Heike langhans biography of michael
Remina is a new project featuring Heike Langhans (Draconian, Light Field Reverie, :LOR3L3I:) and Mike Lamb (Sojourner, Light Field Reverie). Their new release is being pushed out in a uniquely different way as they explain in our recent interview with the band.
Metal-Roos: The creation of Remina and does its name come from Lovecraft/ celestial influence?
Mike: Sort of Lovecraft-adjacent, we took it from Junji Ito’s brilliant 2005 manga Hellstar Remina which is basically about a planet that roams around the universe devouring other worlds. We’re both huge Ito fans, and I’d recommend anyone that hasn’t read anything by him to go and pick up any of his short fiction or Uzumaki first since they’re great places to start. Hellstar Remina actually got a recent official Western release just called Remina which is very cool and well worth picking up. So yeah, the whole reference to the unknowable Lovecraftian planet sort of fit the darker, cosmic doom vibe we wanted to explore with the band.
MR: Does it also reflect the importance of human life?
Heike: Or perhaps even the unimportance of human life on a cosmic scale, since we might be genuinely insignificant in the grand scheme of things. That is a scary and fascinating thought when considering the great unknowns and chaos of the cosmos. It makes human life seem fragile and important in the sense that we’d like to survive long enough to discover more. For better or for worse, because Remina and Cthulhu alike may be lurking out there, of course!
Mike: Yeah, I think exploring cosmic themes carry so much more weight when it’s set against the backdrop of humankind’s place and experience in such a vast, unknowable expanse. In some ways, the fact that we’re insignificant on a cosmic scale makes our lives and the fact we’re even here against all biological odds even more beautiful. Human life is absolutely valuable, but it carries much more weight when juxtaposed against what’s out there beyo
An eerie feeling of tension and otherness: ISON interviewed
Imagine the feeling of walking alone on a field in the night, watching the stars while listening to environmental sounds borrowed from the cinematic world, coated in reverberated and cold but yet ethereal vocals, and you have an inch of understanding of what Daniel Änghede’s project ISON is about.
With an impressive music background in bands like Hearts of Black Science and Crippled Black Phoenix, and in true DIY spirit, Änghede started his post-rock/doom/shoegaze/ambient project in 2015 as a test to try to run a project completely on his own, from writing the songs to recording and mixing the final product. On his first three albums, Heike Langhans provided the vocals but after she left the band in 2019 Änghede continued alone and decided that the next album would be a collaborative project between him and a range of guest vocalists.
Working every day for a full year during the pandemic gave birth to ISON’s fourth album and at the end of June Aurora arrived, and it’s by far the most ambitious project Änghede ever done. Two weeks after its release we met up with Daniel in Gothenburg and had a chat about his musical background, running ISON on his own for the first time, and the hard work with Aurora. And he reveals that he will bring ISON on stage for the first time ever – fingers crossed for a full tour later.
A bedroom test project
You have quite a resume of bands already. I really liked what you did in Hearts of Black Science from the first to the last album, and I remember that Swedish media called the band “the new Swedish pop phenomenon”.
Thanks! But I never felt that we got any attention in Sweden, we never played much live here at all. But Sweden is tough in general for niche music, it was the same with Crippled Black Phoenix. CBP was quite big everywhere else in Europe and played lots of festivals, like Hellfest in France, but in Sweden it never really worked out for us.
Hearts Yesterday the Swedish gothic doom metal band shared a surprising news with their fans on their social media accounts. The beloved Draconian singer Heike is leaving the band to focus on her family and her own musical projects, while former vocalist Lisa Johansson rejoins the band. Heike Langhans has been an active member since 2012. As these decisions are never taken lightly, we will leave the details up to them. Read the band’s official statement, transcribed in full, below: It is time for some historic news for DRACONIAN. After a decade and a year, it is with great excitement we welcome Lisa Johansson back into the band. As most of you know Lisa was our singer on our first 5 full-length albums, but her first work with us was for our 5th and final demo “Dark Oceans We Cry” which was released in 2002, finally leading us to a record deal with Napalm Records later that year. We have remained with them ever since. Heike Langhans ©Tim Tronckoe Heike Langhans will leave the band with a focus on family and her own musical projects. Although together arriving at this notion we are, needless to say, of course, sad to see her leave. With Heike, we have written and released two enigmatic, truly special albums held in much high regard all over the world. Heike and her voice with its spectacular presence and approach are a large part of that. Yet, we are very much delighted to announce that we will play HELLFEST this June as a 7-piece special arrangement, with both Lisa and Heike on stage. This will be Heike’s final show with DRACONIAN and the perfect opportunity to pass back the torch to Lisa, shining bright together on what will be a very special occasion and at the largest metal festival on the planet. Here you’ll have the chance to firsthand experience songs from Under A Godless Veil in this extraordinary setting. The full show will be streamed live and will also be available for viewing at a l Draconian lineup change: Heike leaves and Lisa returns
Statement from the band as follows: "We've had a some big changes over the last couple of years: the band went through a long period of silence while we took some time away to reset, and with that came some changes in lineup as priorities shifted and personal circumstances changed. We made the decision to depart from Napalm Records and return to our original home label (and our biggest supporters), Avantgarde Music, and we welcomed back our original bassist Mike Wilson. Now, we have the final missing piece of the puzzle, as we welcome Heike Langhans (ex-Draconian / Remina) as Sojourner's permanent co-vocalist alongside Emilio.
"Some of you may have seen us share a stage on the 2019 European tour with Draconian and Harakiri For The Sky, and we couldn't be happier to have someone as immensely talented as Heike onboard. Since stepping up to fill the recently opened vocal position, we've already started making massive progress on the new songs in a very short space of time and we're excited to show you the next evolution of the band.
"We're incredibly proud to present "Epitaphs", the first track featuring Heike and an early single from our upcoming fourth album (still to be officially announced, but due out next year)."