Dornenreich (up to ''Bitter ist's dem Tod zu dienen'' known as DornenReich) is an Austrian

melodic black metal Blackened death metal (also known as black death metal) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal that fuses elements of black metal and death metal. The genre emerged in early 1990s when black metal bands began incorporating elements of death me ...

band, founded in 1996. Alongside their initial metal sound, Dornenreich also regard their music as being

neofolk Neofolk, also known as apocalyptic folk, is a form of experimental music blending elements of folk and industrial music, which emerged in punk rock circles in the 1980s. Neofolk may either be solely acoustic or combine acoustic folk instrumenta ...

influenced. They have released eight albums on

Prophecy Productions Prophecy Productions is an international record label, founded in Germany by Martin Koller in 1996. It proclaims promoting "transcendental ..captivating music".

History

Thomas "Valñes" Stock founded the band in 1996 and choose "Dornenreich" as the name due to the various possible interpretations (''"Realm of thorns"'' or ''"Full of thorns"''). Jochen "Evíga" Stock joined the band during 1996 and they started to write the first songs. In April 1997 Moritz "Gilvan" Neuner completed the line-up but left after the release of '' Her von welken Nächten''. Four years after this, the album '' Hexenwind'' was released. Originally, it was planned to be a double album, together with the latter released '' Durch den Traum''. Thomas Stock quit the band in April 2006 to concentrate on his musical project " Eyas". Jochen Stock confirmed that Thomas "Inve" Riesner would be the new member of the band. Riesner already played the violin on ''Her von welken Nächten''. In 2007, Dornenreich played at Summer Breeze and documented this concert with ten cameras for the upcoming DVD ''Nachtreisen''. After the album '' In Luft geritzts release in 2008, the new album ''Flammentriebe'' will tie in with ''Her von welken Nächten''.

Members

* Jochen Stock (a.k.a. Evíga) - vocals, guitars, acoustic guitar, bass, tambourine (1996—present) * Thomas Riesner (a.k.a. Ínve) - violin (2006—present) * Moritz Neuner (a.k.a. Dragomir or Gilván) - percussion, drums (1997–2001, 2009—present)

Former members

* Thomas Stock (a.k.a. Valñes or Dunkelkind) - vocals, keyboards (1996–2006)

Discography

*''Mein Flügelschlag'' (demo, 1997) *'' Nicht um zu sterben'' (full-length, 1997) *'' Bitter ist's dem Tod zu dienen'' (full-length, 1999) *'' Her von welken Nächten'' (full-length, 2001) *'' Hexenwind'' (full-length, 2005) *''Durch den Traum'' (full-length, 2006) *''In Luft geritzt'' (full-length, 2008) *''

Whom the Moon a Nightsong Sings ''Whom the Moon a Nightsong Sings'' is a compilation album by various neofolk and metal artists. It was released through Prophecy Productions on October 29, 2010. Artists featured on the compilation album include Ulver, Nest, Syven, Les Disc ...

(compilation, various artists, 2010) *''Flammentriebe'' (full-length, 2011) *''Freiheit'' (full-length, 2014) *''Schwellenklänge'' (box set compilation, 2018)Dornenreich - Schwellenklänge Vinyl Box
us.prophecy.de. Retrieved on 20 October 2018. *''Du wilde Liebe sei'' (full-length, 2021)

References

External links

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Last FM Page
Austrian black metal musical groups Ambient music groups Musical groups established in 1996 Musical quartets {{Austria-band-stub