Perfect combination of two worlds!

The Rage with responsibility are that the trend to combine classical music with metal to give a new impetus in the 90s, this is no contest. Following the publication of the classical / metal crossover album Lingua Mortis and XIII and the albums Ghost, which also came up with classical elements, so that layer was however only once in the shaft. The band Instrumentation changed dramatically. Among other things, Viktor Smolski took time off to Rage. What luck that Smolski not only served his electric guitar very competent, no guitarist also has a deep classical background.

Actually, it is then almost logical that the band at some point again an album published, where they can leave their classical influences run wild. Although the name of Rage is still small on the cover, but you have the child now missed its own name. LMO appears under the band name Lingua Mortis Orchestra. Many of the classical / metal projects fail because existing songs an orchestra is on top and band and orchestra then cheerful music side by side. This is not so, the songs were written for band and orchestra, and you can hear that. For orchestra and band play together and complement each other splendidly great!

Cleansed By Fire starts curiously with a didgeridoo, shortly thereafter uses a classical choral singing and again shortly afterwards shoots an equally classic heavy metal riff through the speakers. The song shows what is possible when these two musical worlds skillfully combined. Scapegoat pulls the hardness screw something on, and sounds a little more like Rage as the rest of the album. With a Lament Balladengroßtat on LMO is included. Peavey Wagner sings a duet with one of the guest singers. The song has a certain theatricality, which it is difficult to describe. Eye For An Eye is the musical highlight of LMO for me. So and not otherwise the connection between orchestra and metal band should sound. Rocky, dramatic, sublime, perfect!

The album is based on a textual approach, which focuses on the witch-hunts in the Middle Ages. This of course fits well with music and makes the album a completely rewarding affair!