Eis füehrt zum andre und aus füehrt zu nüt:
Es läärs Universum fougt zwäcklose Gsetz.
Im Gloube, frei z schwimme, erahneni doch:
Wier zucke wie Fische im kousale Netz.
Egau, weli Farb wome uf d Lääri maut:
Si blibt Illusion, wo bim Dänke vergheit.
Doch Freiheit z bestimme, o wes keni git,
Git e Bestimmig, wo alles befreit.
Nume wär akämpft, git ds Heft us de Hand:
Das aus z akzeptiere, isch scho Widerstand.
Lyrical condensation, musical escalation. Each song a nihilistic mantra, together as an album they form a poem that explores (and perhaps overcomes) the process of understanding the impossibility of freedom of action and will. An album that is thought antithetically: In the acceptance of the non-existence of freedom lies the resistance to meaninglessness. And yet the ambiguity of the title remains indelible: Defy nothingness, but there is still nothing…
What remains is the sheer will to resist – and the only constant is change. No two albums by The Burden Remains sound the same; the DNA may always be the same (you can always clearly recognise who you're listening to), but without stylistic reservations it always expresses itself in a new form. The unusual song structures, the use of Swiss-German, arpeggiators, synthesisers and percussion elements have remained the same since the last album ‘fluid’ – what is new is the DIY attitude, which bears witness to the band's in creased self-confidence and technical expertise. Everything here is self-made: In its outlines composed during a week, the songs on ‘trotz_däm nüt’ were fleshed out together and recorded at the same time, only to be produced and mixed by guitarist Philippe Aebischer himself. Thus solidifying the impression that The Burden Remains have found further opportunities to increasingly find and become themselves by taking matters into their own hands. And perhaps this is also a kind of freedom.
The Burden Remains stands for...
... five albums, four of them concept albums («Downfall of Man» 2011 // «Fragments» 2014 // «Touchstone» 2017 // «fluid» 2020 // «trotz_däm nüt» 2025).
... a line-up that remained unchanged since 21 years.
... approximately 100 concerts in all regions of Switzerland, for example as support act for Megadeth (Fri-Son), Voivod (Bad Bonn) and Saint Vitus (Dachstock).
... a tendency towards large-scale interdisciplinary concepts: Quadrophonic show on four stages 2014 at Fri-Son (Fribourg), album and live shows with an ad-hoc wind orchestra 2016, several elaborately produced video clips, conception of a film for the live show at the Bad Bonn Kilbi 2019 etc.
... genre defying stylistic openness with a high recognition value.
Factual biography
2025
Record release-show at Nouveau Monde/Fribourg in November
Release “trotz_däm nüt” (Vinyl/Download)
2021
Performance of the film concert project “fluid” at Ebullition/Bulle in October
2020
Record release-show at Nouveau Monde/Fribourg in October
Release “fluid” (Vinyl/Download) in October through Fireantmusic
2019
First release of the film concert project “fluid” at the Bad Bonn Kilbi/Düdingen in May
2018
Release of the video clip «The Sculptor» in February
2017
Release «Touchstone» (CD/Download) in June through Cold Smoke Records
2016
First release of the project «The Burden Remains & The Horns of the Seventh Seal» at Fri-Son/Fribourg in September
2015
Several shows, e.g. supporting Lofofora at sold out Ebullition/Bulle etc.
Release «Fragments» (2014) on CD
2014
Metalfactory’s 2014 poll: Fourth best swiss band; «Fragments» fourth best swiss album
Release of the first video clip «Govern The Sleepers» in December
Record release-show at Fri-Son/Fribourg in April
Release «Fragments» (Vinyl/Download) in April through Czar of Bullets
2013
Several shows, e.g. supporting Megadeth at sold out Fri-Son/Fribourg etc.
2012
Metalfactory’s 2012 poll: Sixth best swiss band
Project «The Bikini Blues-Sessions» at Bikini Test/La Chaux-De-Fonds (Free download) in August
Several shows, e.g. supporting St. Vitus (US) at Dachstock/Bern, supporting Rage (DE) at Openair Spreitenbach, supporting Voivod (CA) at Bad Bonn/Düdingen etc.
2011
Metalfactory’s 2011 poll: Fifth best swiss band; «Downfall Of Man» third best swiss album; fifth best newcomer
Record release-show at sould out Nouveau Monde/Fribourg in September
Release «Downfall Of Man» (CD/Free download, self released) in September
Switching to «The Burden Remains»
2004-2010
Several shows in Switzerland
Release of a Demotape, an EP and a Live-DVD
2003
Formation of «Cideraid»
