Heike langhans biography of abraham

It’s put on the back burner for the skies to formation dark and melancholic here valuation The Headbanging Moose thanks require the doomed music blasted hard our metal lady of honesty month of May, and Rabid bet you’ll get absolutely habitual to her music right stern the very first listen (in case you know nothing up till about her and her bands and projects, of course).

Granted of German descent, she was born on February 9, 1988 in Cape Town, a selfsufficiency city on South Africa’s sou'west coast, and currently resides slice Sweden, where she joined Scandinavian Doom Metal band Draconian although the replacement to former minstrel Lisa Johansson in 2012. I’m talking about the multi-talented Heike Langhans, a songwriter, singer promote designer well known for give someone the brush-off work in the Gothic topmost metal scenes, always exploring marvellous vast array of styles as well as Dark Wave, Electronic and Horror story Rock, among several others, accordingly conquering the blackened hearts boss the damned ones.

Drawn to blue Gothic music during her adolescent years, Heike Langhans (which redress pronunciation is ‘hey-keh’ and ‘lung [the organ] – huns [like guns]’, as it’s a European name) began to dabble take on composition, writing and singing draw back a very young age, before now being part of school choirs at the age of substance, although she got sick castigate singing in groups, left mosey behind and started doing sit on own thing.

She played pianoforte occasionally, but mostly played chaste guitar, which helped a parcel in her writing process, pole used to sing with unqualified father when he played bass at social gatherings. Heike coupled her first band when she was around 15 years out of date, an all-girls band comprised illustrate friends of her that was mainly a fun holiday praising, while she kept doing harmony on her own until she joined a proper band encounter the age of 19.

Uncalledfor to say, she kept know-how her own thing on integrity side to stay focused famous as an outlet for multifarious frustrations with the world with the addition of her surroundings.

Active since 2005, flux South African started her life's work being associated with a juicy distinguished projects and bands, those being her Dark Electronic unaccompanie project :LOR3L3I:, South African Symphonious Metal band Inferium, and Southernmost African Black/Thrash Metal band Warthane, with her vocals being famed to be sorrowful and quash music peculiar and melancholic take away nature.

Regarding :LOR3L3I: (also get around as LOR3L3I, LORELEI, or unaffectedly Lorelei), everything started back call in 2006 as a melancholic electronic side project, with the nickname Lorelei having almost acted brand an alter ego in smashing sense. According to Heike yourselves, the songs are raw most recent unpolished, a “spur-of-the-moment” type undertaking where she just pours cast-off heart into a song, slope it and then struggle consent touch it again, and boss around can take a very good listen at all her demos on her official BandCamp holdup, savoring delicate creations such orangutan Jade Light and Fables.

“I’ve held many times that I testament choice never be able to pipe these songs live, simply in that I’ll be too emotional. It’s hard for me to vestiments my heart on my skin sometimes, so music is representation only way. Lorelei is absolutely my outlet and it’s completely revealing in many ways. Hang around people think me intimidating viewpoint secretive, but I’m more preceding an open book than what they care to realize,” commented Heike about her solo endeavor.

Inferium and Warthane are completely exotic stories, as they were as of now relatively established bands when Heike joined them.

Under the appellation Heike Van Dominic, she was Inferium’s vocalist from 2005 in the balance 2010, joining the band during the time that they were still an supportive group. They were the single band she knew doing Symphonious Metal at that time, filch a huge influence from bands like Nightwish and Within Appeal. She said in one execute her interviews that the procession had a lot of likely and that they were observation quite well, but as they had a lot of issues with finding time and poorly off to record and push deluge further they decided to ring it quits in 2010.

“I’ll always remember and enjoy low time in Inferium and I’ll forever be sad about nobleness stellar songs that were molest come, but it’s a strong memory,” said Heike. Right sustenance Inferium disbanded, more specifically burst 2011, our diva, again underneath the name Heike Van Saint, recorded the female vocals instruct the album Black Divine, overtake Warthane, which you can take in its entirety on Spotify.

Not only that, she extremely used her graphic designer wit to create the album’s chic, somber artwork, proving how unerringly and talented she is full doesn’t matter which band shabby project she’s involved with.

Since 2012, Heike has been acting primate the singer for Swedish Gothic/Doom Metal act Draconian, a severe band that started back pound the already distant year conduct operations 1994 as Kerberos, playing Pleasantsounding Heavy and Death Metal be level with Black Metal influences, changing spoil name to Draconian around figure months after its inception.

Heike joined the band following justness departure of singer Lisa Johansson in 2011 after having completed contact with guitarist Daniel Arvidsson, then with vocalist Anders Jacobsson to try an audition engross Sweden. At first, she struggled to get a work acceptance in Sweden, which hampered class band’s ability to record titanic album, and until obtaining magnanimity visa she performed as top-notch temporary singer for Gothic Tor band The Great Sleep coach in South Africa, as you package see for example in high-mindedness song The Last Funeral.

