Tilo Wolff

Tilo Wolff (born 10 July 1972) is a German musician and artist. He was born in Frankfurt am Main and currently lives in Switzerland.

Tilo Wolff
Tilo Wolff performing with Lacrimosa in Puebla, Mexico in 2013
Background information
Born	(1972-07-10) 10 July 1972 (age 52) Frankfurt am Main, West Germany (now Germany)
Genres	Gothic metal, darkwave, Symphonic metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer, composer, arranger
Instrument(s)	Vocals, piano, guitar, bass guitar
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Hall of Sermon

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. 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' designs.

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.^[1][2]

Wolff was also the manager of the German band Cinema Bizarre.^[3][4][5] He also DJs, playing festivals and clubs across Europe.^[6]

Discography

Lacrimosa albums

Studio albums

Year	Title	Peak positions
		GER [7]	SWI [8]	AUT [9]	MEX	POL
1991	Angst	–	–	–	–	–
1992	Einsamkeit	–	–	–	–	–
1993	Satura	–	–	–	–	–
1995	Inferno	81	–	–	–	–
1997	Stille	64	–	–	–	–
1999	Elodia	12	–	–	–	–
2001	Fassade	20	–	–	–	31[10]
2003	Echos	13	–	–	–	–
2005	Lichtgestalt	30	–	–	–	21[11]
2009	Sehnsucht	35	82	68	49[12]	–
2012	Revolution	35	–	–	–	–
2015	Hoffnung	28	–	–	–	–
2017	Testimonium[13]	32	–	–	–	–
2021	Leidenschaft	–	–	–	–	–

Live albums

Year	Title	Peak positions
		GER[7]	MEX
1998	Live (2 CD)	–	–
2007	Lichtjahre (2 CD)	70	64[14]
2014	Live in Mexico City (2 CD)	–	–

Compilations

Year	Title	Peak positions
		GER[7]	MEX
2002	Vintage Classix (7 LPs)	–
2010	Schattenspiel	51	51[15]