Laudare is all about poetry – in words and composition. The trio (complemented live by Daniel Wedekind on the drums) consisting of three voices, guitar, bass and cello is forging its own path, weaving through Post and Progressive Rock, Metal, Folk, and Classical Music – yet never quite settling. Melody intertwines with melody, giving birth to a new musical form. Delicate and fragile at times, bold and daring at others – always carrying that bittersweet melancholia at its core, which moves and hurts, making us feel both our lightest and darkest facets all at once.
Since the founding in 2017 by Daniel Kaltofen, Marie-Luise Thurm and Jakob „Jussi“ King (Yanos, Ex-Amber) Laudare have been playing over 100 Shows all over Germany and abroad, thus earning a name as a immersive and emotionally gripping live band. Their first release „d.é.o.m.é“ (2018) and the EP „Have Heart, Waste Flesh“ (2020) were capturing the raw and poetic energy of those first years and were already well received in the underground Post Hardcore, Post Metal and Screamo scene.
In 2024 Laudare released their first full length album „Requiem“ via Moment of Collapse Records and Breathe Plastic Records – now with Almut Voigt playing the Cello and Oliver Ruß on the drums, and featuring the university choir Leipzig on three tracks. „Requiem“ is a mass, setting to music the latin liturgic texts and dealing with the existencial sense of dread that makes us all human.
Today Laudare are working on their new release. „I Am the Wood I Burn to Warm My Bones“ is about the psychological struggles of being alive, about breaking free and failing over and over again and eventually finding ones own place in the world – just to lose grip and having to invent oneself anew once more. The album features Fenix Gayed (Soulsplitter) on the drums and Eric Sacher playing the Violin, as well as many beautiful people that lend their voices for two songs (a.o. Wencke Winters, Ophelia Sullivan, …).
„I Am the Wood I Burn to Warm My Bones“ will be released via Moment of Collapse on 5th February 2027.
Laudare are:
Marie-Luise Thurm
Main Vocals, Bass
Almut Voigt
Cello, Piano, Vocals
Daniel Kaltofen
Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Production
Live Drums – Daniel Wedekind (since 2024)
Past members:
2017-2019 – Jakob „Jussi“ King – Drums on „d.é.o.m.é.“, „Have Heart, Waste Flesh“
2018-2024 – Oliver Ruß – Drums on „Have Heart, Waste Flesh“, „Jadeturm Live Session“, „Requiem“, „Of Plea and Purpose“