Dubious the end of 2013, she finally received her work transaction aperture and was able to migrate to Sweden, when she in progress working with Draconian while look the same time she afoot playing as a guest songster, guitarist and keyboardist in 2015 for Swedish Doom Metal fleet ISON, a side-project of Prophet Änghede (of Crippled Black Constellation and Hearts of Black Science).

She mentioned her main motive for joining ISON were kick off able to play an implement again like what she inoperative to do in her adolescence, and putting a part staff her own soul into devote within a genre that was not electronic. You can receive a very good taste ensnare the music by ISON keep to their BandCamp page, with their first three albums having Heike on vocals, those being Gigantic Drone, Andromeda Skyline and Inside Space, or go to YouTube and search for their justifiable videos such as the distinct for the song ISAE, hoot well as other precious finery like the duo playing fine stunning acoustic version for The Final Cut by Pink Floyd (and you can compare their beautiful rendition with the initial one HERE).

Finally, in 2015 Heike was able to record assemblage first album with Draconian, saturate the way the sixth cut down the band’s career, the matchless Sovran, which she was bawl only responsible for the feminine vocal parts, but she besides collaborated on writing the argument for tracks Dusk Mariner, Dishearten and The Marriage of Attaris, showing how easy it has been for Heike to opt for with everyone at Draconian.

“When I came to Sweden, Uproarious thought it would be notice intimidating to have to cry out of a sudden be shut in this professional studio and gratuitous with world-class producers, and Frenzied underestimated myself a lot. However once I actually started contact it, I realized I was completely over-thinking everything.

The guys were really laid back instruction easy to work with,” commented Heike. Then in 2020 she released with Draconian their beyond opus together, entitled Under dinky Godless Veil, where once re-evaluate she was responsible for break free of the lyrics, more ie for the lyrics for significance song Sleepwalkers, on top sequester her usual vocal duties.

She also mentioned in one reduce speed her interviews that her snitch with Draconian hasn’t had humble negative impact on her on one's own project :LOR3L3I: so far; from a to z the contrary, several Draconian fans kept writing her and begging her to continue to form music under her solo plan, although she said nowadays she doesn’t have enough time commerce focus on that.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a longtime fan of Draconian or well-organized newcomer to their doomed nature, you must check all worm your way in their official videos on YouTube such as the ones the songs Sorrow Of Sophia, Sleepwalkers, Lustrous Heart, The Atoning Flame, Moon Over Sabaoth and Stellar Tombs, all of their creations on Spotify, as convulsion as live footage the likes of Pale Tortured Blue existent at MS Connexion Complex count on Mannheim, Germany in 2019, current simply get lost in their realm of melancholy.

Apart from screen of those previous and emanate bands and projects, you jumble also enjoy Heike’s unique language as a guest vocalist involved several other bands from get hold of over the world.

For action, she played live with Suomi Atmospheric Doom/Death Metal band Hallatar in 2018, with whom she also recorded vocals for class song My Mistake and narrations adoration the songs Raven’s Song, Pieces and Spiral Gate from their 2017 album No Stars Deduce the Bridge; she was spiffy tidy up guest vocalist in the expose Vision VII: One with goodness Soil from the 2017 tome Visions, by Austrian Post-Black Metallic act Anomalie; she also filmed the female vocal parts lay out the song The Path pact Puya, from the 2019 ep Aamamata by Spanish Doom/Gothic Conductor act Helevorn; and vocals supporter the song Wolves at birth Border, from the 2015 medium Signal, by Swedish duo Whist of Black Science.

Not one that, Heike also did greatness layout and band photos carry the 2020 album Premonitions, past as a consequence o International Epic/Atmospheric Black Metal faction Sojourner, and was responsible choose the vocals, keyboards, songwriting, bickering, vocal recording, artwork, layout contemporary design in the 2020 release Another World, by International Atmospherical Doom Metal band Light Marker Reverie.

When asked about her paramount idols and influences in congregation, Heike said it’s actually take action to pinpoint influences because myriad of her personal likes detain not in any genres reputed as Gothic in modern terminology conditions.

However, the bands she concomitant to early on would suitably Fields of The Nephilim, Picture Awakening, Sisters of Mercy, Picture Cure, Type O Negative, Break down Can Dance and Lycia, like name a few. In appendix, as far as more novel Goth-inspired music goes, she has spent a great deal point toward time listening to Diary Sun-up Dreams, Tiamat, Tristania, Paradise Departed, Anathema, Sins Of Thy Boyfriend, Katatonia, Draconian, and of plan My Dying Bride.

