Love Is Colder than Death

德國的 Love is Colder than Death 成立與1990年，取名于60年代法斯賓德的電影。自始至終他們都象是一個奇異的化身，有關于Love is Colder than Death的音樂所殘留下來的東西：在世紀之交里隱晦時期的低語和于現(xiàn)代社會中尋找有如天堂般美麗家園的童話。這支樂隊首次登場于1990年，作為HYPERIUM旗下的元老樂隊，他們總是被別人誤解，許多人將樂隊臆斷為拾Dead Can Dance牙慧中的一員，但事實上他們與Dead Can Dance出現(xiàn)于同一時期，不過樂隊很早就確定了自己EBM+中世紀音樂的雙重身份。
Love is Colder than Death于91年推出了他們首張大受好評的LP/CD《Teignmouth》。緊隨著1992年同期發(fā)行了他們的第二張專輯《MentalTraveller》。同上一張一樣，延續(xù)了他們中世紀的風情，緩慢而莊重的合成鍵盤，EBM類的黑電子和中世紀的詭異融合。
Love is Colder Than Death, commonly abbreviated LiCTD or LICTD, is an early German heavenly voices / neo-classical / neo-medieval band that was one of the corner stones to Hyperium Record's Heavenly Voices compilation series of the early 1990s. It is named after the 1969 Fassbinder film Liebe ist kälter als der Tod. The band's 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 one on Mexican New Age Sales Charts.[1] 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.