More E Nomine
I got the E Nomine album "Das Testament" today. This was their first, and it's full of Biblical themes, stories, and actual verses. In a lot of ways, it's less gritty and more upbeat than the other two albums. It starts off with Genesis 1:1 as an interlude, which I was able to understand from my admittedly rusty and limited German vocabulary. The first actual song is "Vater Unser" (the Lord's Prayer in German), and the last song is the same one, but translated into English. Truthfully, if any of the albums could be fully translated into English, this would be the one. It's not as dependent of texture as the others are. (Why, yes, music has texture. Ask me about it sometime.)
If there is anything I have against this, it's that the German is harder to tease out - which might be more a matter of my not having listened to it as often as the other albums. Definitely the Latin has more the feel of Gregorian chant in this one, and like the German, is not as crisp, I think. I have the lyric booklet; I think more study of that will help for both languages. There is also a lot of Hebrew motif in the music itself, which I like.
I'm toying with the idea of sending this to my BIL in Michigan - though I'm not sure what he would make of it. He's been brought up with the whole "rock is wrong" mindset, though he might have broken loose of that. I'm not really sure what his tastes are, but I think his wife (who is older than him and German) would be scandalized! (Perhaps all the more reason to send it? *gives shifty look*)
In any case, I'm enjoying this as much as the other two albums so far.
If there is anything I have against this, it's that the German is harder to tease out - which might be more a matter of my not having listened to it as often as the other albums. Definitely the Latin has more the feel of Gregorian chant in this one, and like the German, is not as crisp, I think. I have the lyric booklet; I think more study of that will help for both languages. There is also a lot of Hebrew motif in the music itself, which I like.
I'm toying with the idea of sending this to my BIL in Michigan - though I'm not sure what he would make of it. He's been brought up with the whole "rock is wrong" mindset, though he might have broken loose of that. I'm not really sure what his tastes are, but I think his wife (who is older than him and German) would be scandalized! (Perhaps all the more reason to send it? *gives shifty look*)
In any case, I'm enjoying this as much as the other two albums so far.