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Drottnar is a technical and progressive Christian black metal band from Fredrikstad, Norway. Drottnar started out in 1996 playing death-doom and viking metal, then developed its style to technical black metal to the current technical and progressive extreme metal, musically close to black metal. Drottnar has played at notable festivals such as Sweden's Endtime Fest, Norway's Nordic Fest, Switzerland's Elements of Rock, Finland's Immortal Metal Fest and United Kingdom's Destruction Fest and they frequently play concerts throughout Europe. The band has released two albums, Spiritual Battle (2000) and Welterwerk (2006), and an EP titled Anamorphosis (2003). The first album was released on UK label Plankton Records. They are currently signed to Swedish label Endtime Productions (Extol, Antestor, Crimson Moonlight).
Drottnar is an Icelandic word for master, ruler or king.

History

The band was originally formed under the name Vitality in 1996 by four cousins: vocalist Sven-Erik Lind, guitarist-keyboardist Karl Fredrik Lind, drummer Glenn-David Lind, and bassist Bjarne Peder Lind. They recorded their first two demos at X-Ray Studios. First one, titled Doom of Antichrist, was released in May 1996 and featured more death-doom metal oriented output.
   In 1998 the name was changed to Drottnar and a demo titled A White Realm was recorded in September. Musically it went for a more Viking metal direction.
   In 2000 the band released their demos together as an album titled Spiritual Battle. It was published by UK based label Plankton Records. The demos were remastered for the album, and Spiritual Battle was well-received by critics and underground metal enthusiasts.
   A year later, Drottnar entered the studio of Black Woods Productions and recorded a song called "Trellebaand Maa Briste" for the Swedish label Endtime Productions' compilation album titled "In the Shadow of Death". The song was characterized by raw, traditional and melodic Viking black metal style.
   In 2002 Drottnar abandoned its folk influenced Viking black metal style and went for a more chaotic, technical black metal direction.
   The band changed its image a bit and used more militant elements such as gas masks as part of its live shows. In 2003, Drottnar recorded an EP titled Anamorphosis on the Norwegian label Momentum Scandinavia. The EP was limited to 850 pieces, and contains an intro and 3 songs with violins on the intro and other parts. Bass player Bjarne Peder Lind left the band before the album was recorded. Drottnar was joined by guitarist Bengt Olsson and bassist Håvar Wormdahl. The EP received positive reviews.
   In the beginning the band's lyrics dealt with Christianity with a brutal and extreme approach: The lyrics on the album Spiritual Battle were inspired by the Book of Revelation and dealt mostly with the battle ravaging the spiritual world., and at concerts all band members use Soviet or "DDR" type uniforms. They still use stroboflashes at their concerts. The vocalist Sven-Erik Lind typically uses effects such as megaphones to create a militant atmosphere.
   In November 2006, the Drottnar members played as session musicians for the one-man unblack metal pioneer group Horde at Nordic Fest. The members covered their faces in order to not to be recognized and maintain the "myth" of Horde.

Discography

Doom of Antichrist (demo) (1997)
A White Realm (promo) (1998)
Spiritual Battle (compilation) (2000)
Anamorphosis EP (2003)
Ad Hoc Revolt 7" EP (2006)
Welterwerk (2006)

Members

Current lineup

Sven-Erik Lind – vocals

Karl Fredrik Lind – guitar

Bengt Olsson – guitar

Håvar Wormdahl – bass guitar

Glenn-David Lind – drums

Former members

Bjarne Peder Lind – bass guitarFurther Information

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