#lisa middelhauve

[solaraurora]

Eve's Apple 🍎 🖤❤💜💚

too bad they never made a full length album

[a-deadly-serenade]

this is still such a serve. i hope lisa middelhauve is having a good day

[ninthwav]

like ok so the thing is. the thing is, right, that xandria was kind of in the Not Too Symphonic camp for a while (lisa middelhauve era. miss u and the low end of yr register lisa!) and then did a hard pivot into the style of symphonic metal pejoratively known as nightwish knockoff when they hired manuela kraller. and like, derivative sure, whatever, i think that neverworld's end is probably like... my favorite super generic symphonic metal album. like blandly and soullessly symphonic-- it's xandria's neverworld's end, leaves' eyes symphonies of the night, nightwish's once... maybe sirenia's dim days of dolor too. those are the ones that i think overcome the Badness inherent in that style of music. and then it's been a constant slide downward ever since into these very like, slick-sounding bloated symphonic shitshows, all of them called some dumb dogshit like nightmare wonderland or carousel of tears or featuring that kind of latin shit where it sounds less like a cool latin word and more like a new and shitty element has just been discovered.

also this is maybe mean but there are a couple of growled lines on the title track and everyone's like OOOH LOOKAT YOUR NEW VOCALIST GO and i have no reason for espousing this view except for the fact that she doesn't lipsync them in the terrible facecam music video and marco's credited for backing vocals which i don't think he's ever been before but anyway. i don't know if i believe that it's her. that's how cranky i am about this album. it is so antagonistic to my very lenient sensibilities that i am disrespecting a woman

listened 2 dogsbody by model/actriz while wandering plaintively around town this morning and i think it's given me the courage (due to being very good and awesome) to try the new xandria album again. which i hate and resent

[x--daughters-of-darkness--x]

Hey everyone, I know that it’s not very original, but since obviously 50k+ people might be reached by this: please stay home, wash your hands frequently, avoid social contacts and understand THIS IS NOT A GAME! I am afraid that this thing is going to kill us all, because we were too damn arrogant to understand that we cannot fight a dangerous virus by ignoring it. What are your fears? Health? Money? World economy? A total lack of toilet paper? Please share your thoughts!

[hauntedwhispers]

THIS DAY in Xandria history

‘Ravenheart’ is the second studio album by Xandria and it was released May 24, 2004. The record includes two singles ‘Ravenheart’ and ‘Eversleeping’.

About the making of ‘Ravenheart’, Xandria's main composer and guitarist Marco Heubaum said: “We didn't want to stand still. After the tours following the debut, I had many new ideas and wanted to try out many things. The debut album was like a well-knit statement on whose basis new territory could be opened up, further musical dreams could be realized now. So not only the orchestral bombast and the many new sound opportunities, which were possible due to the gained experience and the new producer, were something attractive and new, but in connection with the enthusiasm for soundtrack elements also for example a number such as "Some Like It Cold", which should sound like a James Bond title song. Also new to the work on this album was that I wrote songs together with Lisa more than for the debut. There is also a song by then bass player Roland on the album—his farewell, so to speak, for he left the band right after the recordings."

[darkpaladin]

Lisa Middelhauve Releases Statement on Xandria, the Band’s Mistakes, and Dianne van Giersbergen’s Departure

Lisa Middelhauve, vocalist of Xandria from 2000-2008, on Dianne van Giersbergen's exit from the band and a warning for the band to learn from its repeated mistakes. Text version under the cut.

Friday, September 15 2017 at 6:08 am CST Aaaand here we go.

The statement. Of Lisa Middelhauve. Concerning the newest „bad“ band in the scene.

Where to begin with? First of all: I have never been an innocent victim. Yes, „Xandria“ for a while ruined my dreams and therefore made me really, REALLY angry. But honestly, I have been a pain in the ass for the band the other way round. I am simply not the type of woman that will use her right to remain silent. I didn't remain silent. I vented – for years! - and then I forgot about the band.

But wait, who or what IS this band? Is it a sexist monster that feeds from virgin operatic singers? Is it the nasty dragon that imprisons divas in distress? Sorry to disappoint you: no.

