound we have been building towards while experimenting with new and innovative ideas. Our lead single, “If You Loved Me,” is the most straightforward song, with a massive chorus reminiscent of HIM that continues to build through the song towards an explosive conclusion. “Someone to Stay” is a guitar-forward track with great leads, a killer solo, and very Queensryche-esque vocals. We gave ourselves a challenge for the live shows, and I (singer, Brian) curse myself for recording this song like this every time we play it live. “Smite” is the album’s heaviest song and has major Slipknot and Ghost influences. It is weirdly danceable right up until the Latin choir bridge and eventually descends into IOWA-esque screaming right before a caveman breakdown. “Love Fiction” is unique for Night’s Edge, very Deftones influenced, but with a synthwave twist featuring rare falsetto vocals. The lyrics describe the romanticization of one’s depression as a safe, never-leaving partner, “Songs in Grey Space II: Soaring” is two and a half minutes of balls out symphonic alternative metal and the middle piece in a three song suite detailing a parable of self-identity in an alternate world where the narrator is the last person on earth.”
Night’s Edge has unveiled two singles to date, “If You Loved Me” and album opener “Someone To Stay,” with more to be shared in the lead up to the record’s release in August.
The trio adds about the singles:
If You Loved Me: “All three of us love this song. It has everything – a massive chorus, a scorching guitar solo, and some unexpectedly creepy, heavy sections. A LOT of ground gets covered in under four minutes. The lyrics are a scathing reflection on manipulation, with changing perspectives between the verses and choruses. Above all, the song is inimitably Night’s Edge. This is a sound that you can only get at one place – here, with us.”
Someone to Stay: “This is our guitarist, Damian’s favorite song. The song began with a riff that Damian wrote as an intro lead. When coming up with the intro riff, he was hoping to capture “anime-intro” level energy, and we all agreed that it would make the perfect introduction to the album! Brian took that intro riff and created a very guitar-focused song out of it. The music primes the listener for the progressive compositional journey that is the rest of the album, but the song itself is easily digestible with fun riffs and catchy vocal hooks.”
Recommended for fans of Coheed and Cambria, Avantasia, System of a Down, HIM, and Deftones, listen to the singles at the following links:
Music Video – If You Loved Me – https://youtu.be/0Fj6gIMd6dA
YouTube Stream – Someone To Stay – https://youtu.be/fg-P90AQvrA
Spotify – https://spoti.fi/3H6cUe1
Album pre-order (out Aug 21st) – https://nightsedge.bandcamp.com (pre-order live on May 23rd)
Upcoming Show Dates:
06/07 – Granny’s – Winchester, VA
06/28 – Cafe 611 – Frederick, MD
07/11 – Union Vapes – Scranton, PA
07/12 – Psychic Garden – Rochester, NY
07/18 – The Depot – Baltimore, MD
07/19 – Century – Philadelphia, PA
08/23 – Roachfest – Hollywood, MD
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Track Listing:
1. Someone To Stay (4:11)
2. If You Loved Me (3:51)
3. Man of Many Faces (4:23)
4. Love Fiction (4:14)
5. Wish You Wouldn’t (4:09)
6. Overdue For Destruction (2:50)
7. Smite (3:46)
8. Ataecina (5:08)
9. Shapes In Grey Space I: Reaching (7:43)
10. Shapes In Grey Space II: Soaring (2:41)
11. Shapes In Grey Space III: Separating (5:23)
Total Length: 48:32
Recording and Live Line Up:
Brian Haran – Vocals, Bass, Keys, Programming
Damian Remmell – Guitars
Dan Hunt – Drums
More info: Nightsedgeband.com | Facebook.com/nightsedgeband | Instagram.com/nights_edge_band
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0 EPK – Night’s Edge – The World That Never Was (2025)
EPK – Night’s Edge – The World That Never Was (2025)
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For fans of Coheed and Cambria, Avantasia, System of a Down, HIM, Deftones
Nightsedgeband.com | Facebook.com/nightsedgeband | Instagram.com/nights_edge_band |
Nightsedge.bandcamp.com | Spotify | Apple Music
Upcoming Show Dates:
06/07 – Granny’s – Winchester, VA
06/28 – Cafe 611 – Frederick, MD
07/11 – Union Vapes – Scranton, PA
07/12 – Psychic Garden – Rochester, NY
07/18 – The Depot – Baltimore, MD
07/19 – Century – Philadelphia, PA
08/23 – Roachfest – Hollywood, MD
““Smite” offers a taste of the band’s ever-evolving sound, merging gothic, progressive, and nu metal influences.” – Metal Insider
“You’re going for a ride today with the premiere of the music video for “Love Fiction,” the latest single from Night’s Edge. A cool visual accompaniment, the premise of the video, a sped-up night drive of the city and the freeway, complements the song’s intensity well. The single is from the band’s latest record, The World That Never Was. Featuring eleven new tracks, the album is set to be released on August 21st. “Love Fiction” is an introduction to this era of Night’s Edge, their third full-length since first emerging in 2018. The song is a profound reflection on depression and mental health. It romanticizes depression, likening it to a partner who is always there for someone as if the condition itself has become a security blanket.” – V13
