Daniel Droste
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Career
He is known for being the guitarist of the gothicGothic metal
Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...
/folk metal
Folk metal
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...
band Midnattsol
Midnattsol
Midnattsol is a Symphonic metal band from Germany and Norway, The band was formed in 2002 by singer Carmen Elise Espenæs and guitarist Christian Hector.- History :...
and the vocalist, guitarist, and keyboardist of the funeral doom band Ahab
Ahab (band)
Ahab is a German funeral doom metal band founded in 2004 by Midnattsol guitarists Christian Hector and Daniel Droste and former Endzeit guitarist Stephan Adolph. The band is named after Captain Ahab, a character in the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville...
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With Penetralia
- Schwarz (demo, 1996)
- Tribute to the Moon (demo, 1998)
- Carpe Noctem - Legends of Fullmoon Empires (full-length, 1999)
- Seelenkrank (full-length, 2000)
With MidnattsolMidnattsolMidnattsol is a Symphonic metal band from Germany and Norway, The band was formed in 2002 by singer Carmen Elise Espenæs and guitarist Christian Hector.- History :...
- Midnattsol (demo, 2003)
- Where Twilight DwellsWhere Twilight DwellsWhere Twilight Dwells is the debut full-length album by the German / Norwegian Gothic / folk metal band Midnattsol. It was released on January 31, 2005 through Napalm Records....
(full-length, 2005) - NordlysNordlysNordlys is a Norwegian newspaper published in Tromsø, covering the region of Troms, and the largest newspaper in Northern Norway. Chief editor is Anders Opdahl. Nordlys was founded in 1902 by Alfred Eriksen, who also was its first editor-in-chief. Among the later editors are Ivan Kristoffersen, who...
(full-length, 2008) - The Metamorphosis Melody (full-length, 2011)
With AhabAhab (band)Ahab is a German funeral doom metal band founded in 2004 by Midnattsol guitarists Christian Hector and Daniel Droste and former Endzeit guitarist Stephan Adolph. The band is named after Captain Ahab, a character in the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville...
- The Stream (single, 2004)
- The Oath (demo, 2005; EP, 2007)
- The Call of the Wretched SeaThe Call of the Wretched SeaThe Call of the Wretched Sea is the debut album by the German Moby-Dick-themed funeral doom band Ahab. It was released in 2006.- History :...
(full-length, 2006) - The Divinity of OceansThe Divinity of OceansThe Divinity of Oceans is the second album by the German funeral doom metal band Ahab. This album was also released through Napalm Records, like their previous releases were.-Track listing:...
(full-length, 2009)