About Blutengel
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ABOUT BLUTENGEL
Blutengel was formed after German singer Chris Pohl (Terminal Choice) left his former band "Seelenkrank". Later, the music project returned with a new label and also a new name: Blutengel. The lyrics are primarily in German and/or English and mixed between male and female vocals paired with electronic sounds and with songs often focusing on all aspects of love, from the tragedy of hopeless romance all the way to the more animal aspects of desire. The female vocals were originally performed by Kati Roloff and Nina Bendigkeit when Blutengel's debut album Child of Glass was released in 1999. Although the first album was successful, not much was heard from the band for a while for the next two years while they worked on their next album Seelenschmerz. In the meantime, the line-up had changed. In 2000 or so Nina(at that time the main female vocal) had become successful with her photographer career, so she left the band and then Kati became the main female voice and for the 2nd female vocalist, Gini Martin was found. "Children of the Night", "Der Spiegel", "Soul of Ice" among many others made "Seelenschmerz" so successful that it just missed appearing in the German Top 100. As a result of the album's success, the band was forced to appear live for the first time at the Wave Gotik Treffen in front of 10.000 fans! At the end of 2001, the single Black Roses appeared with Constance Rudert as a session singer and the band performed at the Dark Storm Festival in which Constance also appeared in the stage at side of Kati and Gini. Further, this was the last time the band would play with its original line-up. Kati and Gini left the band days later for personal and also unknown reasons and founded their own project, Tristesse de la Lune. Kati has been replaced by Constance Rudert and Gini by Eva Pölzing who was found soon afterwards. With the new line-up the band's next album, Angel Dust appeared, placing 58th on the Top 100 albums in its first week because of hits like "Angel of the Night" and "Vampire Romance" making Blutengel become much more popular. An interesting fact is that the Angel Dust promotional photoshoot and booklet was made by Nina Bendigkeit. In 2004 their 4th album, Demon Kiss was released, followed by the DVD Live Lines which appeared latter in 2005, but bad news came out: As of early October Eva Pölzing decided to leave Blutengel, to seek her studies and other projects in her personal life. So, Eva has been replaced by Ulrike Goldmann (ex-Say-Y) and the EP's The Oxidising Angel and My Saviour were released.
Line-up
Current members
* Chris Pohl - Male voice, programming, and lyrics
* Constance Rudert - Female voice, lyrics, and visual concept
* Ulrike Goldmann - Female voice and lyrics
* Sonja Semmler - Live performance
Albums
* 1999: Child of Glass
* 2001: Seelenschmerz
* 2001: Bloody pleasures (Maxi CD)
* 2001: Black Roses
*2003: Forever CDM
* 2002: Angel Dust
* 2004: Demon Kiss
* 2004: No eternity
* 2005: The Oxidising Angel (Limited Edition)
* 2006: My Saviour Out Of Line CDM
* 2007: Labyrinth
Seelenschmerz, Angel Dust, Demon Kiss and Labyrinth comes with a hard-box limited edition including a bonus CD and exclusive booklet, sticker and post cards.
EPS
* 2005: The Oxidising Angel EP
Limited edition comes with different cover art and exclusive booklet.
