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Wikipedia: Lacrimosa is a duo led by German Tilo Wolff, the main composer, and Finnish Anne Nurmi, currently based in Switzerland, but originally from Germany. Lacrimosa's musical genre originally was Darkwave or rather downright gothic. Since 1993, their style has shifted much more towards symphonic metal and gothic metal. Their musical style mixes heavy metal and gothic rock sounds along with violin, trumpet and more classical instruments, although their musical development throughout the years has also led to changes in instrumentation. Lacrimosa's lyrics are written almost exclusively in German, although since the 1995 album Inferno every album has featured one or two songs in English, generally written by Anne Nurmi. Finnish has also appeared in the spoken intro to two songs (Schakal on Inferno and The Turning Point on Elodia) and on a bonus track in a limited edition release of Fassade called Vankina. Their lyrics are mainly about loneliness, sadness, darkness, despair and love.

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Additional information is available @ Wiki, @ home, @ allmusic, @ myspace, @ official fanclub and @ russian fansite - how could I resist? ;-)

Tracklisting:
1. Fassade - 1. Satz
2. Der Morgen danach
3. Senses
4. Warum so tief?
5. Fassade - 2. Satz
6. Liebesspiel
7. Stumme Worte
8. Fassade - 3. Satz

Additional infos for this album are located @ Wiki, @ allmusic, @ metal-observer.com, @ metalcrypt.com and something really special, @ metal.de.

Now it seems that all reviews you can find praise Lacrimosa. Well, that isn't exactly true, but if one article dismisses album just because that person received promo disc with modified songs (probably designated just for evaluating and not for long term listening) and the other right in beginning admits he doesn't like gothic and actually he never liked Lacrimosa - I'll just leave 'no comment' here as no more words are needed for the wise.

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Wikipedia: On Elodia the role of metal-style guitars is reduced and increased that of symphonic, classical arrangements, this time recorded in part by the London Symphony Orchestra. Presented as a play in three parts, Elodia revolves around the most popular theme in musical history, love. The gothic element is still present, though, and the themes of loss and death feature prominently in the latter half of the 'play', which nevertheless ends with an affirmation of hope. The musical style of Elodia is still evident on the 2001 album Fassade, which features a wide variety of musical visions, from the harsh metal sound of "Liebesspiel" ("Love Game") to gently flowing keyboards of "Senses", to the symphonic interplay between guitars and orchestra on the title song "Fassade". This latter composition, a piece in three movements which are arranged on the album as tracks 1, 5 and 8, also constitutes a new thematic excursion of Lacrimosa as they move from the personal emotions they normally explore to a critique of modern society. It ends, however, with the affirmation of individuality and the protagonist's retreat from society.

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metalcrypt: For the first time, I will begin a review by stating the weak point of an album. I am doing it as personal therapy since Lacrimosa is one of my favourite bands, I can’t be 100% objective. On their seventh album called "Fassade", Lacrimosa presents their weakest album cover of their whole carrer. Cover artwork has been one of the keypoints for Lacrimosa's success, besides the fact that Tilo Wolff continues to demonstrate that he is one of the best composers in any musical genre. On "Fassade" (German word for façade) they have left behind that melancholic feel of all previous cover artworks. Evidently, "Fassade"’s artwork truly represents the album title, but where is the darkness and surealism of front covers like "Elodia"for example? But once you begin listening to "Fassade", you will immediately forget about the poor artwork. Yes, because musically, I dare to say that with "Fassade" Lacrimosa has reached the pinnacle of perfection that they began to climb on previous albums "Inferno" and "Elodia". Also despite the critiques, Tilo has a unique voice that combined with the German lyrics makes Lacrimosa a listening experience of its own. And with Anne vocals interventions they make one of the strongest male/female vocal duets in the whole gothic metal scene. Describing each track is almost impossible to do because on "Fassade" each single track is like a soundtrack. Or like a mix of multiple tracks joined together. You can hear and feel the mesmerizing piano passages, the crushing guitar sound, the tight drumming, and the melodies all together at the same time, but still separate. All in all along with Tilo’s vocals each track is a world of its own with its separate identity, but also a part of the "Fassade"’s totality. How it is possible to have such contractions in Lacrimosa? Lacrimosa present the listener with a world of contradictions. Tilo Wolf on this disc shows his show-writing genius . He can compose from very dark and obscure gothic passages, up to Metallica-type metal riffing. It is amazing how he can weave intense light stained with darkness, so much love based on hate, so much heat intermixed with coldness, so much joy filled with sorrow. Yes, because Lacrimosa presents an ocean of tears of happiness. If your heart has the urge of this mixed sets of feelings, Lacrimosa will fill both sides of your soul: from the biggest expressions of satisfaction and joy to the deepest and darkest sad realms of your inner self. 5 out of 5 from Steel Warrior

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