Audio CD review:
Lacrimosa - Lightgestalt

Lacrimosa - Lightgestalt

Band: Lacrimosa Title: Lightgestalt Rating: Release Date: Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Sapphire 2: Kelch Der Liebe 3: Lichtgestalt 4: Nachtschatten 5: My Last Goodbye 6: Party Is Over 7: Letzte Ausfahrt: Leben 8: Hohelied Der Liebe

Customer Review Mmm...Symphonic Metal good-ness... For a gothic album, it was extremely uplifting. After I heard Echoes (the album preceeding this one) I wasn't that impressed. A lot of the tracks sounded more like background music than anything else. The classical aspects often overwhelmed the metal qualities. While I still loved Lacrimosa, I thought that album was not exactly their greatest creation. Lichtgestalt is unimaginably better. Like a number of the band's songs, this album focuses on love. It is actually a story of finding love, experiencing it, losing love, and then suicide. Now THAT is more like the gothic band Lacrimosa is! The lyrics don't always rhyme, so they seem more like free form poetry put to a beat. All the lyrics and all the musical scores were created by Tilo Wolff (the lead vocals), as well as the concept for the cover. His talent still amazes me. Also, another note: I found the cover art very appealing, as well as many of the images that were inside the booklet. Both the audio and visual parts of Lichtgestalt are extremely well done. . You can see a complete list of all Lacrimosa discography, or go back to the Lacrimosa tabs