Dornenreich

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
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