Midnattsol

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Midnattsol

Origin	Germany/Norway
Years active	2003-present
Genres	Gothic metal/Folk Metal
Labels	Napalm Records
Members	Carmen Elise Espenæs Daniel Droste Christian Hector Daniel Fischer Birgit Öllbrunner Chris Merzinsky

Midnattsol is a gothic metal and folk metal band from Germany and Norway.

Their sound is essentially gothic metal, with some folk influences in the melodies. Their lyrics are largely based on Norwegian folk tales. Their first full-length album, Where Twilight Dwells, was released in 2005; they are expecting to release a new album in the first half of 2007.

Midnattsol means "midnight sun" in Norwegian. Although their sound can be classified as gothic metal, the band prefers to call their style "Nordic folk metal" because of the folk elements in their music and occasional Norwegian lyrics.

Guitarists Daniel Droste and Christian Hector recently joined forces with Stephan Adolph to form Ahab, a German funeral doom band.

Chris Merzinsky and Birgit Öllbrunner are also playing in the Band Raw Intense Power

[edit] Members

Carmen Elise Espenæs (younger sister of Liv Kristine Espenæs of Leaves' Eyes and ex-Theatre of Tragedy) (vocalist)
Birgit Öllbrunner (Raw Intense Power, ex-Commander) (bassist)
Chris Merzinsky (Raw Intense Power, Ahab(only live), ex-Into Darkness and ex-Penetralia) (drummer)
Daniel Fischer (ex-Penetralia) (keyboard)
Daniel Droste (Ahab, ex-Penetralia) (guitarist)
Christian Hector (Ahab, ex-Penetralia) (guitarist)