Blutengel’s new album Schwarzes Eis

Chris Pohl’s main project Blutengel has announced that a new album titled Schwarzes Eis will be released on Friday the 13th in February. The album, which was preceded by the single Dancing in the Light in November will be a grand package indeed, as even the normal version will have another CD along with the main album. The second disc is called Behind the Mirror and it’ll boast eight completely new instrumental tracks. The limited edition of the album, however, is where the real action is. Schwarzes Eis? Check. Behind the Mirror? Check. Fancy box? Check. Grandiose 40-page booklet? Check. A third CD with not just bonus tracks but an actual, second new album? Che… Wait, what? Yeah, the third disc is a whole album of its own, Redemption, and it’ll have 10 tracks that didn’t fit on Schwarzes Eis. One of the songs is a new version of Winter of my Life which was released earlier this year as a download and very limited 7 inch vinyl. So all in all, you’ll be getting a total of three discs full of brand-new Blutengel goodness. What’s not to like?

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to find the album anywhere for preorders, but in the meantime you can listen to a part of the song Dreh dich nicht um on Blutengel’s MySpace (which has actually been updated).

L’Âme Immortelle’s live DVD+CD emerges from the shadows

The Austrian L’Âme Immortelle’s new live DVD and CD package Jenseits der Schatten was released December 15th. The DVD side has the whole concert filmed during the band’s Namenlos tour, and it contains 21 songs from all around the band’s production, whereas the CD has 16 tracks picked from the set (you can see the track list for both after the break). Interestingly, the concert was filmed completely in black and white, making for a rather unique look. The DVD also contains some extras, for example more live material filmed in Vienna and behind the scenes goofiness.

The DVD+CD was initially only released as a limited edition six-panel digipack, and it’s available at most of your usual stores: Amazon.de for 21,95 €, Infrarot.de for 18,99 €, EMP.de for 21,99 € or for you in the US, Isotank for $24.99. Please note that the CD or DVD aren’t available separately! Just though I’d need to clear that up, since my original post was a bit ambiguous on the matter.

You can watch the trailer for the DVD here, or listen to two songs from the CD on L’Âme Immortelle’s MySpace.

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Barely half a year has passed since the Austrian L’Âme Immortelle (website still under construction, check out the Myspace or the fansite Voiceless for more information) released Namenlos, a massive 2-CD album packed to the brim with EBM-influenced industrial metal. Now the duo formed by Thomas Rainer and Sonja Kraushofer are set to release a 2-CD rework album of Namenlos, titled Durch fremde Hand, on the 25th of July. Disc number 1 of Durch fremde Hand will feature every single song from the first CD of Namenlos, each remixed or covered by various artists, and the second disc has some completely new tracks recorded specifically for Durch fremde Hand.

Durch fremde Hand will be available as a basic jewel-case edition with both discs and a 20-page booklet, and in addition to that, there’s a strictly limited (2000 pieces worldwide) version in a digipak and a 28-page booklet. Now, this is where it gets complicated. First of all, there are differing accounts of the contents of disc 2, with some sites saying there are five new songs and others saying there’s six. Secondly, the only tracklisting I’ve found is a mammoth 19-piece one, and I just don’t have a bloody idea if it’s just for disc 1 or does it also include the tracks for disc 2. You can find it anyway at the end of this post.

Durch fremde Hand can be preordered at least at InfraRot and EMP, but word has it that it will be also be released in the US on Metropolis Records, so you should be able to get it from their shop or for example at Isotank.

Tracklisting for Durch fremde Hand by L’Âme Immortelle
1. 1000 Voices (Echoes Of A Thousand Voices Covered By ASP)
2. Behind The Light (Beautiful Light Remix By Bella Donna)
3. Bleib (Plastic Remix By Dope Stars Inc.)
4. Blutrot (Quiet Heart Remix By Necessary Response)
5. Das Kühle Grab
6. Durch Fremde Hand
7. Ein Blick Zurück
8. Es Tur Mir Leid (Entschuldigung Remix By Grendel)
9. Jenseits Der Schatten (Void Remix By Monozelle)
10. Lost (Pin-Up Remix By XPQ-21)
11. Namenlos (Drifting Downwards Remix By Perfidious Words)
12. Niemals (Club Remix By Wynardtage)
13. Now You’re Gone
14. Ophelia
15. Reborn (Hardcore Remix By Las Vegas 909)
16. Requiem (Satya Yuga Remix By Affentanz)
17. Suffocating Endlessly
18. The Cleansing (Voidian Cleansing Remix By Beyond The Void)
19. Vergessen (Die Namenlosen Von Berlin By Üebermutter)

