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
Trauerbrandung
Dornenreich Lyrics
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Und niemand kann lang' Antwort sagen,
Was Einsamkeit, was Richtigkeit,
Was Mut und Überheblichkeit,
Was Liebe, Freund und Eigenheit,
Und all ihr Rätsel wirklich seid
Manch' Gedanke dringt zum Herzen
Doch dies' bitterwonnige Beben,
Ist mein Puls für inniges Leben
Trauerbrandung Ich trinke Tränen
Ich schöpfe Kraft
Ich denke und frage und weine sehr,
Ich schweige und schweige und sieche leer,
Ich fühle und frage und weine sehr,
Ich sehne mich weiter Ich bin sehr
Manch' Empfindung dringt zum Herzen
Als die Wucht aller Schmerzen,
Doch dies bitterwonnige Beben,
Ist mein Puls für inniges Leben
Trauerbrandung Ich trinke Tränen
Ich schöpfe Kraft
The lyrics of Dornenreich's Trauerbrandung are deeply introspective, grappling with the complexity and confusion of human emotions and experiences. The opening lines express the frustration of being unable to find answers to questions about loneliness, integrity, arrogance, love, and individuality. Despite this existential uncertainty, the singer is sustained by a profound vitality that is compared to the beat of their heart, even as they are shaken by the weight of intense pain and emotion.
The chorus of the song, with its haunting refrain of "Trauerbrandung, ich trinke Tränen, ich schöpfe Kraft" ("Mourning surf, I drink tears, I draw strength"), suggests that the singer is finding solace in their own sorrow, using it as a source of nourishment and resilience. The second verse repeats the themes of the first, emphasizing the overwhelming impact that raw feeling can have on the heart, but asserting that even in the midst of this tumultuous inner landscape, the singer is sustained by a powerful life force.
Overall, Trauerbrandung is a complex meditation on the nature of human experience, acknowledging the difficulty of coming to grips with the mysteries of existence, but also finding a kind of beauty and energy in the intensity of emotion.
Line by Line Meaning
Fragen ragen über Fragen,
There are so many questions, but nobody has the answers. What really is loneliness, what is right or wrong, what is bravery and pride, what is love, friendship, and individuality, and what secrets do they hold?
Und niemand kann lang' Antwort sagen,
No one can offer any lasting answers.
Was Einsamkeit, was Richtigkeit,
What is solitude and what is the right way to live?
Was Mut und Überheblichkeit,
What is courage and what is arrogance?
Was Liebe, Freund und Eigenheit,
What is love, friendship, and individuality?
Und all ihr Rätsel wirklich seid
And what are the true answers to all their mysteries?
Manch' Gedanke dringt zum Herzen
Some thoughts penetrate the heart.
Als die Wucht aller Schmerzen,
With the same intensity as pain.
Doch dies' bitterwonnige Beben,
But this trembling, bittersweet feeling,
Ist mein Puls für inniges Leben
Is my pulse for an intimate and meaningful life.
Trauerbrandung Ich trinke Tränen
In this wave of mourning, I drink tears.
Ich schöpfe Kraft
And in doing so, I draw strength.
Ich denke und frage und weine sehr,
I think deeply, question everything, and cry a lot.
Ich schweige und schweige und sieche leer,
I fall silent, more and more empty.
Ich fühle und frage und weine sehr,
I feel intensely, question everything, and cry a lot.
Ich sehne mich weiter Ich bin sehr
I continue to long for something more, and I am very emotional.
Manch' Empfindung dringt zum Herzen
Some feelings penetrate the heart.
Als die Wucht aller Schmerzen,
With the same intensity as pain.
Doch dies bitterwonnige Beben,
But this trembling, bittersweet feeling,
Ist mein Puls für inniges Leben
Is my pulse for an intimate and meaningful life.
Trauerbrandung Ich trinke Tränen
In this wave of mourning, I drink tears.
Ich schöpfe Kraft
And in doing so, I draw strength.
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Satans-Resurrection
Es gibt kaum Bands die man als "Genial" betiteln könnte.. Dornenreich IST Genial!!!!!!<3
Reptiloid
@Antipersona DIE Band IST .
Antipersona
Sind. Heil Satan.
Schnee Eule
Saw it live at WGT 2016! You rock so much, I loved it insanely!
Philipp B
It's "Seen" not "Saw". Saw is used to make small pieces out of a big piece of wood or a bad series of movies. ;)
Marcl Mania
Diese Musik bewegt sich wirklich in tiefsten abgründen der Gemütslage, als ich ganz unten war, depressiv, traurig voller schmerz, da half mir diese Musik. Es war als würde da etwas durchpusten und einfach alles wegfegen, Mit normalem Gemüt könnte ich mir das nicht geben.
Reptiloid
Och, doch, ich kann mir das immer geben. Das pustet auch so.😊
schwarzeFrostnächte
Ich liebe, wirklich LIEBE dieses Lied!! Des passt erstaunlicherweise einfach zu jeder(!) Stimmungslage♥ Und des kann ich leider nicht von jedem song sagen....
Sebastian NullAchtNull
Unsterblicher Song
Ami Gazo
It is a shame that there are not videos of band on Youtube.