Matterhorn is the brainchild of songwriter and vocalist Tommy Sebastian Halseth, who in 2013 started to assemble various musical ideas which gradually turned into the project Matterhorn.
As time passed, the songs matured both musically and lyrically, as Tommy involved different musicians with broad backgrounds to fulfill the Matterhorn vision.

The band’s debut album titled Outside, via Apollon Records, in November 2020. And now they release a the new single «The Brightest Light» on Decmber 8th 2023. Matterhorn is now aiming for a more guitar-oriented soundscape.

The lyrics of the song are written around personal change. It refers to a spiritual and to an emotional change,  associated with experienced panic anxiety and depression.

The main message of the song is that there is always hope!