Lord of the Lost was founded in mid-2007 by Chris Harms as a solo project. While working on the initial songs and publishing them on MySpace, Harms received a lot of positive reception and realized that he would require a full band to play them live. He recruited other musicians from his friends in the Hamburg music scene to form the band and begin working on the first album.[3] Harms originally called the project Lord, but changed the name of the band to Lord of the Lost to avoid possible name disputes with Lordi and The Lords.[4][5] Before Lord of the Lost, Harms was a singer and guitarist of the rock band Philiae (1999–2004), a guitarist and second singer with the glam metal band The Pleasures (2004–2007), as well as a musician on various projects like Big Boy and Unterart.[6]
The debut single Dry the Rain was released in 2009 and the debut album Fears was released in 2010 with the independent label Out of Line.[7] While recording the second album Antagony Lord of the Lost went on an extended tour through 2010 which included international shows and festivals such as the Wave-Gotik-Treffen, the Wacken Open Air and the M'era Luna Festival.[8]
In spring 2011, the band released Sex on Legs as the first single from their second album, Antagony. The album, considered their first concept album, was released shortly thereafter. Lord of the Lost toured in support of the album with the band Mono Inc. on their Viva Hades tour.[9]
Lord of the Lost in 2012
In summer 2012, Lord of the Lost released their third album Die Tomorrow. Just before the release, the band began working on their fourth album From the Flame into the Fire. In October 2012, Lord of the Lost opened for Letzte Instanz on their Ewig-Tour. Lord of the Lost started touring again in the spring of 2013 co-headlining on the Darkness Kills tour with Unzucht, and in September kicked off the We Are the Lost tour together with Lost Area. In October 2013, Lord of the Lost appeared as part of the Gothic Meets Klassik at the Leipzig Gewandhaus with the Zielona Gòra Symphony Orchestra.
In February 2014, drummer Christian Schellhorn left the band and was replaced by Tobias Mertens. In March 2014, the band played their first US tour, which was financed by crowdfunding. Within two months fans and sponsors raised US$12,775, surpassing the original goal of $10,000.
In March 2015, Lord of the Lost released the pure acoustic album Swan Songs, which reached number 34 on the GfK Entertainment Charts. The live performances for the album took place on the Out of Line Weekender in Berlin in the same month.[10]
In 2015, Lord of the Lost released the EP Full Metal Whore. The tour for the album used the motto "Make Love Make War" and was supported by the bands Darkhaus, Eyes Shut Tight, Vlad in Tears, and Erdling. In December 2015, they released A Night to Remember – Live Acoustic in Hamburg, the DVD and live CD from the acoustic tour during the previous spring.[11]
The first single "The Love of God" from the album Empyrean was released in May 2016. This was followed by the band's first major European tour Make Europe Great Again (M.E.G.A.) with Combichrist, Filter, and (at the German concerts) Rabia Sorda. Empyrean was published at the end of July 2016 and is the second concept album from the band.
The band followed Empyrean with their open air concert premiere as The Lord of the Lost Ensemble, an acoustic-classical band supported by classical musicians and the former drummer Christian "Disco" Schellhorn.[12]
In December 2016, guitarist Bo Six announced that he would be leaving the band for professional and private reasons.[13] In early January 2017, the band announced their new guitarist π (Pi).
In July 2017, Tobias Mertens announced that, for private and professional reasons, he would be taking a time-out from Lord of the Lost.[14] Niklas Kahl has stepped in as drummer for live performances.
Lord of the Lost performed with KMFDM on the United Kingdom leg of KMFDM's "Hell Yeah" tour with Inertia during September 2017.[15] The band planned to join KMFDM on the United States portion of the "Hell Yeah" tour with ohGr starting in October 2017.[16] Chris Harms and π were to be playing guitar on stage with KMFDM during the tour, in addition to their Lord of the Lost set. Lord of the Lost was forced to withdraw from KMFDM's United States tour when they were not issued visas by the U.S. government.[17]
Lord of the Lost at Black Castle Festival 2018
Iron Maiden's Steve Harris personally picked[18] Lord of the Lost to support Iron Maiden on their 2020 European leg of the Legacy of the Beast World Tour but due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the tour had to be cancelled. The tour was rescheduled and in 2022, Lord of the Lost played as a support act in 17 European cities on Iron Maiden's Legacy of the Beast world tour[19] and gained much recognition. Iron Maiden subsequently renewed this successful collaboration for the European leg of the 2023 The Future Past world tour.[20]
In December 2022, Lord of the Lost surprised their fans by releasing their new studio album "Blood and Glitter" months before it was scheduled to be released. The album, in spite of the last minute release and lack of pre-promotion, managed to hit Nr. 1 on the official German Music Charts.[21]
With the song "Blood and Glitter", Lord of the Lost won Unser Lied für Liverpool, and thus represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.[22] They placed 26th out of 26 entrants in the final, with a score of 18 points.[23]
Lord of the Lost produces music across several genres including heavy metal and glam rock-influenced dark rock, industrial music, and classical music. In interviews with the magazine Orkus and the website Subexistance, Chris Harms has cited bands and musicians such as Rammstein, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson and Lady Gaga as some of the many performers that he listens to and is influenced by.[25][26]AllMusic described Lord of the Lost as "a sinister goth-metal and dark industrial rock outfit".[27]
Reception
Although it has not always been received as highly innovative, the debut album Fears received an overall positive critique by the music press. The music Magazine Sonic Seducer praised not only the "pleasant deep promising vocals" but also the "dark, melodramatic moments" and described the album as "dark mélange of music styles which give the album a fresh and great variety".[28] In Zillo the debut has been described as "not really original or ground-breaking" but it has been praised for its "hard and unconditional songs".[29]Orkus, however, wrote that they have waited a long time for an album "so interesting and rich in variety".[30]Metal.de described the album as "absolutely okay" but suggested to listen to some songs before buying the album because it might be "too hard for some, and too soft for others".[31]
Members
Members of the band often, but not always, adopt stage names which appear in the credits for the band. If known, the artist's given name is listed after the stage name in parentheses.
Current members
Chris "The Lord" Harms at Rockharz Open Air 2017
Chris "The Lord" Harms – lead vocals, guitars, cello (2007–present)
2020: "Schwarz tot Gold" (feat. Swiss & Die Andern)
2021: "The Death of All Colours"
2021: "Priest"
2021: "For They Know Not What They Do"
2021: "The Gospel of Judas"
2021: "Born with a Broken Heart"
2021: "Viva Vendetta"
2021: "My Constellation"
2022: "Not My Enemy"
2022: "The Heartbeat of the Devil"
2022: "Children of the Damned" ('Iron Maiden' cover)
2022: "A World Where We Belong"
2022: "Blood & Glitter"
2023: "Leave Your Hate in the Comments"
2023: "Leaving the Planet Earth"
2023: "Absolute Attitude"
2023: "Forever Lost"
2023: "The Curtain Falls"
2023: "Noitulover" (lyric video)
2023: "Reset the Preset"
2023: "Dead End"
2023: "Destruction Manual"
2023: "No Respect for Disrespect"
2023: "One Last Song"
2023: "Shock to the System" ('Billy Idol' cover)
2023: "The Look" ('Roxette' cover) feat. Blümchen
2024: "The Future of a Past Life" feat. Marcus Bischoff
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