XANDRIA is a bunch of disposable guys (plus one disposable lady). It is a group of individuals. It is 4 or 5 musicians, which means we are talking about at least 4 personal histories, egos, personalities and opinions. We are not talking about one big monster against one helpless princess (at a time). We are talking about a clash of egos, which leads to an obviously catastrophal miscommunication.

Ha, I can imagine your faces now! Lisa fucking Middelhauve doesn't take the chance to simply bash XANDRIA! Surprise! Well, I have to admit it: I really enjoyed the shitstorm. I am only human. I felt so hurt by this „monster“ that it was pure amusement I felt when reading some of the more creative insults. Popcorn, please!

But now some time has passed, let's breathe and think. In the following I will try to explain some things to you that most of you simply can't know.

1.) Never blame the management for the band's miscommunication. The management is not the boss of the band. The band is the boss of the management. A manager gets paid to make the band as successful as possible – BY the band. It is the management's job to keep the band working and to generate as many possibilities as possible (for example open business contacts, generate new markets and so on). This also means that a good manager will always try to make the band take as many of the generated opportunities as possible, even if bandmembers don't feel well. No matter which bandmember. Being mad at a management, because it only cares for the business aspect, is like being mad at a cook because he only cares for the food. They are simply doing their job.

2.) Of course, the pressure is high. I sang two of my worst shows when I was really ill and to proud to cancel. But also, my ex husband Nils Middelhauve entered the stage under very difficult circumstances several times, I know that the drummer (Gerit Lamm) suffered a bad BAD pain in the back for years – and entered the stage. Even Marco Heubaum (and I assure you, I totally don't like that little sausage) played on with bleeding fingers. Maybe you can compare this with a kind of competition. Who is the toughest motherfucker? „She never cancelled a show!“ is a compliment. „She cancelled a show!“ a reason to call her diva. What would you do?

3.) A singer gets all the attention. Boohoo guys, too bad for the rest of the band. But really this means that a singer doesn't only have the pressure to please the fans no matter what – it also means that she constantly has to proove the band that she doesn't think she's something „better“ or „more important“. This is true for both genders, male and female singers. Additionally a female singer has to proove she's everything: beautiful but Rock and Roll enough to not care about her outter appearance too much. Intelligent but not arrogant. Warm-hearted but mysterious. No little princess but also not manly. But those are general problems of society, not a XANDRIA-specific issue.

Of course, this story has two sides at least. How would you feel if you rehearsed until your finger bled, until your back felt like breaking for years and years and years and you carry around all that heavy stuff, you drive the band van, you contribute everything you can to the band – but you remain unnoticed? That singer bitch claps her hands only once and hundreds of fans bow just like that? Who does she think she is? I understand this. But maybe it would be a good start to ask her who she thinks she is. Most of us singers would probably answer: I want to be one of you, but they won't let me and you won't let me either. The microphone is a cold friend.

4.) Do I still think XANDRIA is a monster? No. I don't like Marco, because I simply cannot respect his ways to deal with people in general. Also I don't think he is a very original songwriter, and he likes to hide those who helped him bring some soul into the music from the public. I don't like the way that the other bandmembers always hated those ways, too, but never had the balls to really change anything. I don't like what this band turned me into. I didn't like myself anymore back then and it was a long way from Lisa, the XANDRIA-hating fury to Lisa, the who-the-fuck-is-XANDRIA mother of two. XANDRIA never was the monster that I saw in it. But, and folks this is important, members of the band – like any of us – are able to hurt, to exclude, to belittle, to insult or to disappoint other members of this band. Male or female. (I can assure you that my dear ex husband Nils Middelhauve is the opposite of female, and he left the band, too, but nobody is talking about him.) It's not a sexist problem.

5.) So what IS the damn problem then? The answer is: all of this. Singers who are told to shine, instrumentalists who feel little in their shadows, bandmembers who have the power to decide things and other bandmembers that don't feel represented by those decisions, and so on and so on. Short: the problem is EGOS. And when it comes to XANDRIA I think we're not talking about egos too big, but no, we are talking about many many many insecurities and hence wrong decisions and THE communicational problem of the century. Those guys are not evil. They are just not good at what they do (except for the musical part, which is, IMO nowadays pretty impressive). They were not good at dealing with the fury Lisa, the musical genius Kerstin, the heir of Tarja Manuela, the voice of reason Nils and now they failed dealing with the queen of hearts Dianne.

