Lacrimosa is a Swiss band consisting of two people - founder, composer and vocalist Tilo Wolff , as well as keyboardist and vocalist Anne Nurmi . Lacrimosa music is quite diverse and goes beyond the same genre, the group worked in different styles, but most often in the gothic metal genre.
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| Genres | Darkwave Gothic rock Gothic metal Symphonic metal Neue Deutsche Todeskunst |
| Years | 1989 - our days |
| A country |  Switzerland |
| City | Glistened |
| Language of songs | Deutsch English Finnish Latin Spanish [1] Russian [2] |
| Labels | Hall of sermon Nuclear blast |
| Composition | Tilo Wolff Anne Nurmi |
| Other projects | Snakeskin Two witches |
The group sings mainly in German, less often in English (including for Anna Nurmi), as well as in Finnish (for example, the song “Vankina” from the single “ Der Morgen Danach ”, the first verse “The Turning point” and the introduction of the song “ Schakal ") and Latin (fragments in the songs" Mutatio Spiritus "and" Sanctus "). In the Russian version of the song “ I Lost My Star ”, the chorus is performed in Russian, the Mexican edition of the album Echos contains a version of the track “ Durch Nacht und Flut ” with a fragment in Spanish.
Title
Tilo explains the origin of the name of his group:
 | There used to be such masses that were written about a won war or coronation, a mass about death, etc. These masses had strict components that should always be present. Lacrimosa is part of the requiem. It comes from the Latin "Lacrima" - tears, "mosa" - current, and the direct translation of "current tears" means "sad", "painful", "suffering". I like to listen to Mozart, who wrote a marvelous requiem , which was ordered to him anonymously. He felt very bad in terms of health, and the story tells that he had already written this requiem as for himself and wanted to complete his creative journey with it. When Lakrimoza was completed, in the evening he held a rehearsal with his musicians and in this connection he became exhausted and died at night. |
“ Lacrimosa ” is part of a requiem that begins with the stanza “Lacrimosa dies illa” - “that day is full of tears”.
Music Style
Lacrimosa began in 1990 with darkquave style. In this direction, the first three studio albums of the group are sustained: Angst , Einsamkeit and Satura . From the fourth album, Inferno , there is a change of style towards gothic metal. Starting with the album “Stille”, Lacrimosa draws orchestras for recording, in connection with which all the subsequent albums of the group are a mixture of gothic metal and symphonic metal . Schattenspiel , being a collection of songs written in the entire history of Lacrimosa, contains compositions sustained both in darkwave-style and in the spirit of gothic metal and symphonic metal.
Tilo Wolff himself does not agree with the definition of his music as goth-rock / goth-metal:
| These styles may be suitable for some songs, but definitely not for LACRIMOSA as a whole! Suppose the album “Revolution” begins with symphonic rock (“Irgendein Arsch ist immer unterwegs”) passes through experimental and hard alternative rock (“Verloren”, “Rote Sinfonie”), through classical music with the influence of electronics (“Refugium”), and here we see rock and roll (“Feuerzug”) and metal electronics (“Revolution”). I am not a servant of the image! I want to make music, not get stuck in the same style! [3]Tilo Wolff |
Design
All the covers of the group are made in black and white and echo the logo.
| The main character of all the drawings is the harlequin. It is also on our logo. This clown is a kind of symbol, a kind of comic reflection of our music. It combines all the feelings that exist in our work. All of our CDs are designed by artist Shtelio Diamantopoulos. His black and white drawings are always built on contrast, as are our songs.Tilo Wolff |
Texts
Tilo Wolff:
| I absolutely know exactly what I want to express with my songs. Therefore, Lacrimosa is not a group in the usual sense. I have no desire to come with musicians to the rehearsal room for experiments. I do not set myself the goal of becoming the best group in the world at any cost. It is about being able to express your feelings as faithfully as possible and no one can help me with this. Of course, there are cases in the studio when musicians do something original, and if I like it, I accept it. But this concerns, rather, arrangements, than compositions. All texts, of course, are based on events that happened either with me, or in a very close circle in which I was drawn. I can not write texts about what happened to someone else, even if this person is very close to me, if only it had nothing to do with me. I use in my texts a lot of images, allegories, which, of course, should not be misunderstood. You can not get hung up, taking literally. |
Along with the German texts on their plates there are texts in English.
