Lacrimas Profundere

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Lacrimas Profundere
Lacrimas Profundere on tour with Apocalyptica in 2007
Lacrimas Profundere on tour with Apocalyptica in 2007
Background information
Also known as Rock'n'Sad Crew
Origin Germany
Genre(s) Doom Metal(Early)

Gothic Metal/Glam Goth Rock
Dark Alternative (Now)
Years active 1993 - present
Label(s) Napalm Records
Website lacrimas.com
Members
Oliver Nikolas Schmid
Rob Vitacca
Peter Kafka
Tony Berger
Korl Fuhrmann
Former members
See Below

Lacrimas Profundere is a Rock/Metal band from Germany.


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[edit] Biography

Lacrimas Profundere was founded in 1993 by guitarist Oliver Schmid. At the time, the band was influenced by doom metal, and also made use of feminine vocals and classical elements. With the entrance of vocalist Anja Hötzendorfer, they drew enough attention to themselves to be able to record their debut, entitled ... and the Wings Embraced Us, which was released in 1995 and was followed by La Naissance d’un Rêve (French for "Birth of a Dream"), from 1997.

After the said releases, the band was granted a deal with Napalm Records which included five albums. A harpist was added to the band's line-up and they proceeded to record Memorandum (1999).

Burning: A Wish from 2001 was Lacrimas Profundere's first album to receive attention from the international specialized press. This album featured the removal of the band's classical elements to some degree, and was also the first time they employed baritone vocals, supplied by Oliver's brother, Christopher Schmid. Their first international tour then began, including countries of Europe and Latin America.

Lacrimas Profundere's subsequent albums were Fall, I Will Follow from 2002 and Ave End from 2004.

Filthy Notes For Frozen Hearts received considerable attention from Jackass star Bam Margera and the songs My Velvet Little Darkness, Short Glance, Should and Sweet Caroline along with a vocal excerpt from Sad Theme For a Marriage were played on his show Bam's Unholy Union.

In April of 2007, Christopher Schmid, the band's founding member and vocalist left the band; citing prolonged stress from touring. It did not take long to find a new vocalist: Peter Kafka, who also sings for the Deutsch band sonicslave. A Few months later basist Daniel Lechner left the band and vocalist Peter Kafka became the new basist and Rob Vitacca employed as the new vocalist. The new album called "Songs For The Last View" will be soon out.

They received a good response as the sole support act for Apocalyptica on their European tour in late 2007.

[edit] Trivia

  • "Lacrimas Profundere" is Latin for "Deep Tears".

[edit] Line-up

  • Rob Vitacca - Vocals
  • Peter Kafka - Bass, Backing Vocals
  • Oliver Nikolas Schmid - Guitars
  • Tony Berger - Guitars
  • Korl Fuhrmann - Drums

[edit] Former members

Guitars:

  • Marco Praschberger
  • Christian Freitsmiedl
  • Manuel Ehrlich (Seraph (Ger))

Bass:

  • Markus Lapper
  • Rico Galvagno (ex-Darkseed)
  • Daniel Lechner

Drums:

  • Willi Wurm (ex-Darkseed)
  • Christian Greisberger
  • Stefan Eireiner
  • Lorenz Gehmacher

Other:

  • Christopher Schmid - Vocals
  • Christian Steiner - Keyboards
  • Anja Hötzendorfer - Violin, Backing Vocals
  • Ursula Schmidhammer - Harp
  • Eva Stöger - Flute, Keyboards

[edit] Discography

[edit] Videos

  • "Ave End" (2004)
  • "Amber Girl" (2004)
  • "Again It's Over" (2006)
  • "My Velvet Little Darkness" (2006)
  • "A Pearl" (2008)

[edit] External links

[edit] Videos