After some rumors about the band splitting up a few months ago, L’Ame Immortelle (new website under construction) is back with a new album called Namenlos. It will be released later this week on January 25th on Trisol. Once again, the band offers a mixture of sounds blending together quite nicely. Angry male vocals contrast with a softer female voice. Electronic influenced industrial is up against harder guitars in some songs. The closing track “Namenlos” even ventures into the realm of neofolk. There’s bound to be something here for everyone… Well, as long as you’re not looking for R&B…

Namenlos comes in 2 different versions. The standard version has 2 discs. The first is the album itself with 13 new songs, and the second has lots of bonus material, mostly covers of L’Ame Immortelle songs done by other musicians. The limited edition contains these same 2 discs but it comes in a fancy linen-covered box set. Inside each of these 2000 limited edition sets, you will also find an extensive 28-page booklet with artwork by Oliver Schlemmer and a unique original photograph taken during the production of the album.

L’Ame Immortelle’s MySpace page currently has 3 new songs from Namenlos on the playlist along with 3 older songs for you ti listen to. Our trusty mailorder friends at Isotank.com have both versions of the album, regular and limited editions, already up to preorder here in the States. If you’re in Europe, Infrarot.de has a special sale on Namenlos. It’s just 16.99 Euros, but only until January 31st.

L’Ame Immortelle - Namenlos tracklisting

CD 1:
01. Vergessen
02. 1000 Voices
03. Behind The Light
04. Bleib
05. Requiem
06. Lost
07. Blutrot
08. Reborn
09. Es tut mir leid
10. Niemals
11. Jenseits der Schatten
12. The Cleansing
13. Namenlos

CD 2:
01. Erneuerung
02. When the sun has ceased to shine
03. Love is lost (cover version by Anthoni Jones)
04. When the sun has ceased to shine (cover version by Spiritual Front)
05. Es tut mir leid (cover version by Steinkind)
06. Niemals (cover version by Sieben)
07. Requiem (cover version by Whispers in the Shadow)
08. Erinnerung (an essay by Thomas Sabottka)

Not too long ago, Thomas Rainer of L’ame Immortelle started a new side project called Nachtmahr (not to be confused with the black metal band Nachtmahr). With Nachtmahr, Thomas strips out all the rock and gothic elements of his primary band and focuses solely on a harsh-EBM sound, much like Feindflug or Suicide Commando. Kunst Ist Krieg (Art is War) is Nachtmahr’s debut album and will be released on Friday, September 14th. It features 7 new songs plus 4 remixes. The CD will be available in Europe thanks to Trisol, but you can order it online in the USA from Isotank.

There are 4 full-length songs available on Nachtmahr’s MySpace page, which also seems to serve the duty of the official website as well. “BoomBoomBoom” seems to be the favorite so far, but I like all of them. And no, “Feuer Frei!” is not a Rammstein cover…

Kunst Ist Krieg
01. Feuer Frei!
02. BoomBoomBomm
03. Deus Ex Machina
04. Ein Spiel
05. EinHundertAcht
06. NullDrei
07. Ein Spiel (XPQ-21 remix)
08. Ein Spiel (FABRIKC remix)
09. Deus Ex Machina (XOTOX remix)
10. Ein Spiel (ENDIF remix)
11. Schwarzflug

The Austrian band L’Ame Immortelle is celebrating their 10th year in existence with the release of a best-of CD, suitably called 10 Jahre. The 17 tracks on the compilation range from the band’s early electronic years to their more recent rock-influenced music. 2 of the tracks on the CD are available on the band’s Myspace page, but you might as well skip that because you can download a couple dozen of their songs for free on the band’s English site by clicking on “Downloads” in the menu. 10 Jahre was released late last month on June 22.

10 Jahre tracklist
01. 5 Jahre
02. Phönix
03. Nur Du
04. Tiefster Winter
05. Aus den Ruinen
06. Fallen Angel
07. Stumme Schreie
08. Judgement
09. Lass mich fallen
10. Du siehst mich nicht
11. Gefallen
12. Stern
13. Bitterkeit
14. Figure In The Mirror
15. Life Will Never Be The Same Again
16. Come Closer
17. No Tomorrow