# Gothminister

Gothminister is a Norwegian gothic metal band. Formed in 1999, they released eight studio albums and gained success in Germany. They played in several German music festivals, including Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT), the Dark Storm Festival and the M'era Luna Festival, and performed in front of over 10,000 people at the Schattenreich Festival.
They took part in Melodi Grand Prix 2024, the Norwegian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "We Come Alive". They advanced from their semi-final on 13 January 2024, finishing fourth in the final.

## Musical style

The band mixes gothic and industrial metal music, ie: programming and electronic music alongside metal guitars and dark lyrical themes. Their songs also regularly use the Drop-D tuning.

## Members
### Current members

* Bjørn Alexander Brem – lead vocals, programming, instruments
* Glenn Nilsen – guitars
* Ketil Eggum – guitars
* Andy Moxnes – live keyboards, guitars
* Christian Svendsen – live drums

### Former members

* Tom Kalstad – keyboards
* Sandra Jensen – additional vocals

### Guest appearances

* Nell Sigland – vocals on "Wish" (track 10 on Gothic Electronic Anthems), and "Your Saviour", "The Allmighty" and "Emperor" (tracks 3, 6 and 8 respectively on Happiness in Darkness)
* Cecilia Kristensen – the "Girl" in the "Darkside" video
* Eastern Strix – the "Girl" in the "Freak" video

### Live guest appearances

* Eric Burton – live vocals for "Hatred" at M'era Luna Festival 2004
* Bruno Kramm – keyboards on Wave-Gotik-Treffen and M'era Luna Festival 2011

## Discography
### Albums

List of albums, with selected details :
| Title | Details |
| Gothic Electronic Anthems | Released: 14 April 2003 Label: BMG, Drakkar, Soulfood, Tatra Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming |
| Empire of Dark Salvation | Released: 4 April 2005 Label: BMG, Drakkar, e-Wave Records, Tatra, Tuba Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming |
| Happiness in Darkness | Released: 25 November 2008 Label: AFM Records, e-Wave Records, Drakkar, Irond Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming |
| Anima Inferna | Released: 25 March 2011 Label: BMG, Drakkar, e-Wave Records Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming |
| Utopia | Released: 17 May 2013 Label: AFM Records Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming |
| The Other Side | Released: 13 October 2017 Label: AFM Records Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming |
| Pandemonium | Released: 21 October 2022 Label: AFM Records Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming |
| Pandemonium II: The Battle of the Underworlds | Released: 3 May 2024 Label: AFM Records Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming |

### Singles

| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album or EP |
| Single | Year | GER (Alt) | Album or EP |
| "Angel" | 2002 | — | Gothic Electronic Anthems |
| "Devil" | 2002 | — | Gothic Electronic Anthems |
| "The Holy One" | 2003 | — | Gothic Electronic Anthems |
| "Dark Salvation" | 2005 | — | Empire of Dark Salvation |
| "Swallowed by the Earth" | 2005 | — | Empire of Dark Salvation |
| "Dusk Till Dawn" | 2008 | — | Happiness in Darkness |
| "Freak" | 2009 | — | Happiness in Darkness |
| "Liar" | 2011 | — | Anima Inferna |
| "Utopia" | 2013 | — | Utopia |
| "Der fliegende Mann" | 2017 | 8 | The Other Side |
| "The Sun" | 2017 | 14 | The Other Side |
| "Ich will alles" | 2017 | 18 | The Other Side |
| "We Are the Ones Who Rule the World" | 2017 | 10 | The Other Side |
| "Pandemonium" | 2022 | 5 | Pandemonium |
| "This is Your Darkness" | 2022 | 1 | Pandemonium |
| "Demons" | 2022 | 8 | Pandemonium |
| "Star" | 2022 | — | Pandemonium |
| "I Am the Devil" | 2023 | 8 | Pandemonium II: The Battle of the Underworlds |
| "Battle of the Underworlds" | 2023 | 4 | Pandemonium II: The Battle of the Underworlds |
| "We Come Alive" | 2024 | 3 | Pandemonium II: The Battle of the Underworlds |