Lord of the Lost
Lord of the Lost is a German gothic metal band from Hamburg. The band was formed by singer and frontman Chris Harms. 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. 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. 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 or Unterart. 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. 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. 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. 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 US$10,000. 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. 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. 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. In December 2016, guitarist Bo Six announced that he would be leaving the band for professional and private reasons. 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. 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. The band planned to join KMFDM on the United States portion of the "Hell Yeah" tour with ohGr starting in October 2017. 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. Musical style and influences. 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 such as Rammstein, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, and Lady Gaga as some of the many performers that he listens to and is influenced by. Reception. 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". 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". Orkus, however, wrote that they have waited a long time for an album "so interesting and rich in variety". 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". Members. 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 parenthesis. Current members Previous members