GENRE..... Electronic 　　STYLE..... Industrial 　　LABEL..... Cold Meat Industry 　　Bitrate ..... VBRkbps/44.1kHz/Joint-Stereo 　　Reldate .... 01-06-2009 　　It might seem strange that a band without a single release to its name has played concerts 　　and festivals all over Europe. But anyone who has ever experienced Die Weisse Rose on stage 　　knows why. 　　More than concerts, Die Weisse Rose's performances are elaborate rituals, caleidoscopic (or 　　even psychedelic) experiences. Elements such as uniforms, burning torches, snippets of old 　　schla"gers, segments from documentary films and philosophical proclamations are wowen 　　together by orgies of live drums and electronic sounds. 　　Die Weisse strives towards what Wagner called "Gesamtkunstwerke" - total works of art. When 　　most other bands talk about Gesamtkunstwerke, it sounds pretentious. When Die Weisse Rose do 　　it, it makes sense. 　　Die Weisse Rose also like to think of their songs as "audiodocumentaries". Again, such a 　　seemingly pretentious term makes sense, as Die Weisse Rose's art is just as indebted to the 　　History Channel as to Throbbing Gristle. 　　To bolster Die Weisse Rose's lineup (which really consists only of the band's mastermind, 　　Thomas Bojden) over the years the unit has recruited collaborators to its ranks that makes 　　DWR smack of an Industrial supergroup. From Marco Deplano (Foresta di Ferro), Gerhard 　　(Allerseelen), Kim Larsen (Of the Wand and the Moon) to name but a few. 　　In return, Thomas Bojden has returned the favour and played with a who's who of of the 　　Industrial and Neofolk underground, from well-established outfits like Rome, Blood Axis and 　　Foresta Di Ferro to up-and-coming Austrian neofolk band Klammheim. 　　Now, Die Weisse Rose are for the first time available on record. If you fear that we have 　　another "martial" clone band on our hands, prepare to be pleasantly surprised. The music is 　　painstakingly crafted and orchestrated to perfection to include electronic elements, field 　　recordings and real instruments, and its creative merits really stand out in an underground 　　culture where bands of far lesser talents than Die Weisse Rose would release three albums in 　　the time Die Weisse Rose have patiently worked on theirs. 　　Let one thousand white roses bloom, as Die Weisse Rose unleashes "A Martyrium Of White 　　Roses".