Lord of the Lost

Lord of the Lost is a German rock band from Hamburg, formed by singer and frontman Chris Harms. They represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Blood & Glitter" History Lord of the Lost was founded in mid-2007 by Chris Harms as a solo project. While working on the initial songs and publishing them on MySpace, Harms received a lot of positive reception and realized that he would require a full band to play them live. He recruited other musicians from his friends in the Hamburg music scene to form the band and begin working on the first album.[3] Harms originally called the project Lord, but changed the name of the band to Lord of the Lost to avoid possible name disputes with Lordi and The Lords.[4][5] Before Lord of the Lost, Harms was a singer and guitarist of the rock band Philiae (1999–2004), a guitarist and second singer with the glam metal band The Pleasures (2004–2007), as well as a musician on various projects like Big Boy and Unterart.[6] The debut single Dry the Rain was released in 2009 and the debut album Fears was released in 2010 with the independent label Out of Line.[7] While recording the second album Antagony Lord of the Lost went on an extended tour through 2010 which included international shows and festivals such as the Wave-Gotik-Treffen, the Wacken Open Air and the M'era Luna Festival.[8] In spring 2011, the band released Sex on Legs as the first single from their second album, Antagony. The album, considered their first concept album, was released shortly thereafter. Lord of the Lost toured in support of the album with the band Mono Inc. on their Viva Hades tour.[9] Lord of the Lost in 2012 In summer 2012, Lord of the Lost released their third album Die Tomorrow. Just before the release, the band began working on their fourth album From the Flame into the Fire. In October 2012, Lord of the Lost opened for Letzte Instanz on their Ewig-Tour. Lord of the Lost started touring again in the spring of 2013 co-headlining on the Darkness Kills tour with Unzucht, and in September kicked off the We Are the Lost tour together with Lost Area. In October 2013, Lord of the Lost appeared as part of the Gothic Meets Klassik at the Leipzig Gewandhaus with the Zielona Gòra Symphony Orchestra. In February 2014, drummer Christian Schellhorn left the band and was replaced by Tobias Mertens. In March 2014, the band played their first US tour, which was financed by crowdfunding. Within two months fans and sponsors raised US$12,775, surpassing the original goal of $10,000.[10] In March 2015, Lord of the Lost released the pure acoustic album Swan Songs, which reached number 34 on the GfK Entertainment Charts. The live performances for the album took place on the Out of Line Weekender in Berlin in the same month.[11] In 2015, Lord of the Lost released the EP Full Metal Whore. The tour for the album used the motto "Make Love Make War" and was supported by the bands Darkhaus, Eyes Shut Tight, Vlad in Tears, and Erdling. In December 2015, they released A Night to Remember – Live Acoustic in Hamburg, the DVD and live CD from the acoustic tour during the previous spring.[12] The first single "The Love of God" from the album Empyrean was released in May 2016. This was followed by the band's first major European tour Make Europe Great Again (M.E.G.A.) with Combichrist, Filter, and (at the German concerts) Rabia Sorda. Empyrean was published at the end of July 2016 and is the second concept album from the band. The band followed Empyrean with their open air concert premiere as The Lord of the Lost Ensemble, an acoustic-classical band supported by classical musicians and the former drummer Christian "Disco" Schellhorn.[13] In December 2016, guitarist Bo Six announced that he would be leaving the band for professional and private reasons.[14] In early January 2017, the band announced their new guitarist π (Pi). In July 2017, Tobias Mertens announced that, for private and professional reasons, he would be taking a time-out from Lord of the Lost.[15] Niklas Kahl has stepped in as drummer for live performances. Lord of the Lost performed with KMFDM on the United Kingdom leg of KMFDM's "Hell Yeah" tour with Inertia during September 2017.[16] The band planned to join KMFDM on the United States portion of the "Hell Yeah" tour with ohGr starting in October 2017.[17] Chris Harms and π were to be playing guitar on stage with KMFDM during the tour, in addition to their Lord of the Lost set. Lord of the Lost was forced to withdraw from KMFDM's United States tour when they were not issued visas by the U.S. government.[18] Lord of the Lost at Black Castle Festival 2018 Iron Maiden's Steve Harris personally picked[19] Lord of the Lost to support Iron Maiden on their 2020 European leg of the Legacy of the Beast World Tour but due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the tour had to be cancelled. The tour was rescheduled and in 2022, Lord of the Lost played as a support act in 17 European cities on Iron Maiden's Legacy of the Beast world tour[20] and gained much recognition. Iron Maiden subsequently renewed this successful collaboration for the European leg of the 2023 The Future Past world tour.[21] In December 2022, Lord of the Lost surprised their fans by releasing their new studio album "Blood and Glitter" months before it was scheduled to be released. The album, in spite of the last minute release and lack of pre-promotion, managed to hit Nr. 1 on the official German Music Charts.[22] With the song "Blood and Glitter", Lord of the Lost won Unser Lied für Liverpool, and thus represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.[23] They placed 26th out of 26 entrants in the final, with a score of 18 points.[24]

