Unheilig

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Unheilig

Der Graf
Background information
Origin Germany
Genre(s) Neue Deutsche Härte
Years active 1999-present
Label(s) Four Rock Entertainment (currently);
Bloodline (previously)
Nilaihah Records (North America)
Members
Der Graf
Henning Verlage
Christoph "Licky" Termühlen

Unheilig (German for "Unholy") is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band. The band was formed in 1999 and now consists of principally Der Graf, with his live musicians Licky and Henning Verlage.

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[edit] History

[edit] Early History & Success 1999-2003

In 1999, together with Grant Stevens (songwriter of “Everlasting Friends” from the Holsten Pilsener TV spot) and José Alvarez-Brill (Wolfsheim, Joachim Witt, De/Vision) the foundation for Unheilig was laid by Der Graf. The single “Sage Ja!” was released on Bloodline Records in 1999, shot straight into the German DAC charts and became a club smash. In February 2001, the debut album “Phosphor” came on to the European market again on Bloodline/Connected Music.

Over the next few months, the band guested at major scene festivals and open air events throughout Germany (Zillo Open Air, Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig, Doomsday Festival, Woodstage Festival) before taking a break from live work to write and produce the Christmas album “Frohes Fest released in 2002” and the third album “Das 2. Gebot”.

In February 2003, the band went on tour as support to L'Âme Immortelle, introducing eleven European cities to its new album, “Das 2. Gebot”. Directly after the tour, the EP “Schutzengel” was released, including four previously unreleased tracks. The band played in festivals during the summer. The M'era Luna Festival was one of the highlights for the band and the fans. Der Graf produced remixes for Absurd Minds, Terminal Choice and other bands and finally produced a song for the Xbox game Project Gotham Racing 2. Then the band started the production of the recordings for the upcoming album “Zelluloid”.

[edit] Zelluloid & Moderne Zeiten 2004-2008

The cover of Zelluloid

“Zelluloid” was released on February 23rd, 2004, and at the same time, the band toured with Terminal Choice. With this release and the very successful tour, Unheilig finally reached all kinds of media and a lot of new fans. The result of this enthusiasm was that Unheilig gave the fans the chance to vote their own new single release which became “Freiheit”. The E.P. “Freiheit” was released October 18th, 2004, and the band played some more release concerts to promote the record. The fact that Unheilig played more concerts in 2004 than ever before in their career revealed the need for a live CD. To this end, the CD Gastspiel was released on January 31st, 2005. Preparations for the DVD “KopfKino” started. Six weeks before the DVD was released, Unheilig was played for the first time on one of the regular music television channels (VIVA Plus) with their videoclip “Freiheit”.

The album "Moderne Zeiten" was released at January 20th, 2006. The main topic of the album is dreams and their implementation. The intro track has the following text (translated from German): "The cities have fallen and become one; Progress determines existence. Humans have become numbers and fear their drive. Free thought, desire and love are subject to censorship. Millions accept this from the beginning to their end. Will you also go the way presented, or do you belong to those who rise in these modern times?"

With that Der Graf calls in addition to life the dreams without any censorship. This message is also in songs like Lass uns Liebe machen or Ich will alles.

During 2007 the band limited their appearances to just a couple of festivals including Wacken Open Air,Amphi festival and Burgrock altena festival for the preparation of their sixth album Puppenspiel.

[edit] Puppenspiel & Album Re-releases 2008-2009

In 2008, Unheilig released album "Puppenspiel"[1] which is the follow up to the 2006 studio album "Moderne Zeiten". The album will be issued in 2 different versions: a regular album version with 14 songs in a jewel case, and a limited version in digipak with the following two bonus songs: "Glaub an mich" and "Spielzeugmann". The Album would hit the Media Control Charts at number 13, the bands highest charting to date. During their tour in 2008 they have played at (M'era luna, Zita-Rock, Wave-Gotik-Treffen and Castle Rock) festivals. They did a concert with Eisbrecher and Staubkind on the 20th of December, 2008 at the Expo Halle XXI in Cologne, Germany.

In 2009 the band will perform at the (Amphi festival,Summer Breeze Open Air and the Rockharz open air) festivals.

In July of 2009, the albums Phosphor, Frohes Fest, Das 2. Gebot, Zelluloid and Moderne Zeiten were released with new artwork and a remastered sound. The Limited Edition albums that included extra songs will not be included.

[edit] Grosse Freiheit 2009-present

Der Graf announced that Unheilig is in the studio creating a new album, which will be their seventh studio album, which will be called Grosse Freiheit. It is expected to be released in February 2010. [1]

[edit] Discography

Unheilig's album cover of Das 2.Gebot

[edit] Studio Albums

[edit] Live Albums

[edit] Maxi singles

[edit] EPs

[edit] DVDs

[edit] Re-release's

  • 2009:Phosphor
  • 2009:Frohes Fest
  • 2009:Das 2.Gebot
  • 2009:Zelluloid
  • 2009:Moderne Zeiten

[edit] References

  1. ^ Unheilig to release 'Puppenspiel'

[edit] External links

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