LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE „Ave End”

Music: Gothic
Website: http://www.lacrimas.com
Duration: 47:21 (11 songs)
Cool Songs: Ave End, Sarah Lou, Amber Girl

Lacrimas Profundere is one of my favorite bands and even many people blame them of copying Anathema I still believe that their sound is very original and if you have listened to only one of their songs it will be easy to recognize the style of the band. Their previous release “Fall, I Will Follow” was a very good one and as I had written in its review it was the only album they could release after “Burning: A Wish”. Unfortunately things here are very different.

I want to make clear that I don’t consider “Ave End” a bad album! It is ok but not for Lacrimas Profundere. The band changed its style to modern rock with some melodic parts. To be honest, they now remind me of Him and a little bit of Paradise Lost and “One Second” album. The feeling of grief and melancholy that was more than obvious in their previous releases is gone now and it has been replace by easy listening songs with perfect duration for air play. I have to admit that the last 4 songs of the album are really good but without the breaks that Lacrimas Profundere used to have.

My opinion is that Lacrimas Profundere are trying to approach (and) another audience and even if I can understand this I do not like it! So, with a few words, if you like soft rock and bands like Him then you may find your next favorite band but if you are a fan of the previous releases of Lacrimas Profundere I believe you will get disappointed as I did.

note: 05/10

Tracklist

01. One Hope's Evening
02. Ave End
03. To bleed or Not to be
04. Sarah Lou
05. Amber Girl
06. Testified
07. Astronautumn
08. Evade
09. Wake Down
10. Black
11. Come, Solitude

Line-up

Christopher Schmid vocals
Oliver Nikolas Schmid guitars
Christian Freitsmiedl guitars
Daniel Lechner bass
Christian Steiner keyboards
Willi Wurm drums