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Totentanz

180-gram 1LP
$32.98
Limited double 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Includes bonus tracks. 2018 release. In Greek mythology, Hekate is the goddess of magic, mediating between the realms of life and death. Hekate, the band, was formed in 1991 and is one of the foremost protagonists of German neofolk. Over the course of five albums, the group has combined folk, medieval and classical music with striking percussion and electronic elements to create a distinctly individual style, which reaches it's temporary climax on their sixth record Totentanz ("dance of death"). Seven years after the release of Die Welt der dunklen G�rten ("the world of dark gardens"), Hekate delivers it's most refined compositions to date, playing both traditional, catchy neofolk tunes and hypnotic tracks. In the process, the group manages to recall the atmosphere of early 90's apocalyptic folk without coming across as anachronistic. Enhanced by floating synthesizer and drum arrangements, the music itself reflects the lyrical themes of Totentanz: dealing with our own mortality in the sense of "memento mori". In this context, Hekate plays out it's fondness for Romanticism with an urgent interpretation of Prussian poet Joseph von Eichendorff's "Mondnacht" ("moon night"), and an album cover graced with a (so-far unpublished) painting of the same name by German symbolist and art nouveau artist Franz Stassen. Just as exclusive: the design of the album's book edition features unpublished ink drawings from the series "Apokalyptische Landschaften" ("apocalyptic landscapes") by Hermann W�hler, a painter influenced by magic realism who worked in secret and whose paintings the art community is only now discovering years after his passing.
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The Old King , Lost and Broken , Mondnacht , Luzifer Morgenstern , Ascension Day , Totentanz , Spring of Life , Embrace of Light , Desire , Am Meere 1 Ich Bin Euch Gut - Der Kalte Schnitter 1, Et�de in G-Moll / the Old King 1, Der Prem 1, Lebenszeit 1, Another Lovesong

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