Behind The Tracks: For My Demons - 9 Weeks (Single) (2025)

With 9 Weeks, For My Demons deliver an evocative fragment from their concept album Tristesse, diving into the emotional and psychological abyss of Vincent van Gogh’s troubled existence. The song focuses on the intense and fateful period the Dutch painter spent at the Yellow House in Arles, during his brief and tumultuous cohabitation with Paul Gauguin. That short span of time – just over two months – was marked by visionary creativity, profound ideological clashes, and the tragic crescendo of inner torment.

Musically, 9 Weeks is a sophisticated blend of melodic elegance and narrative tension. It paints a sonic landscape where ethereal atmospheres and heavy moments coexist, evoking the introspective shadows of bands like Katatonia, Soen, and Dream Theater. The track doesn’t merely narrate – it immerses the listener in a dialogue between two souls in conflict, a meditation on madness, beauty, and isolation.

Lyrically dense with symbolism and psychological insight, 9 Weeks is more than a song. It’s an artistic act of empathy, a soundscape of fracture and vulnerability, encapsulating the very essence of what makes For My Demons one of the most conceptually bold and emotionally resonant bands in the Italian progressive dark metal scene.