Unheilig
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| Unheilig | |
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 Der Graf |
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| Country | Germany |
| Years active | 1999-present |
| Genres | Electrogoth Neue Deutsche Härte |
| Labels | Bloodline Records / Connected Music |
| Members | Der Graf Grant Stevens José Alvarez-Brill |
Unheilig (German for "unholy") are a German electrogoth/Neue Deutsche Härte band. They are stylistically connected to the Dark Culture. Unheilig was formed in 1999 and consists of Der Graf, Grant Stevens and Jose Alvarez-Brill.
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[edit] Early History
In 1999, together with Grant Stevens (songwriter of “Everlasting Friends” from the Holsten Pilsener TV spot) and José Alvarez-Brill (Wolfsheim, Joachim Witt, De/Vision) the foundation for Unheilig was laid by Der Graf. The single “Sage Ja” was released on Bloodline Records in 1999, shot straight into the German DAC charts and became a club smash. In February 2001, the debut album “Phosphor” came on to the European market again on Bloodline/Connected Music.
[edit] Early Success
Over the next few months the band guested at major scene festivals and open air events throughout Germany ( Zillo Open Air, Wave Gothic Treffen Leipzig, Doomsday Festival, Woodstage Festival ) before taking a break from live work to write and produce the Christmas album “Frohes Fest” and the current LP “Das Zweite Gebot”.
In February 2003 the band went on tour as support to L'Âme Immortelle, introducing eleven European cities to its new album, “Das Zweite Gebot”. Directly after the tour the EP “Schutzengel” was released, including 4 previously unreleased tracks. The band played festivals during the summer. The M'era Luna Festival was one of the highlights for the band and the fans. Der Graf produced remixes for Absurd Minds, Terminal Choice and other bands and finally produced a song for the Xbox game Project Gotham Racing 2. Then the band started the production of the recordings for the new album “Zelluloid”.
[edit] Zelluloid
“Zelluloid” was released 23.02.2004 and at the same time the band went on tour together with Terminal Choice. With this release and the very successful tour, Unheilig finally reached all kinds of media and a lot of new fans. The result of this enthusiasm was that Unheilig gave the fans the chance to vote their own new single release which became “Freiheit”. The E.P.CD “Freiheit” was released 18.10.2004 and the band played some more release concerts to promote the record. The fact that Unheilig played more concerts in 2004 than ever before in their career revealed the need for a live CD. To this end, the CD Gastspiel was released 31.01.2005.
[edit] Year 2005 and On
Preparations for the DVD “KopfKino” started. Six weeks before the DVD was released, Unheilig was played for the first time on one of the regular music television channels (VIVA Plus) with their videoclip “Freiheit”.
The album "Moderne zeiten" was released at 20.01.2006. The main topic of the album is dreams their implementation. At the introtrack has the following text (translated): "The cities have fallen and become one; Progress determines existence. Humans have become numbers and fear their drive. Free thought, desire and love are subject to censorship. Millions accept this from the beginning to their end. Will you also go the way presented, or do you belong to those who rise in these modern times?"
With that Der Graf calls in addition to life the dreams without any censorship. This message is also in songs like Lass uns Liebe machen or Ich will alles.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 2001: Phosphor
- 2002: Frohes Fest
- 2003: Das 2. Gebot
- 2004: Zelluloid
- 2005: Gastspiel (Live-Doppel-CD)
- 2006: Moderne Zeiten
- 2006: Goldene Zeiten (Live-Doppel-CD)
[edit] Maxi singles
[edit] EPs
[edit] DVDs
- 2005: Kopfkino
