Catharsis (Elis album)

Catharsis
Studio album by Elis
Released	27 November 2009
Recorded	2008 at Mastersound Studio
Genre	Gothic metal
Length	48:52 minutes
Label	Napalm Records
Producer	Alexander Krull
Elis chronology
Griefshire (2006) Catharsis (2009)
Alternative cover
Digipack edition cover

Catharsis is the fourth and final studio album by Elis, released on 27 November 2009 by Napalm Records. It is the first and only album with Sandra Schleret (ex-Dreams of Sanity, Siegfried) as their new lead singer after Sabine Dünser's demise; the band released in early 2007 the MCD "Show Me The Way".

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After the sudden death of Elis' original singer Sabine Dünser, the band decided to continue her musical ideas.

The album was released in late 2009 on Napalm Records, being the first full release with new singer Sandra Schleret, known from Dreams of Sanity and Siegfried. It contains hard and quick tracks, but is nevertheless emotional.

Sandra Schleret did not copy Dünser's style, instead she was lauded for her darker, more powerful voice on most tracks. The cover of Jennifer Rush's "I Come Undone" was found weaker than the original though.

Background

The band toured a little during that year and 2008, before announcing that they had entered the studio to record their fourth studio album, the follow-up to their 2006 release, Griefshire. They spent the rest of 2008 and a part of 2009 recording the new album.

Track listing

1. "Core of Life" (04:08)
2. "Twinkling Shadow" (04:25)
3. "Warrior's Tale" (06:05) (feat. Michelle Darkness)
4. "Des Lebens Traum, des Traumes Leben" (04:06)
5. "I Come Undone" (04:25)
6. "Firefly" (04:25)
7. "Morning Star" (04:17)
8. "Das kleine Ungeheuer" (3:53)
9. "Mother's Fire" (04:02)
10. "Rainbow" (04:10)
11. "The Dark Bridge" (04:56)
12. "Ghost Of The Past" (Bonus on Digipack)
13. "No Hero" (Bonus on Digipack)

Digipack Bonus-DVD "Metal Female Voices Fest 2007"

1. "Tales From Heaven And Hell"
2. "Die Zeit"
3. "Show me The Way"
4. "Phoenix From The Ashes"
5. "Der letzte Tag"
6. "Lost Soul"
7. "A New Decade"
8. "Heaven And Hell"

The digipack version includes an DVD with live Sequences of the Band from the Metal Female Voices Fest 2007.

• 25 November 2009 - Finland, Spain
• 27 November 2009 - Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Benelux, Italy
• 30 November 2009 - Rest of Europe
• 15 December 2009 - USA
• 12 January 2010 - Canada

Credits

• Sandra Schleret – vocals
• Pete Streit – guitar
• Chris Gruber – guitar
• Tom Saxer – bass guitar, death growls
• Max Naescher – drums
• Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Alexander Krull.
• Special guest on Warrior's Tale - Michelle Darkness.
• All Music written by Pete Streit except track 5 written by Morrie Elliot Brown and Ellen Shipley, 7 and 8 written by Ellen Shipley, track 10 written bei Simone Dyllong and Maximilian Nascher. All Lyrics and vocal arrangements by Sandra Schleret, except track 5 written by Morrie Elliot Brown and Ellen Shipley. Programming by Elis and produced by Alexander Krull. Recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered by Recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered by Alexander Krull at Mastersound Studios in Steinheim, Germany in 2008/2009.
• Assistant Recording Engineers Mathias Roderer and Thorsten Bauer. Additional Programming and samples by Alexander Krull .
• Cover Artwork photos by Stefan Heilemann and make up by Sylvia Hable.