Lacrimorta’s story began in 2012 when Nikoletta Winters decided to create her own darkwave project named Virtual Intelligence. Over a period of ten years, Nikoletta honed her songwriting releasing two EPs and three full-length albums with Virtual Intelligence. The last of these being the critically well-received final album “PAINSYNC” (2020). “PAINSYNC” is Nikoletta’s most personal artistic expression to date, and speaks volumes about her lonely and physically painful experience following gender reassignment surgery. “PAINSYNC” felt like the proper way to punctuate the ten year journey Nikoletta had experienced with Virtual Intelligence, and serves as the culmination of her work with that project. Out of its ashes, Nikoletta wanted to push her artistic expressions further–and so Lacrimorta was born.

The word “Lacrimorta” was whispered gently into Nikoletta’s ear whilst wandering around in the dark one cold winter evening in December of 2021. As to who whispered it remains up for debate. Some believe that the Prince of Darkness may have had something to do with this. Others believe that the goddess of night, Nyx, bestowed the gift of this word upon Nikoletta. The word “Lacrimorta” is a portmanteau of the Latin word “Lacri” (to “cry or weep”) and Morta (the Roman goddess of Death, an analogue to the Greek fate Atropos).

Lacrimorta’s self-titled debut is largely influenced by the collective works of visual-kei vanguards Malice Mizer.

(As of August 2022 it is the 30th anniversary of Malice Mizer’s creation)!

“Lacrimorta” celebrates and laments what it means to live forever. When the world you love falls away into the void of night, would you do anything to get it back? Or would you accept it and create a new world for yourself, over and over and over again?

Designed to be played at maximum volume, Nikoletta Winters performs both melody and harmony guitars, bass guitar, drums, pipe organs, vocals, and even viola for this album. “Lacrimorta” marks a new beginning for Ms. Winters’s musical art pushing the boundaries of what she originally thought was possible to a new limit.

Lacrimorta’s sound is for fans of Michiru Yamane (of Castlevania fame), Malice Mizer, Sisters of Mercy, The Birthday Massacre, Cradle of Filth, and H.I.M.

Lacrimorta’s debut was released on August 24th, 2022.

Vinyl records are currently or order for Lacrimorta, we are expecting them before the end of 2022. More info soon!

LET THERE BE NIGHT.

Reviews of Nikoletta’s previous album “PAINSYNC”…HERE, HERE, HERE and on a best of list HERE.