Key facts
- Origin
- Frankfurt , Germany
- Genres
- Gothic metal gothic rock dark wave (early)
- Years active
- 1990–present
- Labels
- Hall of Sermon, Nuclear Blast , East West Records , Deathwish Office
- Members
- Tilo Wolff Anne Nurmi
- Website
- lacrimosa .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Genre
- symphonic metal
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Record label
- Nuclear Blast
- Official website
- lacrimosa.com
- Image
- Lacrimosa (21739316766).jpg
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- Commons gallery
- Lacrimosa
- Commons category
- Lacrimosa
- topic's main category
- Category:Lacrimosa
- inception
- 1990-00-00
- location of formation
- Frankfurt
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
- social media followers
- 30945
- has characteristic
- rock band
- name
- Lacrimosa
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Encyclopedic overview
Lacrimosa is a Swiss gothic metal band led by German musician Tilo Wolff, who is also the main composer, and Finn Anne Nurmi. They are currently based in Switzerland, but originally from Germany. Originally counted among the bands of the Neue Deutsche Todeskunst genre, Lacrimosa are most commonly associated with the gothic metal genre.
Their musical style mixes gothic rock and heavy metal, along with violin, trumpet, and more classical instruments, although their musical development throughout the years has led to changes in instrumentation. Lacrimosa's lyrics are written almost exclusively in German, although since the 1995 album Inferno, every album has featured one or two songs in English. These songs are generally written by Anne Nurmi. Finnish has also appeared in the spoken intro to two songs ("Schakal" on Inferno and "The Turning Point" on Elodia) and on a bonus track in a limited edition release of Fassade called Vankina. Their lyrics are mainly about loneliness, sadness, darkness, despair, and love.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lacrimosa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.