User:JdgmntDay

Hey everyone, I'm currently trying to learn German, and, as such, I tend to listen to a lot of music with German lyrics. I found a electronic band I like, but I found there was no Wikipedia article about it. After checking the German version of Wikipedia, I found the band's article, and I translated it. I'm no professional translator, nor am I even a native German speaker. I'm just a guy trying to help out. Here's what I have so far.

Black Heaven is a German music project in the Electropop genre.

Background

Black Heaven was founded in 2001 by musician and artist Martin Schindler. Schindler had already created the Metal Project "Mantus" one year earlier. With Black Heaven, he wanted to more darkly transform the idea with electronic elements than is possible with a metal project. The music is prevalent in the Black Scene, where most of the fans are found.

In order to get alternating lyrics with female voices similar to Mantus, the singer Tina Schindler ("Thalia"), Martin Schindler's sister, is part of the project. All instruments and electronic sounds are played by Martin Schindler. Black Heaven is a pure studio production; as such, there are no live concerts.

On the choice of the band's name, even Schindler said, "Generell ist mir bei den Bandnamen immer wichtig, dass der entsprechende Name die Atmosphäre der Musik einfängt und vielleicht auch wiedergeben kann. Bei Black Heaven ist es einfach die Metapher von einem schwarzen, leeren Himmel. Und das verkörpert diese Musik: Hoffnungslosigkeit, Einsamkeit und auch Gottlosigkeit."

DustDevil: Interviews: Black Heaven 2008. Ultra Dark Radio, 24. September 2008, archiviert vom Original am 14. April 2010, abgerufen am 30. Juni 2009.

Loosely translated: Generally, the band name is most important; that the appropriate name can capture and maybe portray the atmosphere of the music. Black Heaven is a simple metaphor of a dark, empty sky/heaven. And that embodies this music: hopeless, lonliness, and Godlessness.