Dead weather

Dead weather
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	General information
origin	Iserlohn , Germany
Genre (s)	New German hardness , Gothic Metal
founding	1996
Website	www.leichenwetter.de
Current occupation
singing	Numen
guitar	Dawe
Drums	Florian B. (since 2016)
former members
guitar	Al-Yo-Shér (March 1999 to March 2003)
Electric bass	Sir Pent (March 1999 - March 2000)
Drums	Wahnfried (March 1999 - December 2000)
Keyboard	Rudiator (March 1999 to September 2008)
Electric bass	Cpt.Loft (2000 to May 2009)
Electric bass	Doc. Bawin (July 2009 to August 2010)
Drums	RaweN (2001 - May 2012)
Electric bass	Lord Hur (October 2010 to January 2013)
Electric bass	The Baron (January 2013 - 2014)
Electric bass	The Rittmeister (2014 - 2016)
Orchestral arrangements	The Voigt (2007 - 2016)
Drums	The Professor (May 2012 - 2016)

Leichenwetter is a music group from Iserlohn , founded in 1996 , that sets poems by deceased German poets to music in the style of New German Hardship and Gothic Metal .

history

Leichenwetter was founded in 1996 by the two musicians Dawe and Numen, who wanted to set texts by deceased German poets to music in an unconventional way and thus bring them back to life.

Under pseudonyms like “Dawe” ( electric guitar ) or “Numen” ( vocals ) they released the CD Nachtwerke in 1998 and were featured on several samplers in the following years .

In March 1999, other musicians completed their work under their artist names "Rudiator" ( keyboard until 2008), "Al-Yo-Shér" ( guitar until 2003), "Sir Pent" ( electric bass until 2000) and "Wahnfried" ( drums until 2000 ) the cast of the group, in order to enable Leichenwetter stage performances beyond studio recordings.

An EP with the title Beauty is rough followed in 2001 , the percussion parts of which had already been recorded with the new drummer “RaweN”. In the same year the album Urworte was released and the guitarist "Al-Yo-Shér" also left the band during the release process. Leichenwetter performed in a line-up without a second guitar at subsequent concerts .

The official discography began in 2005 with the record deal when they released Last Words on Metal Ax Records (distributor: Point Music), on which the tradition of setting poems to music is continued and older song material is partially reissued.

In January 2007, Metal Ax Records released the follow-up album Klage with new poetry settings by deceased German-speaking poets. In October 2008 the former Phantoms of Future keyboarder “der Voigt” joined the group after keyboarder “Rudiator” left the band for personal reasons after nine years. “Der Voigt” can not be seen on stage at Leichenwetter concerts because he doesn't like to be in the spotlight.

In May 2009, Cpt. Loft (until then bassist of the band) left the group because he was unable to join the band due to a change in his career. From July 2009 Doc Bawin was on bass. The band split in August 2010 due to internal differences from Doc Bawin. Since the beginning of October 2010 the bass has been operated by Lord Hur. In addition to "Leichenwetter", Lord Hur is also active in the band "Acrid Tones".

On October 15, 2010, the new album Legende was released on the Echozone label . In the course of the publication of Legende , Leichenwetter finally took off their masks, which had been an integral part of their concept for over ten years.

In May 2011 the CD Zeitmaschine and the DVD Zeitreise were released for the band's 15th anniversary. Zeitreise contains new recordings of selected older songs by the band. The DVD contains a live concert.

style

music

A striking feature of Leichenwetter is the strong, melodic singing of the musical experienced singer Numen , which stands out next to the otherwise very dark and powerful tones. The music is based on a combination of heavy metal guitar figures typical of the genre and electro - heavy synthesizer sequences. Since the end of 2008, Leichenwetter have also increasingly used orchestral sounds. According to their own statements, Leichenwetter do not necessarily see themselves as representatives of the new German hardship.

Texts

Adapted poems

Albrecht Haushofer - mother
Andreas Gryphius - Human misery
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff - Last words
Clemens Brentano - O silence, swan song
Christian Friedrich Hebbel - Requiem
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer - Choir of the Dead
Else Lasker-Schüler - Just you, Senna Hoy, end of the world
Ernst Moritz Arndt - evening song
Ernst Stadler - salutation
Franz Werfel - there and here
Friedrich Hebbel - Requiem
Friedrich Nietzsche - Ecce Homo
Friedrich Schiller - Longing
Georg Heym - Ophelia, And the horns of summer fell silent
Georg Trakl - Lament, All Souls' Day, Autumn Soul
Gottfried August Bürger - Swan song
Gottfried Benn - Requiem
Gottfried Keller - The time does not go
Heinrich Heine - Altes Lied, The Silesian Weavers
Hermann Hesse - At a grave, in the fog, sadness, seducer
Johann Gottfried von Herder - Erlkönig, Transfiguration
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - song of the spirits over the waters, borders, the Erlkönig
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff - moon night, infatuation
Richard Dehmel - Ascension
Theodor Storm - One dead
Traditional - reaper's song
Yvan Goll - Fire Harp, Conjuration

Cover versions

Falco - Out of the Dark

Discography

Albums

1998: Night work (CDR / MC ; self-distribution)
2003: Urworte (CD / CDR; Roots Records / Right Tempo)
2005: Last Words (CD; Metal Ax Records)
2007: Klage (CD; Metal Ax Records)
2010: Legend (CD; Echozone / Bob Media)
2011: Time Machine (CD; Echozone / Bob Media)

Concert albums

2011: Time travel (CDR + DVD-R; Echozone / Bob Media)

EPs

2000: Old suffering (CDR; self-distribution)
2001: Beauty is rough (CD; self-distribution)
2012: Ascension ( 12 " ; Echozone / Bob Media)

Guest Posts

2013: Voodoma - The Wicked Truth (EP; song: Sin to Sin )

Posts on samplers

1998: Vanitas Musica Mortui Compilation II (Song: Ophelia )
2001: Wellenbrecher II (song: Sauerland )
2004: Roots-Records Vol. 1
2005: Roots-Records Vol. 2
2005: Rock It (supplement to music magazine)
2007: Gothic Spirits - Solar Eclipse 2
2008: Songs for Mercy (Lied: Altes Lied )
2010: Zillo 04/2010 (song: O Schweig )
2010: Black Wave (Song: O Schweig )
2010: Dark Allure
2010: Nocturnal
2010: Plasmatic Mutation (Song: Romance To The Night )
2010: Gothic Visions II (song: beguiling )
2010: Klangrausch
2011: Nocturnal
2011: Hymnal
2011: Gothic Spirits - Solar eclipse 5
2011: Gothic Visions III (Song: Chor Der Toten (Live) )
2013: Gothic Visions IV (Song: Die Zeit geht nicht (feat. Nina / Live) )
2016: Dark Dreams (Song: Romance To Night )

Music videos

2013: Sin to Sin (with Voodooma; Director: Michael Hollenberg)
2018: Ascension (Director: Patrick Wodstrcil)