Lux Noctis Explained

Lux Noctis
Type:	studio
Artist:	Coronatus
Cover:	LuxNoctisCover.jpg
Released:	21 September 2007
Recorded:	2006
Studio:	Klangschmiede Studio E, Mellrichstadt, Germany
Genre:	Gothic metal
Length:	39:30
Label:	Massacre
Producer:	Coronatus
Prev Title:	Von Engeln nur
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Porta Obscura
Next Year:	2008

Lux Noctis is the first full-length studio album by German gothic metal band Coronatus, released in 2007.

Reception

A review by Sonic Seducer called the album "halfbaked" due to unbalanced vocal sets, but lauded the overall quality of the production.^[1] The Austrian Stormbringer webzine was equally positive about the production but found the contrasting female voices to be a unique and positive asset of the band. The German edition of Metal Hammer compared the style to Nightwish and awarded three out of seven points in its rating.

Petőfi Csarnok of Kultura.hu said "Lux Noctis album has one of last year's best female vocals".^[2]

Personnel

• Carmen R. Schäfer – vocals
• Viola Schuch – vocals^[1]
• Wolfgang Nillies – guitars
• Fabian Merkt – keyboards & programming
• Stefan Häfele – bass
• Mats Kurth – drums

Info

• Mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Coronatus: Lux Noctis. Markus. Eck. Sonic Seducer. de. 2007. 12. Diese alles in allem doch sehr halbgare Scheibe ... [This overall quite halfbaked disc ...]. https://web.archive.org/web/20130414110623/http://www.sonic-seducer.de/index.php/component/option%2Ccom_reviews/anzeige%2C4922/func%2Cdetail/. 14 April 2013. dead.
2. Web site: Holland gótikus metál a Pecsában. Csarnok. Petőfi. Dutch Gothic metal in The Pecs. Kultura.hu. hu. 16 January 2008. 15 November 2021.
3. http://www.coronatus.net/discography/index_en.php?LANG=EN Official Coronatus site - Discography
4. Web site: Gothtronic. 11 April 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20120225082442/http://gothtronic.com/?page=23&band=3882. 25 February 2012. dead.