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"Bleeding The Stars" is the 12th full length studio album by German gothic metal band Lacrimas Profundere, released on the 26th July 2019 on the Oblivion label.
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Bleeding the Stars finds this stripped down ensemble revisiting aspects of the band’s entire catalog while adding new elements into the core sound. The result is an unexpected blockbuster of a mood drenched metal album. It still sounds like the Lacrimas Profundere I always loved, but with shiny new fenders and spinning rims.
Opener “I Knew and Will Forever Know” is the ideal reintroduction to the band, treading familiar goth-metal waters and giving Mr. Larre a chance to show his impressive range and abilities. There’s a very strong Katatonia vibe in the discordant, jangled riffs, the band sounds energized and Larre shows he has the goods to help chart a new course. “The Kingdom Solicitude” is the album’s big shocker, merging a laid back, delicate goth rock sensibility with a big helping of melodeath that recalls the glory days of Before the Dawn, resulting in a powerful, emotional number that captures the ideal goth aesthetic as well as the rich melancholy of Finnish melodeath. It’s a beautiful song well outside the band’s expected wheelhouse and I salute them for that.
Other top shelf cuts include the classic goth rock of “The Reaper” and the more urgent and rocking “After All Those Infinities” which sounds like classic Lacrimas through and through. The album closes out with the haunting, somber rock of “A Sleeping Throne” and as its final morose notes fade away, you’re left with a satisfyingly glum feeling in your heart and the strong urge to hit replay. There isn’t a bad tune or a hint of filler to be found and this is a surprisingly diverse collection of songs. It’s a short, tight album at 39 minutes and all the songs are kept in the 3-4 minute range. This kind of restraint is becoming a lost art form and it really helps create a concise, powerful listening experience here.
Reviewed by Steel Druhm for angrymetalguy.com.
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