Love Is Colder Than Death - Tempest - 2013

Love Is Colder Than Death / Tempest
Жанр: Dark Folk, Darkwave
Страна-производитель диска: Germany
Год издания: 2013
Издатель (лейбл): In Deyagora Music
Номер по каталогу: IDM 05
Страна: Germany
Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 52:03
Источник (релизер): waffles.fm
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Треклист:
1 The Tempest 3:43
2 Kookaburra 5:21
3 Sinfonia Of The Moon 5:53
4 See The Ways 5:55
5 Sundance 5:39
6 Silent Is The House 3:24
7 Libro Di Ipazia 1:41
8 Song Of Jona 3:25
9 La Belle Dame Sans Merci 5:11
10 World In Motion 4:38
11 Red River 5:01
12 Il Lamento Del Cotopaxi 2:09

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GothicParadise.com Review

I wasn't entirely sure we would be getting any new music from this project after their anthology album Time. But it seems the artists surrounding this group have new creative ideas to share with the worl in the form of another great work. img On this release we have Uli Stornowski, the newest member of the group, playing multiple instruments and drums; Maik Hartung, an original member and founder of the band continues to compose and play various exotic instruments; Anja Herrmann lends her voice, lyrics and compositions to the album, being a member since 2003; and finally we have Ralf Jehnert, another long-time member of the band since 1995, lending his deep vocals, compositions and lyrics to another masterpiece. The album comes in a standard card-board digipack with insert and the album presented with a dozen tracks.
As with their previous two albums, the overall direction of the music continues to lean towards the mid-eastern-influenced tribal sounds with some dynamic and exotic instruments and styles. It kicks off with a bombastic symphonic approach to the introductory piece The Tempest, building up and setting the stage for the spellbinding music to come. While the exotic sounds with the various tribal and ritualistic percussion and various traditional elements dominate the music, some modern touches help to diffuse it a bit and make the music a bit more accessible to the band's traditional, foundational fans of ethereal, heavenly voices music.
Choosing favorites on this album is difficult and depends more on the listener's overall mood or taste in music as opposed to any lack of talent or composition from the artists. The album flows well from piece to piece and so it's great to listen to it from start to finish as a whole. As I have listened to it several times, a few pieces stand out a little bit more to me as favorites based on my love of the underlying gothic element mixed with various traditional ethnic styles. Sinfonia Of The Moon stands out as a piece that is dripping with emotion and laced with the hypnotic and entrancing female vocals, so even though I may not understand the lyrics, the overall mood is captivating. In a very different way, almost in a western-folk tradition Sundance is another piece that really stood out with an excellent mix of this newer folk style with traditional percussion and other similar elements. Following immediately after is a very simple piece that builds more on classical instruments and synthesized strings than the dominating tribal percussion on most of the rest of the album, while Ralf portrays the lyrics through his smooth vocals. Ralf combines his vocal talents along with a modern folk composition laced with bombastic symphonic structures and acoustic guitar on World In Motion for another stellar piece that breaks the mold of the standard set for this album, helping to create a dynamic work with the added variety. Anja really shines on a couple of other pieces as well, however she really brings it home with the short finale to the album Il Lamento Di Cotopaxi. As the title would imply, this lament pierces to the very soul of the listener as the vocals combined with the beautiful, classic song structure and instruments for a great ending to the album.
With that the album comes to a close and so does our review. Simply put, if you've enjoyed the band's latest works, this is definitely a great addition to any collection. For those new to the group, but familiar with such greats as Dead Can Dance, then you'll love this album, so don't hesitate to pick it up!

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Performer – Anja Herrmann, Maik Hartung, Ralf Jehnert, Uli Stornowski