Thanateros

The roots of THANATEROS go back to 1999. In this year Ben Richter decided to bring his musical visions to life on his own. He recorded a Demo under the project-name THANATEROS. After leaving the band Evereve he concentrated just on his project THANATEROS. In 2001 THANATEROS released it's first CD "The First Rite" and the project THANATEROS had finally become a real band. After the CD-release THANATEROS toured successfully with In Extremo, made their first headliner-club-tour and played lots of festivals. In 2003 the second album "Circle of Life" was released, on which THANATEROS found its own unique style by combining modern goth/rock/metal with traditional celtic-folk. In 2005 THANATEROS released its first single "Dirty Old Town" including a video-clip produced by D. Brüggemann (Rammstein, Oomph!) and its third CD "Into the Otherworld". At the beginning of 2006 THANATEROS changed the line-up. As the new guitar player Maxe Raith, head of the german goth-rock band "The Cascades" joined the band. 2007 Thanateros took a break and worked on new material. Also the line-up changed again. The digi-pipe player Pit - The Cyberpiper - Vinandy came into the band. After recording the fourth album LIBER LUX in April and May 2008 also Daniel Lechner and Simon Rippin joined THANATEROS as the new bass player and the new "Schlagzeuger". The new CD LIBER LUX was released on April the 3rd. Early 2010 THANATEROS was disbanded because of family reasons by its founder Ben Richter!