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Post by Whisper Supremacy on Mar 19, 2016 7:39:16 GMT 7
Lacrimas Profundere - And The wings Embraced Us 1995 Independent 1. Snow 07:22 2. Perfume of Withered Roses 07:13 3. Amorous 07:11 4. Eternal Sleep 04:55 5. Autumn Morning 07:37 6. Embracing Wings 01:59Oliver Schmid - Guitars Christopher Schmid - Vocals Manuel Ehrlich - Guitars Markus Lapper - Bass Christian Greisberger - Drums Anja Hötzendorfer - Violin, Vocals (female) Eva Stöger - Flute, Keyboards Sebastian Dunst - Engineering, Mixing Oliver Nikolas Schmid - Layout Christopher Schmid - Photography, Lyrics Markus Larper - Photography Dirk Gebard - Photography Recorded and mixed at Zinnkopf Audio in April and May 1995. Engineered and mixed by Sebastian Dunst. All songs written and composed by Oliver Nikolas Schmid. All lyrics written by Christopher Schmid. Produced by Lacrimas Profundere. All arrangements by Lacrimas Profundere. Layout by Oliver Nikolas Schmid.
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Post by Whisper Supremacy on Mar 19, 2016 7:41:57 GMT 7
In several interviews Oliver Nicklas asserted that he would change this release completely.
Well... this album was my introduction to Lacrimas Profundere. When I first heard it, I thought it was splendid, great. Now, after a year, this band is one of my favorites. However, I also took another point of view about this release: this was not as perfect as I thought. In fact, there are plenty of flaws here. And again, however, I can't remove from my head the fact that Lacrimas Profundere was one of the first Gothic/Death/Doom Bands... They were pioneers.
Anyway, let's start with the vocals. Those who know this band only because of its glam/gothic rock present status will be surprised with Chris's vocals here. For the most part, they are growls, very VERY deep and brutal grunts. Although there's a problem with them, for they are not understandable due to the poor production and the strange accent of Chris (this band is from the south of Germany). The rest are "spoken words"... no problem with them, and this time Chris's accent gives these words a sexy touch (which will be developed in the next records).
The lyrics, again contrary to the present state of the band, are romantic and poetic, but they are delivered as "stories", not as lyrics properly speaking.
"from the sky and falls to the ground and melts snow is just like unborn life it pleases or burdens us just for the moment in which it so we say lives"
The guitars are very heavy and crunchy. They are, for the most time, slow and depressive, taking direct influences from the EARLY Peaceville Trio. But, in the other hand, we have modern black metal riffs, with a reduced speed, of course. This time the raw production makes the riffs even more heavy than what one could expect. The lame part of this record is that we observe a young band playing here. There are some really annoying riffs coming from both guitars (like the ones on the middle of Autumn Morning and the stupid end of Snow), showing us an amateur band.
The bass is on front here, but following the guitars generally, delivering sometimes its unique lines through the songs.
Finally, the drums, though very slow, create a dense atmosphere in the course of the music adding unexpected changes and controlling half of the music.
But, this is all and over?? Hell no!! What makes the early times of this act so special are the orchestral sections: the flute, the violin, the piano and the sopprano voice supporter. In this first record, pitifully, these instruments act like supporters... With the next record, they will amplify their potential... Anyways, the soprano just does not reach her top, never! The others instruments suffer the bad production, sounding too loud and annoying at times. However, memorable moments like the intro of Perfume of Withered Roses is just epic, it puts you in trance.
In conclusion, this record was never meant to be an album. This is really a DEMO!! The production ruins almost all of the work and the guitars sound newbie and amateurish. On the other hand, the guitars do achieve the goal of sounding depressive and the classical instruments add a true sense of despair
Good points: -The growls -The independent lines of the bass -The drums -The depression on every ear -Some memorable and beautiful moments from the classical instruments
Bad points: -Some riffs -The horrible production -Sometimes the flute and the violin sound too loud
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Post by Whisper Supremacy on Mar 19, 2016 7:42:28 GMT 7
Perhaps a prime example of one of the first (and arguably best) bands to follow in the footsteps of Anathema, Lacrimas Profundere definitely took their original frame work and for a while crafted it into something perhaps even more beautiful than the originators themselves. Its a shame that the band, who started out using various classical instruments and influences shed their deep musically leanings in favor of their current and simplistic Goth Rock style of today.
This is an interesting mix of Doomdeath and Black Metal. The production is pretty weak and takes away from the music. This isn't as crunch heavy as some of their mid to late period music would be. Its very melodic and full of harmonized passages both slow and fast. The music is generally a moderately slow pace for the most part deviating from time to time into slower dirges and faster, blacker, territory. The guitars are the prominent instruments in mix often drowning out the clean vocals. There are plenty of Anathema inspired leads and harmonies. Sometimes to the point of cloning but more often then not original.
The bass is rather boring and more or less follows the guitars for the bulk of the album. The drums are simplistic and not very adventurous relying on the bass, snare and hi-hats for most of the songs. This isn't to say that they don't have a few moments of brilliance sprinkled here and there, but over all they are very standard.
The vocals are mostly mid-ranged growls to a low-hi black rasp. There are few somewhat guttural moments but for the most part they are in the middle of the road. There are clean spoken word parts from the male singer and some very nice complimentary female vocals. Both are used to good effect, but the cleans are yet another throw back to Darren era-Anathema. The lyrics are deep and depressing.
In general, there is a mixture of classical instruments and keyboards thrown into the mix at any given time as well. These are used to great effect and help to accentuate the sadness of the songs at large.
This is excellent melodic Doomdeath Metal. There is nothing Gothic about this release (not that it would necessarily be a bad thing if there was) making the bands fifth release such a hard pill to digest. This is a very, varied and original piece of music that transcends the generic and shows all that even if your following someone else’s blue print, you can still build your own style. This is a hauntingly depressive yet stunningly beautiful album that all Doomsters should feverishly hunt down and listen too.
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