Friday, January 10, 2014

Offertorium - "Ohne Dich" [2005]

Artist: Offertorium
Title: Ohne Dich
Genre: Symphonic/Progressive Metal
Country: Moldova
Year: 2005

Track List:
  1. Ohne Dich
  2. Die Dornerkron
  3. Der Sturm
  4. Die Sterne
  5. O Komme Tod
Like most fans of darkwave, industrial metal and NDH, I have a lot of love for German language in music (hence my nickname, which is also in German), but it seems to be not properly reflected in my blog yet. Here's a band from Moldova (!), whose members apparently were very much into German poetry and classical (romantic & baroque) music. They were formed in 1998 in Chisinau as a collective of mostly female musicians, many of whom had classical musical education. Judging from the names, they're mostly Russian/ Ukrainian:
  • Anastasia - Bass
  • Serghei Petrenco - Drums
  • Anna - Flute
  • Nikolai - Guitars (lead)
  • Tatiana - Keyboards
  • Alexandr - Keyboards, Vocals
  • Anastasia - Violin
  • Nadejda - Vocals
Unfortunately, they've split up in 2007 after releasing only one demo. The quality of recording on "Ohne Dich" unfortunately sucks, which is completely understandable, but still very unfortunate, because it doesn't do justice for such complex and well-played music. The vocals are mostly operatic (female and, at times, male), which often annoys me in bands like Nightwish, but definitely not on this demo. As a whole, it's a very interesting release from a country that's not known for having a prolific rock/metal scene, even despite the poor production. It's a pity that they never recorded a proper album...

1 comment:

  1. THIS ALBUM IS A MASTERPIECE, THANKS A LOT FOR THE APORT :)

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