| These are most often my texts, because it is more convenient for me to express my feelings and thoughts.Anne Nurmi |
| There are certain texts that cannot be expressed in German, because it is a very sensitive language. This is a very good language for ambiguities, deep clarity, and it is very good to describe some things on it. Moreover, this is my native language, and therefore it is possible to better express my thoughts. This is partly impossible in other languages, and partly expressed in a different way. But there are certain things that cannot be expressed in German, and such a text as in the song “Copycat” would absolutely be impossible in German, it would not work. Therefore, it is wonderful that in this case you can turn to another language. By the way, I absolutely do not understand many musicians who use English, and claim that they attach great importance to the texts, although they do not speak it in half. It seems that they write in English just because it just sounds cooler.Tilo Wolff |
History
Clamor - Satura (1990–1993)
The history of the musical group Lacrimosa began as a Tilo Wolff solo project in the style of darkwave. After recording the demo, Clamor recorded and released his debut album, Angst , in darkquave style, and then, in 1992, he released his second album Einsamkeit . The female vocal on the first album belongs to Judith Gruning. The album “Satura” is the first release of Lacrimosa, which contains elements of gothic rock, in general, it is sustained in the darkwave genre. The first clip of the group was shot on the title track.
Inferno (1994–1996)
The fourth studio album of the Swiss gothic metal band. Released in 1995 on his own Tilo Wolff label Hall of Sermon . The album was a turning point in the history of the group, demonstrating the final transition from darkwave to gothic rock and gothic metal, which was begun on previous releases. Starting with the fourth album, Anne Nurmi joins Tilo Wolff.
Stille - Live (1997–1998)
In 1998, a double live album, Live . This material was recorded during a European tour in 1997 . Warming bands at these concerts were Darkseed , The Gallery and Secret Discovery.
Elodia (1999)
The album is considered to be the first gothic metal opera and sympho gothic metal classics. The London Symphony Orchestra took part in the recording of the album, which was an unprecedented event for gothic music. The lyrics of the album tells about the parting of two lovers, voiced by Tilo Wolff and Anna Nurmi.
Fassade (2000–2001)
The release took place simultaneously on his own Tilo Wolff label Hall of Sermon and major German label Nuclear Blast in 2001. All songs are written by Tilo Wolff, except for the track “Senses”, authored by Anna Nurmi.
Echos (2002—2003)
The release took place on January 27, 2003. All compositions are written by Tilo Wolff, with the exception of “Apart,” authored by Anna Nurmi.
Lichtgestalt (2005–2006)
Is the ninth album of the Swiss gothic metal band Lacrimosa. The album was released on May 2, 2005 via Hall of Sermon.
Sehnsucht (2008–2009)
In February 2009, the official site announced the name of the new album, as well as the release date - May 8th. Later, also in February, the album cover was shown. In March 2009, the official website published a list of songs of the album, consisting of 10 tracks. In the second half of March, the first 3-minute excerpt from the first track of the new album was published on the official website.
Schattenspiel (2010)
March 2, 2010 on the official website of the group appeared information about the release of the new album, dedicated to the twentieth anniversary of the band. The publication was released on two CDs and contains 18 songs, including unreleased works, the first demo tapes of 1990, as well as songs written specifically for release. The album was released on May 7, 2010 [4] . The anniversary album was called Schattenspiel (with it. - “Game of Shadows”). Information about this, as well as the album cover were presented on March 20 on the official website of the group.
Initially, the tracklist of the album was to consist of 17 tracks, but on April 8 it became known that a non-released version of the track “Copycat” was added to the album [4] [5] .
Revolution (2012)
On May 31, 2012, through the official website of Lacrimosa, Tilo Wolff announced that the title of the next studio album will be “Revolution” (with it - “Revolution”) . The disc was released on September 7, 2012 [6] .
