{"id":14188,"date":"2017-08-29T09:45:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T09:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/?post_type=product&#038;p=14188"},"modified":"2021-05-11T21:56:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T21:56:06","slug":"pro00347","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/product\/pro00347\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurelio Voltaire: Heart-Shaped Wound (CD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 307px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album= 204365566\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless>  <a href=\"http:\/\/projektrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/heart-shaped-wound\">Heart-Shaped Wound by Aurelio Voltaire<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"hideme\">\n1 The Projectionist<br \/>\n2 Human Nature<br \/>\n3 Leaves in the Stream<br \/>\n4 Butterfly<br \/>\n5 In Disguise<br \/>\n6 The Ones Who&#8217;ve Hurt You<br \/>\n7 Hallelujah<br \/>\n8 The Necropolis of Former Lovers<br \/>\n9 The Folly of Love<br \/>\n10 A Romantic Guy<br \/>\n11 The Necropolis of Former Lovers<br \/>\n(Midnight in the Mausoleum Mix)\n<\/div>\n<table width=\u201c400\" bgcolor=\"dacdcd\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">Purchase in Europe for fast, inexpensive shipping:<br \/>\nInformation in English <a href=\"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/projekt-europe-webstore\/\">here<\/a>. Click to order <a href=\"https:\/\/deejaydead.de\/en\/projekt\/aurelio-voltaire\/aurelio-voltaire-heart-shaped-wound-cd-digipack-2017\" target=\"BLANK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CD<\/a>.   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>See the full <A HREF=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/product-category\/artists\/voltaire\/>Aurelio Voltaire catalog<\/A><\/h2>\n<p><BR>Aurelio Voltaire&#8217;s 11th album from 2017 <\/p>\n<p><BR>Dark cabaret\u00a0artist Aurelio\u00a0Voltaire leaves the vampires, zombies and murder ballads behind for a\u00a0heart-wrenching\u00a0collection of songs about love gained and love lost. His eleventh studio album (and first Projekt release in a decade) sees\u00a0Voltaire crafting his most\u00a0mature and passionate\u00a0release to date.<\/p>\n<p><BR>Throughout his 20-year career Voltaire has danced on the dark side with a sardonic smile, penning such\u00a0tunes as \u201cZombie Prostitute\u201d \u201cCannibal Buffet\u201d and \u201cVampire Club.\u201d He\u2019s best known for\u00a0&#8220;When\u00a0You\u2019re Evil\u201d (from 1999\u2019s debut\u00a0<strong>The Devil\u2019s Bris<\/strong>), a\u00a0jaunty celebration of naughtiness befitting a Disney villain (as evidenced by the scores of Disney villain fan videos on youTube set to the song.)\u00a0Also a classic track, \u201cBrains!\u201d (from\u00a02002\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Boo Hoo<\/strong>) recounts an evil meteor hungry for human brains and was featured on the Cartoon Network show\u00a0<em>The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><BR>With a reputation for macabre, tongue-in-cheek skewering of everything from religion to the Goth scene to Star Trek and Star Wars,\u00a0Voltaire\u00a0has his serious side, too. Every once in a\u00a0while someone\u00a0comes along and breaks his\u00a0heart, and\u00a0the\u00a0result is an album of gut-wrenching songs. His 2002 outing,\u00a0<strong>Boo\u00a0Hoo<\/strong>,\u00a0was\u00a0described by Projekt\u00a0as \u201ca\u00a0breakup record for lonely hearts with an ax to grind.\u201d Well, it\u2019s happened again!\u00a0<strong>Heart~Shaped Wound<\/strong>\u00a0goes past an 8.9 on\u00a0the\u00a0heartbreak\u00a0scale. The result of a\u00a0short but\u00a0tumultuous three-month relationship &#8211; the first after his divorce in 2013 &#8211; Voltaire found himself writing\u00a0new songs that were earnest, brimming with anguish, regret and yearning.