Tombstone land
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2003 |
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CD |
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15th |
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Sonic Malade Studio (Berlin) |
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Grabsteinland or Grabsteinland 1: Durch den Kristallwald is the seventh album by the German band Untoten and was released in 2003, it was released by the Sonic Malade label . It is the first part of the three-album Gravestone Land trilogy. In 2004 " Gravestone Land 2: Rule of the Vampires " followed and in 2005 " Gravestone Land 3: Heart of Darkness ".
It is the first work in the volume, the texts of which are purely in German.
Track list
- How small this world ... (Overture) - 3:57
- With the eyes of the night - 3:20
- Tombstone Land (Wake Up) - 4:52
- Raven song or the legend of 300 wolves - 2:27
- Cynthia - 4:31
- You built me a house - 3:11
- Alexanderplatz - 4:46
- Don't you see it (oh you) - 3:41
- Loyalty to the Nibelungs - 2:24
- Crystal Forest - 2:50
- Do you want? (Remix) - 5:34
- Never - 3:46
- Land in the Fog (Outro)
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History of origin
According to the band's statements, the subject matter of the album was strongly influenced by their impressions in East Berlin , where you can still find remnants of the time of the GDR regime in the form of buildings. The song "Alexanderplatz" is based on the work of the same name by Alfred Döblin " Berlin Alexanderplatz " , which Line said several times that it was his favorite work. Line's side project SOKO Friedhof already contained a song entitled “The Church (Alexanderplatz)” on the work “ The Story of a Werewolf ” , published a year earlier .
Reviews
The reviews were mostly positive, but there were also reviews that had little interest in the work and criticized the fact that the singing and the voice often did not go together, as they “range from imperious, unemotional, pleading to tearful, dumpling and nasal [ fluctuate] ”and thus seem insecure. The lyrics themselves were also described as clumsy, simple or kitschy, and the overall presentation of the work (especially the pictures in the booklet) was too clichéd.
Others stated, however, that the songs were “so expressive and colorful that they arouse images and feelings and could be a mystical, dark declaration of love for life itself”. The Sonic Seducer described the work as "perhaps the most outstanding album of the capital-trailer combination, as it once again a huge step forward - both stylistically and in content - represents". The remix for the song “Willst du?” Was received positively from both sides.
Presentation
The booklet contains 28 pages, the paper is provided with numerous self-made drawings and photomontages, there are pictures of wolves and owls. The cover shows the heavily decorated, cross-like "ot" ligature, which can also be found in the lettering of the band's logo.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview at the Black Elben Festival 2002
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.rockalarm.com/band/article_i_untoten_ab_ins_grabsteinland_de/view/reviews.html
- ↑ http://www.sonic-seducer.de/index.php?option=com_reviews&func=detail& Anzeige=4166&virtuemart= 5a1da42fe7845b6b1dc6bf422a8fff5d ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
