Qntal

Last updated
Qntal
Qntal Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2015 11 (cropped).jpg
Qntal at the 2015 Wave-Gotik-Treffen
Background information
Origin Germany
Genres Industrial music
Darkwave
Neofolk
Years active1991present
LabelsGymnastic Records, Stars in the Dark, Noir Records, Drakkar Entertainment
Spinoff of Estampie
MembersSigrid Hausen (Syrah)
Michael Popp
Sarah M. Newman (Mariko)
Leon Rodt
Markus Köstner
Past members Ernst Horn
Philipp Groth (Fil)
Website www.qntal.de

Qntal is a German "electro-medieval" band founded in 1991 by Michael Popp and Ernst Horn. They later added vocalist Syrah (Sigrid Hausen) to complete the band.

Contents

The band has roots in Estampie, an acoustic band based on "authentic" Early music, whereas Qntal is a dark electronic "crossover" project. [1] Michael Popp and Syrah are the principal members. Horn left the group in 1999, to concentrate on his other band, Deine Lakaien. He later formed Helium Vola in 2001. Philipp Groth (a.k.a. Fil) then joined Qntal. In 2008, singer and violist Sarah M. Newman (Mariko) left the New York–based band Unto Ashes to work with Qntal and Estampie in Germany. [2]

The band's lyrics are primarily drawn from historical sources. Throughout their first three albums, lyrics were primarily in Latin, medieval German, Galician-Portuguese and a few other European tongues. On Qntal IV, the band added a few songs in English to their body of work. Two tracks from this album, Cupido and Flamma, reached the 2005 DAC, peaking at № 1 and № 8 respectively. [3]

"Qntal" is an unknown word that appeared in one of Syrah's dreams. Pronounced by her as [kɑn-tʌl].

Qntal has headlined at significant goth and industrial music festivals such as Wave-Gotik-Treffen and M'era Luna. Qntal's debut U.S. concert took place in September 2004 at Dracula's Ball in Philadelphia. In 2007, 2008, and 2011 the band was featured in the Bad Faerie Ball at the Baltimore FaerieCon.

Discography

Studio albums

YearTitleLabelPeak positions
GER
[4]
1992 Qntal I Gymnastic Records
1995 Qntal II Gymnastic Records
2003 Qntal III: Tristan und Isolde Stars in the Dark / Noir Records
2005Qntal IV: Ozymandias Drakkar Entertainment / Noir Records71
2006Qntal V: Silver SwanNoir Records74
2008Qntal VI: TranslucidaDrakkar Entertainment77
2014Qntal VIIDrakkar Entertainment
2018Qntal VIII: NachtblumeDrakkar Entertainment
2022Qntal IX: Time Stands StillDrakkar Entertainment

EPs

YearTitleLabel
2003NihilStars in the Dark / Vielklang Musikproduktion
2004IlluminateNoir Records

Compilations

Singles

Special releases

Compilation appearances

Members

Current members

Former members

References

  1. Becu, Didier (April 2012). "Interview: Qntal" (PDF). Peek-A-Boo Music Magazine (5). Ghent, BE: 16. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. Kutzer, Christoph (2012). "Mariko—Folge deinem Traum". Zillo Medieval (in German) (2): 45.
  3. "Deutsche Alternative Charts - Jahrescharts 2005 - Top100 Single Charts". Djcharts.de. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  4. "Qntal – Longplay-Chartverfolgung". musicline.de (in German). Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 14 January 2012.