Tilo Wolff
Tilo Wolff (born 10 July 1972) is a German musician and artist. 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.
Tilo Wolff

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- Name
- Tilo Wolff
- Born
- 10 July 1972
- Birthplace
- Frankfurt am Main, West Germany (now Germany)
- Occupation
- Musician, producer, composer, arranger
- Nationality
- West Germany · Germany · Switzerland
- Fields
- gothic rock · dark wave · gothic metal · symphonic metal · electronic body
- Languages
- German
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Biography
Biography
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.
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Tilo Wolff appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a composer and musician. Basel is recorded as a place of activity by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.

Lacrimosa
mememeandme · Flickr: Lacrimosa, Tochka, 16.10.09

Lacrimosa
Florian Stangl · Flickr: Lacrimosa 1.10.2012 Hirsch, Nürnberg
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Tilo Wolff • Born — 10 July 1972 • Birthplace — 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 • Past Member Of — Lacrimosa Dreams of Sanity Girls Under Glass
Studio albums
Studio albums
• 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
Live albums
• Year — Title — Peak positions • GER — MEX • 1998 — Live (2 CD) — – — – • 2007 — Lichtjahre (2 CD) — 70 — 64 • 2014 — Live in Mexico City (2 CD) — – — –
Compilations
Compilations
• Year — Title — Peak positions • GER — MEX • 2002 — Vintage Classix (7 LPs) — – • 2010 — Schattenspiel — 51 — 51
Life and career
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Life and career
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1972
Tilo Wolff born at Frankfurt.
Primary material
Documents and archives
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q707711: Tilo Wolff
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reference work
- “Tilo Wolff”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Tilo Wolff, revision 1363255313 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
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Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Snakeskin: "o mesmo coração do Lacrimosa". 2 October 2007.
- 2.Alexander Müller. Snakeskin: Neues Album und dazugehörige Erklärung von Tilo Wolff. the-pit.de. 10 August 2006.
- 3.Schwaebische. Am Anfang war das Outfit - Die Teenierocker Cinema Bizarre. 20 September 2007.
- 4.Interfax. Группа Cinema Bizarre. 27 October 2010.
- 5.Viva.tv. Cinema Bizarre.
- 6.Just Media. Хэллоуин с Tilo Wolff — готика в Tele-Club. October 10, 2010.
- 7.PHONONET GmbH. Lacrimosa Longplay-Chartverfolgung. musicline.de.
- 8.Hung Medien. Lacrimosa in Swiss Charts. hitparade.ch.
- 9.Hung Medien. Lacrimosa in der österreichischen Hitparade. austriancharts.at.
- 10.Oficjalna lista sprzedaży - Official Retail Sales Chart. OLiS. 22 October 2001.
- 11.Oficjalna lista sprzedaży - Official Retail Sales Chart. OLiS. 23 May 2005.
- 12.Lacrimosa - Sehnsucht. aCharts.us.
- 13.The new Album: TESTIMONIUM
- 14.Lacrimosa - Lichtjahre. aCharts.us.
- 15.Lacrimosa - Schattenspiel. aCharts.us.
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Institutional database
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Tilo Wolff is recorded as singer, pianist, composer, poet and songwriter.
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