Stefan Andreas Hertrich is a German vocalist for the band Shiva in Exile and formerly of
Darkseed, Betray My Secrets and SpiRitual. The band is quoted as a "new age/oriental/gothic project" and was formed by Hertrich in 2003. The same year, ''Ethnic'', Shiva in Exile's debut album, was released by Canadian label Trostlos Records. In 2004, the album won the Just Plain Folks Music Award in the category "Best New Age/World Album 2004". Since 2011, Hertrich is mainly occupied with writing
spiritual audio books.
Darkseed
Hertrich first started his music career as the lead vocalist of the band Darkseed. Darkseed is a German
gothic metal
Gothic metal (or goth metal) is a fusion genre combining the aggression of heavy metal music, heavy metal with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different ...
band formed in 1992. Darkseed, beginning as a
death metal
Death metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep death growl, growling vocals; aggressive ...
band, took a more unconventional song writing method that aimed more towards the gothic experimental route.
allmusic
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/ref> Hertrich left Darkseed in 2006 to pursue his own projects.
Shiva in Exile
Hertrich has stated that the band's name conveys a spiritual view about the world. He has stated that its meaning intends the world lacks a spiritual point-of-view or morale and that "Shiva" or "Spirituality" is in Exile. However; he has also stated that the name "is a bit too negative" and has noticed more people integrating spiritual aspects into their life.
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Discography
* Darkseed – ''Romantic Tales'' (1994)
* Darkseed – ''Midnight Solemnly Dance'' (1996)
* Darkseed – ''Spellcraft'' (1997)
* Darkseed – ''Romantic Tales
''Romantic'' is the third studio album by the German gothic metal band Darkseed. It was released in 1998, with Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast Records is a German record label with subsidiary, subsidiaries located in Germany, the United States ...
'' (Re-issued 1998 with tracks of the Demo ''Darksome Thoughts'')
* Darkseed – ''Give Me Light
''Give Me Light'' is the fourth studio album by the German gothic metal band Darkseed (band), Darkseed. It was released in 1999, with Nuclear Blast.
Track listing
# "Dancing with the Lion" – 03:12
# "Cold" – 03:58
# "Echoes of Tomorrow" – ...
'' (1999)
* Betray My Secrets – ''Betray My Secrets'' (1999)
* Sculpture – ''Sculpture'' (1999)
* Darkseed – ''Diving Into Darkness'' (2000)
* Shiva in Exile – ''Ethnic'' (2003)
* Darkseed – '' Astral Adventures'' (2003)
* Darkseed – '' Ultimate Darkness'' (2005)
* SpiRitual – ''Pulse'' (2005)
* Shiva in Exile – ''Nour'' (2008)
* Wenn der Wald spricht... - ''Weisheiten aus der Sicht der Natur'' (audio book, 2011)
* Wenn der Wald spricht... - ''Weisheiten aus der Sicht der Natur 2'' (audio book, 2013)
* Kraftortreise – ''Der Soundtrack zur Waldhörbuchreihe'' (2013)
* Impulse aus der Geistigen Welt 1 (audio book, 2014)
References
External links
* http://www.impulse-hoerbuecher.de
* http://www.wald-hoerbuch.de
* https://www.facebook.com/waldhoerbuch
* https://www.facebook.com/impulse.hoerbuecher
* https://www.facebook.com/stefanhertrich
* https://www.youtube.com/stefanhertrich
* http://www.shiva-in-exile.com
Living people
German male singers
German male singer-songwriters
German singer-songwriters
German heavy metal singers
German gothic rock musicians
1976 births
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