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: Belborn-Seelenruhe/Phoenix (PictureDisc) :
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: Genre......: Darkwave · Rel. Date..: May-26-2003 :
| Type.......: Single | Year.......: 2000 |
│ Tracks.....: 02 │ Label......: World Serpent │
│ Size.......: 9,5 MB │ Catalog No.: WS7005 │
│ Scans......: None │ Source.....: Vinyl │
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│ Grabber....: Wavelab │
| Encoder....: Fhg Radium MP3 Codec V1.263 |
: Quality....: 192 kbps / 44,1kHz / Full Stereo :
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│ Track Title Time │
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│ 01 seelenruhe (souls resting) 03:26 │
│ 02 phoenix 03:28 │
| Total: 9,5 MB / 06:54 |
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│ This 7inch contains the exclusive songs SOULS RESTING and PHOENIX. │
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│ This is the story behind the skeleton-picture (cover): │
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│ This picture is an oil-on-wood painting in a charnel-house in a graveyard │
│ around here. The sentence in Old-German underneath the picture says: ôHere │
│ have all the souls in need freed from death their intercessor!ö. The │
│ painting shows a local tale of a ôdevout knightö. The tale tells of a │
│ pious man who would stop at each graveyard to pray for the souls of the │
│ unfortunate dead. He had achieved many noteworthy heroic deeds and wanted │
│ to thank God in this manner since he had always alighted from the knightly │
│ battles without being harmed. One night he stopped by the above named │
│ graveyard to say a short prayer. Suddenly he heard a noise behind his back │
│ and as he turned around he noticed a gang of robbers (Note: In the │
│ painting they look more like soldiers though!). The men came through the │
│ graveyard gate and attacked him. Full of fear the knight pulled out his │
│ sword and sent a quick prayer to heaven. Suddenly the graves opened and │
│ armed dead stepped out of them (Note: Was this perhaps an act of │
│ magic/necromancy?). The fighting skeletons defended the knight and made │
│ the robbers retreat. The unfortunate souls had helped the knight in his │
│ need, thanking him for the many prayers he had said for them. │
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│ Even when comparing this story with the motif "Dance of the Dead" │
│ ("Totentanz"), this story still seems very unusual and strange for a │
│ christian graveyard. Who knows the real roots of the tale? │
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│ Here are some reviews: │
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│ BLACK (German magazine - Number 22 - Winter 2000/2001) │
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│ Shortly after the release of the first long-play album from the Bavarian │
│ Neofolk newcomers, there is already new material in the form of a limited │
│ 7inch picture disc available. BELBORN, that is Holger and Susanne, follow │
│ the footsteps of bands like HEKATE, PILORI, DIES NATALIS or FORSETI with │
│ their mixture of acoustic and electronic instruments. They prove very well │
│ that the time has come, that the old and well-known bands like DEATH IN │
│ JUNE, SOL INVICTUS or FIRE & ICE no longer represent the non plus ultra of │
│ the scene. On the present Picture-7ö you can hear BELBORN┤s two quite │
│ catchy new tracks. From these ôSeelenruheö is about the witch hunt in the │
│ middle ages and ôPhoenixö tells of personal thoughts about the │
│ mythological bird. Both tracks stay in your head and I like them - the │
│ only thing that bothers me personally a little bit û is the extremely │
│ tinny sounding voice of Holger. But perhaps it is wanted like this. Don┤t │
│ mind, whoever already owns the fulltime album shouldn┤t miss this rare 7ö. │
│ A very beautiful piece for collectors! My score: 8 of 10 possible points. │
│ (Thomas Wacker) │
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│ JUDAS KISS (English magazine - Issue 7) │
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│ This 7" features two tracks by this German (I presume) group, that weren't │
│ included in their remarkable debut CD that WSD released a year or so ago. │
│ The overly European folk style that was demonstrated on their album is │
│ continued here. Strong Germanic male and whispered female vocals are set │
│ to an accompaniment of traditional sounding folk music with slight pop │
│ tinges, that are both dark yet uplifting at the same time. As with the │
│ other WSD 7" released recently, both tracks are pressed on to very │
│ aesthetically pleasing picture disc, which unfortunately has quite poor │