“Night’s Edge is a dynamic three-piece pushing the boundaries of alternative metal with a sound that straddles gothic melodrama, modern heaviness, and synth-drenched theatrics…. a collection of tracks that fuse headbanging weight with danceable grooves, rich atmospherics, and introspective lyricism. With influences ranging from HIM, System of a Down, Deftones, to Coheed and Cambria, Night’s Edge has carved a uniquely immersive and cinematic sound that evokes both the personal and the fantastical.” – Crannk
“The best part was how they fused a heavy sense of emotion in the music. You can hear it, and feel it, and they don’t hold back.” – Metal Temple
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Band: Night’s Edge
Album Title: The World That Never Was
Release Date: August 21, 2025
Label: Self-Release – Unsigned / Independent
Distribution: CDBaby
Track Listing:
1. Someone To Stay (4:11)
2. If You Loved Me (3:51)
3. Man of Many Faces (4:23)
4. Love Fiction (4:14)
5. Wish You Wouldn’t (4:09)
6. Overdue For Destruction (2:50)
7. Smite (3:46)
8. Ataecina (5:08)
9. Shapes In Grey Space I: Reaching (7:43)
10. Shapes In Grey Space II: Soaring (2:41)
11. Shapes In Grey Space III: Separating (5:23)
Total Length: 48:32
Album Credits:
All songs performed, written, produced, and mixed by Night’s Edge
Mastered by Mat Leffler-Schulman
Album Artwork by Eden Wormwood
Member of BMI
Recording and Live Line Up:
Brian Haran – Vocals, Bass, Keys, Programming
Damian Remmell – Guitars
Dan Hunt – Drums
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About The Album Artwork:
The album art depicts a person falling into space as they lose their connection to reality and turn into a disconnected ghostly form. This evaporation into an astral form is a metaphor for the loss of self-identity.
About the album as a whole (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):
LYRICS: The World That Never Was is an exploration of the loss of self-identity into various voids including obsession, rage, and uncertainty. The final three songs on the album detail a parable where the protagonist awakes in a world suddenly devoid of people and must face their own self in the absence of anyone else, or so it may seem.
MUSICALLY: The World That Never Was is packed with different elements of rock and metal combined with the distinct Night’s Edge sound. Fans of alternative metal, symphonic metal, and even pop punk will have something to enjoy from this album.
Track by Track (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):
1. Someone to Stay: MUSIC: Ripping guitar leads to start off the album. This song touches a little bit on a lot of the Night’s Edge sound and sets up the listener for what’s to come. LYRICS: This song sets the stage for the album, exploring the loss of self-identity and the desire to fill it with whatever vice or influence is available.
2. If You Loved Me: MUSIC: Classic 80’s inspired rocker with soaring vocals, a ripping solo, and a bridge section that delivers the gothic doom and gloom Night’s Edge is known for. LYRICS: The Song describes losing oneself in a toxic relationship and the feeling of helplessness when your partner’s self-destruction leads to your own. Lyrics change point of view between the victim (verse) and the abuser (chorus).
3. Man of Many Faces: MUSIC: Heavy at the start with a pop-punk clap and “Woah” chorus, the song shifts attitudes throughout, matching the LYRICS about hiding behind disposable facades for different occasions before a moment of honesty in the song’s conclusion of wanting to be seen and needed for one’s true self.
4. Love Fiction: MUSIC: Conceptualized as a mix between Deftones alt metal, synthwave, and lo-fi beats, Love Fiction’s wave of music floods the listener in the swell of bouncing rhythms while the vocals take center-stage, delivering complex emotions. LYRICS: A romanticization of depression, viewing one’s mental illness as a safe and secure lover who is there with them through everything, who will never leave, and who one can always return to.
5. Wish You Wouldn’t: MUSIC: An 80’s bop, this is a song to get people dancing and forgetting about all of the melancholy the previous tracks just dug up. LYRICS: Sike, this is a song for dancing alone, with lyrics describing the inability to relate and connect to others, specifically in being unable to verbalize how you feel, and the frustration felt when others ask what is wrong when one cannot comprehend it themself.
6. Overdue For Destruction: MUSIC: Back to the System of a Down influenced industrial alt-metal with bouncing riffs and an in-your-face chorus. LYRICS: The Song describes self-destruction and realizing that many of our problems are a product of our own id.
7. Smite: MUSIC: A sinister mid-tempo crusher, Smite is as headbangable as it is danceable. With unpredictable changes, Latin Choirs, and soaring synths, Smite is an invitation to the Night’s Edge cult. LYRICS: The Song describes the desire to be erased by God.
8. Ataecina: MUSIC: A classic Night’s Edge gothy, doomy waltz. Melodramatic, romantic, and powerful – this song is deeply influenced by Type O Negative. LYRICS: Ataecina is about romantic obsession, specifically from the point of view of a worshipper to their deity. An unhealthy desire for one’s goddess that consumes all sense of self.
