Album Review: Lebenssucht – -273,15°C (Thanatoskult Records)

Thanatoskult records set April 7th, 2020 as the official release date for Lebenssucht’s highly-anticipated debut album “-273,15°C”!

Lebenssucht is a band that is both uncompromising and relentless. Being founded in late 2015 they are breaking the boundaries of traditional DSBM, exploring depressive imagery as a tool of artistic expression as opposed to a limiting fundamental theme.

The term “Lebenssucht” means squeezing life out, with all negative and positive aspects, until the very last drop. All members find their peace by transforming the worst into their own strength.

Nailing exactly what it means to combine the traditional DSBM sound but filter it through a modern lense, Lebenssucht are terrifying prospect.

Not because it’s too brutal or too extreme but rather because it is unsettling in its honest appraisal of the style it embodies. This is an album that will envoke strong feelings one way or another. You’ll find yourself fascinated by the strong exploration of depressive imagery or you’ll put it all down to being ‘just noise’.

It’s certainly not the latter but be under no wrong impression, this is an album that challenges and pushes the boundaries of DSBM. Hell, if it wasn’t for the fact it mostly focuses on pumping out the extreme it could surely be called a post-black metal release. How else do you explain the melodic interlude that crops up in A Hole In My Heart?

It’s a downright wonderful experience that really sees Lebenssucht open up which turn makes you want to follow suit. The band and their fan base, laid bare and unashamed of what thoughts, feelings and experiences they have inside them.

It’s really not going to be everyone’s cup of tea but there is no doubt that Lebenssucht mean exactly what they say they do. A worthy experience for anyone wanting to share in that.

Lebenssucht – -273,15°C Full Track Listing:

1. Trauerweide
2. A Hole In My Heart
3. Moment of Violence
4. Mirrors
5. Nullpunkt
6. [-273,15°C]

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