Qntal is a

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"electro-medieval"

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founded in 1991 by Michael Popp and Ernst Horn. They later added

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Syrah (Sigrid Hausen) to complete the band. The band has roots in Estampie, an acoustic band based on "authentic"

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, whereas Qntal is a dark electronic "crossover" project. 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

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to work with Qntal and Estampie in Germany. The band's lyrics are primarily drawn from historical sources. Throughout their first three albums, lyrics were primarily in

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, medieval

, 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. "Qntal" is an unknown word that appeared in one of Syrah's dreams. Pronounced by her as ɑn-tʌl Qntal has headlined at significant goth and industrial music festivals such as

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and M'era Luna. Qntal's debut U.S. concert took place in September 2004 at Dracula's Ball in

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. In 2007, 2008, and 2011 the band was featured in the Bad Faerie Ball at the Baltimore FaerieCon.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Compilations

* 2008 – ''Purpurea: The Best Of'', Drakkar Entertainment

Singles

* 2002 – ''O, Tristan'' * 2003 – ''Entre Moi'' * 2005 – ''Cupido'' * 2005 – ''Flamma'' * 2006 – ''Von den Elben'' * 2008 – ''Sumer'' * 2017 – ''Music on the Waters'' * 2018 – ''Die finstere Nacht'' * 2018 – ''Nachtblume'' * 2022 – ''Winterly Waves''

Special releases

* 2006 – ''Qntal V: Silver Swan'' 2 CD; Noir Records Special Edition featuring artwork by

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Compilation appearances

* 1993 – "Por Mau Tens" on ''German Mystic Sound Sampler Volume IV'', ''Zillo'' * 1993 – "Ad Mortem Festinamus" on ''We Came To Dance - Indie Dancefloor Vol. III'', Sub Terranean * 2005 – "Ecce Gratum (Club Mix)" on ''Asleep by Dawn Magazine Presents: DJ Ferrets Underground Mix #1'', ''Asleep by Dawn Magazine'' * 2005 – "Entre Moi Et Mon Amin" on ''Sleepwatching, Vol. 1 DVD'', ''Asleep by Dawn Magazine'' * 2006 – "Von Den Elben" music video on ''Asleep By Dawn - DJ Ferret's Underground Mix #2 CD/DVD'', ''Asleep by Dawn Magazine''

Members

Current members

*Sigrid "Syrah" Hausen (since 1991) – Vocals *Michael Popp (since 1991) – Vocals,

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*Mariko (since 2010) – Violist, backing vocals *Markus Köstner (since 2005) – Live drummer

Former members

*Ernst Horn (1991–1999) *Philipp "Fil" Groth (2002–2014) –

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