| Catharsis | ||||
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| Studio album by Elis | ||||
| Released | 27 November 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 at Mastersound Studio | |||
| Genre | Gothic metal | |||
| Length | 48:52 minutes | |||
| Label | Napalm Records | |||
| Producer | Alexander Krull | |||
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Catharsis is the fourth album by Elis, released on 27 November 2009 by Napalm Records.[1] It is the first and only album with Sandra Schleret (ex-Dreams of Sanity, Siegfried) as their new lead singer after Sabine Dünser's demise; the band released in early 2007 the MCD "Show Me The Way".
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After the sudden death of Elis' original singer Sabine Dünser, the band decided to continue her musical ideas.
The album was released in late 2009 on Napalm Records, being the first full release with new singer Sandra Schleret, known from Dreams of Sanity and Siegfried. It contains hard and quick tracks, but is nevertheless emotional.[3]
Sandra Schleret did not copy Dünser's style, instead she was lauded for her darker, more powerful voice on most tracks. The cover of Jennifer Rush's "I Come Undone" was found weaker than the original though.[4]
The band toured a little during that year and 2008, before announcing that they had entered the studio to record their fourth studio album, the follow-up to their 2006 release, Griefshire. They spent the rest of 2008 and a part of 2009 recording the new album.
The digipack version includes an DVD with live Sequences of the Band from the Metal Female Voices Fest 2007.[5]