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Tränenherz (Album) by Blutengel

Biografie van de kunstenaar Blutengel

Blutengel German Blood Angel Stylized As BlutEngel Is A German Futurepop/industrial Music Group Formed By Singer Chris Pohl Also Of The Groups Terminal Choice Tumor And Miss Construction And The Owner Of The Fear Section Label After He Had To Leave Seelenkrank Due To Contractual And Legal Problems. The Lyrics Are Written Primarily In German And English And Are Presented With Male And Female Vocals. The Themes Of The Songs Usually Centre Around Themes Common In Gothic Fiction Such As Love Vampirism Sexual Fetishism Death And Immortality. The Band Calls Their Musical Style Dark Pop. Blutengel Was Formed In 1998 After Chris Pohl Had Decided To Give Up The Preceding Project Seelenkrank Which Had Released Two Albums Due To Contractual Problems. Just As Its Predecessor Blutengel Uses Melodious Electronic Tunes In Combination With Both Male And Female Voices. The Lyrics Are Primarily In German Or English And Mixed Between Male And Female Vocals Paired With Electronic Sounds And With Songs Often Focusing On All Aspects Of Love From The Tragedy Of Hopeless Romance Of Vampires All The Way To The More Animal Aspects Of Desire And Aspects Of Death And The Afterlife. The First Album Child Of Glass Was Released In Early 1999 With Kati Roloff And Nina Bendigkeit As The Original Female Vocalists. In 2001 The Second Album Seelenschmerz Was Released. Nina Left To Concentrate On Photography And Eventually Form The Band Formalin. Gini Martin Joined The Band As The Second Female Voice Alongside Kati. The First Blutengel Gig Ever Took Place At The Wave-Gotik-Treffen On June 1 2001 In Leipzig In Front Of 10 000 Fans. At The End Of 2001 The Single Black Roses Was Released With Constance Rudert As A Session Singer. The Band Performed At The Dark Storm Festival Where Constance Appeared On Stage With Kati And Gini. This Was The Last Time The Band Would Play With Its Original Line-Up. Kati And Gini Left The Band Days Later For Personal Reasons And Founded Their Own Project Together Tristesse De La Lune. Constance Who Had Originally Only Been Recruited For The Single "Black Roses" Became A Full Time Member Of Blutengel. Eva Pölzing Joined Soon After As A Second Vocalist. Angel Dust Was Released In 2002 Placing 58th On The German Charts.The Angel Dust Promotional Photo-Shoot And Booklet Was Made By Nina Bendigkeit. In 2004 Their Fourth Album Demon Kiss Was Released Featuring The Single "Forever". A DVD Release Live Lines And The Album-Length EP The Oxidising Angel Appeared In 2005 The Latter Of Which Contained New Material As Well As A Cover Of "Cry Little Sister" From The Lost Boys Soundtrack. In Early October Eva Pölzing Decided To Leave The Band Due To Other Projects. Eva Was Replaced By Ulrike Goldmann Ex-Say-Y . For The Following Two Years The Band Released A Couple Of Singles With A Slightly More "pop-Driven" Sound Until Their Fifth Album Labyrinth Was Released In September 2007. It Reached 36th In The German Charts And Featured The Single "Lucifer" And The Live Favourite "Engelsblut". In 2009 Blutengel Released The Album Schwarzes Eis Which Featured The Single "Dancing In The Light" And Accompanying Music Video To Promote The Album. An Extended Edition Of This Album Contained Three Full CDs Each With Its Own Subtitle Schwarzes Eis The Instrumental Behind The Mirror And Redemption . The EP Soultaker Was Released Later That Year. In 2010 They Performed At The Amphi Festival Featuring Anja Milow Maria Rehfeld And Jenny Haufe Who Had Been Hired In 2009 As A Dancers For The Schwarzes Eis Tour. Days Later It Was Announced On The Official Website That Constance Had Been Replaced By Two New Singers Anja Milow And Steffi Weingarten. Both Featured On The Seventh Album Tränenherz Released In 2011 And Placed In The German Charts At Number 12. Two Singles "Über Den Horizont" & "Reich Mir Die Hand" Were Released To Promote The Album With Accompanying Music Videos The Latter Featuring Pohl's New Girlfriend Viki Scarlet As The "Bloody Girl" In Reich Mir Die Hand Who Would Later Become A Permanent Dancer. The EP Nachtbringer Followed That Same Year. A Music Video Was Released For The Title Track Featuring The Complete Lineup Excluding Jenny For This Video. Steffi Was Fired From The Band Before They Began Touring And On Her Official Facebook Page She Wrote A Statement Claiming That She Was Not Allowed To Tour Due To Legal Issues With Constance. Jenny Left In 2012 Followed By Anja To Focus On Her Job As A Model For The Clothing Label AMF Korsets Continue College Studies And Work As An Independent Designer With Her Label Madone Noire. Monument And Black Symphonies 2012–2014 Edit
