FatesWhim Channels Trauma and Healing into 'From The Darkness Inside'

A near-fatal accident left US songwriter Ray Wallin with physical injuries that made playing instruments and performing nearly impossible. Refusing to step away from music, he adapted his process under the FatesWhim project: penning every lyric himself and relying on an assisted production workflow to voice his ideas and build his visual storylines.

Closing out a trilogy rooted in gothic and symphonic metal, 'From The Darkness Inside' wrestles with scars, recovery, and inner conflict:

'I can't love you until I love me. / I'm surrounded by darkness I can't escape because it's part of me. / I am both light and dark, acceptance can be so hard. / I must transform beauty from my scars.'

Taking cues from the dramatic weight of bands like Evanescence and Within Temptation, Wallin calls his output 'Healcore', putting honest survival right at the front.