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
Wer hat Angst vor Einsamkeit?
Dornenreich Lyrics
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Jemand
Und wenn sie erst kommt?
Dann sterbe ich davon
Und war sie doch schon immer da?
Dann spür' ich nur den letzten Stich,
Ich sterbe mehr elendiglich
Tödlich sicher tödlich mich
Mensch ist einsam ist aus sich,
Ruf Deinen Namen befreie Dich!
Von Einsamkeit, die alles leidet,
Jeden Blick in Tränen kleidet,
Und dabei allzu weinerlich
Alles bloß nicht sich beneidet
Ruf' Deinen Namen, befreie Dich!
Hier Jetzt Willentlich
Wer hat Angst vor Einsamkeit?
Niemand Niemand
Selbstherrlich?
The lyrics of Dornenreich's song "Wer hat Angst vor Einsamkeit?" touch upon the concept of loneliness and how it can be both feared and embraced. The opening question, "Who is afraid of loneliness?" is answered with "Someone" suggesting that the fear is pervasive and lingering. The singer then poses the question, "And what if it comes?" to which they answer, "Then I'll die from it." This alludes to the idea that loneliness has the power to paralyze and perhaps even destroy an individual.
In the next line, the singer acknowledges the possibility that loneliness has already been present all along. They express feeling only the "last stab" of it, wishing that their misery would end with their eventual death. In the following lines, the singer advises the listener to call out their own name and free themselves from loneliness, which is deemed a self-suffering condition that clouds everything with tears. The final lines of the song are repeated more confidently, with the singer declaring that nobody is afraid of loneliness, and referring to the previously mentioned fear as being "self-important."
Line by Line Meaning
Wer hat Angst vor Einsamkeit?
Who fears loneliness?
Jemand
Someone
Und wenn sie erst kommt?
And when it finally arrives?
Dann sterbe ich davon
I will die from it
Und war sie doch schon immer da?
And if it has always been present?
Dann spür' ich nur den letzten Stich
Then I will only feel the final blow
Ich sterbe mehr elendiglich Tödlich sicher tödlich mich
I will painfully, fatally perish
Mensch ist einsam ist aus sich,
Human is lonely from within,
Ruf Deinen Namen befreie Dich!
Call out your name and set yourself free!
Von Einsamkeit, die alles leidet,
From loneliness that endures all pain,
Jeden Blick in Tränen kleidet,
Draping every glance in tears,
Und dabei allzu weinerlich
And becoming too weepy for comfort
Alles bloß nicht sich beneidet
Anything but envying oneself
Ruf' Deinen Namen, befreie Dich!
Call out your name and set yourself free!
Hier Jetzt Willentlich
Here and now, willingly
Wer hat Angst vor Einsamkeit?
Who fears loneliness?
Niemand Niemand
No one, no one
Selbstherrlich?
Self-righteous?
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@Diegocrue
Hatte sie noch nie gehört. Es ist immer ein gutes Gefühl eine unvergleichliche Band zu entdecken.
@prophecyBC
besser spät als nie!
@philippb7028
Ich werfe mal Stillers Tod, Nocte Obducta, Ætheria Consientia und Gonemage in den Ring......
@tamarf1724
Lange nicht gehört, aber immer wieder geil. Danke :)
@neonnox3289
Don't understand a word but totally love this band :)
@Tina-ru7ts
Einfach nur genial.;-)
@plaswuff1670
I absolutely love this album.
@playmatetitty8475
❤
@user-uu3ug8rf2x
amazing album!
@careau6220
Da bin ich direkt wieder 15 und häng mit Mixery und Grabkerzen am Dorfspielplatz rum. Mit PVC-Mantel und Springerstiefeln und Undercut, yeah, Baby!