Catharsis (Elis album)
Encyclopedia
Catharsis is the fourth album by Elis
, released on 27 November 2009 by Napalm Records
. It is the first and only album with Sandra Schleret
(ex-Dreams of Sanity
, Siegfried
) as their new lead singer after Sabine Dünser
's demise; the band released in early 2007 the MCD "Show Me The Way".
, the band decided to continue her musical ideas.
The album was released in late 2009 on Napalm Records
, being the first full release with new singer Sandra Schleret
, known from Dreams of Sanity
and Siegfried
. It contains hard and quick tracks, but is nevertheless emotional.
Sandra Schleret did not copy Dünser's style, instead she was lauded for her darker, more powerful voice on most tracks. The cover of Jennifer Rush
's "I Come Undone" was found weaker than the original though.
. They spent the rest of 2008 and a part of 2009 recording the new album.
The digipack version includes an DVD with live Sequences of the Band from the Metal Female Voices Fest
2007.
Elis (band)
Elis is a gothic metal band from Liechtenstein, formed by Sabine Dünser and Pete Streit in 2003 after the split of Erben der Schöpfung in 2002.-God's Silence, Devil's Temptation:...
, released on 27 November 2009 by Napalm Records
Napalm Records
Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock.Originally, Napalm Records focused mainly on black metal acts such as Abigor and Summoning and folk metal bands such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg....
. It is the first and only album with Sandra Schleret
Sandra Schleret
Sandra Schleret , is the lead singer of the German band Siegfried and the former lead singer of Lichtenstein based Gothic metal band Elis post-Sabine Dünser's death.-Biography:...
(ex-Dreams of Sanity
Dreams of Sanity
Dreams of Sanity was a gothic metal band from Austria. Founded in 1991, they released three full-length albums, before disbanding in 2002. Many of their songs are about Buddha...
, Siegfried
Siegfried (band)
Siegfried is an Heavy metal band from Austria that was founded in 1998 by Bruder Cle, aka Hagen, who was later joined by Daniel Bachmaier , aka Ortwin, and former Dreams of Sanity singer Sandra Schleret. In 2000 they released a demo cd called Fafnir. Later in 2000 they were signed to Napalm...
) as their new lead singer after Sabine Dünser
Sabine Dünser
Sabine Michaela Dünser grew up in Schaan with her family, consisting of her parents and her younger sister Petra. Her musical talent was discovered at an early age. She started with basic listening skills. Four years later in practice flute...
's demise; the band released in early 2007 the MCD "Show Me The Way".
Reception
After the sudden death of Elis' original singer Sabine DünserSabine Dünser
Sabine Michaela Dünser grew up in Schaan with her family, consisting of her parents and her younger sister Petra. Her musical talent was discovered at an early age. She started with basic listening skills. Four years later in practice flute...
, the band decided to continue her musical ideas.
The album was released in late 2009 on Napalm Records
Napalm Records
Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock.Originally, Napalm Records focused mainly on black metal acts such as Abigor and Summoning and folk metal bands such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg....
, being the first full release with new singer Sandra Schleret
Sandra Schleret
Sandra Schleret , is the lead singer of the German band Siegfried and the former lead singer of Lichtenstein based Gothic metal band Elis post-Sabine Dünser's death.-Biography:...
, known from Dreams of Sanity
Dreams of Sanity
Dreams of Sanity was a gothic metal band from Austria. Founded in 1991, they released three full-length albums, before disbanding in 2002. Many of their songs are about Buddha...
and Siegfried
Siegfried (band)
Siegfried is an Heavy metal band from Austria that was founded in 1998 by Bruder Cle, aka Hagen, who was later joined by Daniel Bachmaier , aka Ortwin, and former Dreams of Sanity singer Sandra Schleret. In 2000 they released a demo cd called Fafnir. Later in 2000 they were signed to Napalm...
. It contains hard and quick tracks, but is nevertheless emotional.
Sandra Schleret did not copy Dünser's style, instead she was lauded for her darker, more powerful voice on most tracks. The cover of Jennifer Rush
Jennifer Rush
Jennifer Rush is an American/German-based pop/rock singer, best known for the million-selling single "The Power of Love", which she co-wrote and which went on to be covered by Laura Branigan and Celine Dion.-Career:...
's "I Come Undone" was found weaker than the original though.
Background
The band toured a little during that year and 2008, before announcing that they had entered the studio to record their fourth studio album, the follow-up to their 2006 release, GriefshireGriefshire
Griefshire is the third album by the gothic metal band Elis. It's their first concept album, and the last before Sabine Dünser's death. Because Sabine Dünser was the creator of the concept of Griefshire and the main songwriter of the songs on it, the other members decided, after her death, to...
. They spent the rest of 2008 and a part of 2009 recording the new album.
Track listing
- "Core of Life" (04:08)
- "Twinkling Shadow" (04:25)
- "Warrior's Tale" (06:05) (feat. Michelle DarknessEnd of Green (band)End Of Green is a German band formed in Stuttgart in 1992. According to singer Michael Huber, the band name means by the end of the color green symbolized hope. This fits with the type of music the band produces. The band describes its style as Depressed Subcore...
