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Midnattsol
Midnattsol are a gothic/folk metal band from Germany. The band was founded in 2002 by Norwegian vocalist Carmen Elise Espenæs and German guitarist Christian Hector. The band's name is a modified spelling of the Norwegian word ''midnattssol'', which means 'midnight sun'. History Founding and ''Where Twilight Dwells'' (2002–2007) Lead singer Carmen Elise Espenæs (born on September 30, 1983, in Stavanger, Norway) had some kind of musical training in her native hometown, and began singing in some local non-professional bands, with whom she began writing her first songs at the same time. In 2002, at the age of 19, Espenæs moved to Ludwigsburg, Germany and sought to develop a musical project. She stayed with her older sister Liv Kristine who, at the time, was in Theatre of Tragedy (a metal band). While Kristine was married to Alexander Krull, Espenæs collaborated frequently with their later band Leaves' Eyes. Simultaneously, Espenæs met guitarist Christian Hector and toget ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Twilight Dwells
''Where Twilight Dwells'' is the debut full-length studio album by the German Symphonic metal, symphonic/folk metal band Midnattsol. It was released on 31 January 2005 through Napalm Records. Background ''Where Twilight Dwells'' is a continuation of their 2003 demo ''Midnattsol'' (released only in Germany), from which takes its two songs in form re-recorded and renamed, as well as its ghostly cover art illustrated by Ingo Römling. The rest of the album includes nine previously unreleased and original songs, composed mainly by their lead singer Carmen Elise Espenæs. The sound is essentially Gothic metal with influences from folk metal, or "Nordic folk metal" in the own words of the band, because of the folk elements in their music and occasional Norwegian lyrics. Their lyrics are largely based on Scandinavian folklore, Norwegian folk tales. The lyrics and main melody of the song "Tapt av håp" are taken from Edvard Grieg, Edvard Grieg's classical piece ''Solveig's Song''. Tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordlys (album)
''Nordlys'' (" Northern Light" in Norwegian) is the second full-length studio album by the German symphonic/folk metal band Midnattsol. It was released on 28 March 2008 through Napalm Records. Background After three years of the release of their well-received debut album ''Where Twilight Dwells'' (2005), Midnattsol decided change direction and to compose an album with dark atmospheres in a melodic and heavy sound, influenced more closely by traditional gothic metal. In contrast, ''Nordlys'' is little inspired by Nordic folk metal and it is less introspective that its predecessor. Particularly noteworthy is the experimentation in the vocals of their lead singer Carmen Elise Espenæs, as well as the extensive dedication in the guitar solos of Daniel Droste and Christian Hector. However, Hector (a founding member), left the group shortly after the release of the album in order to concentrate on his other band Ahab, being briefly replaced by Fabian Pospiech in the three live perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Droste
Daniel Droste (born 2 April 1980 in Mosbach) is a German musician. He was a member of Midnattsol between 2003 and 2010, and founded Ahab in 2006. Career Droste was the guitarist of the gothic/folk metal band Midnattsol and is the vocalist, guitarist, and keyboardist of the funeral doom band Ahab. Personal Droste also works as a therapist. Discography With Penetralia *''Schwarz'' (demo, 1996) *''Tribute to the Moon'' (demo, 1998) *''Carpe Noctem - Legends of Fullmoon Empires'' (full-length, 1999) *''Seelenkrank'' (full-length, 2000) With Midnattsol *''Midnattsol'' (demo, 2003) *'' Where Twilight Dwells'' (full-length, 2005) *''Nordlys'' (full-length, 2008) *'' The Metamorphosis Melody'' (full-length, 2011) With Ahab *"The Stream" (single, 2004) *''The Oath'' (demo, 2005; EP, 2007) *''The Call of the Wretched Sea ''The Call of the Wretched Sea'' is the debut album by the German funeral doom band Ahab. It was released in October 2006. History ''The Call of the Wret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liv Kristine
Liv Kristine Espenæs (born 14 February 1976) is a Norwegian singer who has performed and composed songs mostly for various subgenres of heavy metal music. She started her career in the music industry as a vocalist for the gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy, and is the former lead vocalist for the symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes. She is known for her work in close association with her then-husband and leader of the German band Atrocity, Alexander Krull. Currently she is a singer of a German band Midnattsol alongside her younger sister Carmen Elise Espenæs. She also released a number of solo albums in various genres. Career Kristine was born in Stavanger, and joined the Norwegian gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy in 1994 as a backup singer, but was soon sharing lead vocals duties with Raymond István Rohonyi. She was fired from Theatre of Tragedy in 2003, a fact she learned about via an e-mail. She had been living in Germany since 1996 and collaborating with the death meta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Metal
Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for example, Dutch Heidevolk, Danish Sylvatica and Spanish Stone of Erech). It also sometimes features soft instrumentation influenced by folk rock. The earliest folk metal bands were Skyclad from England and Cruachan from Ireland. Skyclad's debut album '' The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth'' was released in 1991 and would be considered a thrash metal album with some folk influences, unlike Cruachan’s early work which embraced the folk element as a defining part of their sound. It was not until 1994 and 1995 that other early contributors in the genre began to emerge from different regions of Europe and beyond. Among these early groups, the German band Subway to Sally spearheaded a different regional variation that over time became known as medie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metal Female Voices Fest
