After the previous longplayer ”Lichtgestalt” was about the facets of love, the upcoming “Lichtgestalten EP”, that will be released on December 2nd, deals with the consequences of that picture, that was drwan in the final of the titletrack: “Lichtgestalt – in deren Schatten ich mich drehe” / “Luminous figure – in whose shadow I spin around”!
Thus the “Lichtgestalten EP” starts with this particular titel “Lichtgestalt”, for which LACRIMOSA a couple of days ago shot a high-quality videoclip that will be released on the DVD “Musikkurzfilme” (Musical filmlets) on the same date December 2nd, together with all LACRIMOSA-clips, that break up with the well known conventions of usual music clips. Thus this DVD contains the very first LACRIMOSA Videoclip “Satura” from 1993, that already back than was shot with great effort und lots of love for details, all clips and filmlets from the years 1994 until 1997, as well as the previous unreleased “Alleine zu zweit” from the album “Elodia”, “Der Morgen danach” from the album “Fassade” and “Durch Nacht und Flut” from the album “Echos” from 2003. Apart from that, this DVD shows Making-Ofs from several Shootings, that present an interesting view as well as sometimes a view with a wink behind the scenery and ends with a view into the future: a trailer for the LACRIMOSA-movie, that opens 2006.
Back at the EP we can hear “Lichtgestalt” in the version of a SNAKESKIN-Remix which openly deals with the original and shows unexpected sides of this LACRIMOSA-hit! “Unerkannt” (Unrecognized) is a brand new title that discribes the shadowy existence as metioned in the beginning and therefore continues the album track “Nachtschatten”, evanthough, in a sense of LACRIMOSA, it goes complete new ways musicalwise. “Skintight”, also previous unreleased, deals with the results of a life in the puplic spot-light, but on the other hand in the shadow of the love-light. “Road to pain”, previous only released in Mexico and Russia, might be the hardest LACRIMOSA composition so far, and becomes not a bit softer through its uncompromising lyrics. In this recording specially striking is the raw voice of Tilo Wolff, that shows an interesting counterpol to its performances as the first tenor in various chorals. The “Lichtgestalten EP” ends with a new version of the 1997 LACRIMOSA-hit “Siehst Du mich im Licht?” (Can you see me in the light?) by ATROCITY, in which for the first time you can her a duett between Tilo Wolff and Alexander Krull!
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