Sabine Michaela Dünser (27 June 1977 – 8 July 2006) was a Liechtensteiner

gothic metal Gothic metal (or goth metal) is a fusion genre combining the aggression of heavy metal music, 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 ...

and

symphonic metal Symphonic metal is a cross-genre style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style features the heavy drums and guitars ...

singer and lyricist. She was the vocalist and lyricist for Liechtenstein gothic metal band

Erben der Schöpfung Erben der Schöpfung (English: Inheritors of Creation) is a dark- gothic-metal/ EBM band from Liechtenstein, founded in 1998/99 by Oliver Falk. History In 1998–99, Oliver Falk started to think about another project called Erben der Schöpfung ...

, and then the band

Elis Elis also known as Ellis or Ilia (, ''Eleia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it ...

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. After her death in 2006 from a cerebral haemorrhage, she was replaced as lead singer of Elis by

Sandra Schleret Sandra Carola Schleret (born 26 June 1976) is a singer from Austria, well-known for being the lead singer in bands such as Dreams of Sanity, Elis, and Soulslide. She was also the female vocalist for Austrian band Siegfried and Eyes of Eden with ...

Biography

Dünser was born in 1977 in

Schaan Schaan (; dialectal: ''Schaa'') is the largest Municipalities of Liechtenstein, municipality of Liechtenstein by population. It is located to the north of Vaduz, the capital, in the central part of the country. it has a population of 6,039, ma ...

, Liechtenstein. Dünser was vocalist and lyricist for Liechtenstein gothic metal band

between 2000 and 2002. She provided the lead vocal for the 2001 album ''

Twilight Twilight is daylight illumination produced by diffuse sky radiation when the Sun is below the horizon as sunlight from the upper atmosphere is scattered in a way that illuminates both the Earth's lower atmosphere and also the Earth's surf ...

.'' The album's single ''

'' contains a poem written by Austrian expressionist poet

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. After misunderstandings and fights between Erben der Schöpfung members, the band split in 2002. A year later, Dünser and Pete Streit formed new band

, Liechtenstein, taking the name from the single of their former band. Dünser provided the vocals for their first album ''God's Silence, Devil's Temptation'', released in 2004. On 7 July 2006, Dünser suffered a

cerebral haemorrhage Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as hemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain (i.e. the parenchyma), into its ventricles, or into both. An ICH is a type of bleeding within the skull and one kind of stro ...

, and died the next day in hospital, when she was aged 29. Her death occurred when Elis were recording the studio album '' Griefshire'' with

Alexander Krull Alexander "Alex" Krull (born 31 July 1970) is a German musician who is the lead vocalist for metal band Atrocity, as well as backing vocalist and keyboardist in the band Leaves' Eyes. Biography Krull was born in Ludwigsburg, where he formed ...

in Germany. The album concept and all lyrics were written by her. Greifshire was released in Europe on 24 November 2006, in Dünser's memory. Dünser was replaced as lead singer of Elis by Austrian singer

, former vocalist of Austrian metal bands

Dreams of Sanity Dreams of Sanity was a gothic metal band from Austria. Founded in 1991, they released three full-length albums, before disbanding in 2002. History After forming in 1991, Dreams of Sanity released two demos in 1994 and 1996. They toured Europe la ...

and

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, who sung for the band until 2011.

Discography

With Erben der Schöpfung

Singles

* ''Elis'' (2001)

Albums

* ''Twilight'' (2001)

With Elis

Albums

* ''Dark Clouds In A Perfect Sky'' (2004) * ''Griefshire'' (2006, posthumously) * ''Show Me the Way'' (2007, posthumously, vocals on tracks 2-4)

References

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