DVDs
* 2005: Live Lines
Singles
* 2001: Bloody Pleasures
* 2001: Black Roses
* 2002: Vampire Romance
* 2003: Forever
* 2004: Mein Babylon (Stendal Blast & Blutengel)
* 2004: No Eternity
* 2006: My Saviour
* 2007: Lucifer (Purgatory)
* 2007: Lucifer (Blaze)
Exclusive tracks appearing on compilations (not including remixes)
* 1998: Awake the Machines Vol. 2 – Love
* 2000: Machineries of Joy – Fairyland (Female Version)
* 2001: Orkus Collection 2 - Hold Me (Just For This Night)
* 2002: Fear Section Vol. 1 – Weg Zu Mir (Shicksals-Version 2002)
* 2002: Machineries of Joy Vol. 2 - Waiting For You
* 2003: Machineries of Joy Vol. 3 – Falling
* 2006: Machineries of Joy Vol. 4 – Misery
Please Visit my myspace Blutengel Fan Page:
http://www.myspace.com/blutengel_fan_page
Blutengel was formed after German singer Chris Pohl (Terminal Choice) left his former band "Seelenkrank". Later, the music project returned with a new label and also a new name: Blutengel. The lyrics are primarily in German and/or English and mixed between male and female vocals paired with electronic sounds and with songs often focusing on all aspects of love, from the tragedy of hopeless romance all the way to the more animal aspects of desire. The female vocals were originally performed by Kati Roloff and Nina Bendigkeit when Blutengel's debut album Child of Glass was released in 1999. Although the first album was successful, not much was heard from the band for a while for the next two years while they worked on their next album Seelenschmerz. In the meantime, the line-up had changed. In 2000 or so Nina(at that time the main female vocal) had become successful with her photographer career, so she left the band and then Kati became the main female voice and for the 2nd female vocalist, Gini Martin was found. "Children of the Night", "Der Spiegel", "Soul of Ice" among many others made "Seelenschmerz" so successful that it just missed appearing in the German Top 100. As a result of the album's success, the band was forced to appear live for the first time at the Wave Gotik Treffen in front of 10.000 fans! At the end of 2001, the single Black Roses appeared with Constance Rudert as a session singer and the band performed at the Dark Storm Festival in which Constance also appeared in the stage at side of Kati and Gini. Further, this was the last time the band would play with its original line-up. Kati and Gini left the band days later for personal and also unknown reasons and founded their own project, Tristesse de la Lune. Kati has been replaced by Constance Rudert and Gini by Eva Pölzing who was found soon afterwards. With the new line-up the band's next album, Angel Dust appeared, placing 58th on the Top 100 albums in its first week because of hits like "Angel of the Night" and "Vampire Romance" making Blutengel become much more popular. An interesting fact is that the Angel Dust promotional photoshoot and booklet was made by Nina Bendigkeit. In 2004 their 4th album, Demon Kiss was released, followed by the DVD Live Lines which appeared latter in 2005, but bad news came out: As of early October Eva Pölzing decided to leave Blutengel, to seek her studies and other projects in her personal life. So, Eva has been replaced by Ulrike Goldmann (ex-Say-Y) and the EP's The Oxidising Angel and My Saviour were released.
Line-up
Current members
* Chris Pohl - Male voice, programming, and lyrics
* Constance Rudert - Female voice, lyrics, and visual concept
* Ulrike Goldmann - Female voice and lyrics
* Sonja Semmler - Live performance
Albums
* 1999: Child of Glass
* 2001: Seelenschmerz
* 2001: Bloody pleasures (Maxi CD)
* 2001: Black Roses
*2003: Forever CDM
* 2002: Angel Dust
* 2004: Demon Kiss
* 2004: No eternity
* 2005: The Oxidising Angel (Limited Edition)
* 2006: My Saviour Out Of Line CDM
* 2007: Labyrinth
Seelenschmerz, Angel Dust, Demon Kiss and Labyrinth comes with a hard-box limited edition including a bonus CD and exclusive booklet, sticker and post cards.
EPS
* 2005: The Oxidising Angel EP
Limited edition comes with different cover art and exclusive booklet.
DVDs
* 2005: Live Lines
Singles
* 2001: Bloody Pleasures
* 2001: Black Roses
* 2002: Vampire Romance
* 2003: Forever
* 2004: Mein Babylon (Stendal Blast & Blutengel)
* 2004: No Eternity
* 2006: My Saviour
* 2007: Lucifer (Purgatory)
* 2007: Lucifer (Blaze)
Exclusive tracks appearing on compilations (not including remixes)
* 1998: Awake the Machines Vol. 2 – Love
* 2000: Machineries of Joy – Fairyland (Female Version)
* 2001: Orkus Collection 2 - Hold Me (Just For This Night)
* 2002: Fear Section Vol. 1 – Weg Zu Mir (Shicksals-Version 2002)
* 2002: Machineries of Joy Vol. 2 - Waiting For You
* 2003: Machineries of Joy Vol. 3 – Falling
* 2006: Machineries of Joy Vol. 4 – Misery
Please Visit my myspace Blutengel Fan Page:
http://www.myspace.com/blutengel_fan_page