On 29th this month the gothic electro outfit Blutengel will release a new live 2-disc live DVD titled Moments of our LIVEs. The DVD, which will feature a full live concert and a whole second DVD full of extra stuff like interviews, backstage goofiness and rehearsal videos, will be available in a grand total of three different setups:

The normal DVD with both the live and extra material DVD,

A limited version with the DVDs and a live CD all in a digipak

And finally, an even more limited fanbox with the DVDs, the CD and also an exclusive T-shirt thrown into a nifty box.

All versions of Moments of our LIVEs are available copiusly at a number of stores, including IsoTank: normal version for $32.99, limited version for $44.99 and the fanbox for $60,99, Poponaut.de: normal for 18,45 €, limited for 27,95 € and box for 44,95 € and EMP.de: normal for 19,99 €, limited for 27,99 € and box for 41,99 €

You can hear samples of Blutengel’s earlier works on their MySpace that doesn’t seem like it’s been updated in ages, slightly fresher material from their 2007 album Labyrinth can be caught here.

Hit the jump for a full tracklisting of the DVDs and CD.

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Blutengel has a new album coming out pretty soon. Labyrinth, their first full-length studio album since 2004, will be released on Friday, September 14th. That’s almost exactly 2 months after July’s Friday the 13th release of their single Lucifer which caught a good bit of attention in the electrogoth world. Labyrinth is available in 2 versions: a regular and a limited edition. The regular CD has 15 all-new songs while the limited edition includes a bonus disc with some extra B-sides, a remix, and a couple live songs as well.

You can download clips from 4 of the songs from Labyrinth here on Blutengel’s website (right click on the bold song titles). Personally, I thought it was kind of hard to get a good feeling for the songs with these samples, but what I heard was pretty good. Their MySpace page does have full-length songs, but for some reason they only have older songs there. Some updating, please?

Labyrinth
01. Into the labyrinth
02. Singing dead men
03. A new dawn
04. Beauty and delight
05. Dreamland
06. Gloomy shadows
07. Shame
08. Body move
09. When the rain is falling…
10. I remember (everything)
11. Lucifer
12. Sunrise
13. Behind your mask
14. Engelsblut
15. Escape (outro)

Bonus disc on the limited edition
01. Lucifer (DubMixx by Jenne)
02. Born again
03. Stormy rivers
04. Victory of death
05. Snowblind
06. Soul of ice (live 2007)
07. Love killer (live 2007)

Blutengel is releasing their latest maxi Lucifer today. There are 2 versions of the CD, Purgatory and Blaze, which you can either buy seperately or combined. Both versions offer the standard Lucifer track plus a few remixes. Two live tracks are added bonuses for both, as well. Despite the release date, Blutengel is having no bad luck selling their music. In fact, Infrarot.de already sold out of the Purgatory version.

I haven’t heard the tracks yet, but it should be pretty good judging by Blutengel’s past music, nice gothic rock. If you haven’t heard Blutengel before, you can listen to a few tracks here.

Lucifer (Purgatory)
01. Lucifer (Single Version)
02. Lucifer (Remix by Necessary Response)
03. Seelenschmerz 2007 (Reworked by Eminence of Darkness)
04. Solitary Angel (live 2007)
05. Bloody Pleasures (live 2007)

Lucifer (Blaze)
01. Lucifer (Single Version)
02. Lucifer - The Tempter (by Rabia Sorda)
03. Black Roses 2007 (Reworked by Eminence of Darkness)
04. My Saviour (live 2007)
05. Der Spiegel (live 2007)