Lacrimas Profundere is a gothic metal band from Germany. Their name means "to shed tears" in Latin. Their stylistic aesthetic has evolved over time, originally a death doom rooted gothic metal band, they have progressively changed their style to a more mainstream gothic style with the late albums.
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 H?tzendorfer, 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 R?ve (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 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, who also sings for the German Rock band Lost. Long time keyboardist Christian Steiner also left the band but supplied some parts for the new album. The new album called "Songs For The Last View" is their latest album out in the summer of 2008.
They received a good response as the sole support act for Apocalyptica on their European tour in late 2007.
Members
Current members
Rob Vitacca - Vocals
Peter Kafka - Bass, Backing Vocals
Oliver Nikolas Schmid - Guitars
Tony Berger - Guitars
Korl Fuhrmann - Drums
Former members
Guitars
Marco Praschberger
Christian Freitsmiedl
Manuel Ehrlich (Seraph (Ger))
Bass
Markus Lapper
Rico Galvagno (ex-Darkseed)
Daniel Lechner
Drums
Dylan Taylor
Willi Wurm (ex-Darkseed)
Christian Greisberger
Stefan Eireiner
Lorenz Gehmacher
Other
Christopher Schmid - Vocals
Christian Steiner - Keyboards
Anja H?tzendorfer - Violin, Backing Vocals
Ursula Schmidhammer - Harp
Eva St?ger - Flute, Keyboards
Extra Members
Tony Cheirichetti
Ryan Short
Alyxe Diehl
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