Unheilig’s new album Puppenspiel out tomorrow
German music fans have been awaiting the release of Unheilig’s new album for a long time now, but finally Puppenspiel is almost here! Tomorrow, February 22nd, the album will be released in Europe via Four Rock Entertainment. A week later on February 29th, Unheilig will have their first North American album release ever when Nilaihah Records distributes Puppenspiel for the band’s overseas fans.
As is typical with most new album releases, there will be 2 versions of Puppenspiel. The standard version will have 14 new songs including an instrumental at the end. There is also a limited edition digipack with 2 bonus tracks, but the evidence I have seen suggests that this version will only be released in Europe. If you really want it outside of Europe, you can head to your favorite foreign music importer like Isotank.com.
Listen to Puppenspiel
Puppenspiel keeps Unheilig’s fantastic combination of electronic and rock music intact. The band has uploaded samples to 3 of the new songs a few weeks ago on their MySpace page. Full versions of those 3 songs are also available to buy as MP3s here. More recently, Nilaihah’s website has also added more samples of every song on the album so you can get a better idea of how it sounds.
Unheilig on tour
Unheilig will be busy running all over Europe for a while with the tour they already have planned. Most of the dates run from March through May and span all the way from Spain to Russia. You can see all the tourdates by visiting Unheilig.com and clicking on “Concerts” in the menu. Rumor has it that the band will be touring the United States sometime in the Fall, too! Stay tuned for that, you won’t want to miss it.
Unheilig - Puppenspiel tracklist
01. Vorhang auf
02. Puppenspieler
03. Spiegelbild
04. Dein Clown
05. Sei mein Licht
06. Fang mich auf
07. Feuerengel
08. Kleine Puppe
09. An deiner Seite
10. Die Bestie
11. Lampenfieber
12. Wie viele Jahre
13. Der Vorhang fällt
14. Memoria (instrumental)
15. Glaub an mich (bonus track on limited edition only)
16. Spielzeugmann (bonus track on limited edition only)
Where to get Puppenspiel
In the USA/Canada direct from Nilaihah Records
In the UK at MusicNonStop.co.uk
In Germany/Europe at AlphaMusic.de
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:44 am
I’ve been waiting for this one! I’ve preordered the limited ed. Puppenspiel from EMP.de, so I’ll be getting the CD in a week or so… I just hope Der Graf’s managed to incorporate something new into Unheilig’s sound, as Zelluloid and Moderne Zeiten are a bit too alike for my tastes. The Puppenspiel samples on Unheilig’s MySpace are great, but I don’t know if the band has managed to evolve at all. Sure, both Zelluloid and MZ are incredible masterpieces, but some variation wouldn’t hurt. We’ll see.
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:56 am
EDIT: Oh yeah, I listened to the samples on Nilaihah, and yes, Unheilig HAS evolved! For some reason, Unheilig decided to put samples of the least impressive songs on their MySpace, most of the other songs on the album seem to be a lot better. The song Spiegelbild reminds me of Megaherz’s Wer bist du… And, what the crap? Insane coincidence or what, but Wer bist du’s lyrics also talk about “Spiegelbild”. Funky! Or not.
February 22nd, 2008 at 4:21 am
Also, Lampenfieber. Holy crap, I did NOT see this one coming, not from Unheilig. Really cool.
February 23rd, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Yeah, the samples for Puppenspiel are great! I’m really glad the band is moving ahead in their sound, and also that we finally get a release all the way over here in the USA.
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