From May 12 To May 20 2012 Blutengel Toured North America For The First Time. Playing In Mexico City New York San Antonio San Francisco Los Angeles And In Montreal For The Kinetik Festival. After The Tour Maria Rehfeld Left The Band. Citation Needed The First Single From The Album Monument "Save Our Souls" Was Released In November 2012 While The Second Single "You Walk Away" Was Released In January 2013. The Album Monument Was Released In February 2013 And Placed #4 & #96 On The German And Switzerland Music Charts Respectively. "Kinder Dieser Stadt" Was Released On July 19 2013 As The Third Single From Monument. Blutengel Released An Orchestral Compilation Album Black Symphonies An Orchestral Journey On February 28 2014. A Single And Music Video For "Krieger" Were Released To Promote The Album. Omen & Nemesis The Best Of & Reworked 2014–2016 The First Single "Asche Zu Asche" From Their Upcoming Album Was Released On November 14 2014. The Second Single "Sing" Was Released On January 23 2015. Omen Was Released On February 12 2015. The Band Then Embarked On The First Leg Of The Omen Tour In April And Spanning Through To August. Festival Appearances Include Wave-Gotik-Treffen Mera Luna Festival And Summer Breeze Open Air. A New EP In Alle Ewigkeit Was Announced Via The Band's Website In Early August As Well As The Tour Dates For The Second Leg Of The Omen Tour Which Began In November And Ended In Early December. The New EP Was Released 23 October 2015 And Featured A Reworking Of 'Weg Zu Mir' Originally From 'Child Of Glass' Which Served As A Preview For The Upcoming 'Best Of' Album. Chris Pohl Recorded Guest Vocals On Italian Industrial Group Helalyn Flowers' "Beware Of Light" Single Which Was Released By Belgian Label Alfa Matrix Records In October 2015. On 26 February 2016 Their 'best Of' Album Nemesis The Best Of & Reworked Was Released With Re-Recorded Versions Of BlutEngel Classics. To Support This Release They Will Be Playing 'Nemesis - Open Air Festival' In July. Due To Legal Issues Omen Was Re-Released Under The Title Save Us. Leitbild & Un Gott 2016–present Edit
In Early 2016 BlutEngel Entered The Studio To Record A New Album Set For A Release In February 2017. "Complete" The First Single From The Upcoming 10th Album Leitbild Was Released On December 2 2016. It Featured Two B-Sides And A Remix By British Darkwave Act Massive Ego. The Second Single "Lebe Deinen Traum" Was Released As A Digital Single On February 3 2017. Leitbild Was Released On 17 February. The Album Would Be The Band's Third Straight Album To Chart In The Top 5 Of The Media Control Charts At Number 4. The Album Would Also Chart Swiss Music Charts At #49. BlutEngel Went On Tour Starting In April And Ended In May To Promote Leitbild With Massive Ego As Their Support. On 12 May They Performed An Acoustic Set Which Was Recorded For Release On DVD As A Special Night Out Live & Acoustic In Berlin. After The Leitbild Tour Ended Chris Teased That He Began Work On A New Mini Album Or EP To Be Released Towards The End Of The Year. The New Mini Album Was Later Confirmed And Entitled Black. The 2nd Leg Of The Leitbild Tour Was Also Announced For October Through December 2017. Live Im Wasserschloss Klaffenbach Will Be Released April 2018 With Footage From Their 'Nemesis - Open Air Festival' From July 2016. In May 2018 BlutEngel Were Back In The Studio Working On Their Next Album Un Gott Which Was Released 15th February 2019 And Was Promoted With A Tour That Began In February. The Tour Was Once Again Supported By Massive Ego. A New Mini Album "Damokles" Was Released On November 1st 2019. During The COVID-19 Pandemic Three Singles Were Released. The First Wir Sind Unsterblich On 27th March. The Second Obscured A Collaboration With Hocico On 3rd April. The Third Nothing But A Void A Collaboration With Massive Ego Was Released Friday 13th Of November. Line-Up Current Members
Chris Pohl – Vocals Lyrics Programming 1998–present Ulrike Goldmann – Vocals And Lyrics 2005–present Current Dancers
Viki Scarlet – Main Visual Concept 2011–present Former Members 1998–2000 Nina Bendigkeit Now In Formalin Also Female Voices On Seelenkrank And Terminal Choice Albums – Vocals And Lyrics
1998–2002 Kati Roloff Was In Tristesse De La Lune With Gini But Left In Late 2006 – Vocals
2000–2002 Gini Martin Now In Tristesse De La Lune – Vocals And Lyrics
2002–2005 Eva Pölzing – Vocals
2002–2010 Constance Rudert Now In Cinderella Effect – Session Singer Then Vocals And Visual Concept
2010–2011 Steffi Weingarten – Vocals
2009–2012 Anja Milow – Vocals And Visual Concept
Former Dancers
2001–2009 Sonja Semmler Now In Masters Of Comedy – Live Performance Visual Concept Their First Official Dancer/performance Artist To Be Part Of The Band 2009-2012 Jenny Haufe- Visual Concept
2009-2012 Maria Rehfeld- Visual Concept AlbumsEdit
1999 Child Of Glass
2001 Seelenschmerz
2002 Angel Dust
2004 Demon Kiss
2007 Labyrinth
2009 Schwarzes Eis
2011 Tränenherz
2013 Monument
2015 Omen/Save Us
2017 Leitbild
2019 Un Gött

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