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Gothic music and its surroundings in Germany
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: xJulian --- If you have the time, may I suggest to try out Chamber ("L'Orchstre de Chambre Noir" is the official name, but apparently nobody uses it).
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Probably because it sounds way too close to Tony Wakefords neo-classical project 'L'Orchestre Noir'.
I've heard about half the bands you listed (I'm particularly keen on Subway to Sally and Corvus Corax) and the others I'll put some effort in to checking out. My favourite band in the style you're talking of is the (in my view peerless) Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows. The projects now pretty much completely electronic (I think probably because Anna-Varney doesn't want to rely on session musicians) but the song-structures and overall themes and concepts have remained pretty much constant. Albums like 'Todeswunch', 'Dead Lovers Sarabande' and 'Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell' are pretty much fucking unbeatable. Wonderful orchestration, incredible intensity, lots of dense mythological and literary references. There's also Lacrimosa, Nebelhexe and Samsas Traum, keeping to the German theme.
I'm also heavily into neo-folk, which has a lot of similiariaties to darkwave, and even crosses over at some points, bands like Sol Invictus, Blood Axis, Death in June, Ostara, Current 93, Gae Bolg & The Church of Fand, In Gowan Ring, :Of The Wand And The Moon:, Forseti, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Die Natalis, Hagalaz' Runedance and also neo-folk precursors like Changes, Nico and Paul Giovanni. Then there's also (mainly black) metal bands who incorporate dark medieval/primitive music or even darkwave elements and aesthetics and I feel embody much of the same feel, such as Waylander, Forefather, Orkrist, Wyrd, Woods of Ypres and Agalloch.
So, yeah, I like this sort of stuff. I'm also in to the electronic side.
xJulian:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---
--- Quote from: xJulian --- If you have the time, may I suggest to try out Chamber ("L'Orchstre de Chambre Noir" is the official name, but apparently nobody uses it).
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Probably because it sounds way too close to Tony Wakefords neo-classical project 'L'Orchestre Noir'.
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I do think they're marketed that way (so it's no official trademark biggie), but usually it seems people are too lazy to actually use the whole name everytime they talk about the band, much like everyone apparently just pronounces ASP as a word, as in "asp".
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---I've heard about half the bands you listed (I'm particularly keen on Subway to Sally and Corvus Corax) and the others I'll put some effort in to checking out. My favourite band in the style you're talking of is the (in my view peerless) Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows. The projects now pretty much completely electronic (I think probably because Anna-Varney doesn't want to rely on session musicians) but the song-structures and overall themes and concepts have remained pretty much constant. Albums like 'Todeswunch', 'Dead Lovers Sarabande' and 'Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell' are pretty much fucking unbeatable. Wonderful orchestration, incredible intensity, lots of dense mythological and literary references. There's also Lacrimosa, Nebelhexe and Samsas Traum, keeping to the German theme.
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I know two of the latter three, will check out Nebelhexe and Sopor Aeternus. Thanks for the recommendation, it sure sounds very promising.
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---I'm also heavily into neo-folk, which has a lot of similiariaties to darkwave, and even crosses over at some points, bands like Sol Invictus, Blood Axis, Death in June, Ostara, Current 93, Gae Bolg & The Church of Fand, In Gowan Ring, :Of The Wand And The Moon:, Forseti, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Die Natalis, Hagalaz' Runedance and also neo-folk precursors like Changes, Nico and Paul Giovanni. Then there's also (mainly black) metal bands who incorporate dark medieval/primitive music or even darkwave elements and aesthetics and I feel embody much of the same feel, such as Waylander, Forefather, Orkrist, Wyrd, Woods of Ypres and Agalloch.
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I have some German neofolk in my collection, but I don't know any of the bands you listed. I assume they'd be worth checking out? Btw, I fell I've kinda outgrown metal. I've had the phase when I was 14-17, but now most of the metal stuff my metalhead friends like doesn't give me anything... occassionally I listen to In Flames. If at all, I like it melodic.
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---So, yeah, I like this sort of stuff. I'm also in to the electronic side.
