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Leipzig, Germany (1990 – present)

Love is Colder Than Death, commonly abbreviated LiCTD or LICTD, is an early German heavenly voices / neoclassical / neo-medieval band that was one of the corner stones to Hyperium Record’s Heavenly Voices compliation series of the early 1990s. The bands music is characterized by its extensive use of both romantic and classical styled male and female vocals. Founded by Ralf Donis, Maik Hartung, Sven Mertens, and Susann Heinrich in 1990, the band members and music have changed slightly. The first few LICTD albums were released on the Hyperium record label in Europe and on the new Metropolis Records label in the United States.

The band’s album Teignmouth was the first Metropolis Records release, and remains one of LICTD’s more popular albums. Following the departure of Donis, the more experimental songs that characterized some of the early LICTD work gave way to a much more classical sound. Eclipse, the latest LICTD album with new content, reached number on Mexican New Age Sales Charts.

At present, the band is based in Leipzig, Germany. The band performed at major international festivals including, Wave Gotik Treffen in 2003 and 2005 and the annual Bach Festival Leipzig in 2003 (Leipzig is considered Bach’s hometown).

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the_spirit_mage wrote:
yesterday afternoon

I personally like the neoclassical approach more, but that's just because I really love neoclassical darkwave. Still, LICTD is a wonderful band. :)

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TripleSol wrote:
last week

Ok so i know Mental Traveler for years now and i love it, but everytime i ventured into their other albums all i found was typical neoclassical stuff.... i need to know, are there more albums like Mental Traveler? Heelp! : )

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lordsmauka wrote:
October 2009

Mental Traveller is such a wonderful album. Pure magic, I dare say.

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Trystane wrote:
October 2009

Oh yeah, 'Teignmouth' is sexy, same as 'The Bower of Despair" by Collection d'Arnell~Andréa.

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dark_tower wrote:
September 2009

I want a new album so bad... They said something about it when Time was released, but it's been complete silence since then

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fruzsi222 wrote:
September 2009

Yeah, Eclipse album is totally a Dead Can Dance clone, and that was a bad decision because DCD is unbeatable in that style. But their old stuff...oh, that was so unique, I want more!

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accidentcauser wrote:
September 2009

yep, i agree! the older electronic stuff is WAY better!

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tzimanior wrote:
August 2009

The older electronic stuff is fantastic, why did they choose to turn to a DCD clone is a mystery to me ( :

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eoooe wrote:
August 2009

hello my friends of darkwave, add me

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SRayCon wrote:
August 2009

They are so good, I could melt listening to them. Wow!

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Izgrejala wrote:
July 2009

Saiidi !!!!

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Khundas wrote:
June 2009

Hum humm

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love_is_colder wrote:
June 2009

The name comes from the film "Love Is colder than death". Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1969).

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intens wrote:
June 2009

@ Radiogummer: I always thought the name came from a Poésie Noire-album (a Belgian eighties new waveband). I can't find any references for that statement, so it might not be true. However. The man who told me this was the actual lead singer from Poésie noire... http://www.last.fm/music/Po%C3%A9sie+Noire

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Anna_Anhen wrote:
May 2009

I like it!

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daraya70 wrote:
May 2009

ale super

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somemosquito wrote:
May 2009

my word from there...

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radiogummer wrote:
May 2009

I wonder why the band`s called this way....... associations with Fassbinder`s "Liebe ist kalter als der Tod"

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SpiritualLife21 wrote:
May 2009

It's like Dead Can Dance.It resembles to D.C.D very much

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Verney_1826 wrote:
April 2009

liebe grüße aus berlin! eure musik berührt mich einfach immer wieder!

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