STRANGER VISION – new single ft. James LaBrie
- Posted on 12-10-2024
Photo: Annalisa Russo – Location: Estense University Library of Modena, courtesy of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (MiBAC).
There are moments in a man’s life when everything he believed to know dissolves. Not due to a mistake, but because, at the end of the long journey, the truth he was searching for is not there waiting for him. Nothing Really Matters, the new single by Stranger Vision, moves within this space, where Faust, after years of research and study, finds himself looking beyond the boundaries he has always known, towards a new, wider, more uncertain horizon.
The track does not speak of defeat, but of transformation. Nothing Really Matters becomes an existential manifesto, an invitation to search not for what has already been discovered, but for what remains hidden beyond the line of the visible.
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Riccardo Toni, the band’s guitarist, describes the song as “the most progressive of the album. We wanted a track that was powerful, modern, but that also carried the melancholy of someone who, at the end of a long journey, realizes that the road is still long ahead,” says Toni. “The keyboards rise and fall dynamically, while the guitar solo winds through different registers, creating an energy that reflects the incessant and tireless search. Faust has realized that knowledge is not enough, that there is something beyond that he has not yet seen, and so he continues to search.”
The single features a special guest: James LaBrie from Dream Theater, who have just announced their reunion with Mike Portnoy, to be followed by a new album and world tour. James LaBrie’s presence in this song is not just a musical collaboration, but the meeting of two voices that reflect like distant mirrors. “James didn’t come just to sing,” recounts Ivan Adami, Stranger Vision’s lead singer, “he listened, added new ideas that changed everything. He took the song and elevated it to a new level. His deep and assured voice accompanies Faust on this new journey, not as a guide but as a companion, towards even bigger questions than he had previously asked.”
Nothing Really Matters is not an act of surrender but of openness. Faust hasn’t stopped searching; he has simply realized that the answers he had found so far were not the right ones. It is a moment of transition, a path that does not end but changes direction. The song speaks of a man who knows that the truth is not where he has been searching, but that the road to finding it is still long and uncertain.
With Faust. Act I: Prelude To Darkness, their new album (coming November 8, 2024), Stranger Vision is not just telling a story of knowledge but of transformation. Of a man who, faced with the limits of human knowledge, chooses to go beyond. Nothing Really Matters is the point where everything changes. It is not that nothing matters; it’s that we may not have yet understood what truly matters.
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Stranger Vision’s third studio album is a new chapter in their musical and thematic exploration. The concept album is divided into two parts and is inspired by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s masterpiece, Faust, a timeless tale that explores the depths of the human soul, the conflict between ambition and morality, and the relentless search for meaning.
FAUST. Act I: Prelude To Darkness
Tracklist
Prologue In Heaven
Strive
Nothing Really Matters (featuring James LaBrie)
Look Into Your Eyes
Two Souls (featuring Angelica Patti)
Prologue Of John
In Principium
Dance Of Darkness
The Covenant
Carpe Diem
Fly
New Life
STRANGER VISION are:
Riccardo Toni: guitars, keyboards, orchestration
Ivan Adami: vocals and backing vocals
Alessio Monacelli: drums
Daniele Morini: bass