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And Then She Came

"Krypteria" redirects here. For the Spartan armed secret police unit, see Crypteia.

And Then She Came
And Then She Came at Rockharz Open Air 2016
And Then She Came at Rockharz Open Air 2016
Background information
OriginAachen, Germany[1]
GenresSymphonic metal, gothic metal, power metal, dark rock (recently)
Years active2001–12 (as Krypteria)
2016–present (as And Then She Came)
LabelsLiberatio Music
Napalm Records
Universal Music Group
DME Music
MembersJi-In Cho
Olli Singer
Frank Stumvoll
S.C. Kuschnerus
Past membersChris Siemons
Website

And Then She Came is a rock band from Aachen, Germany. The band was formed as Krypteria, a gothic metal band.[1] Originating from a 2001 "pop musical theatre studio project" of the same name, the idea was to use different vocalists, though German-Korean singer Ji-In Cho assumed the role of lead vocalist in 2004. One self-titled studio album was released under this moniker (later edited and re-released as Liberatio).[2] The group went on hiatus in 2012 and later reformed as And Then She Came in 2016.[3][4]

History

In 2001, Chris Siemons and S.C. Kuschnerus worked together to record a fantasy-musical CD. There was no vocalist at that time, because they wanted to record the CD with many different voices. In 2003, the album Krypteria was released. Approximately one year later, in 2004 a tsunami occurred in the Indian Ocean and the German TV station RTL asked them to re-record the song "Liberatio" as a benefit single. Ji-In Cho, was chosen as the lead vocalist for the song and Sony/BMG, decided to re-release an edited version of their first album under the same name.

In 2004, from that project, Krypteria the band was officially born. Although Siemons and Kuschnerus played a leading role in the recording of the album Liberatio, the band does not consider it an official release.[5] A year later their "true" first album, In Medias Res, was released.[6][7]

Krypteria performing at Metalcamp in Slovenia, July 2007

Krypteria's second recording was the EP entitled Evolution Principle, released in 2006. A review by the German edition of Metal Hammer marked it as an important release of contemporary gothic metal in Germany.[8]

In January 2007, Krypteria released their second full-length studio album, Bloodangel's Cry. The title comes from the track "The Night All Angels Cry"' lyrics.

In early 2008, the band announced that they were working on their third studio album My Fatal Kiss. The album was released first in Germany on August 28, 2009, then in the rest of Europe on January 29.

The band's fourth studio album All Beauty Must Die was released on April 22, 2011 on the band's own label Liberatio Music.[9][10] Peaking on position 24 in the German Media Control Charts it is Krypteria's most successful release so far.[11]

It was announced in 2012 that the band would be going on hiatus due to Ji-In's pregnancy.

In 2016, the band was reformed and renamed as And Then She Came, with Olli Singer replacing Chris Siemons as guitarist.

Discography

As Krypteria

Studio albums

Year Title Label Peak positions
GER

[11]

AUT

[12]

SWI

[13]

2003 Liberatio SMM 24 41 25
2005 In Medias Res Synergy 66 86 —
2007 Bloodangel's Cry 55 — 44
2009 My Fatal Kiss Roadrunner 63 — —
2011 All Beauty Must Die Liberatio 24 — —

  denotes an unofficial release

EP

  • Evolution Principle (2006), Synergy Records

Singles

Year Title Peak positions Album
GER

[14]

AUT

[12]

SWI

[13]

2005 "Liberatio" 3 5 20 Liberatio
"Victoriam Speramus" 89 — — In Medias Res
2007 "Somebody Save Me" — — — Bloodangel's Cry
2009 "Ignition" — — — My Fatal Kiss
"For You I'll Bring the Devil Down" — — —
2011 "You Killed Me" — — — All Beauty Must Die
"Live to Fight Another Day" — — —
"BVB Meisterhymne 2011" 6 — — Non-album single

  denotes an unofficial release

As And Then She Came

Studio albums

  • And Then She Came (2016), Napalm Records / Universal Music Group, studio album
  • KAOSYSTEMATIQ (2018), DME Music, studio album

Live albums

  • Live – Bonsoir at the Abattoir (2016), live album, recorded at a concert on September 30, 2016 at the Abattoir in Aachen, Germany
  • LIVE MMXVI (2016), videoalbum, recorded at a concert on September 30, 2016 at the Abattoir in Aachen, Germany

Videography

As Krypteria

As And Then She Came

References

  1. ^ a b "Krypteria: Heimkehr mit Konzert im Alten Schlachthof" [Krypteria: Coming Home with a Concert in the Old Butchery]. Aachener Nachrichten (in German). September 26, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  2. ^ Krypteria Official Website Archived May 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Came, And Then She. "And Then She Came".
  4. ^ "AND THEN SHE CAME The re-birth of Krypteria". June 15, 2016.
  5. ^ "Liberatio". Krypteria official website. Archived from the original on November 16, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  6. ^ Brown, Marisa. "Krypteria Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
  7. ^ "Krypteria: an interview by Musica Metal". Musica Metal. KUSCH: Ok, I'll try my best to finally shed some light on this. The band Krypteria, that being Ji-In, Chris, Frank and myself, was formed in the winter of 2004/2005 and we consider 'In medias res' our debut album,...
  8. ^ "Krypteria". Metal Hammer (in German). January 1, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2012. Krypteria haben sich mit ihrer EP Evolution Principle in kürzester Zeit zur heißesten deutschen Gothic Metal-Hoffnung gemausert. [With their EP Evolution Principle Krypteria have turned into the currently hottest German gothic metal aspiration.]
  9. ^ Florek, Daniela (2011). "Krypteria – Der richtige Start". Sonic Seducer (in German). Vol. 18, no. 5. Thomas Vogel Media. pp. 30–32.
  10. ^ "The new Krypteria album ALL BEAUTY MUST DIE will be released April 22nd". krypteriapolis. Twitter. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
  11. ^ a b "Krypteria Longplay-Chartverfolgung". musicline.de (in German). PHONONET GmbH. Archived from the original on December 4, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  12. ^ a b "Krypteria in der österreichischen Hitparade". austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  13. ^ a b "Krypteria in Swiss Charts". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  14. ^ "Krypteria Single-Chartverfolgung". musicline.de (in German). PHONONET GmbH. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
General sources
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krypteria