│ sound quality (on my copy anyway) that proves to be very dubious in │
│ places. Luckily, the calibre of the tracks alone shine through this minor │
│ glitch, which doesn't seem to spoil the atmosphere and mood of the songs │
│ too much at all. Hopefully a second full- length album will follow very │
│ shortly. (LP) │
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│ LETTERS FROM THE NUOVO EUROPAE (Romanian magazine) │
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│ From the first time I heard about this up-coming new release of my good │
│ friend Holger, I've become really anxious, knowing with sure that Belborn │
│ will not stop at all at the sound of their first marvelous album, and they │
│ will push the sound and ideas even further, and of course, I wasn't wrong; │
│ this is a beautiful piece of vinyl released with some days ago by WSD and │
│ as you might seen from the title it contains two tracks; the first one, │
│ SEELENRUHE (Souls Resting) is in my (objective...) opinion one of the best │
│ Belborn tracks that Holger and Susanne has ever created, a very beautiful │
│ neo-folk anthem, more closed to the music of an Forseti or Sol Invictus │
│ then with what we were used to hear on the first Belborn album, I mean, │
│ the sound has become now more acoustic, the warm voices being accompanied │
│ by clear acoustic guitars and wonderful folk arrangements. I love this │
│ track, it is so powerful and it reminds me in a strange way of memories │
│ that I have never had ... The second track, PHOENIX is another example of │
│ what the elite of the german neo-folk can offer nowadays - a strong anthem │
│ that you will have to hear it to fully catch its spirit and the thoughts │
│ that it reveals to you. We are told that PHOENIX ôexpresses very personal │
│ thoughts about the mythological bird. Can the world change without going │
│ up in flames? Well , here is a question for you. Do you dare to even think │
│ at its possible answer? All in all, an gorgeous release that with the time │
│ will become with sure a very sought after title, and who can blame you? I │
│ have no idea in how many copies this beauty was released, but you should │
│ contact Holger immediately for more details about this subject! I really │
│ cannot recommend enough this fantastic title! (G. Dan Ghetu) │
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│ STIGMATA (Russian magazine - Nr. 2/08/2001) │
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│ A nice picture disc with two tracks from the most recognizable German │
│ äneofolkô band. Thus much recognizable, that it's enough to listen │
│ intently just to one of their songs and then you will diagnose by ears any │
│ unknown tapes and CDRs with absolutely new stuff: "I don't know who plays │
│ that, this seems to be... hmmmm... no, I'm not sure... but this is │
│ BELBORN! No doubts!!!". Everything - special arrangements and sound, │
│ original voice of Holger, his memorable painting technique - bear the │
│ distinct stamp of individuality. It's hard to name the band outstanding │
│ from the technical skill point of view. It's not the case when │
│ virtuoso-performers with conservatoire plumage are congregating from every │
│ corner of the countries. As every true folk art, BELBORN's music is free │
│ from deliberate complicacy, aesthetes' flourishes, boringness and │
│ heavy-weight abstruseness. Straightforward, natural and healthy (blood │
│ with milk!) songs, unpretentious and comprehensible melodies and lyrics - │
│ nothing more is required by such a plain village boy like me, who grew up │
│ on San-Remo pop-festivals, MODERN TALKING and Belarussian band PESNIARY. │
│ Quite naturally, I loved this kind ballad SEELENRUHE as well as the pagan │
│ march PHOENIX. Comparing the new 7" with their debut CD, the balance │
│ between acoustic and electronic parts had shifted in favour of acoustic. │
│ Guitar has been sounding more confidently, more animated the tracks have │
│ been resulted. Reckless verses, invariably ending with three exclamation │
│ marks, did not exhaust the bellicose passion...and pyromania got firmly │
│ established. The theme of hurting and cleaning fire has became nearly │
│ central: "We are burning today...and tomorrow the whole world!!!" Which │
│ more hints do you need? There are various ways to follow, but personally I │
│ have been recruited in BELBORN's fans army and I am waiting impatiently │
│ when this wonderful family begins to produce badges, posters, t-shirts and │
│ flags adorned with their symbolism. (Nihil) │
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│ That should be enough for a short introduction. :) │
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