Carach Angren was formed in 2003, in the Dutch municipality of Landgraaf, after two members of Vaultage, Lee Hartney and Inger Indolia, started a side project based on their shared love of legends and black metal. Eventually, Carach Angren was more successful, so both stepped down from Vaultage.
In 2004, Carach Angren released their first EP, The Chase Vault Tragedy. The EP is a concept album, telling the story of mysteriously moving coffins known as the Chase Vault Mystery. In 2005, the band released a second EP, Ethereal Veiled Existence, covering the story of the Brown Lady. In 2007, Carach Angren was signed to Maddening Media, a German independent record label. Carach Angren recorded their first full-length album for this label, Lammendam, which received positive international reviews following its release in 2008.[2][3][4]
Their second album, Death Came Through a Phantom Ship, was released on 26 February 2010. To support the album, Carach Angren toured Europe under "A Declaration of Hate" tour, with extreme metal bands Dark Funeral, Zonaria and Nefarium.
On 18 May 2012, the band released their third studio album, Where the Corpses Sink Forever. This concept album covers themes surrounding war, including war, death, and suffering.
On 17 February 2015, the band's fourth album, This Is No Fairytale was available for streaming on Metal Hammer.[5] The album was officially released on 23 February 2015. The album is a modern interpretation of the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale with themes of domestic abuse, drug addiction, alcoholism, sexual child abuse, suicide, child abduction and cannibalism.
On 16 June 2017, their fifth studio album, Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten, was released. This album diverges from the previous "storytelling" theme of the previous albums, but remains a concept album, with ghost themes, including the Blood Queen and Charles Francis Coghlan.[6]
On 10 February 2020, drummer Ivo "Namtar" Wijers left the band. According to him, the departure was motivated by "dissatisfaction with the music industry". Seregor and Ardek posted the announcement on the band's official website, revealing that the exit was a friendly one, saying, "Although we are very sorry for your departure, we respect your decision".
In late 2019 the band announced they had begun work on a sixth studio album, scheduled to be released in mid-2020. Its name and release date were unveiled on 20 February 2020; Franckensteina Strataemontanus. The album is a concept album inspired by the life of Johann Conrad Dippel, and was released through Season of Mist on 26 June.
Malediction De La Dame Blanche
Carach Angren Lyrics
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Parce qu'alors
...
La forêt devient vivante!
They plough on the lands near a damned, baleful source of evil
Drifting foreign knaves, broken slaves of war
Trying to avoid the wrath of the french revolution
Eyes of fear and confusion
The french peasants called the apparition "La Madame Blanche"
Some of them worked late on their fields and mysteriously disappeared
As if they just ran straight into the black marsh, to escape from the atrocities of the white ghost
Certainly convinced she came forth since that hellish fire
Like a straw she burned!
None concerned until her phantasm had returned from a bleak spectral world
Frequently she's seen in the gleam of a dismal chimerical moon floating through clouds of gloom
La malédiction de La Madame Blanche
La malédiction de La Madame Blanche
This town is haunted
This town is goddamn cursed
These trees have eyes
Staring through your soul during moonrise
Oh, you don't believe the truth?
Turn around!
Perhaps she's standing right behind you
Right now!
Right now!
The french peasants called the apparition "La Madame Blanche"
These words were transformed by the church which identified the curse as "De Lammendam"
And don't expect a happy ending when I say goodbye
You may kiss the bride before you will brutally die
The lyrics to "Malediction De La Dame Blanche" tell the story of a group of people living in France during the French Revolution who are trying to avoid the wrath of the revolution. They are warned to be home before the moon rises because the forest comes alive, and an apparition called "La Madame Blanche" appears. The lyrics are cautionary and warn of the consequences of not heeding the warnings. The peasants who work late disappear mysteriously, possibly running into the marsh to escape from the ghost. The white cloaked haze that lies dormant during the day comes alive at night and haunts moonlit crops. The lyrics suggest that the apparition is a curse that has been passed down for generations, with the church now calling it "De Lammendam". The song ends with a warning that there will not be a happy ending and that the bride will die brutally.
Line by Line Meaning
Tâchez dêtre rentrés avant le clair de lune
They plough on the lands near a damned, baleful source of evil
Parce qu'alors
Drifting foreign knaves, broken slaves of war
...
Trying to avoid the wrath of the french revolution
La forêt devient vivante!
Eyes of fear and confusion
The french peasants called the apparition "La Madame Blanche"
They seem terrified of the white cloaked haze that lies dormant in daylight yet haunts moonlit crops at night
Some of them worked late on their fields and mysteriously disappeared
As if they just ran straight into the black marsh, to escape from the atrocities of the white ghost
Certainly convinced she came forth since that hellish fire
None concerned until her phantasm had returned from a bleak spectral world
Like a straw she burned!
Frequently she's seen in the gleam of a dismal chimerical moon floating through clouds of gloom
La malédiction de La Madame Blanche
This town is haunted
La malédiction de La Madame Blanche
This town is goddamn cursed
These trees have eyes
Staring through your soul during moonrise
Oh, you don't believe the truth?
Turn around!
Turn around!
Perhaps she's standing right behind you
Right now!
Right now!
The french peasants called the apparition "La Madame Blanche"
These words were transformed by the church which identified the curse as "De Lammendam"
And don't expect a happy ending when I say goodbye
You may kiss the bride before you will brutally die
Contributed by Kaylee M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Faze390
My favorite Carach Angren song. And the new album is amazing!
speedgo41
Every song I hear from this band is a masterpiece...
PowerDarkMetal
Great album! one of the best in the symphonic black metal
Kiknchikn Studios
4:20 starts the most epic conclusion of a song I've ever heard.
Jorge Correia
I love this part
Polar Bear
One of the best songs ever made on this planet Earth
HORROR MOVIE METAL FAN
Carach Angren are the metal artist I like more than any of the others.
SilverWilk
Hell, his French accent is perfect !
Louise Tissot
Oui des français !
Limón el cocodrilo
El francés es difícil. Saludos desde Francia!