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Andreas Schärfinger - vocals, guitar
Christoph Högl - guitar
Franz Löchinger - drums
Johannes Kickinger - keyboards
Manuel Simoner - bass
Maria Dorn - soprano
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Lichtgestalten
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Genre: Metal
Origin: Austria
Label: CCP Records
Status: Active
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On their third album - Lichtgestalten - VANITAS breaks new ground with music that defies categorization. After stretching the bounds of gothic metal on their first two releases, the band has now broken out of the genre for good, delivering a modern metal album in a class of its own. Despite the band's obvious close relationship with gothic symbolism and deliriously morbid elements, the new release features a harder and more diversified sound. The affinity of Vanitas for delivering varied and above all independent songs is more apparent than ever on Lichtgestalten. At just under 55 minutes, the new album succeeds in credibly and convincingly fusing various styles of hard metal without sounding forced or artificial. Musically VANITAS has gone through a natural right of passage without abandoning their signature sound. For example, as on their previous release Der Schatten einer Existenz, t
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