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the silver cord

About Me


Conflicting Emotions EP was released February 27th 2009. Songs from the ep are on our music player currently. this EP has a limited and numbered pressing of 90 copies in 2 batches.and a alternate cover batch of 50 will be released june 20h 2009 at hottopic northfield for our instore performance.for a total of 140 copies.
1 crown of thorns
2.bloodflow
3.release
4.the entertainer
5.violate me
6.sex
7.my faded spirit
Desecrate all hope for a good life. In total desolation and despair shall you find the pathway.
the silver cord- the veil- live at the larimer lounge 962008
the silver cord
the silver cord at the larimer lounge july 24th- salvation.
we must live our lives in the absence of god. belief in god is acceptance of faith, faith is but the yearnings of being beyond this one we exist in. to become is to exist within this world. we are all gods in our ways, induviduals in this world of disgust, attempting to become ourselves or know something. we will never know anything really, just the perceptions of flesh.
the irony of it all.
Formed in June 2006 by K. Keifer and K. Haikara (of Taliesin and Vide)
H.Hemming joined several months later in 2006 on bass and since departed in march 2008. D. Bernhardt ..boards joined in dec 2006.
psuedochris on drums joined us June 2008, and has departed to focus on his project and this horrible yet beautiful thing called life, we wish him nothing but the best.
The Silver Cord is the cord that binds us to our wordly existences..
If cut or lost, we lose connection to the bodily reality..
Human life is contained in sorrow and despair, with moments of beauty and love. Moments of light that transcends before becoming submerged again into the darkness. To reflect the all of existence, there must be both light and dark, the world is both bleak and beautiful, and it is in our desire to find some sort beauty in ugliness and desolation, for in the modern world, there is no hope and no faith, only life and existence.
The pathway of life is the pathway that we follow to death. The certainty of death is the certainty of life.
we are a voice in the void, meaningless, encompassing nothing but experience and imagination, reflecting nothing but the exterior that passes us by and the emotions that overcome us. we are a solitary cry in the wilderness. if no one can hear you, are you truely screaming?
Contact e-mail:
for booking: contact kenneth keifer at kkeifer1971@aol.com
Self destruction is the pathway to release

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Music:

Member Since: 04/06/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/thesilvercord
Band Members:

kenneth j keifer, jr. microphone destructor


karl a haikara: ravaged flesh and cigarette burned vocals

dane h bernhardt: jack the ripper

Influences: These Are Our Band Influences:

Joy Division, David Bowie, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Swans, My Dying Bride, Suede, Manic Street Preachers (The Holy Bible), Mogwai, Burzum, Xasthur.
These Are Our Very Special Personal Influences:

K. Keifer:
currently: lifelover, xasthur, the cure, joy division, my dying bride, covenant, katatonia, carpathian forest, depeche mode, morrissey, and your mom.

K. Haikara:
(a sampler of my head right now:) dead can dance, striborg, burzum, borknagar, forest, branikald, raven dark, deathspell omega, my dying bride, empyrium, nagelfar, ulver, carpathian forest, emperor, wolves in the throne room, blut aus nord, veles, graveland, primordial, summoning, abigor, shape of despair, finntroll, moonsorrow.

D. Bernhardt:
David Bowie, Ladytron, Bjork, Sisters of Mercy, Depeche Mode, Ohgr, Shiny Toy Guns, John Wiliams, Brian Tyler, Howard Shore, Men Without Hats, Smashing Pumpkins, Rasputina, Air, The Beatles, Ray Manzerak of the Doors, Danny Ellman

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Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

from tom murphys blog: My 36 Favorite Local Releases of 2008 Part 3

Monday, June 01, 2009  My 36 Favorite Local Releases of 2008 Part 3 Current mood:  inspired Well tonight I finally went to a show and didn't take notes or pictures or bothered to systematically rememb...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:18:00 GMT

new cd "the veil" in final stages and other things.

we just finished recording our 3rd cd "the veil" and its in the final stages of mastering, we will be releasing it very soon.  of course we will have a launch date as soon as we are completely done. i...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 08:41:00 GMT

soundcheck 4/22/08

Soundcheck: Week of April 22ndBy Guido Sarducci IV " Apr 22nd, 2008 " Category: Headlines from the Manor, Soundcheck  464 views This week I'm very excited to highlight the CD release party of ...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:47:00 GMT

over the weekend: punk rock fashion 9/8/08

Over the Weekend: Punk Rock Fashion, Wish Nightclub, and some music to burn your ears off Mon Sep 08, 2008 at 10:04:09 AM Hey! Only five more days to the weekend! Yes! As for the one that just en...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:40:00 GMT

9/6-9/12 rearview: week in review

Rearview: The Week in Review (9/6/08-9/12/08) Fri Sep 12, 2008 at 05:00:00 PM Take my picture and I will bust your ass Here's a handy compendium of all the great content you missed this week on Ba...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:38:00 GMT

sept 6th westword backbeat

Live Review: Mourning Sickness and The Silver Cord at Larimer Lounge Mon Sep 08, 2008 at 09:02:01 AM Mourning Sickness Mourning Sickness and The Silver CordSaturday, September 6th, 2008Larimer ...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:30:00 GMT

stolen from tom murphy journal tornado alley cd release party

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 ..TR>   Post-Tornado Alley CD Release Current mood: awake Category: Music Alright, many thanks are due for helping that whole thing happen including getting the...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:37:00 GMT

the silver cord EP review 5/1/08 westword

The Silver Cord The Silver CordSelf-released By Tom Murphy Published on April 29, 2008 at 8:12pm Subject(s):The Silver Cord With few bands pursuing a dark muse at the moment, it's paradoxicall...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:40:00 GMT

review westword may 30 2008

Over the Weekend...The Silver Cord, Split Second Massacre, Slight Harp @ Cafe Cero Mon Jun 02, 2008 at 09:12:31 AM The Silver Cord w/Split Second Massacre and Slight HarpFriday, May 30, 2008Café ...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:37:00 GMT

crossroads theater review 10/25/2007

Silver Cord Crossroads Theater By Tom Murphy Published on October 23, 2007 at 8:21pm Tom Murphy Subject(s):Silver Cord The first recorded reference to the silvery cord that connects the physica...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:28:00 GMT