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Omen (Blutengel Album)
''Omen'' is the ninth studio album from German futurepop band Blutengel. It was released as a single CD, 2xCD digipack with a bonus disc, and a collectors edition box set with the 2xCD album and an EP entitled ''Dark & Pure Volume 2'' featuring stripped down piano & guitar acoustic versions of songs from Omen, arranged and performed by Conrad Oleak with Chris and Ulrike. ''Omen'' was preceded by two singles, ''Asche zu Asche'' and ''Sing'', both with accompanying music videos directed by Carlo Roberti. Due to a legal dispute, its title had to be changed and got a re-release in 2016 under the new name ''Save Us''. Track listing References {{Authority control 2015 albums Blutengel albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blutengel
Blutengel (german: Blood Angel) (stylized as BlutEngel) is a German electronic music group formed by singer Chris Pohl (also of the groups Terminal Choice, Tumor, and Miss Construction and the owner of the Fear Section label) after he had to leave Seelenkrank due to contractual and legal problems. The lyrics are written primarily in German and English and are presented with male and female vocals. The themes of the songs usually centre around themes common in Gothic fiction such as love, vampirism, sexual fetishism, death, and immortality. The band calls their musical style ''dark pop''. History Formation and early years (1998–2001) Blutengel was formed in 1998 after Chris Pohl had decided to give up the preceding project, Seelenkrank (which had released two albums), due to contractual problems. Just as its predecessor, Blutengel uses melodious electronic tunes in combination with both male and female voices. The lyrics are primarily in German or English and mixed between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futurepop
Futurepop is an electronic music genre that has been characterized as a blend of synthpop, EBM and dance beats, based on trance and techno.Peter Matzke, Tobias Seeliger: ''Das Gothic- und Dark-Wave-Lexikon.'' Schwarzkopf und Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2003, , p. 230.Axel Schmidt, Klaus Neumann-Braun: ''Die Welt der Gothics. Spielräume düster konnotierter Transzendenz.'' 2004, . p. 273. It developed in Western Europe as an outgrowth of both EBM and electro-industrial music cultures and it began to emerge in the late 1990s with artists like VNV Nation, Covenant, and Apoptygma Berzerk. Other leading genre artists were Assemblage 23, Icon of Coil, Neuroticfish, and Rotersand.Isabella van Elferen: ''Gothic Music: The Sounds of the Uncanny'', University of Wales Press, 2012, , p. 165.'' Futurepop is mostly associated with the cybergoth subculture. It has become popular in alternative dance clubs, particularly in Germany. Music festivals that feature futurepop bands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkwave
Dark wave (also typeset as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as being dark, romantic and bleak, with an undertone of sorrow. The genre embraces a range of styles including cold wave,Schilz, Andrea: ''Flyer der Schwarzen Szene Deutschlands: Visualisierungen, Strukturen, Mentalitäten.'' Waxmann Verlag, 2010, , p. 84. ethereal wave, gothic rock,Uecker, Susann: ''Mit High-Heels im Stechschritt'', Hirnkost Verlag, 2014, neoclassical dark wave and neofolk. In the 1980s, a subculture developed primarily in Europe alongside dark wave music, whose followers were called ''wavers'' or ''dark wavers''. In some countries such as Germany, the movement also included fans of gothic rock (so-called ''trad-goths''). 1980s: Origins Since the 1980s, SPEX. Musik zur Zeit: ''Classified Ad by German distribution com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Symphonies (An Orchestral Journey)
''Black Symphonies (An Orchestral Journey)'' is an orchestral compilation album from German futurepop band Blutengel. It was promoted as a classical 'best of'. Background After performing at the first Gothic Meets Klassik festival 2012 at Neues Gewandhaus, Leipzig, 'Die With You' and 'Ein Augenblick', two of the eight songs played were played in their classical style during their Monument tour. They were recorded on the live album 'Once in A Lifetime'. The response to both the Gothic Meets Klassik and 'Once in A Lifetime' performance was positive, and Blutengel began a classical tour with the 'Monument Ensemble' performing the eight songs from Gothic Meets Klassik, plus five songs rewritten for the chamber ensemble. All of the tracks were arranged by Conrad Oleak, who did the original arrangements for the songs performed at Gothic Meets Klassik. From this came 'Black Symphonies', and a new song entitled 'Krieger' (Warrior) with 'Legend' (Actually 'Legend Part 2' from the Monument ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Alle Ewigkeit
''In Alle Ewigkeit'' ''(In All Eternity)'' is the fourth EP from the German futurepop band Blutengel. ''Weg Zu Mir'' is a reworking of a track from their first album Child of Glass, and was released as a preview for ''Nemesis'', their 2016 best of compilation album. A video was released for Kinder der Sterne' (Children of the Stars), which featured Meinhard, who released a version of the same song on his album ''Alchemusic II: Coagula'' which featured BlutEngel. There are two collaborations with dark-dance act Grenzgænger, and two demos of songs from Monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, his .... Track listing Credits * Music and male vocals: Chris Pohl * Female vocals: Ulrike Goldmann References External linksMusicfolio.com {{DEFAULTSORT:In Alle Ewigkeit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminal Choice
Terminal Choice was a German industrial rock band. It was formed by singer Chris Pohl (also of Blutengel, Tumor, Pain of Progress and owner of the Fear Section label) in 1993. History Their lyrics are sung in German and English. The sound was originally primarily electronic music, but with the 1998 album ''Navigator'', guitars were added. Besides Pohl, the original lineup included Jens Gärtner, who provided the drums and loops. In 1997, Manuel Selling was added as a guitar player. He left in 2000 and Gordon Mocznay took over on guitar and bass guitar. Also in 2000, the band's album ''Ominous Future'' was ranked #15 on the German Alternative Charts (DAC) Top 50 Albums of 2000. A year later in 2001, Louis Manke joined the band as well, adding a second guitar to the band. An album entitled "New Born Enemies" was released in 2006 and four years later the band released the album "Übermacht". In 2017, Chris Pohl revealed in his biography that Terminal Choice is no longer activ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Albums ...
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2015. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, or disbanded, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2015 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:2015 albums Albums 2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
