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With an album title carrying somewhere around ten tons of burden, the sad rockers in Lacrimas Profundere once again aim at the heart, mind and soul when troubled with the various corners of misery, dismay and other depressive delights. The average goth fan is bound to like it but there´s also something in store for those requesting beefy guitars and sinful catchiness.
In essence the band´s aura hasn´t changed that much, their songs are every bit as tearful, gloomy and rocking as seen on “Fall, I Will Follow” and partly on the more recent “Ave End” but with the help from John Fryer, a man producing Paradise Lost and H.I.M. in the studio, and linear progression, this album has a newfound catchiness, one that drives throughout the thirteen tracks therein. Lead guitars are secondary. Although here and there complementing a chunky rhythm or some clean notes, the songs thrive on massive guitar riffs, melodic keyboard fingering and the trademark backdrops of atmosphere.
Musically a well oiled machine, there´s always been a debate on the voice of Christopher Schmidt. Since taking a more controlled pronunciation of his infinite despairing, he´s become a pretty good singer, long since gone are the painful growls in favour for the man´s sad Barry White like tone painting broken hope on tracks like “Short Glance”, the acoustic and rather bleak (even for their standards) “Sad Theme For A Marriage” and the six minute “need not care” syringe titled “My Mescaline”. An album that hides more than what is revealed after the first three spins, “Filthy Notes For Frozen Hearts” builds up to be another worthy spark of German gothic metal done with passion, heartache and keen sense of translating frustation into so many three minute hits.
| Tracklist |
| 1. My Velvet Little Darkness |
| 2. Again It´s Over |
| 3. Not To Stay |
| 4. No Dear Hearts |
| 5. Short Glance |
| 6. Filthy Notes |
| 7. Sweet Caroline |
| 8. An Irresistable Fault |
| 9. To Love Her On Knees |
| 10. Sad Theme For A Marriage |
| 11. Should |
| 12. My Mescaline |
| 13. Shiver |
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