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<BR>Known for releasing an album a year, Aurelio Voltaire spent three years crafting\u00a0Heart~Shaped Wound in between his hectic touring schedule. Defying classification, the album drifts seamlessly from Goth rock to folk, from saxophone-fueled torch songs\u00a0to guitar driven indie-rock. There\u2019s even\u00a0an intense\u00a0heavy metal ballad, \u201cLeaves in the Stream,\u201d a duet sung with Arch Enemy frontwoman Alissa\u00a0White-Gluz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><BR>Aurelio Voltaire returns to Projekt, bringing with him 20 years of genre-defying musical storytelling. Often sarcastic, sometimes serious, always uniquely&#8230; Voltaire.<\/p>\n<p><HR><\/p>\n<h3>More about the album:<\/H3><\/p>\n<p><BR><strong>Heart~Shaped Wound<\/strong> began as the product of a short, but tumultuous relationship, the first after Aurelio Voltaire\u2019s divorce from his wife in 2013. In the mere three months of this new relationship, Voltaire found himself writing several songs including the folk love song, \u201cIn Disguise\u201d documenting the six times he fell in love with a cosplayer at Dragoncon (a huge fantasy convention in Atlanta, Georgia) not realizing it was the same woman year after year. The song, which is written in the anachronistic European folk style prevalent in his early albums contains not-so-subtle references to <em>the World of Warcraft<\/em> and <em>League of Legends<\/em> costumes she wore. \u201cHuman Nature,\u201d a more contemporary alternative rock track that explores the issues of having a partner who suppresses their feelings could easily be about Spock.<\/p>\n<p><BR>This is not to say the songs are light-hearted. The songs on this album are earnest and full of emotion, perhaps most evident in the tracks, \u201cThe Ones Who\u2019ve Hurt You,\u201d a dirge which laments the damage inflicted on your partner by their previous encounters and \u201cThe Folly of Love,\u201d an enraged condemnation which begs the question of who is more to blame. Is it the young, inexperienced lover or the older partner \u201cin the throes of a midlife crisis\u201d that chooses a partner half their age?  Much of the album may seem like an attack on former lovers by a bitter ex. To this observation, Voltaire wryly declared with a smirk at a recent concert, &#8220;I\u2019m fully aware I\u2019ve become the Taylor Swift of Goth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><BR>But even the songs that seem to mock an ex lover, like the sarcastic swing track, \u201cA Romantic Guy,\u201d speak more to the faults of the author who states he is a romantic fellow but nothing deeper than that. The album opener, a goth rock track called \u201cThe Projectionist,\u201d more than hints at the psychological shortcomings of our protagonist who seems downright nefarious in his sociopathic pursuit of a relationship.<\/p>\n<p><BR>It\u2019s not all heartache on <strong>Heart~Shaped Wound<\/strong>. You can\u2019t have a break up without falling in love and those moments shine here, too. \u201cLeaves in the Stream\u201d and \u201cButterfly\u201d are euphoric declarations that love is in the air. And even though it\u2019s a break-up song, Leonard Cohen\u2019s \u201cHallelujah\u201d is perhaps one of the most beautiful songs written on the topic, and it\u2019s covered here admirably by Aurelio Voltaire.<\/p>\n<p><BR>Rounding out the album is the song \u201cThe Necropolis of Former Lovers\u201d and its reprise \u201cThe Midnight Mausoleum Mix.\u201d This alternative rock track that nods to bands like The Cure, The Church or Echo and the Bunnymen tells present lovers they should be wary of asking why you\u2019ve written songs about your ex and not about them. The answer might be, \u201cDon\u2019t try so hard to dig a hole for your own grave,\u201d or \u201cYou\u2019ve finally made me sad enough to write that song about you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><BR>Aurelio Voltaire continues to defy classification on <strong>Heart~Shaped Wound<\/strong>, crafting an album that seamlessly drifts from Goth rock to folk, from saxophone fueled torch songs to guitar driven indie-rock. His voice and demeanor seem as comfortable in the sarcasm of the swing track as they do in the earnest heavy metal ballad.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<BR>Heart~Shaped Wound<\/strong> is Aurelio Voltaire\u2019s 13th full length release and 11th studio album. <\/p>\n<p><HR><\/p>\n<h3>Aurelio Voltaire Bio<\/h3>\n<p><BR>Aurelio Voltaire is often described as a modern day renaissance man. He is a singer\/performer, creator of comic books, animation and toys.