Lord of the Lost produces music across several genres including heavy metal and glam rock-influenced dark rock, industrial music, and classical music. In interviews with the magazine Orkus and the website Subexistance, Chris Harms has cited bands and musicians such as Rammstein, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson and Lady Gaga as some of the many performers that he listens to and is influenced by.[25][26] AllMusic described Lord of the Lost as "a sinister goth-metal and dark industrial rock outfit".[27]

Although it has not always been received as highly innovative, the debut album Fears received an overall positive critique by the music press. The music Magazine Sonic Seducer praised not only the "pleasant deep promising vocals" but also the "dark, melodramatic moments" and described the album as "dark mélange of music styles which give the album a fresh and great variety".[28] In Zillo the debut has been described as "not really original or ground-breaking" but it has been praised for its "hard and unconditional songs".[29] Orkus, however, wrote that they have waited a long time for an album "so interesting and rich in variety".[30] Metal.de described the album as "absolutely okay" but suggested to listen to some songs before buying the album because it might be "too hard for some, and too soft for others".[31]

Members of the band often, but not always, adopt stage names which appear in the credits for the band. If known, the artist's given name is listed after the stage name in parentheses. Current members Chris "The Lord" Harms at Rockharz Open Air 2017 Chris "The Lord" Harms – lead vocals, guitars, cello (2007–present) Klaas "Class Grenayde" Helmecke – bass, backing vocals (2008–present) Gerrit "Gared Dirge" Heinemann – piano, keyboards, percussion, guitars, theremin (2010–present) Pi "π" Stoffers – guitars, backing vocals (2017–present) Niklas Kahl – drums (2017–present) Benjamin "Benji" Mundigler – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals (2024–present) Previous members Stefan "Sensai" Ehrhardt – guitars (2008–2010) Sebastian "Sebsta Lindström" Makowski – guitars (2008–2011) Anika "Any" Wayst – drums (2008–2011) Borislav "Bo Six" Crnogorac – guitars (2009–2016) Christian "Disco" Schellhorn – drums (2012–2014) Tobias Mertens – drums (2014–2017) 中文介绍 失落之王是克里斯·哈姆斯（Chris Harms）于2007年中创立的一个单独项目。在制作最初的歌曲并将其发布到MySpace上时，Harms得到了很多好评，并意识到他需要一支乐队来现场演奏。他从汉堡音乐界的朋友中招募了其他音乐家，组成乐队，开始制作第一张专辑。危害最初称为项目Lord，但为了避免与Lordi和The Lords可能发生的名称纠纷，将乐队的名称更改为Lost of Lord 。在失落的领主之前，哈姆斯是摇滚乐队Philiae（1999-2004）的歌手和吉他手，Glam-Metal-Band的吉他手和第二歌手《快乐》（2004年至2007年），以及诸如Big Boy或Unterart等各种项目的音乐家。 首张单曲Dry The Rain于2009年发行，首张专辑Fears于2010年与独立品牌Out of Line发行。在录制第二张专辑的同时，《失落的领主》在2010年进行了长期巡回演出，其中包括国际表演和音乐节，例如Wave-Gotik-Treffen，Wacken Open Air和M'era Luna音乐节 2011年春季，乐队发行了第二张专辑Antagony中的第一张单曲《Sex on Legs》。该专辑被视为他们的第一张概念专辑，此后不久发行。失落的主参观了支持与乐队专辑的单声道公司对他们的万岁地狱之旅。 在2012年夏季，迷失之王发行了他们的第三张专辑Die Tomorrow。在发行前，乐队开始制作他们的第四张专辑From The Flame Into The Fire。2012年10月，《失落之王》为Letzte Instanz的《Ewig -Tour》开幕。失落之王（Lord of the Lost）在2013年春季与Unzucht一起在Darkness Kills巡回演出中再次成为头条新闻，并于9月与失落地区一起开始了我们是失落的巡回演出。2013年10月，主迷失的出现作为的一部分哥特会见克拉西克在莱比锡布业大厅与锡隆纳葛拉交响乐团。 2014年2月，鼓手Christian Schellhorn离开乐队，由Tobias Mertens取代。2014年3月，乐队进行了首次美国巡演，该巡演由众筹资助。在两个月内，粉丝和赞助商筹集了12,775美元，超过了最初的目标10,000美元。 2015年3月，《失落之王》发行了纯音乐专辑《天鹅之歌》，在GfK娱乐排行榜上排名第34 。专辑的现场表演于同月在柏林的Out of Line Weekender上进行。 2015年，《失落之王》发布了EP Full Metal Whore。专辑巡回演唱会的座右铭是“做爱使战争”，并得到了Darkhaus，Eights Shut Tight，Vlad In Tears和Erdling乐队的支持。2015年12月，他们发行了《记得之夜-汉堡的现场声学》，以及去年春季声学巡回演唱会的DVD和现场CD。 2016年5月发行了专辑Empyrean中的第一首单曲“ The God of God” 。随后，乐队进行了首次重要的欧洲巡演，与Combichrist，Filter和Rabia Sorda进行了欧洲巡回演唱（MEGA）。。Empyrean专辑于2016年7月发行，是乐队的第二张概念专辑。 乐队跟随Empyrean进行了露天音乐会首演，名为“失落的乐团”，这是一支古典音乐乐队，由古典音乐家和前鼓手Christian“ Disco” Schellhorn支持。 2016年12月，吉他手Bo Six宣布出于职业和私人原因将离开乐队。在2017年1月上旬，乐队宣布了他们的新吉他手π（Pi）。 2017年7月，托比亚斯·梅滕斯（Tobias Mertens）宣布，出于私人和专业原因，他将暂停``迷失之王''。尼古拉斯·卡尔（Niklas Kahl）已加入鼓手现场表演。 失落的主与执行KMFDM在英国九月2017年期间KMFDM与惯性“地狱呀”之旅的腿计划加入乐队KMFDM在美国合众国的“地狱呀”之旅与部分ohGr在开始2017年10月。克里斯·哈姆斯（Chris Harms）和π除了巡回演出外，还将在巡回演出中与KMFDM一起在舞台上弹吉他。当美国政府未签发签证时，失落之王被迫退出KMFDM的美国之旅。

