Love Like Blood was a German
gothic rock band. The band's name comes from the
song of the same name by English
post-punk
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band
Killing Joke.
Biography
Its nucleus consists of the Eysel brothers Yorck (
vocals
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,
lyrics
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) and Gunnar (
bass). The band was active from 1989 to 2001 and is now on (indefinite) hiatus.
Its early sound reminisces the style of
Fields of the Nephilim
Fields of the Nephilim are an English gothic rock band formed in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in 1984. The band's name refers to a Biblical race of angel-human hybrids known as the Nephilim.
Career Early years (1984–1991)
Fields of the Nep ...
. They made their breakthrough with the 1992 album ''An Irony of Fate'', which marked the debut of English guitarist Mark Wheeler. This album showcased a transition to a more
hard rock-influenced style.
In the mid-1990s, Love Like Blood turned to
gothic metal with the album ''Exposure''.
On their 2000 album, ''Enslaved + Condemned'', Love Like Blood made a rendition of
Youssou N'Dour
Youssou N'Dour (, wo, Yuusu Nduur; also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine describe ...
and
Neneh Cherry's song "
Seven Seconds", giving the pop song a more ragged, metal-oriented sound.
In January 2010, it was announced that Love Like Blood would be performing live for the "first and only" time since 1999 at the Twentieth Anniversary
Wave-Gotik-Treffen
The Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT; ) is an annual world festival for "dark" music and "dark culture" in Leipzig, Germany. 150+ bands and artists from various backgrounds ( gothic rock, gothic metal, EBM, industrial, noise, darkwave, neo-folk, ne ...
festival in
Leipzig
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.
However, they played one more show on July 23, 2011 in
Kortrijk
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It is the capital and large ...
,
Belgium
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.
Discography
Albums
* ''Flags of Revolution'' (1990)
* ''An Irony of Fate'' (1992)
*''Odyssee'' (1994)
*''Exposure'' (1995)
*''Snakekiller'' (1998)
*''Enslaved+Condemned'' (2000)
*''Chronology of a Love Affair'' (2001)
Compilation albums
*''Sinister Dawn / Ecstasy'' (1992)
*''Swordlilies - The Decade of Love Like Blood'' (1997)
Singles
*"Sinister Dawn" (1989)
*"Ecstasy" (1991)
*"Kiss & Tell" (1992)
*"Demimondes" (1992)
*"Flood of Love" (1993)
*"Heroes" (1993)
*"Stormy Visions" (1993)
*"Taste of Damocles" (1997)
*''The Love Like Blood E.P.'' (1998)
*"Love Kills" (2000)
References
External links
Official webpage
German gothic rock groups
German gothic metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 1989
Musical groups disestablished in 2001
German dark wave musical groups
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