New full-length album of UMBRA ET IMAGO is going to come out in 2009. And because last one was released in 2005 creative head Mozart decided to keep his fans at it by offering a mini-album titled Gott Will Es.

You can anticipate six titles. Four new ones, two remixed and as addition a video named Es War Einmal Eine O which got dug out of the relic box.
Well, let us start from the beginning: In a very atmospheric way is the text Die Ballade der Lästerzunge written by Francois Villon performed. This mostly are the earnings of the distinctively voice of Oswald Henke (Goethes Erben). The idea itself to use this ballad from the 15th Century is not that brand new since In Extremo already used it for some intro. The following titles Glaubst Du? and Gott will es are much more build up on guitar riffs remembering me on a very melodic mixture of Rammstein and Ooomph! Apparently danceable songs with some catchy gothic melodies in it. That these two songs are lyrically more about blasphemy than anything else is predictable I guess ;) The cover version of The House Of Rising Sun sounds slightly (veeery slightly!) psychedelic, but honestly it is nothing more than a major goof or to speak more frankly: a total grip in the john. Not even the voice of guest vocalist Eric Burton (Catastrophe Ballet) can put things right! Afterwards you will find a new-sampled and remixed Vampir Song, which does not loose the mourning atmosphere of the typical gothic songs from the 90s by all the new technically arrangements. In much too long 10:25 minutes the song offers all clichés about vampire-erotic you could imagine... another re-mix of Glaubst Du? - an EMB version and though it is not much versatile it is the best song on this record for me... Well, finally the video at the end seems to be for special interest of the fellows of the SM-scene and die-hard UMBRA ET IMAGO fans.

After all I have to say there is nothing surprisingly, nothing that you could call really new (not mentioning the worst cover-artwork I have ever seen!) and I would say this is more for followers and fans of Mozart & Co. than for neophytes in the scene...