| Bethlehem | |
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| Origin | Grevenbroich, Germany |
| Genre(s) | Dark metal |
| Years active | 1991-present |
| Label(s) | Red Stream Inc |
| Associated acts | Pavor Deinonychus |
| Members | |
| Niklas "Kvarforth" Olsson: Vocals Herr Morbid: Guitars Jürgen Bartsch: Bassist, electronics, synths Reiner Tiedemann: Electronics, remixes Steve Wolz: Drums |
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| Former members | |
| Guido Meyer de Voltaire Andreas Tekath Klaus Matton Marco Kehren Markus Lossen Cathrin Campen Rainer Landfermann Steinhoff Andreas Classen Oliver Schmidt |
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Bethlehem is a German dark metal band from Grevenbroich. Grevenbroich ( Pronounced: /ˌgʁeːvn̩ˈbʁoːχ/ known as the "Capital of Energy" is a municipality in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Pavor is a German Technical death metal band formed in 1987. The band has released 2 albums in their twenty year career and have chosen to be independent Deinonychus was a Dutch Doom metal band formed in 1992 by Marco Kehren. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, Grevenbroich ( Pronounced: /ˌgʁeːvn̩ˈbʁoːχ/ known as the "Capital of Energy" is a municipality in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia The band was founded in 1991 and formed the term dark metal with their debut album of the same name.
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History
Band
Many of Bethlehem's songs have morbid lyrics, which may, for the most part, be personal to the band. On Dictius Te Necare (Latin: You must/should kill yourself) Rainer Landfermann, well-known from the German death metal band Pavor, is the vocalist. Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos heavily distorted guitars deep growling vocals morbid lyrics Pavor is a German Technical death metal band formed in 1987. The band has released 2 albums in their twenty year career and have chosen to be independent His voice is described by Kostas Panagiotou in his review on doom-metal.com as "one of the sickest and most extreme voices you'll ever hear from a human being". On S. U. I. Z. I. D. his place is taken by Marco Kehren from the band Deinonychus. Deinonychus was a Dutch Doom metal band formed in 1992 by Marco Kehren. Guido Meyer de Voltaire, the vocalist from Schatten aus der Alexanderwelt and Mein Weg, is also well-known with his band Aardvarks. His vocal performance is equally extreme, though more varied. Andreas Classen, vocalist on Dark Metal also did vocals for Paragon Belial, a German black metal band. Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking,
Over the years Bethlehem modernized their style and so the early black and doom metal influences are now hardly present, the band favouring a more Neue Deutsche Härte (New German Hardness), gothic and electronic approach. Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, Doom metal is a form of Heavy metal music that typically employs very slow Tempos low-tuned guitars and a much 'thicker' or 'heavier' sound than other metal The Neue Deutsche Härte ("new German hardness" /nɔʏ̯ə dɔʏ̯tʃə hɛrtə/ also known as Tanzmetall (dance metal a term popularized by This article is about the musical style of gothic rock For the goth scene in general see Goth subculture. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production In 1998 Bethlehem collaborated on the soundtrack for the American underground movie Gummo with the tracks "Schuld Uns'res Knöcherigen Faltpferds" and "Verschleierte Irreligiösität". The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Gummo is a 1997 Cult film written and directed by Harmony Korine.
Controversy
The band gained notoriety early on, when a German teenager had purchased dozens of copies of their demo and used them to construct a sort of altar in his room. This outraged his mother, who embarked on a moralistic crusade against the band, who she perceived was damaging her son and other children with their lyrics and music. Her lobbying, among other things, prompted the authorities to ban Bethlehem from performing in several cities, a ban that apparently held through the mid-1990s. Bethlehem appear to be weary of official harassment in their interviews, but at the same time willing to stir up more controversy. This includes overt references to suicide and confronting photos, featuring a member injecting something into his arm and the dead body of their one-time singer Andreas Klassen. The latter is rumored to be a hoax, being a grainy picture showing a man resembling the Dark Metal era singer hanging by his neck from a ceiling rafter.
Discography
Albums and singles
- Bethlehem (Demo) (1992)
- Thy Pale Dominion (7"-Single) (1993)
- Dark Metal (1994, Red Stream Inc)
- Dictius Te Necare (1996, Red Stream Inc)
- S. Bethlehem is the first Demo album by the German band Bethlehem. A gramophone U. i. Z. i. D. (1998, Red Stream Inc)
- Reflektionen aufs Sterben (1998, Red Stream Inc)
- Profane Fetmilch Lenzt Elf Krank (7"-Single) (2000)
- Schatten aus der Alexander Welt (American Version, has only one CD) (2001, Red Stream Inc)
- Schatten aus der Alexander Welt (2001)
- Suicide Radio (2003, Red Stream Inc)
- Mein Weg (2004, Red Stream Inc)
Other publications and cooperations
- Gummo [Soundtrack] (1998)
- Various Artists [Red Stream] - To Live Is Ever To Be In Danger (1999)
Members
Current members
- Niklas "Kvarforth" Olsson: Vocals
- Herr Morbid: Guitars
- Jürgen Bartsch: Permanent Bassist, Electronics, Synths (Mein Weg)
- Reiner Tiedemann: Electronics (Schatten aus der Alexanderwelt), Remixes (Suicide Radio)
- Steve Wolz: Drums (Profane Fetmilch Lenzt Elf Krank, Schatten aus der Alexanderwelt, Mein Weg)
Former members and cooperations
- Guido Meyer de Voltaire: Vocals (on Schatten aus der Alexanderwelt, and Mein Weg)
- Andreas Tekath: Session-Keyboards/Piano (on Mein Weg)
- Klaus Matton: Electric Guitars (until Profane Fetmilch Lenzt Elf Krank)
- Marco Kehren: Vocals (on S. A gramophone U. i. Z. i. D. ; Reflektionen aufs Sterben)
- Markus Lossen: Drums (on S. U. i. Z. i. D. ; Reflektionen aufs Sterben)
- Cathrin Campen: Vocals (on S. U. i. Z. i. D. ; Reflektionen aufs Sterben)
- Rainer Landfermann: Vocals (on Dictius Te Necare)
- Steinhoff: Drums (until S. U. i. Z. i. D. )
- Andreas Classen: Vocals (until Dictius Te Necare)
- Oliver Schmidt: Session-Keyboards (on Thy Pale Dominion)
External links
English
- Doom-metal.com reviews of Bethlehem
- Bethlehem discography at MusicBrainz
- avantgarde-metal.com interview with Bethlehem
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