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Do you know any albums with leitmotifs? (slrpnk.net)

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I know that there are countless amount of movies/games soundtracks with leitmotifs, but other than that I've never found albums with leitmotifs.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The german gothic rock band ASP created the album Zaubererbruder, which is entirely about the folk tale of Krabat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Man, that album is so good that I almost want to say it would be worth learning German just to understand it, but I’m afraid even then then cultural references might be lost on people.

Definitely a masterpiece however. Every track just clicks right where it ought to, and the story that’s told (while ending slightly different from the canon version) is fantastic. Absolute 10/10, and I’m not even a goth or a metalhead.