) - "Des Lebens Traum, des Traumes Leben" (04:06)
- "I Come Undone" (04:25)
- "Firefly" (04:25)
- "Morning Star" (04:17)
- "Das kleine Ungeheuer" (3:53)
- "Mother's Fire" (04:02)
- "Rainbow" (04:10)
- "The Dark Bridge" (04:56)
- "Ghost Of The Past" (Bonus on Digipack)
- "No Hero" (Bonus on Digipack)
Digipack Bonus-DVD "Metal Female Voices Fest 2007"
- "Tales From Heaven And Hell"
- "Die Zeit"
- "Show me The Way"
- "Phoenix From The Ashes"
- "Der letzte Tag"
- "Lost Soul"
- "A New Decade"
- "Heaven And Hell"
The digipack version includes an DVD with live Sequences of the Band from the Metal Female Voices Fest
Metal Female Voices Fest
Metal Female Voices Fest is a heavy metal music festival held annually in Belgium since 2003. It is organized by the Metal Organisation agency. The seventh edition took place at Oktoberhallen in Wieze in the municipality of Lebbeke on October 17 and October 18, 2009.-October 22:*Doro* Leaves' Eyes*...
2007.
- 25 November 2009 - Finland, Spain
- 27 November 2009 - Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Benelux, Italy
- 30 November 2009 - Rest of Europe
- 15 December 2009 - USA
- 12 January 2010 - Canada
Credits
- Sandra SchleretSandra SchleretSandra Schleret , is the lead singer of the German band Siegfried and the former lead singer of Lichtenstein based Gothic metal band Elis post-Sabine Dünser's death.-Biography:...
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Pete Streit – guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
- Chris Gruber – guitar
- Tom Saxer – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, death growlDeath growlA death growl, also known as death metal vocals, guttural vocals, death grunts, and harsh vocals among other names, is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal and black metal music genre, but also used in a variety of heavy metal and hardcore punk subgenres.Death...
s - Max Naescher – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Alexander KrullAlexander KrullAlexander Krull is the lead vocalist for the German metal band Atrocity, as well as a backing-vocals in the band Leaves' Eyes.- Biography :...
. - Special guest on Warrior's Tale - Michelle Darkness.
- All Music written by Pete Streit except track 5 written by Morrie Elliot Brown and Ellen ShipleyEllen ShipleyEllen Shipley, born 24 March 1949 in New York, is a US musician and songwriter.-Biography:Shipley is best known for work with Rick Nowels. Together they've written for Kim Wilde and worked on the Belinda Carlisle albums Belinda, Heaven on Earth, Runaway Horses, and Live Your Life Be Free...
, 7 and 8 written by Ellen ShipleyEllen ShipleyEllen Shipley, born 24 March 1949 in New York, is a US musician and songwriter.-Biography:Shipley is best known for work with Rick Nowels. Together they've written for Kim Wilde and worked on the Belinda Carlisle albums Belinda, Heaven on Earth, Runaway Horses, and Live Your Life Be Free...
, track 10 written bei Simone Dyllong and Maximilian Nascher. All Lyrics and vocal arrangements by Sandra SchleretSandra SchleretSandra Schleret , is the lead singer of the German band Siegfried and the former lead singer of Lichtenstein based Gothic metal band Elis post-Sabine Dünser's death.-Biography:...
, except track 5 written by Morrie Elliot Brown and Ellen ShipleyEllen ShipleyEllen Shipley, born 24 March 1949 in New York, is a US musician and songwriter.-Biography:Shipley is best known for work with Rick Nowels. Together they've written for Kim Wilde and worked on the Belinda Carlisle albums Belinda, Heaven on Earth, Runaway Horses, and Live Your Life Be Free...
. Programming by ElisElis (band)Elis is a gothic metal band from Liechtenstein, formed by Sabine Dünser and Pete Streit in 2003 after the split of Erben der Schöpfung in 2002.-God's Silence, Devil's Temptation:...
and produced by Alexander KrullAlexander KrullAlexander Krull is the lead vocalist for the German metal band Atrocity, as well as a backing-vocals in the band Leaves' Eyes.- Biography :...
. Recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered by Recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered by Alexander KrullAlexander KrullAlexander Krull is the lead vocalist for the German metal band Atrocity, as well as a backing-vocals in the band Leaves' Eyes.- Biography :...
at Mastersound Studios in SteinheimSteinheimSteinheim may refer to:*municipalities in Germany:**Steinheim, Westphalia, in the district of Höxter, North Rhine-Westphalia**Steinheim an der Murr, in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in 2008/2009. - Assistant Recording Engineers Mathias Roderer and Thorsten Bauer. Additional Programming and samples by Alexander KrullAlexander KrullAlexander Krull is the lead vocalist for the German metal band Atrocity, as well as a backing-vocals in the band Leaves' Eyes.- Biography :...
. - Cover Artwork photos by Stefan Heilemann and make up by Sylvia Hable.