L'âme Immortelle (French: the immortal soul) is an Austrian band that produ… Read Full Bio ↴L'âme Immortelle (French: the immortal soul) is an Austrian band that produces darkwave, and more recently also industrial metal.

Many of L'âme Immortelle's songs feature melancholy or lovelorn lyrics in German or English, and juxtaposed harsh male and emotional female vocals. Current work has moved away from the band's electronic roots into the neue deutsche härte (New German hardness) genre.
L'âme Immortelle was formed in 1996 in Vienna, Austria by friends Thomas Rainer and Hannes Medwenitsch. Soon vocalist Sonja Kraushofer, a former classmate of Rainer, joined and the band sought a record contract. They released their first album, "Lieder die wie Wunden bluten" in 1997 on MOS Records in Lichtenstein, which became popular in the underground German Goth subculture. In 1999, L'âme Immortelle switched to Trisol Records. From 1998 through 2001, L'âme Immortelle released another LP yearly, each bringing the band greater popularity. In 2002, Medwenitsch left the band. Kraushofer and Rainer recruited Ashley Dayour as a guitarist and the re-formed L'âme Immortelle released a new single, "Tiefster Winter" in November 2002. In 2003, L'âme Immortelle released "Als die Liebe starb", as well as "Seelensturm", a collection of re-issued and re-mixed early material.

In 2004, the band switched labels again, this time to major label Supersonic, a subsidiary of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. The first issue following the switch was a collaboration with OOMPH! on the non-album single "Brennende Liebe" (released as OOMPH! feat. L'âme Immortelle); they also appeared in the video. Following that, L'âme Immortelle released a new album, "Gezeiten", which includes some of their most popular songs like "5 Jahre", "Stumme Schreie" and "Fallen Angel". A significant change in L'âme Immortelle's style is evident now that the band is on a major label; notably the electronic instrumentation of earlier work was less prominent in "Gezeiten".

Their latest album "Auf deinen Schwingen" has been released on August 2006 along with "Phönix" single. The record also includes songs like "Wohin" which contains text from another famous LAI song called "Aus den Ruinen", and "Nur Du" — a song which totally differs from older L'âme Immortelle work. The music video for this song is a cartoon, an unusual thing for the band.

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Believe In Me
L'Âme Immortelle Lyrics

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My dedication for the cause
And the wishes I've withdrawn
blessed me with nothing but the blame
For friendships lost and virtues gone

My loyalty and honesty
held nothing but decay
blessed me with nothing but the blame

If we had lost our way

Why don't you believe in me
Despite the battles We have won ?
Why still sacrifice myself
I have no strength to carry on

The invidia of those surrounding
Forges doubts in what I do

And breaks the chains that years have tied
After all that we've been through

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of L'Âme Immortelle's "Believe In Me" describe the heartbreaking experience of a person who has worked hard for a cause and sacrificed a lot for their friendships and virtues, only to end up being blamed for everything. The person's dedication to their cause and the wishes they had were like a curse that brought them nothing but blame. Their loyalty and honesty decayed and resulted in more fault-finding. They question why people don't believe in them, despite having won battles together in the past. They have reached a point where they feel they have no strength to carry on, yet they are still sacrificing themselves.

The person expresses their frustration about the envious people who surround them. These people create doubts in their mind about what they do, and eventually destroy the chains of friendship and loyalty that they have been building for years. Despite all that they have been through, it seems like no one is willing to believe in them anymore. The song's lyrics are a cry of pain from someone who has been struggling to prove themselves in front of people who seem to lack faith in them.

Line by Line Meaning

My dedication for the cause
My unwavering commitment to the cause

And the wishes I've withdrawn
And the dreams I've given up

blessed me with nothing but the blame
Have resulted in me being unfairly blamed

For friendships lost and virtues gone
For losing friends and my sense of morality

My loyalty and honesty
My faithfulness and truthfulness

held nothing but decay
Have only led to ruin

blessed me with nothing but the blame
Have resulted in me being unfairly blamed

If we had lost our way
If we had become lost

Why don't you believe in me
Why don't you have faith in me

Despite the battles We have won ?
Even though we've achieved victory before

Why still sacrifice myself
Why continue to make sacrifices