And now, what to make out of this? Has Lisa Middelhauve given you any interesting news? I bet not. None of this has ever been a secret. The information was there all the time. May I give you an advice?

Yes, in my eyes XANDRIA didn't act very wise in this actual situation. I am terribly sorry for Dianne and I think her decision to leave is the only right thing to do for her. I appreciate her statement and I have also read Manuelas very intelligent words on this topic. I have a different role to play in this. I have always – and will always – talk from my heart, as human as possible. They made a mistake. Maybe many mistakes. We, the ones who left, aren't free from fault either. We're all human beings. You have to understand that what you are just watching is something like a public divorce and most have decided that if mommy cries, daddy is a bad man. Frankly, this „daddy“ isn't the best husband on this planet, I can tell you. Nevertheless, you are the children in this image. You don't have to decide. You can follow Dianne AND the band. And Manuela and Kerstin and Nils if they decide to be active in music biz. I'm gonna raise my kids and I'm happy to listen to music and maybe to sing for my family. I understand that you are disappointed – so am I – and I am not asking you to take back your insults on the XANDRIA page. Who knows, maybe they learn something out of it. But now, let's all just... breathe. They made some mistakes. And me? Didn't I? And how about you?

Give them a chance to explain this, give them a chance to fix this. I am waiting curiously for the official XANDRIA statement. Who knows, maybe it opens new perspectives. And I really hope that most of you will be able to enjoy the music of XANDRIA in the future nevertheless. After all it somehow still is my grown-up child that's not living with me any more. It may be difficult, but it deserves to live.

Make of this what you want – this is all I can contribute to this for now.

Lisa Middelhauve (that will be Lisa Rodermund from next weeks Friday on, by the way)

ps: Oh and XANDRIA guys (I KNOW you're reading this!): I put my heavy weight in this to keep your show running. You're my dearest frienemies. BUT (!) don't make the same mistakes over and over again! If I'm asked again to write a statement about your next singer/bandmember leaving, I'll stay with the popcorn and let that ship sink, is that clear? Make the best out of it!

[u1-qtj]

The End of Xandria!

[v-ictim]

And when I kiss you Your lips are the only food I need

Xandria, Forever Yours.

[selegonzalez]

¡NUEVO VÍDEO! 30 Curiosidades que posiblemente no sabías de Xandria Espero que les guste :D 

LINK: https://youtu.be/LR7q34IRhg8

[symphonicmetalquotes]

@xandria-official + album's last lines

[littlenoisedduck]

Mono Inc. (feat. Lisa Middelhauve) - Teach Me To Love

[sunset-supergirl]

Happy birthday Lisa Middelhauve

[a-deadly-serenade]

Top 5 female singers. This is a test. You will be graded.

CRAP. this is blasphemous because i have to actually rank all of the ladies i listen to hugheghjdk

here goes:

lady gaga

christina aguilera

ariana grande

simone simons 

madonna

some honorable mentions that i felt guilty leaving out: clare maguire, florence welch, heidi parivainen, tarja turunen, lisa middelhauve, selena

put “top 5″ in my ask and i will answer ok go

[femalefrontedbandsconfessions]

20415

I miss the era when Lisa Middelhauve was in Xandria. Her voice and her style were so unique…and post-factum, the band, despite still being good and picking their vocalists well (of course the fact how they treated them is awful btw), but all the stuff sounded just like an early Nightwish-like band and didn’t have that original vibe anymore. The compositions were cool, too, but nothing ‘fresh’ in my opinion. The first Xandria albums are life and always make me nostalgic while listening to them.

[ohlawsons]

fuck okay so i kinda stopped listening to xandria after manuella kraller left but oh my god the new single they just released is so good

[hauntedwhispers]

THIS DAY in Xandria history

Released May 5th, 2003 ‘Kill the Sun’ is Xandria debut album.

The record produced one single, ‘Kill the Sun’ , and enter the German charts on number 98. Back then, this was quite remarkable for a German band whose sound mainly was influenced by gothic metal.