Two Witches is a
gothic rock
Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted toward dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie an ...
band from
Finland
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, formed in 1987. As with several other late 1980s bands (like
Nosferatu
''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' () is a 1922 silent film, silent German Expressionism (cinema), German Expressionist vampire film directed by F. W. Murnau from a screenplay by Henrik Galeen. It stars Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who ...
), Two Witches started basing the main part of their appearances and lyrics on vampiric imagery. The group was founded by Jyrki Witch and
Anne Nurmi, who in 1993 left the band to start a professional relationship with
Tilo Wolff
Tilo Wolff (born 10 July 1972) is a German musician and artist. He was born in Frankfurt am Main and currently lives in Switzerland.
His longest-running project is the band Lacrimosa, which debuted in 1990. The band embraces a diverse range o ...
and his group
Lacrimosa
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. Their last work is the album ''Goodevil'', published in 2014.
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Lacrimosa
The ''Lacrimosa'' (Latin for " weeping/tearful"), is part of the Dies Irae sequence in the Catholic Requiem Mass. Its text comes from the Latin 18th and 19th stanzas of the sequence. Many composers, including Mozart, Berlioz, and Verdi have set ...
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Music of Finland
The music of Finland can be roughly divided into folk music, Classical music, classical and contemporary art music, and contemporary popular music.
The folk music of Finland belongs to a broader musical tradition, common amongst Baltic Finnic ...
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External links
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at MusicMight
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at Discogs
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Finnish musical groups
Finnish gothic rock groups
Finnish dark wave musical groups
Musical groups established in 1987
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