Gothic and Industrial music specialists
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Blutengel : Schwarzes Eis - 2xCD
Ref: 18725
Berlin-based band Blutengel is a one-of-a-kind phenomenon. In less than a decade's time, the group headed by singer and mastermind Chris Pohl has become synonymous with a unique and often imitated stylistic symbiosis of Gothic, Pop and electronic club music and has shaped an entire genre. Over the years, Blutengel have never stagnated, instead enhancing and developing their trademark style with every new album. But even according to their own high standards, their new long player “Schwarzes Eis” is nothing short of a revelation. Easily Blutengel's most versatile and ambitious work to date, the group manages to fuse the best of all its different creative periods and to cross borders without sacrificing its own identity. There have always been two sides to the Blutengel-equation – the club-compatible, rhythmic, “harder” and the elegic, pompous and romantic side. Both poles have been driven to perfection on “Schwarzes Eis”: the rhythmic tracks sound more minimal, danceable and dark and have returned a bit of the cold, often slightly distorted feeling of the early days. The emotional side has been interpreted in such dense and exciting sound fields that it has become an absolutely intense experience. Songs like the charts-hitting single “Dancing In The Light” are a picture-perfect example – the catchy, dark sound of Blutengel has matured, but at the same time feels as fresh and compact as it hasn't felt since “Seelenschmerz.” The ‘regular' edition of “Schwarzes Eis” will be released as a double CD, with disc two containing the ambitious instrumental work “Behind The Mirror”, a concept album with eight tracks. Tracks CD1 ‘Schwarzes Eis' : 01 Behind The Mirror 02 Kind der Nacht 03 City Lights 04 My Nightmare 05 Pure Life 06 The Only One 07 Dancing In The Light 08 Schneekönigin 09 My Darkest Night 10 The Dream 11 Dreh Dich nicht um 12 Broken Girl 13 Secret Places 14 Schatten 15 Nightfall CD2 “Behind The Mirror” : 01 Mirror I – Birth 02 Mirror II – Journey 03 Mirror III – Confusion 04 Mirror IV - Seduction 05 Mirror V – Hope 06 Mirror VI - Suffering
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