AUTUMN TEARS BAND PAGE
 AUTUMN TEARS
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CURRENT NAME
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Autumn Tears |
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FORMER NAMES
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ORIGIN
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USA |
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STATUS
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Active |
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FORMED IN
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LABEL
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Dark Symphonies |
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GENRE
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Ambient |
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STYLE
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Dark |
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LYRICAL THEME
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BAND ADDED
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2004-08-21, 00:00 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2009-03-18, 08:55 |
In the tenebrous gloom of September 1995, two dark souls joined creative forces to become Autumn Tears. Erika (vocals, musical arrangements), and Ted (keyboards and piano, musical arrangements, vocals), set out to create music which illustrated the darkness writhing within their souls. After an intensive period of song writing and rehearsing, they entered West Sound Studios to commit to tape the works they had created. In April of 1996, their first CD, "Love Poems for Dying Children: Act I" was released through Dark Symphonies, their own record label. The music of "Love Poems." consisted of symphonic arrangements designed to evoke intense emotions of sadness and loneliness in the listener. Influences include ancient chants, classical music, and contemporary artists (Dead Can Dance, Stoa, Enya).
The first release of Act 1 was originally supposed to be limited to 2000 copies, but due to an overwhelming amount of requests it was re-released with a new layout and artwork. All tracks were remixed and remastered. A bonus, additional and exclusive track titled "The Intermission," is also included on the repress.
In May 1997, Autumn Tears released their second full-length album, "The Garden of Crystalline Dreams - Love Poems for Dying Children, Act II." Drawing upon their omnipresent melancholia yet also a wealth of anger brooding within, Ted and Erika took Autumn Tears to a higher, more complete level. After another long seclusion in West Sound, the duo emerged with an even more majestic installment of the abstract story illustrated by the first album. This work was also released on Dark symphonies, in one of the most elaborate packages ever released by an independent label.
Erika left Autumn Tears after Act II's release to pursue writing her novel. New vocalist Jennifer LeeAnna was recruited due to her extensive experience and tremendous talent. She has studied voice for 6 years and has a BA in music performance in voice. Jennifer has also been involved in two performances at Carnegie Hall, and has performed at an honors recital for the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She also works as a private vocal trainer, and conducts the National United Choirs.
In December 1999, Erika rejoined Autumn Tears as a full-time member. While she will always enjoy writing and was happy to finish her book (which, at this time remains unpublished due to the fact that she will not abbreviate her writing to accomodate the short attention span of the general reader), she found that she missed Autumn Tears too much and just had to come back. A solo project is also in the works, but in the Fall of 2000 Erika will be returning to school to pursue a second degree, and she knows that spare time will be a precious commodity once that happens. Hopefully, the solo project will happen *before* she gets her anthropology degree!
In July of 1999, Autumn Tears released a mini-CD titled "Absolution." The song "The Absolution of What Once Was" was originally recorded as an exclusive track for the "Arcana Tarot Compilation" on Palace of Worms, representing the "Death" card. The foreboding lyrics written by new and upcoming poet, Claudia Lingstädt-Kukulka. Because of delays on the "Tarot" comp, the band decided to release the song so that it would not remain unheard. "The Never" features the vocal talents of Jennifer exclusively. "The Dance" is more of an experiment, taking a different musical approach and incorporating spoken verses in French.
After the release of "Absolution," Ted and Jennifer began to plan a collaboration with Peter and Ida from Arcana, to create a musical endeavor called "Pandora." Both bands have been mentioned in the same sentence numerous times because of similarities in style and genre. Prompted by this, Ted decided to approach Peter with the concept of uniting the two bands, bringing together their complimentary yet unique styles to create an utterly tragic and endearing symphony of music. Peter was enthusiastic about the idea and agreed to set forth and pursue the endeavor after both bands release their upcoming full length albums.
The band is has currently finished their third full length album: "Love Poems for Dying Children, Act III: Winter and the Broken Angel."
| Former members Add - Fetch |
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| Session musicians Add - Fetch |
| Unknown / none |
