Lingua Mortis

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Lingua Mortis
Studio album by Rage & Symphonic Orchestra Prague

Publication
(s)

1996

Label (s) Gun Records

Title (number)

5

running time

43:01

occupation
  • Guitar: Spiros Efthimiadis
  • Drums : Christos Efthimiadis

production

Ulli Pösselt, Peter Wagner, Christian Wolff

chronology
Black in Mind
(1994) 		Lingua Mortis End of All Days
(1996)

Lingua Mortis (Latin for 'language of death') is an album by the German metal band Rage in collaboration with the Prague Symphony Orchestra . It was released on Gun Records in 1996 .

Creation and publication

After the release of Black in Mind , some pieces from the album as well as older pieces for band and orchestra were rearranged by Christian Wolff. Rage rehearsed with musicians from the Folkwang Music School and recorded with the Prague Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Markus Stollenwerk. Christian Wolff played the piano . Lingua Mortis is said to have been the first German classic metal crossover. It was presented live many times in the year of its release and has resulted in a number of other pieces, albums and performances with orchestral accompaniment by the band to this day.

Track list

  1. In a Nameless Time - 11:22
  2. Alive but Dead - 5:57
  3. Medley - 15:35
    1. Don't Fear the Winter (instr.) - 1:00
    2. Black in Mind - 3:08
    3. Firestorm (instr.) - 2:00
    4. Sent by the Devil - 4:10
    5. Lost in the Ice (instr.) - 5:15
  4. All This Time (Edited Version) - 4:05
  5. Alive but Dead (instr. Orchestra Version) - 6:08

style

The pieces that were originally to be assigned to Power or Speed ​​Metal have become a bit slower due to the rearrangement and orchestral accompaniment. In contrast, they are now more atmospheric, appear darker and more dramatic. Band and orchestra play together harmoniously, the band almost fades into the background in many passages compared to the bombast of the orchestra.

reception

The album was positively received by the press. Andreas Schöwe ​​from Metal Hammer finds the "synthesis of classical and classic heavy metal guitars [...] convincingly successful". Florian Schörg from metal.de describes Lingua Mortis as a “milestone”; the pieces, although already published in a different form, “make a difference in the orchestral guise.” Götz Kühnemund finds the album “[i] m grandiose in the truest sense of the word”.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RAGE - BAND , rage-on.de , accessed on May 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b Götz Kühnemund : Rage. Lingua Mortis , Rock Hard # 108, accessed May 12, 2013.
  3. ↑ Pierre Tombale: Rage - Lingua Mortis , metalstorm.net , accessed May 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ Andreas Schöwe: Rage - Lingua Mortis , Metal Hammer 05/1996, accessed on May 12, 2013.
  5. ↑ Florian Schörg: Rage - Lingua Mortis (Re-Release) , metal.de , accessed on May 12, 2013.