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In 1996, like in so many other band biographies before, the history of L'?me Immortelle also began at a party with a lot of alcohol and cheap talk involved. That's were Thomas Rainer met Hannes Medwenitsch and after several meetings the two young ambitious musicians decided to work together.
In 1997, this year started with sending a heap of copies of their demo tape "Lieder die wie Wunden bluten" to labels all over Europe. The small independant label, MOS Records from Liechtenstein showed interest in signing the group, and after the first L'?me Immortelle live performance in spring 1997 a recording contract was signed resulting in the release of "Lieder die wie Wunden bluten", re-recorded in Switzerland. This debut album took over the German darkwave/gothic scene by storm not only due to the hit-song "Life will never be the same again"
In 1998, after intense dedication to songwriting and several concerts in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium the second album "In einer Zukunft aus Tr?nen und Stahl" was recorded and produced. The song "Bitterkeit" from this album became THE hymn of the German gothic movement and is nowadays still played at every gothic party all over the country. Not only because of this, the album entered the German alternative charts.
In 1999, to present their music to a broader audience, L'?me Immortelle supported US cult band Christian Death on their European tour. In order to accompany this event, the band released the rare so-called "Tour CD" which contained 4 exclusive tracks and was handsigned by the band members and limited to 500 pieces. The contract with MOS Records ran out and LAI signed with TRISOL MUSIC GROUP. The album "Wenn der letzte Schatten f?llt" which was produced by Volker Lutz (EVIL'S TOY) didn't dissappoint the steadiliy growing fanbase and a cover story in one of Germany's leading music magazines as well as another chart position verified that L'?me Immortelle have grown to be one of Europe's leading darkwave/gothic bands.
In February 2000, the band headlined an extensive concert tour throughout Germany and not only due to its success the band entered the studio again to record their fourth studio album entitled "Dann habe im umsonst gelebt". These recording sessions first integrated a string section as well as several other "real" instruments to focus the band's electronic sound into a more organic direction.
In 2001, the album "Dann habe ich umsonst gelebt" was released in January and on the soon following European tour L'?me Immortelle were given the proof that they delivered a masterpiece of gothic/darkwave music by means of sold-out concerts and position 48 in the German billboard charts. The band played all mayor festivals that summer competing at top positions with major acts like Marylin Manson. Not being able to rest, L'?me Immortelle embarked on their second tour that year in October to reconquer German concert venues. The extensive live show featuring exclusive stage design, a range of live musicians as well as a huge light show thrilled audiences all over germany.
In 2002, in order to satisfy the demand for video documentation of last year's successful tour, "Zwielicht" was released on February 8th.