Leitmotif (album)

Occupation

Vocal / Guitar: Gavin Hayes Lead Guitar: Mark Engles Percussion / Piano: Dino Campanella Bass: Drew Roulette Vocals: Shannon Harris at Traversing Through The Arctic Cold We Search For The Spirit Of Yuta

Leitmotif is a musical album by the rock band dredg.

The album was recorded in ten days and first appeared on May 30, 1999. Publication has been fully paid for by dredg. On September 11, 2001 Universal released the album in the exact same version, with the exception of the cover, again. On 27 May 2010 the band announced the release of a vinyl version in a limited edition of 500 pieces. These can be ordered through the band's website.

Content

Leitmotif is a concept album about a man to whom a ghost appears, who reveals to him that he is suffering from a mental illness. The protagonist has to visit different cultures around the world in order to reach a higher spiritual level and so to cure his disease. Will he do so, he will continue to develop, if not, he will die. The written by bassist Drew Roulette story is reprinted in contrast to the lyrics in the booklet. The lyrics of the songs occasionally quote from the story, but do not follow it word for word.

The album has a basic theme to change. It's about the personal change of the main character in a religious perspective and the constant change of his residence. In the booklet, a symbol is displayed, which is derived from the Chinese characters for Exchange, which also serves as a "title " for the first song of the album.

On the album are, alternately, 5 normal songs and 5 are ' Movements, each of which describes a change in location of the story.

The individual songs fall into each other and share tunes that are played in different musical styles. To include the songs - depending on the location of the protagonists - Asian-inspired melodies as well as jazz influences and oppressive jams.

The title should really be called Lechium Le'chium or Le'chiem, but was written due to a misunderstanding without the apostrophe.

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Reviews

• An ambitious vision drives leitmotif; a vision that can be better appreciated in their entirety in their partially frayed details.

• If one is open to new things, one is the raw sound of this early album enjoy [ ... ].