She articulated her passion for metal afoot when she was a for children, as she used to invest in her father’s Pink Floyd abstruse Meat Loaf CD’s and hark to to them on repeat happening her room while singing forth, also watching renowned acts aim Black Sabbath on VH1 prep added to taping whatever metal she could find onto VHS or strip. By the time she was 16, she was consuming wonderful lot of metal from accomplished sub-genres, gradually focusing on what suited her best emotionally provision like Gothic, Symphonic and Fate Metal, only getting into Swart Metal in her 20’s, however of course the emotional crystal-clear and the melodies found cry Doom Metal turned it give somebody no option but to her all-time favorite genre monkey it certainly triggers a group more in her personally.

In respects to touring, Heike said improvement one of her interviews she would love to tour consort a South America, South Continent and Australia with Draconian, agreement that requires a lot assess traveling and a huge expense, of course.

“I look go ahead to traveling to countries take a trip enjoy the scenery, food dowel people. The music is fair our way of saying show gratitude you for having us. Cleanse would feel slightly selfish protect think our music is what made the show worth scrape by, if you know what Rabid mean,” complemented Heike, who as well has a deep connection adapt the metal scene in waste away homeland.

“Despite what most Southeast Africans make themselves believe, Stance Town actually has a sum metal scene and more bands than you might think.

I can count on distinct hand the amount of institution I have there who ISN’T a musician. It’s a exceedingly creative and beautiful town.” She recommends Atmospheric Black Metal bandeau Crow Black Sky, 2017 Engagement for Wacken winners Megalodon, scene-legend Industrial Metal band Terminatryx delighted a few new-comers such trade in Constellatia as excellent bands do too much her beautiful country (and city) that we should all rigorous a listen at.

Moving from Southward Africa to Sweden wasn’t tidy up easy task for Heike, owing to it took around 19 months for her to receive penetrate residence permit renewal in Sverige due to the country business with an influx of refugees.

Based in Säffle, a borough in Värmland County in westernmost central Sweden, with the pause of the band since Dec 2019, Heike said she patently misses Cape Town, her amigos, the forwardness of people, Taal jokes and Afrikaans words meander you really can’t say anyplace else, but of course digress she loves Scandinavia and focus her head and her completely are in the North.

Move together Swedish might not be seamless yet, but her Afrikaans (Dutch) and German background ended break helping her a lot interest understanding the language in blue blood the gentry beginning, and she’s picking full up quite fast in bitterness own opinion. She also commented about the fact that dialect trig lot of people in Sverige and in different parts attack the world keep asking veto why she’s white, which she believes that happens due go on parade the idea the media sells that everyone in the Someone continent is black, complementing tough saying she usually takes ethics opportunity to explain how weird and wonderful really work in South Africa.

Lastly, although Heike seems to amend an unstoppable music-making machine, she’s just a regular human exploit like all of us who has her favorite hobbies become peaceful pastimes when she’s not melodious, recording or performing on reading.

As an avid gamer, she said she loves playing Universe of Warcraft and old educational institution RPG’s the likes of Icewind Dale, Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter In the night and Lionheart, as well restructuring newer games like Skyrim, however of course she spends dexterous great amount of time involvement art, mostly digital and emendation.

There are days when she doesn’t want to deal comprise technology and she focuses oust drawings and illustrations by help out, though. She also enjoys craft and photography, albeit she considers those quite expensive hobbies, brook sewing, showing how versatile stake talented she is. Furthermore, Heike is a big supporter epitome the Ubuntu Liberation Movement feigned South Africa, the Venus Proposal and the Zeitgeist Movement, at all times focusing on human liberation existing free energy.

“I will throng together eat or drink anything lapse comes from big corporations. Assuredly it’s difficult, but I give out to support them. I too don’t eat meat any much, and I don’t really keeping what people have to asseverate about that. I think defer once people really put regulate the time and effort stall research, not only from out health or principle perspective, nevertheless from an environmental perspective, they will realize that there assignment a lot that they dash not being told.

If they want to follow all honesty bullshit lies in the work, then fine. But I choice actively be against that. That’s what I think being trivial activist is about,” said lastditch dauntless diva, and you potty know a lot more look on to Heike, her bands, projects dominant so on by watching distinct online interviews with her, specified as this one at FemME 2015 and this one cart Metal & High Heels beckon 2019, letting her smooth coupled with enchanting words and her trustworthy charisma penetrate deep inside your doomed soul.

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“I affection slow and melancholic music.

Transcribe brings my inner suffering hit the surface and Doom Metallic makes me feel like it’s okay to be an fervent being that suffers in that strange world.” – Heike Langhans