9. Songs In Grey Space I: Reaching: MUSIC: Coming in at 7:43, Reaching is the longest Night’s Edge song ever written, and the prog rock centerpiece of the album. After the emotional density of Ataecina, the first hit of Reaching is refreshing, and is the first step down a three-song journey of searching for meaning and purpose in an empty world. LYRICS: Reaching is the first of three songs telling a parable of a person who wakes up in a world where every other person is suddenly missing. Despite this, our protagonist feels as if they are being watched by a million eyes. How do you fill the spaces of your identity when there is no one else around and no relationships to define you?
10. Song In Grey Space II: Soaring: Music: Balls out alternative metal, a two and a half minute in-your-face anthem that doesn’t let up. The perfect refresher after reaching. LYRICS: In their empty world, our protagonist challenges the universe, God, or whoever, and is answered. They were not ready for the response.
11. Songs In Grey Space III: Separating: MUSIC: A haunting keys track leads into a driving, straightforward metal song to close out the album and the three-song suite. It has elements of melodeath, such as harsh vocals and screams, guitar harmonies, breakdowns, and intense drumming that serve to create a song that grabs your attention and doesn’t let go until the album ends. LYRICS: In the conclusion to the three-song suite, the protagonist has realized through their journey that the feeling of not fitting is a shared human experience; it is inescapable. The protagonists take this idea to unhealthy extremes, believing that the universe is made up of only two things: you, the individual, and everything else.
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Fun Facts – Story Angles:
1) “Girl Friend Metal” – Our fans in the Baltimore scene refer to us as Girl Friend Metal, a tag that is starting to stick.
2) “Warning Partial Nudity” – During live shows, Damian has a habit of ripping his pants off and revealing themed booty shorts underneath, and the crowd usually demands Brian take his shirt off.
3) “Eclectic Covers”- We have put out unique covers of “Nights in White Satin” by The Moody Blues, “Touch of Evil” by Judas Priest, “Cry Little Sister” from The Lost Boys Soundtrack, and most recently, “Change in the House of Flies” by Deftones. We always change the originals dramatically into a new, mutated Night’s Edge form.
4) Glow Boi Era- Prior to 2023, a major part of the Night’s Edge live show was bringing black lights and fluorescent glow paint for the band members and audiences. While we did have fun with this gimmick back in the day, we collectively decided around mid-2022 that it was time to retire the glow paint.
5) Brian, Damian, and Dan have known each other in the music scene since 2016. Dan joined Night’s Edge back in 2019, and Damian joined up in 2023, so we had all developed solid friendships as fans of local metal and each other’s bands prior to playing music together.
Three albums, an EP, and more shows than the band can keep track of – Night’s Edge has been grinding since 2018, sharpening their craft on the stage and in the studio. Steadily building a following online and in the crowd. Developing a sound that is inimitably their own.
And now it is time for their newest album “The World that Never Was” to step out from its cradle. Lead single “If You Loved Me” is a driving, hard rocker with 80’s atmosphere, gothic excess, and bitter, bitter lyrics detailing a rollercoaster relationship. Dropped on March 27th, the song is just a taste of the songwriting prowess and incisive lyrics that the album is built upon.
Night’s Edge believes in creating music that has a purpose. There is no copy-catting of other artists, or following trends here – even the band’s select cover tunes turn the originals on their heads. This is music that you can’t get anywhere else, that has something to say, that is unique and exciting while still feeling familiar – like a friend finishing your sentences when you run out of words.
Despite falling somewhere under the umbrella of Alternative Metal, Night’s Edge’s sound is hard to pin down. Incorporating influences from gothic metal, progressive rock, and nu metal, the band’s music is equal parts heavy and poppy, soaked in synthesizers and drama. Lyrics breach topics including isolation, dissociation, and the romantic, approaching themes common to the human experience from a cerebral angle that complements the band’s emotionally evocative music.
Night’s Edge has performed throughout the Mid-Atlantic from Richmond to Boston at dive bars, festivals, concert halls, record stores, and convention centers – the band has grinded everywhere. As Baltimore natives, Night’s Edge has thrilled the stage at venues including Soundstage, Angels Rock Bar, and the Ottobar, and has had multiple festival appearances including Shadow Woods, Fang Around, and Party Like its 793. This is a band that gets on stage and rocks. There is no standing around, there is no staring at the floor. This is a f*cking rock band, and the Night’s Edge live show leaves no doubt about that.
Recording and Live Line Up:
Brian Haran – Vocals, Bass, Keys, Programming
Damian Remmell – Guitars
Dan Hunt – Drums
Discography:
2025 – The World That Never Was – LP
2023 – Strangers – LP
2022 – Night’s Edge 2022 – EP
2020 – The Darkest Side of Dreams – LP
2019 – Shades of Dusk – LP
Shared Stage with: Visions of Atlantis, The Birthday Massacre, Julien – K, A Sound of Thunder, Osi and the Jupiter
Tours and Festivals:
2024 – Party Like it’s 793 at Brimming Horn – Milton DE
2024 – Fang Around – York PA
2024 – Maryland Day – Baltimore MD
2021 – Shadow Woods – Monkton MD
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