Hoffnung (2015)
Work on the album began in January 2015. An orchestra of 60 musicians was involved in the recording. The release of the disc took place on November 6, 2015 and is timed to the twenty-fifth anniversary of the group [7] . The album contains the longest song in the history of the group, which exceeds the length of the song "Die Strasse der Zeit" from the album Stille [8] [9] [10] .
On September 18 and 19, 2015, the anniversary concerts of Lacrimosa were held in Oberhausen and Dresden , which featured the songs “Keiner Schatten mehr” and “Kaleidoskop” [8] [11] . The tour in support of the album, called Unterwelt-tour, began with a performance in Minsk on November 13 [12] and continued with concerts in Russia, China, Taiwan, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Belgium and a number of other countries [13] .
Testimonium (2017)
The group's thirteenth studio album was announced on February 10, 2017 on its official website and on social media pages. At the time of the announcement, the album was recorded by half, and its release was scheduled for the summer of the same year [14] .
The disc is called Testimonium and is a four-part requiem for David Bowie , Prince and Leonard Cohen - musicians who died in 2016, who significantly influenced the work of Tilo Wolff [15] . The release took place on August 25, 2017.
Zeitreise (2019–2020)
On March 22, 2019, during the world tour of the Time Travel World Tour, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the group, Lacrimosa released a double compilation Zeitreise (with it. “Time Travel”). It contains songs for all the years of the project, the track "Lass die Nacht nicht über mich fallen - Reprise", the original version of which was included in the album Testimonium , as well as two new compositions: "Drei Sekunden" and "In Schatten der Sonne". The latter gives the first glimpse of the future fourteenth studio album Lacrimosa. The inclusion of songs from the past albums of the group, as well as from the forthcoming ones, reflects the idea of time travel [16] .
Stages of the path
- 1990 : Thilo Wolff releases Clamor , using Lacrimosa as the band name.
- 1991 : Tilo Wolff creates the record company Hall of Sermon as an independent label to release the band.
- 1993 : Anne Nurmi joins the group as a keyboard player, and soon becomes a full member, leaving the Finnish gothic group Two Witches .
Discography
Demos
- 1990 - Clamor (from the Latin. - "Noise, cry")
Albums
- 1991 - Angst (with him. - "Fear")
- 1992 - Einsamkeit (with him. - "Loneliness")
- 1993 - Satura (from the Latin. - "Mixture, all sorts of things")
- 1995 - Inferno (with him. - "Hell, hell")
- 1997 - Stille (with him. - "Silence")
- 1999 - Elodia ( Elodia )
- 2001 - Fassade (with him. - "Facade")
- 2003 - Echos (with him. - "Echoes")
- 2005 - Lichtgestalt (with it. - "Light Image")
- 2009 - Sehnsucht (with it. - “Tosca”)
- 2012 - Revolution (with him. - "Revolution")
- 2015 - Hoffnung (with him. - "Hope")
- 2017 - Testimonium
Concert albums and compilations
- 1998 - Live (2 CDs)
- 2002 - Vintage Classix LPs
- 2007 - Lichtjahre (2 CDs) (Live)
- 2010 - Schattenspiel (with it. - "Theater of Shadows")
- 2014 - Live in Mexico City (2 CDs)
- 2019 - Zeitreise (2 CDs)
Singles and EPs
- 1993 - “ Alles Lüge ” CDS (with it. - “Everything is a lie”)
- 1994 - " Schakal " CDS (with it. - "Jackal")
- 1996 - " Stolzes Herz " CDS (with him. - "Proud Heart")
- 1999 - " Alleine zu zweit " CDS (with it. - "Single together")
- 2001 - “ Der Morgen Danach ” CDS (with it. - “Morning after ...”)
