Tilo Wolff

Tilo Wolff
Tilo Wolff performing with Lacrimosa in Puebla, Mexico in 2013
Background information
Born	(1972-07-10) 10 July 1972 (age 52) Frankfurt am Main, West Germany (now Germany)
Genres	Gothic metal, darkwave, Symphonic metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer, composer, arranger
Instrument(s)	Vocals, piano, guitar, bass guitar
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Hall of Sermon

Tilo Wolff (born 10 July 1972) is a German musician and artist. He was born in Frankfurt am Main and currently lives in Switzerland.

His longest-running project is the band Lacrimosa, which debuted in 1990. The band embraces a diverse range of gothic, darkwave and orchestral musical styles. Wolff composes, arranges, and writes the lyrics for almost all of Lacrimosa's songs. He also sings and plays piano for the songs and has contributed to the design of the album sleeves' designs.

The same year Lacrimosa was founded, Wolff founded the independent record label, "Hall of Sermon" to finance Lacrimosa without being dependent on outside record companies. Hall of Sermon now has eight darkwave bands other than Lacrimosa on its books, including Dreams of Sanity and Girls Under Glass.

In 2004, Wolff founded Snakeskin, another band, which diverts significantly from Lacrimosa's music. ^{[1] [2]}

Wolff was also the manager of the German band Cinema Bizarre. ^{[3] [4] [5]} He also DJs, playing festivals and clubs across Europe. ^[6]

Discography

Lacrimosa albums

Studio albums

Year	Title	Peak positions
		GER [7]	SWI [8]	AUT [9]	MEX	POL
1991	Angst	–	–	–	–	–
1992	Einsamkeit	–	–	–	–	–
1993	Satura	–	–	–	–	–
1995	Inferno	81	–	–	–	–
1997	Stille	64	–	–	–	–
1999	Elodia	12	–	–	–	–
2001	Fassade	20	–	–	–	31 [10]
2003	Echos	13	–	–	–	–
2005	Lichtgestalt	30	–	–	–	21 [11]
2009	Sehnsucht	35	82	68	49 [12]	–
2012	Revolution	35	–	–	–	–
2015	Hoffnung	28	–	–	–	–
2017	Testimonium [13]	32	–	–	–	–
2021	Leidenschaft	–	–	–	–	–
2025	Lament	–	–	–	–	–

Live albums

Year	Title	Peak positions
		GER [7]	MEX
1998	Live (2 CD)	–	–
2007	Lichtjahre (2 CD)	70	64 [14]
2014	Live in Mexico City (2 CD)	–	–

Compilations

Year	Title	Peak positions
		GER [7]	MEX
2002	Vintage Classix (7 LPs)	–
2010	Schattenspiel	51	51 [15]

References

1. "Snakeskin: "o mesmo coração do Lacrimosa"". 2 October 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
2. Alexander Müller (10 August 2006). "Snakeskin: Neues Album und dazugehörige Erklärung von Tilo Wolff". the-pit.de.
3. "Am Anfang war das Outfit - Die Teenierocker Cinema Bizarre". Schwaebische. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
4. "Группа Cinema Bizarre". Interfax. 27 October 2010. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
5. "Cinema Bizarre". Viva.tv. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
6. "Хэллоуин с Tilo Wolff — готика в Tele-Club". Just Media. October 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
7. "Lacrimosa Longplay-Chartverfolgung". musicline.de (in German). PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
8. "Lacrimosa in Swiss Charts". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
9. "Lacrimosa in der österreichischen Hitparade". austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
10. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS (in Polish). 22 October 2001. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
11. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS (in Polish). 23 May 2005. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
12. "Lacrimosa - Sehnsucht". aCharts.us. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
13. The new Album: TESTIMONIUM
14. "Lacrimosa - Lichtjahre". aCharts.us. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
15. "Lacrimosa - Schattenspiel". aCharts.us. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

External links

• Lacrimosa
• Snakeskin
• Hall of Sermon