Tilo Wolff

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::summary German musician (born 1972) ::

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Field	Value
name	Tilo Wolff
image	Tilo Wolff.JPG
caption	Tilo Wolff performing with Lacrimosa in Puebla, Mexico in 2013
background	solo_singer
birth_date
birth_place	Frankfurt am Main, West Germany (now Germany)
instrument	Vocals, piano, guitar, bass guitar
genre	Gothic metal, darkwave, Symphonic metal
occupation	Musician, producer, composer, arranger
years_active	1990–present
label	Hall of Sermon
associated_acts	Lacrimosa
Dreams of Sanity
Girls Under Glass
Cinema Bizarre
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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.

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.

Wolff was also the manager of the German band Cinema Bizarre. He also DJs, playing festivals and clubs across Europe.

Discography

Lacrimosa albums

Studio albums

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

Live albums

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

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

References

1. (2 October 2007). "Snakeskin: "o mesmo coração do Lacrimosa"".
2. Alexander Müller. (10 August 2006). "Snakeskin: Neues Album und dazugehörige Erklärung von Tilo Wolff". the-pit.de.
3. (20 September 2007). "Am Anfang war das Outfit - Die Teenierocker Cinema Bizarre". Schwaebische.
4. (27 October 2010). "Группа ''Cinema Bizarre''". Interfax.
5. "Cinema Bizarre". Viva.tv.
6. (October 10, 2010). "Хэллоуин с Tilo Wolff — готика в Tele-Club". Just Media.
7. "Lacrimosa Longplay-Chartverfolgung". PHONONET GmbH.
8. "Lacrimosa in Swiss Charts". Hung Medien.
9. "Lacrimosa in der österreichischen Hitparade". Hung Medien.
10. (22 October 2001). "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży - Official Retail Sales Chart". [[OLiS]].
11. (23 May 2005). "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży - Official Retail Sales Chart". [[OLiS]].
12. "Lacrimosa - Sehnsucht". aCharts.us.
13. [http://www.lacrimosa.ch/cms/front_content.php?changelang=2&idart=681 The new Album: TESTIMONIUM]
14. "Lacrimosa - Lichtjahre". aCharts.us.
15. "Lacrimosa - Schattenspiel". aCharts.us.

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