- 2002 - “ Durch Nacht und Flut ” CDS (with it. “Through the night and the flood”)
- 2005 - " The Party Is Over " CDS (from English - "The holiday is over")
- 2005 - “ Lichtgestalten ” EP (with it. - “Bright Images”)
- 2009 - " I Lost My Star " EP (from English - "I lost my star") [17]
- 2009 - “ Feuer ” CDS (with it. - “Fire”)
- 2010 - Sellador
- 2013 - Heute Nacht EP
Participation in other projects
- Christian Dörghe Lycia - 1993
- Mystische Rosenmadonna
- "Der Satyr"
- "Weltschmerz"
- "Kriegsvögel"
- Illuminate Verfall - 1996
- "Love Never Dies"
- Atrocity Non Plus Ultra - 1999
- "Siehst du Mich im Licht"
- Kreator Endorama - 1999
- "Endorama"
- Dreams of Sanity Masquerade - 1999
- "The Phantom of the Opera"
- Witt Bayreuth 3 - 2006
- "Abendrot"
- Kartagon In The Clinic - 2013
- "Messiah"
- Mono Inc. "Children of the Dark" - 2016
- Tk Kim Intrication - 2017
- "Bleib"
Videography
VHS
- 1995 - The Clips 1993-1995 ( Clips 1993–1995 )
- 1997 - The Silent Clips ( Silent Clips )
DVD
- 2000 - The Live History ( “Live” (concert) history )
- 2005 - Musikkurzfilme (Group video clips compilation )
- 2007 - Lichtjahre (History of Lichtgestalt 2005–2006 tour)
Notes
- ↑ Title catalog: Durch Nacht und Flut. Page 7 (eng.) . Official Homepage of Lacrimosa. The appeal date is June 13, 2010. Archived on February 5, 2012.
- ↑ I Lost My Star . Irond. The appeal date is June 13, 2010. Archived May 31, 2012.
- ↑ Lacrimosa interview by Conor Fynes (English) . progarchives.com. The appeal date is November 3, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 New double album (English) . Official Homepage of Lacrimosa. The appeal date is June 13, 2010. Archived on February 5, 2012.
- ↑ Why did we take this picture? (eng.) Official Blog. The appeal date is June 13, 2010. Archived on February 5, 2012.
- ↑ News 2012 (eng.) . Lacrimosa - the official website. Archived June 25, 2012.
- ↑ LACRIMOSA: Neues Album zum Geburtstag! (him) . Orkus (20. August 2015). The date of circulation is September 20, 2015. Archived September 19, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 mumago1. Lacrimosa - Keiner Schatten mehr (New Song 2015, live, 25th anniversary concert, Oberhausen, HD) (English) . YouTube (September 18, 2015). The date of circulation is September 20, 2015. Archived September 19, 2015.
- ↑ Photo Chronicles - LacrimosaOfficial (English) . Facebook (September 8, 2015). The date of circulation is September 20, 2015. Archived September 19, 2015.
- ↑ Photo Chronicles - LacrimosaOfficial (English) . Facebook (10 August 2015). The date of circulation is September 20, 2015. Archived August 11, 2015.
- ↑ mumago1. Lacrimosa - Kaleidoskop (New Song 2015, live debut, 25th Anniversary Concert, Oberhausen 18/9/15 HD) (eng.) . YouTube (September 18, 2015). The date of circulation is September 20, 2015. Archived September 19, 2015.
- ↑ LACRIMOSA - the official website (him.) . lacrimosa.ch. - Erste Daten der Unterwelt-Tour. The date of circulation is September 20, 2015. Archived August 11, 2015.
- ↑ Tourdaten (German) . lacrimosa.ch. Circulation date October 3, 2015. Archived October 2, 2015.
- ↑ NEW STUDIO-ALBUM (English) . lacrimosa.ch (10 February 2017). The date of circulation is February 10, 2017. Archived February 10, 2017.
- ↑ LACRIMOSA is the title of the title and date on the issue of Noviya Si Album (Bolg.) . WeRock.bg (June 23, 2017). The date of circulation is June 23, 2017. Archived June 23, 2017.
- ↑ Here come the announced news
- ↑ Exclusive single Lacrimosa for Russia
Links
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