Dornenreich
Dornenreich is an Austrian Dark-/Black-Metal-Band, which was founded in 1994 by Thomas " VALNES " floor ( then called " Dark Child " ) was founded.
History
When the band was formed, they chose the name " Dornenreich " due to its wide range of interpretations. In mid-1996 came Jochen " Eviga " added floor and the first compositions were begun. In April 1997 the line-up with Moritz " Gilvan " Neuner has been completed. However, this left the band after the third album Her by wither nights and is / was active in bands like Abigor, Darkwell, Golden Dawn, Stardust, Graveworm or Shadowcast. About four years after production of wilting appeared nights Hexenwind, which was originally a double album, together with the later only to be published by the dream, but eventually contained only a CD. This album represented a departure from Thomas " VALNES " floor, which announced in April 2006 that he is retiring from Dornenreich to devote to a project called " Eyas ". In 2006 Dornenreich was the first time in nearly five years on the stage again and Jochen Stock announced that he had with Thomas " Inve " Riesner found a new permanent member of the group. Riesner played the violin already in production of wilting nights. Through the Dream was released in 2006, the year after Dornenreich played a concert at the Summer Breeze, which was held in September 2009 for the released DVD overnight trips of ten cameras. After the acoustic album carved in air, which was released in 2008, was released in February 2011, the album Flammentriebe, which was first played at a live concert on February 12, 2011 in music club called scene in Vienna. The album builds on the musical style of Her by wither nights.
Music style
Dornenreich was originally founded as a Black Metal band, but took the time several stylistic changes, then let only the demo Not to assign my wing beat and the first album to death roughly the Black Metal. The later recordings always pull style change with it, so that an unambiguous assignment to an existing genre can no longer take place. The band entered through their continued going further repeated musical territory, was consequently after the third album Her by wither nights, a tour with the neo-folk bands Tenhi and Of The Wand & The Moon: completed, were played on which interpreted only with acoustic guitar versions of their pieces. Hexenwind, their fourth album was controversial due to its very quiet style or through the songs acoustically held. On the following album Flammentriebe the band strikes again at harder sounds and moves like their early days, in Metal.