Lacrimas Profundere

Lacrimas Profundere
Lacrimas Profundere on tour with Apocalyptica in 2007
Background information
Also known as	Rock'n'Sad Crew
Origin	Waging am See, Germany
Genres	Gothic Metal Gothic Rock Gothic doom (early) Death/doom (early)
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Napalm Records
Website	lacrimas.com
Members
Oliver Nikolas Schmid Rob Vitacca Peter Kafka Tony Berger Korl Fuhrmann
Past members
See Below

Lacrimas Profundere is a gothic rock 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 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 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 German 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 album called "Songs For The Last View" was released in the summer of 2008. This was the first album featuring their new singer, Rob Vitacca.

Lacrimas Profundere's new album, The Grandiose Nowhere has been released on 30 April 2010.

Members

Current members

• Rob Vitacca - Vocals
• Oliver Nikolas Schmid - Guitars
• Tony Berger - Guitars
• Domonik Sholtz - Drums

Former members

Guitars

• Marco Praschberger
• Christian Freitsmiedl
• Stefan Randelshofer
• Manuel Ehrlich (Seraph (Ger))
• Ryan Gabriel Short

Bass

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

Drums

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

Other

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

Extra Members

• Tony Cheirichetti
• Alexandra Diehl

Discography

• ...And the Wings Embraced Us (1995)
• La Naissance D'Un Rêve (1997)
• The Crown of Leaving (1997)
• The Embrace and the Eclipse (1998)
• Memorandum (1999)
• Burning: A Wish (2001)
• Fall, I Will Follow (2002)
• Ave End (2004)
• Again It's Over (2006)
• Filthy Notes for Frozen Hearts (2006)
• Songs for the Last View (2008)
• The Grandiose Nowhere (2010)

Videos

• "Ave End" (2004)
• "Amber Girl" (2004)
• "Again It's Over" (2006)
• "My Velvet Little Darkness" (2006)
• "A Pearl" (2008)
• "And God's Ocean" (2009)
• "The Letter" (2010)
• "Lips" (2011)

External links

• Official website
• Lacrimas Profundere at Napalm Records
• Lacrimas Profundere at MySpace