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Great, so because now I know it's not a wasted effort, I'll put down a list of bands I'd recommend without hesitation:
Alexander Veljanov, ASP, Blutengel, Chamber, Corvus Corax, Cultus Ferox, Das Ich, Deine Lakaien, Die Streuner, Estampie, Faun, Helium Vola, In Extremo, Janus, Lacrimosa, Letzte Instanz, Mantus, Qntal, Regicide, Saltatio Mortis, Samsas Traum, Schandmaul, Staubkind, Stillste Stund, Subway To Sally, Tanzwut, Umbra Et Imago, Unheilig, Zeraphine.
Then there's the "second row". If you have some spare time and the opportunity arises, you might like the following bands, too. The style might be different from the ones above though.
The Count (gothic/indie apparently, slight nu metal influences), Die Schnitter (German folklore, sometimes funny), E Nomine (whaddaya call this... symphonic/epic electronica?), Eisbrecher (electronic rock, impressive voice), Eric Fish (this is the vocalist from Subway To Sally, doing a solo project, usually only with an acoustic guitar and/or a piano), Fiddler's Green (German band doing Irish Folk), Goethes Erben (they call it "music theatre"), Illuminate (nice 80ies style gothic, but I really don't like the voices...), L'âme Immortelle (whatever, can't get used to them...), Lesiem (again... epic? gregorian?), Luna Luna (German rock with folk elements, pioneers who provided ground for bands like STS or Schandmaul before those existed), Magna Canta (see Lesiem), Megaherz (German rock influenced by Industrial and Gothic), WeltenBrand (see Lesiem)
E. Spaceman:
It is always worth listening to Nico, DI6, Current 93, and Sol Invictus, I haven't listened to any of the other neo folk artisst Khar posted, but they are probably good.
Then again, a Hilary Duff song just started playing, so maybe you don't want to listen to me.
Sckitzo:
Although my German is horrid I love Subway to Sally, Nacht der Soldner has to be my favorite song (cover?) by them. Asp is good, hard to find but good, Helium Vola, I was sampling some music by Qntal and one of their songs popped up, Omnis Mundi Creatura I think. Awsome song and glad I got some more stuff by them (I'm always a sucker for female vocals)
A few more of the medieval/gothy bands I have listen to often are
Cruachan (Irish Celtic Metal err thing?)
Inkubus Sukkubus
Hedningarna
Qntal
Just a small bit and I can post some more if you'd like, but I think I'll check out some of the others you mentioned.
xJulian:
--- Quote from: E. Spaceman ---It is always worth listening to Nico, DI6, Current 93, and Sol Invictus, I haven't listened to any of the other neo folk artisst Khar posted, but they are probably good.
Then again, a Hilary Duff song just started playing, so maybe you don't want to listen to me.
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...broad music taste ftw, I guess. I know a guy who listens to practically anything, from metal to rock to hip hop to techno to pop. Good stuff if you're on a party, you're bound to like the music. ;)
--- Quote from: Sckitzo ---Although my German is horrid I love Subway to Sally, Nacht der Soldner has to be my favorite song (cover?) by them. Asp is good, hard to find but good, Helium Vola, I was sampling some music by Qntal and one of their songs popped up, Omnis Mundi Creatura I think. Awsome song and glad I got some more stuff by them (I'm always a sucker for female vocals)
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Nacht der Söldner is not made by Subway To Sally, but by Circle of Grief. There are numerous false attributions floating around mostly on P2P, a full list can be seen here.
Personally I like Helium Vola way better. Qntal was co-founded by Ernst Horn (that's the composer of Deine Lakaien). He left the band after the second album and started Helium Vola, so I guess you could see it as the successor, even though Qntal still exists. Btw, check out Estampie, it's the other guy's side project (the other guy being Alexander Veljanov, the singer of Deine Lakaien fame), they've got some similiarities.
--- Quote from: Sckitzo ---A few more of the medieval/gothy bands I have listen to often are
Cruachan (Irish Celtic Metal err thing?)
Inkubus Sukkubus
Hedningarna
Qntal
Just a small bit and I can post some more if you'd like, but I think I'll check out some of the others you mentioned.
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Glad we can cooperate. ;)
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