Metal Female Voices Fest was a heavy metal music festival dedicated to female vocalists, held annually in the Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium from 2003 to 2016. It was organized by the ''Metal Organisation'', which later changed into "2 Wild 4 agency". The festival enables smaller and unknown bands within the female fronted genre to perform on a big stage beside bigger and more famous bands. Over the years, they gave away special awards or organized a warm-up which allowed bands to compete to perform on the festival for the next year. On 13 February 2017, it was announced that the Metal Female Voices Fest is put on indefinite hold. On 10 December 2018, it has been confirmed that a Japanese edition of MFVF will take place in Osaka and Tokyo in April 2019. In 2020, the official website of the Metal Female Voices Fest went dead. Lineups 2019 Japan * Leaves' Eyes * Anneke van Giersbergen's VUUR * Mary's Blood (Tokyo only) * Evig Natt * Sailing to Nowhere * Ancient Myth (Osaka o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothic Metal
Gothic metal (or goth metal) is a fusion genre combining the aggression of heavy metal with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music. The genre originated during the early 1990s in the United Kingdom originally as an outgrowth of death-doom, a fusion of death metal and doom metal. Lyrics are generally dark and introspective with inspiration from gothic fiction as well as personal experiences. Pioneers of gothic metal include Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride and Anathema, all from the north of England. Other pioneers from the first half of the 1990s include Type O Negative from the United States, Lake of Tears, Tiamat and Katatonia from Sweden, and the Gathering from the Netherlands. Norwegian band Theatre of Tragedy developed the "beauty and the beast" aesthetic of combining aggressive male vocals with clean female vocals, a contrast that had been adopted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnarök Festival
Ragnarök Festival is a pagan metal festival held annually in Germany since 2004 founded by Ivo Raab. It started out as a small, one-night festival with only regional bands in the town hall of Hollfeld. In 2005 it was decided to go for a festival featuring mostly Viking and pagan metal with the booking of bands like Månegarm, Menhir, Eisregen and Equilibrium. From 2006 on the festival took place in the significantly bigger town hall of Lichtenfels, Bavaria. History The Ragnarök Metal Festival was founded by Ivo Raab in 2004. The festival's first edition featured seven bands, mostly death metal, and about 120 visitors. It did not pay off, but Raab decided to give it another try and organized it again in 2005. That year the line-up was specialized on Viking and pagan metal, and better-known bands were signed. Especially the headliners Eisregen attracted a lot of people as their rare live gigs are usually censored unless played to an adult audience. On Ragnarök the visitors re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothic Metal
Gothic metal (or goth metal) is a fusion genre combining the aggression of heavy metal with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music. The genre originated during the early 1990s in the United Kingdom originally as an outgrowth of death-doom, a fusion of death metal and doom metal. Lyrics are generally dark and introspective with inspiration from gothic fiction as well as personal experiences. Pioneers of gothic metal include Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride and Anathema, all from the north of England. Other pioneers from the first half of the 1990s include Type O Negative from the United States, Lake of Tears, Tiamat and Katatonia from Sweden, and the Gathering from the Netherlands. Norwegian band Theatre of Tragedy developed the "beauty and the beast" aesthetic of combining aggressive male vocals with clean female vocals, a contrast that had been adopted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaves' Eyes
Leaves' Eyes is a symphonic metal band from Germany and Norway. They were formed in 2003 by Liv Kristine, formerly the lead singer of Theatre of Tragedy, and the entire line-up of Atrocity. To date, the band has released eight studio albums, a single, six EPs, one live album and a DVD. Most of Leaves' Eyes' lyrics, written by Liv Kristine until her departure in 2016, concern Norse mythology and the Viking Age. The melodic singing vocals of Liv Kristine and her replacement Elina Siirala are occasionally backed up by death growled vocals from Krull, identified under the vocal style Kristine refers to as "beauty and the beast". History ''Lovelorn'' (2003–2005) Leaves' Eyes have often featured naturalistic themes in their music since the release of their 2004 debut album, '' Lovelorn''. Many of the lyrics to this album were inspired not only by nature, but also by sagas and legends drawn from Norse mythology. The band was received well at Wave Gotik Treffen 2004, the band's stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahab (band)
Ahab is a German Doom metal#Funeral doom, funeral doom metal band founded in 2004 by Midnattsol guitarists Christian Hector and Daniel Droste. The band is named after Captain Ahab, a character in the 1851 novel ''Moby-Dick'' by Herman Melville. Along with its name, the band also draws thematic and lyrical inspiration from ''Moby-Dick''; some songs even feature direct quotations from the book. Background Near the end of 2004, with one song already written, Christian Hector and Daniel Droste decided to form a band and recorded their first single, ''The Stream''. On 15 April 2005, after several months of rehearsing, the band's first demo, ''The Oath'', was released. The demo was limited to 30 hand-numbered copies and contained the band's first song, "The Stream", as well as two new songs and an outro track. Nearly a year and a half later, ''The Call of the Wretched Sea'', the group's first full-length album was released on Napalm Records with the help of new band member Stephan A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napalm Records
Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg. The label later expanded its roster by adding gothic metal, symphonic metal, power metal, doom metal, metalcore and nu metal bands, as well as stoner rock acts Monster Magnet, Karma to Burn, and Brant Bjork, and even folk bands like Ye Banished Privateers. Napalm has its own publishing house named Iron Avantgarde Publishing. In November 2020, Napalm acquired the German record label SPV GmbH. Roster *1914 (band), 1914 *8kids *Æther Realm *Accept (band), Accept *Ad Infinitum (symphonic metal band), Ad Infinitum *Adept (band), Adept *Agathodaimon *The Agonist *Ahab (band), Ahab *Alestorm *Alien Weaponry *Alissa White-Gluz, Alissa *Alter Bridge *Amberian Dawn *Andrew W.K. *Angus McSix *Arkona (band), Arkona *Audrey Horne (band), Audrey Horne *Battlelore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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