<\/p>\n<p><BR>An international touring musician, he is at the forefront of the Gothic, Steampunk and Dark Cabaret genres. Aurelio Voltaire headlines some of the biggest horror, sci-fi and comic book conventions as well as Gothic and Steampunk festivals during the past two decades. His music can best be described as a collection of murder ballads and tongue-in-cheek stories of the macabre, with just enough bawdy songs about Star Trek and Star Wars to keep a convention audience rolling in the aisles. Many know him for his songs &#8220;Brains!&#8221; and &#8220;Land of the Dead&#8221; from the Cartoon Network show <em>The Grim Adventures of Billy And Mandy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><BR>Voltaire&#8217;s live shows, whether solo or with his skeletal orchestra, are full of stories and games. Some describe his shows as sitting around a fire while an old friend regales you with tales, presuming that old friend drinks a liter of rum a night, dates zombie prostitutes and wrestles Krakens.<\/p>\n<p><BR>Voltaire has been recording and touring for over 20 years.  He\u2019s released 13 full length CDs.<\/p>\n<p><BR>Recently, Voltaire can be seen in his informative and hilarious YouTube series, <strong>Gothic Homemaking<\/strong>. In this show, that can best be described as <em>Pee Wee\u2019s Playhouse<\/em> for spooky kids, he demonstrates how to turn your boring apartment into a gothic lair with the help of a desiccated co-host, Orville Deadenbacher and a bunch of other recurring monster characters.<\/p>\n<p><BR>Gothic Homemaking can be seen at: www.youtube.com\/voltairemusicpage<\/p>\n<p>Website: www.voltaire.net<br \/>\nFacebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/voltairefanpage<br \/>\nYoutube:  www.youtube.com\/voltairemusicpage<br \/>\nTwitter: www.twitter.com\/aureliovoltaire<br \/>\nInstagram: www.instagram.com\/aureliovoltaire<\/p>\n<p><HR><\/p>\n<p><a HREF=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/Voltaire-Sweet16.jpg TARGET=BLANK><IMG SRC=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/Voltaire-Sweet16.jpg WIDTH=400><\/A><\/p>\n<p>  <div class=\"socials\"><h2>love it, share it<\/h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fpro00347%2F&t=Aurelio+Voltaire%3A+Heart-Shaped+Wound+%28CD%29\" class=\"socials-small facebook-small\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" >facebook<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fpro00347%2F&text=Aurelio+Voltaire%3A+Heart-Shaped+Wound+%28CD%29\" class=\"socials-small twitter-small\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" >twitter<\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fpro00347%2F&media=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/PRO00347a.jpg&description=+%0D%0A%0D%0A+\" class=\"socials-small pinterest-small\"  onclick=\"window.open(this.href); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" >pinterest<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.projekt.com%2Fstore%2Fproduct%2Fpro00347%2F&title=Aurelio+Voltaire%3A+Heart-Shaped+Wound+%28CD%29\" class=\"socials-small google-small\"  target=\"_blank\" title=\"Google\" >google<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/projektrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/heart-shaped-wound\" TARGET=BLANK><IMG SRC=\/store\/assets\/images\/Button-Bandcamp.png width=129><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[54,574,25,98],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-14188","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-all","product_cat-voltaire","product_cat-darkwave","product_cat-goth","pa_artist-aurelio-voltaire","pa_artist-voltaire","pa_format-cd-in-6-panel-ecowallet","pa_label-projekt","pa_release-year-640","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","border"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/14188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=14188"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=14188"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=14188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}