«Schattenspiel» - jubilee album from Lacrimosa |
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Written by alex davie | |||
Friday, 26 March 2010 11:52 | |||
Reaching a 20 years jubilee is surely not ordinary. And when you keep in mind this jubilee becomes even more extraordinary because in all these years Lacrimosa never signed a deal with a major record company depite a huge commercial success with Top 10 positions in the charts of various countries. The artistic freedom has always been the top priority for the band. Next to their cultural success several artists from rock, pop and classical music name Lacrimosa as their source of inspiration. Thus the duo of the German Tilo Wolff and Finnish Anne Nurmi became the co-founders of music styles like symphonic rock and gothic metal and belong to the most important alternative music groups worldwide. So this is now the anniversary album for the 20th jubilee of this band. «Schattenspiel» starts with the presentation of the first and so far unheard musical steps from the year 1990. Then they open their private archive with exclusive recordings from the following years and end their journey with the latest productions that can be currently heard from them. Who would have thought that the band which is after all known as a rock band began their career with pure electro numbers like «Schuld und Sühne» and «Seelenübertritt» (both 1990)? And when one knows the more abundant arrangements of the last years albums songs like «Morgen» (2003) and «Déjà vu» (2007) have nearby a minimalist character, although the latter one aroused special interest through its emotional enthusiasm. The original version of «Schakal» (1994) is really surprising! The song officially released in the same year is known as one of the first gothic metal songs ever though this version doesn’t sound like it at all! The classical elements and the bombastic intention can be divined though the guitars seem inspired by punk rock while the drums have electronic roots! This combination surely needs getting used to but exactly this makes it pretty charming. So this is very much a shadow play just like «Mantiquor» (2005): on one hand you hear the clear relatedness to classics like «Ich bin der brennende Komet» or «Kelch der Liebe» but still it has a note that is rather pleasant and therefore strange. Especially worth mentioning are the new titles «Sellador» and «Ohne Dich ist alles nichts» which are the most opposite to each other. While the first one is reviving the band’s electronic roots and combining these with classical and rock elements, «Ohne Dich ist alles nichts» comes with all the strong and large emotions in a first-class musical and handcraft quality like we know this polemical but always consistent band. «Schattenspiel» will be released May 7th, 2010 via Hall of Sermon. Tracklisting: [01] 1990 Seele in Not (Urversion) 5:54 Info submited by official Lacrimosa web-site.
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