失落的领主产生多种流派的音乐，包括重金属和受到深色摇滚影响的华丽摇滚，工业音乐和古典音乐。克里斯·哈姆斯（Chris Harms）在接受Orkus杂志和网站Subexistance网站的采访时，引用了拉姆施泰因（Rammstein），玛丽莲·曼森（Marilyn Manson），九寸钉子（Nine Inch Nails）和Lady Gaga等乐队，作为他听从并受其影响的众多表演者中的一些。

尽管并非总是被认为具有高度创新性，但首张专辑《Fears》却受到了音乐媒体的普遍好评。音乐杂志Sonic Seducer不仅赞扬“令人愉悦的，深远的歌声”，还赞扬“黑暗，动听的瞬间”，并将专辑描述为“音乐风格的黑暗混杂体，使专辑清新多样”。在Zillo，首次亮相被描述为“不是真正的原创或开创性的”，但因其“硬朗而无条件的歌曲”而受到赞誉。然而，Orkus写道，他们已经等了很长时间了，专辑“如此有趣，种类繁多”。Metal.de将专辑描述为“绝对可以”，但建议在购买专辑之前先听一些歌曲，因为它可能“对某些人来说太难了，对其他人来说太柔和”。

乐队的成员经常但并非总是采用舞台名称，该名称出现在该乐队的积分中。如果知道，在括号中的艺名后面列出艺术家的名字。 现有成员 克里斯·“主”在2017年罗克哈兹露天剧场中受害 克里斯“主”的危害–人声，吉他，大提琴 Class Grenayde（Klaas Helmecke）（自2008年起）–贝斯吉他 Gared Dirge（Gerrit Heinemann）（自2010年起）–钢琴，合成器，打击乐器，吉他，Theremin π（Pi Stoffers）（自2016年起）–吉他 尼克拉斯·卡尔（Niklas Kahl）（自2017年起）–鼓 以前的成员 Sensai（Stefan Ehrhardt）（2008–2010）–吉他 SebstaLindström（2008–2011）–吉他 Any Wayst（Anika）（2008-2011）–鼓 博六（Borislav Crnogorac）（2009–2016）–吉他 迪斯科（克里斯汀·谢尔霍恩）（2012–2014）–鼓 托比亚斯·梅滕斯（2014–2017）–鼓