Griefshire

Elis

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 16, 2007)
• Original Release Date: January 16, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Napalm
• ASIN: B000JUB9Z6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #139,375 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description

With their third release, Griefshire, Elis has reached a career climax, delivering bombastic Gothic Metal that is beautifully carried by the vocal strength of frontlady Sabine Duenser. Elis continues to explore the extremes, pushing forth with even more aggressive riffs and faster songs, while still emphasizing midtempo tracks and a refined ballad-like feel. In this regard, Griefshire is the next logical step in the history of Elis: A compact and mature Gothic Metal album that is never monotonous, nor pretended.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Music influenced by literature, love, and death, January 15, 2009

By	Shiloh Kremer - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Griefshire and the death of Sabine Dünser

On July 9, 2006 Sabine died of a cerebral hemorrhage. An announcement on the band's official website has stated that the album Griefshire would be released in Sabine's memory. A further announcement in September stated that the band would continue with a new singer.

Griefshire was released in Europe on November 24, 2006 on Napalm Records. The North American release date was January 16, 2007.

On December 28, 2006 it was finally announced that the new female singer is the Austrian metal singer Sandra Schleret, former vocalist of Dreams of Sanity and Siegfried, and guest singer on some Samael albums.

A new album named "Catharsis" is due to be released sometime in 2009.
Griefshire is a very heavy album that mixes symphonic and doom metal.

Most of the song's lyrics are written in English, with two or three songs in German. Before Sabine Dünser's death, she was the main songwriter. Fortunately, the male singer's "cookie monster growls" are only used a little. "How Long" is my favorite song on the Griefshire album.

Sabine Dunser will be remembered as a young, talented vocalist and songwriter with a very beautiful voice.

New vocalist Sandra Schleret will be featured on the next album, Catharsis.

This is a five star product-

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid female-fronted Gothic metal, May 12, 2008

By	Brian Lindholm "engineer and female-rock fan" (Southwest VA, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Griefshire (MP3 Download)

"Griefshire" is the third album by the band Elis out of Liechtenstein. It is also their last album to feature the soaring vocals of Sabine Dünser, who died unexpectedly in 2006 of a cerebral hemorrhage. [A fourth Elis album is in the works, featuring the vocals of new singer Sandra Schleret.]

Anyway, when I first listened to "Griefshire", I thought that it sounded somewhat like Metallica, except with James Hetfield being replaced with a soprano plucked out of the opera. You know, somebody who could actually *sing*. I immediately fell in love with it.

The drums get a little relentless on some of the tracks, but overall, the music is quite good. There are even some symphonic elements on certain tracks, but the guitar work is what makes this album shine. Well, that and the spectacular voice of Sabine Dünser. She will be missed.

The two stand-out tracks are "Show Me the Way" and "Innocent Hearts". Most of the others are worth a listen as well. "Griefshire" is definitely recommended for the fan of female-fronted rock.