Thanateros

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Thanateros
General information
origin Germany
Genre (s) Folk Metal Gothic Wave
founding 1999, 2019
resolution 2010
Website www.thanateros.net
Founding members
Ben Richter
Current occupation
Ben Richter
Christian Lang
Christoph Uhlmann
Christian Ryll
Markus Felber
former members
guitar
 Jens Busch
Drums
 Mario Ulrich
bass
 Jens Riediger
Fiddle
 Christoph Maass
guitar
 Pascal Wojtkow
guitar
 Karsten Kennert
guitar
 Oliver Bienert
bass
 Cornel Otto
guitar
 Max Raith
Fiddle
 Tobias Herzfeld
Digi-Pipes, Whistles
 Pit Vinandy
Drums
 Simon Rippin
Electric bass
 Daniel Lechner
Drums
 Marcus Hotz

Thanateros is a German folk metal - gothic - wave band with Irish-Celtic influences, founded in 1999 . Especially at the beginning, Thanateros made use of pagan motifs, for example from Celtic mythology and shamanism . The band name Thanateros is composed of the names of the Greek deities for death ( Thanatos ) and covetous love ( Eros ). According to his own statements, he refers to the Chaos-Magical Order of the "Illuminati of Thanateros".

history

2000-2010

Thanateros was founded in 1999 as a solo project by Ben Richter, after he left the dark metal band Evereve. In 2000 he put together the first line-up. After the debut album The First Rite in 2001, a support tour with In Extremo followed . In 2002 there were individual concerts and festival appearances.

In 2003 the second album Circle of Life was released , which was produced by guitarist Jens Busch and in which traditional instruments emphasized the Irish-Celtic folk aspect more. The release of Circle of Life was combined with the first headlining club tour through Germany and Austria. Festival appearances followed in the summer and autumn of that year. a. with bands like Subway to Sally , Last Instance , Tanzwut , L'Âme Immortelle and Schandmaul .

In 2005, Into the Otherworld, the third Thanateros album, also produced by Jens Busch, was released. This contained the by The Pogues have become known classic Dirty Old Town , the first single, whose video clip of Dietrich Brüggemann ( Oomph! , Rammstein ) was produced. This was followed by tours with Umbra et Imago and the Fields of the Nephilim follow-up band NFD, as well as various headliner concerts and festival appearances (including with Saltatio Mortis , Subway to Sally, ASP , Clan of Xymox ).

In 2008 the band produced the fourth album Liber Lux , which was released on April 3, 2009 with a new line-up . Further festival appearances followed, among others with Fiddler's Green , Tristania , Pothead and Finntroll . Despite the success, Ben Richter broke up the band in early 2010.

From 2019

After Ben Richter had released two albums ( Raum / Zeit and Weltenbrand ) with the German metal band Phosphor, which he founded in 2015 , he decided to revive Thanateros in 2018. Together with Phosphor guitarist Chris Lang, he created a new line-up in early 2019. September 2019 a new album was released with the title Insomnia . Although the new line-up also includes a violinist, the Irish folk part has taken a back seat; the musical focus should be more on a dense atmosphere.

Discography

Albums

  • 2001: The First Rite
  • 2003: Circle Of Life
  • 2005: Into the Otherworld
  • 2009: Liber Lux
  • 2019: Insomnia

Singles

  • 2005: Dirty Old Town
  • 2019: The Lost King

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thanateros | Thanateros. Accessed on January 21, 2020 (German).
  2. ↑ MJU agency for new media: EXTRATOURS concert office. Accessed January 21, 2020 .