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By Radiator Perlman

Updated 18 March 2023

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Artist	Merklina
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Desc	Tilo Wolff, lider de la banda Lacrimosa, en el concierto de Puebla en el Teatro La Paz
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German-Swiss metal band

Lacrimosa

Formed	1990

Genre	gothic rock, dark wave, gothic metal and symphonic metal
Members	Tilo Wolff and Anne Nurmi
Twitter username	LacrimosaBand
Location of formation	Frankfurt

About Lacrimosa

Lacrimosa is a gothic duo led by German Tilo Wolff, the main composer, and Finn Anne Nurmi. They are currently based in Switzerland, but originally from Germany. Originally counted among the bands of the Neue Deutsche Todeskunst genre, Lacrimosa have developed their style more towards powerful metal, but gothic elements still remain.Their current musical style mixes gothic rock and heavy metal, along with violin, trumpet, and more classical instruments, although their musical development throughout the years has also led to changes in instrumentation. Lacrimosa's lyrics are written almost exclusively in German, although since the 1995 album Inferno every album has featured one or two songs in English, generally written by Anne Nurmi. Finnish has also appeared in the spoken intro to two songs ("Schakal" on Inferno and "The Turning Point" on Elodia) and on a bonus track in a limited edition release of Fassade called Vankina. Their lyrics are mainly about loneliness, sadness, darkness, despair, and love.

The band has sold more than 20,000 copies of each album in Germany, but has also gained a large fanbase in Russia, Mexico and China.