Midnattsol

Midnattsol
Origin	Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Genres	Gothic metal, folk metal, symphonic metal, power metal
Years active	2002-present
Labels	Napalm
Associated acts	Savn, Ahab, Leaves' Eyes
Members	Carmen Elise Espenæs Birgit Öllbrunner Alex Kautz Matthias Schuler Daniel Fischer Chris Merzinsky
Past members	Christian Fütterer Christian Hector Fabian "Fabz" Pospiech Daniel Droste

Midnattsol are a gothic/folk metal band from Germany, with Norwegian vocalist. The band was founded in 2002 by Norwegian vocalist Carmen Elise Espenæs and German guitarist Christian Hector.

In 2002, singer Carmen Elise Espenæs and guitarist Christian Hector founded the German symphonic metal band Midnattsol; their intention was to start working on this project once they found like-minded musicians to join their band. The new members were then identified in Chris Merzinsky (former drummer for Penetralia), Daniel Fischer (keyboard player), and later on Daniel Droste (guitarist) and Birgit Öllbrunner (bassist).

Their sound is essentially symphonic metal with influences of folk metal and power metal. The band prefers to call their style "Nordic folk metal" because of the folk elements in their music and occasional Norwegian lyrics. Their lyrics are largely based on Norwegian folk tales. Their first full-length album, Where Twilight Dwells, was released in 2005; their next album, Nordlys, was released on March 28, 2008.

Midnattsol means midnight sun in Norwegian (even though the phenomena is actually spelled midnattssol and not midnattsol).

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

Chris Merzinsky and Birgit Öllbrunner are also playing in the band R:I:P.

Carmen Elise Espenæs is the younger sister of Liv Kristine, former vocalist of Theatre of Tragedy and Leaves' Eyes.

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