L'Âme Immortelle Album: “Lieder Die Wie Wunden Bluten”

An early release from L'ame Immortelle. Unique darkwave/electro act with mixed vocals.

I am a big fan of the Austrian industrial/electro band L'ame Immortelle. The only problem is their music isn't or wasn't available at a decent price here in America. Not too long ago, the band finally re-issued their early work at a more affordable cost. One of the cds by them I wanted was "Lieder Die Wie Wunden Bluten" because I heard the lovely ballad "Life Will Never Be the Same Again" on the band's MySpace page and just had to have the cd. I have to say that "Lieder Die Wie Wunden Bluten" took me a few listens for the music to grow on me. The problem lies in the gutteral, cookie monster vocals of Hannes Medwenitsch which I found absolutely annoying. This is one of those rare situations where I prefer the band's more recent works than their older material, and this certainly applies here to L'Ame Immortelle's LIEDER DIE WUNDER BLUTTEN. I really wanted to like this album as much as their recent material but I honestly can't.

The male vocals in my opinion, ruin this cd. The demon, glutteral, style voclas are so distorted, you cannot make out most of the words. But Sonja's vocals soar...when she is permmitied to sing, which is only in a few places. It could have been so much better is the male vocals were not so prominent.