Dornenreich is a black metal band from Tyrol, Austria. The name means realm… Read Full Bio ↴Dornenreich is a black metal band from Tyrol, Austria. The name means realm of thorns (noun) or full of thorns (adjective) in German.
Founded in 1996, the band has progressed in style from black metal on their first album, Nicht um zu sterben, to what the band describes as “a vision beyond (black) metal, neofolk and ambient” on their latest works. The music on their second album, Bitter ist's dem Tod zu dienen, released in 1997, can be described as symphonic black metal with some folk and some gothic influences. With their most modern-sounding 2001 album Her von welken Nächten they reached a point where deep sentiment and contemplation of life and death induces a very own style of music that was critically acclaimed by all metal magazines. After that album, drummer Moritz Neuner (also in Leaves' Eyes, Darkwell, Atrocity) left the band due to some differences with the two remaining members. Shortly after, an upcoming album with the name Hexenwind was announced, with which the band would return to a more pure black metal style. However, during the track-writing period the band’s progression took a new direction towards a more calm and mature approach, and Hexenwind was not released until 2005.
In 2006, Valñes left Dornenreich to start a new project called Eyas and Evíga found a new Dornenreich member in 2006 as Inve, who had already contributed as a violinist on Her von welken Nächten. By the end of the same year, the fifth album Durch den Traum was released, and the band used a session drummer after Moritz left. Their last release, In Luft geritzt (Carved in air), released in 2008, shows a complete departure from previous styles, where Dornenreich has chosen to play completly unplugged, with only acoustic guitars and violin as instruments and bells as percussion.
Notably absent from their poetry and interviews are allusions to controversial spiritual and ideological issues common with many other bands of similar musical genres.

Current line-up:
Evíga (Jochen Stock) - vocals, guitar, bass
Inve (Thomas Riesner) - violin

Former members:
Valñes / Dunkelkind (Thomas Stock) - keyboards, vocals
Dragomir / Gilván (Moritz Neuner) - drums

Discography:
Mein FlügelSchlag (demotape), 1997
Nicht um zu sterben, 1997
Bitter ist's dem Tod zu dienen, 1999
Her von welken Nächten, 2001
Hexenwind, 2005
Durch den Traum, 2006
In Luft geritzt, 2008

Dem Wind geboren
Dornenreich Lyrics

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Erde und Wasser kleiden mich
Trage Feuer hier inmitten
Doch dem Wind bin ich geboren
Nie und nirgends bin verloren

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Dornenreich's song Dem Wind geboren, which translates to "Born to the Wind," speak to an individual's connection to nature and the elements. The opening lines, "Erde und Wasser kleiden mich / Trage Feuer hier inmitten," which roughly translate to "Earth and water clothe me / I carry fire here in my midst" evoke the imagery of an individual being intimately entwined with the natural world - a sense of groundedness and intensity.

However, it is the following line, "Doch dem Wind bin ich geboren / Nie und nirgends bin verloren," which roughly translates to "But to the wind I am born / Never and nowhere am I lost," that sets the tone for the rest of the song. The wind, symbolically, represents both a force that can be experienced physically but also metaphorically - an embodiment of movement, change, and transformation. It speaks to the individual's recognition that they are a part of something larger than themselves and their place within the ever-changing landscape of existence.

Overall, the lyrics of Dem Wind geboren speak to the idea of finding a sense of belonging and meaning within the natural world, recognizing one's connection to the elements and the forces that shape and define us.

Line by Line Meaning

Erde und Wasser kleiden mich
I am adorned with the elements of earth and water

Trage Feuer hier inmitten
I bear the flame within me

Doch dem Wind bin ich geboren
Yet, I am born of the wind

Nie und nirgends bin verloren
I am never lost, nowhere and never

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