Four years after "Testimonium" (2017), "Leidenschaft" is the 14th studio album of the symphonic metal band of Tilo Wolff and Anne Nurmi.

Lacrimosa was founded in November 1990 as an alternative band combining lyrical lyrics in German with rock and orchestral music. For more than 25 years, the band around founder Tilo Wolff has been releasing their music on their own label Hall Of Sermon. Over the years Lacrimosa became a pioneer of various music genres such as German-language alternative rock or symphonic metal.

As the first German-language band without a record deal with a music company and without the support of public funding, Lacrimosa played a tour in Mexico in 1998, which was followed by further concert tours in South America, Russia and China. In the meantime, Lacrimosa have toured all over the world, working with renowned orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra or the Babelsberg Film Orchestra, have already recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios and can boast various top positions in the charts in more than 25 countries worldwide.