Coppelius

Tagged as Symphonic Metal overall on RYM, but a couple of their releases are tagged as progressive (Tumult! as Progressive Rock and Extrablatt as Progressive Metal). Discogs lists them as a 19th-century-folk-metal band.

An attepmpt to expand the bands biography:

COPPELIUS is a German band that play, according to their own "chambercore of the 19th Century”, a mixture of metal and chamber music - on drums, double bass, cello and clarinet in a progressive way, and singing in German and English. They founded in 1997 in Berlin and achieved greater attention when they won second place in the jury and the first place of the public vote at the 2002 Berlin Emergenza Festival. They subsequently played as support acts for Urah Heep, Subway to Sally and Fillder's Green, among others and released their first demo EP in 2005.

The musical style is influenced by Iron Maiden, among others, whereby the speciality lies in the use of clarinet, cello and double bass which are usually heavily distorted. The clarinets are also altered in sound with various effects and often play solos. The band members created a fictitious identity that is strongly inspired by the 19th century, which they strictly cultivate in interviews and on the website. Consequently they do not reveal their real names and only use pseudonyms such as Max Coppella (vocals, clarinet, cembalo), Herr Linus von Doppelschlag (drums), Graf Lindorf (vocals, cello), Comte Caspar (vocals, clarinet, cembalo), Sissy Voss (double bass) and Bastille (butler, vocals). They perform in formal, old-fashioned clothes with frock coats, father's coats, white upturned collars and top hats, inspired mainly by the Victorian era. The themes of their music are also mainly inspired by is era, as well as the works of German Romantic and Gothic horror author E.T.A. Hoffmann.


Edited by Bullenwächter - February 15 2025 at 01:44