Lacrimosa – Revolution (2012)

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With a heavier sound than before, today we have the return of Lacrimosa with the very diverse “Revolution”. As the title indicates, this album feels a bit like a revolution between the band’s inner demons through ten very different and often puzzling tracks. Featuring guitarist Mille Petrozza (Kreator) and drummer Stefan Schwarzmann (Accept), this album crosses into Metal territory a bit more than some of the band’s previous releases.

Opening with the lush "Irgendein Arsch ist immer unterwegs", this album starts with a 100% typical Lacrimosa track. We particularly love the elegant piano and orchestral sections, something that the band has always excellent at. “As the World Stood Still For a Day” is another very well constructed track with beautiful female vocals and a very ethereal feeling surrounded by hard-rocking guitars. Mixing the older Lacrimosa style with more aggressive guitars, “Verloren” is a very odd track that in some moments feels a bit odd and tossed together very weakly; we are not big fans of it.

The band goes back to the basics with “This is the Night”, a track that is quite enjoyable and features some funky guitar sections that actually fit very well with the music. However, the English on this work might be considered more on the ‘Engrish’ side of things. The typical “Feuerzug” and the emotional “Refugium” keep the album flowing in a very typical fashion. However, the guitars still sound different, a feeling that is weird in a way, but equally exciting in some parts.

Our favorite track in the album is the 11-minute epic “Roe Sinfonie”, a song that is very well developed and elegant sounding. The orchestrations are very well crafted and the cinematic feeling of this track feels very powerful with the aggressive guitars. Closing the release we have the very aggressive “Revolution”, a track that we can’t really say we liked it since it feels very odd and not cohesive enough to be the closer of this release. It’s ok the band tries to be heavier, but this song feels very uncomfortable in the flow of the album.

“Revolution” is indeed a very interesting release that has a lot of different elements to it. We enjoy more the traditional Lacrimosa sound with the ‘enhanced’ guitars, but when it comes to the heavier stuff…. we rather stick to other Gothic Metal bands that can pull it off better. If you are a fan of the band, this release won’t disappoint you but it might puzzle you a bit. While not 100% awesome, this release is at least a bit different from what you would expect, and for this it is a worthwhile purchase for anybody that likes the band and their music.

Band: Lacrimosa Album: Revolution
Label: End of Light Records

Release: October 16th, 2012

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Genre: Gothic Rock/Metal

Country: Switzerland/Germany

Rating: 87/100
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