Elegy for the Blossoms is the second album of the Taiwanese gothic metal band Crescent Lament, released in June 2015, which recounts the sorrowful story of a Taiwanese geisha, A-hiong, that happened in the late Japanese period and early Chinese Nationalist Party period in Taiwan’s history.
The main character was developed based on the life of Taiwanese geishas in history, and the story describes the helplessness of Taiwanese geishas behind their smiles when greeting their clients, as they had no say over their own lives.
The band has made much research efforts on history, culture, and life of the geishas in the making of the latest album. Referencing on a magazine from the time, the album enables listeners not only to glance at lives of geishas, but also tells the hidden stories, and therefore the suicide and the romance with the businessman in the lyrics are based on actual historical events.
Different from the first album Behind the Lethal Deceit, the latest album Elegy for the Blossoms was written in Taiwanese, and blends Taiwanese history, culture, folk music, and gothic metal, while using traditional Taiwanese and Japanese instruments to create a sorrowful yet beautiful atmosphere.
The album cover was designed by well known Taiwanese illustrator KCN, with a modern retroactive image.
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