Happiness in Darkness



Gothminister was formed by Bjørn Alexander Brem in Oslo, Norway, in 1999. In 2000 joined the keyboarder Halfface, followed by the guitarist Machine and Dementia aka the photographer Sandra Jensen (who developed the art direction of the band). Gothminister released the debut album “Gothic Electronic Anthems” in 2003 and got fantastic critics in both German and international press, and Metal Hammer UK headlines read “the undead are reborn”. Gothminister have had several successful club singles, and on top the hit “Angel” which entered the top 10 Deutsche Alternative Charts. Gothminister played all the big German Festivals like WGT, Dark Storm Festival, two years in a row invited to the M`Era Luna Festival, and performing for over 10.000 people at the Schattenreich Festival at ARENA in Oberhausen together with bands like Oomph! , In Extremo and Within Temptation. Gothminister had great success and the debutalbum was re-released by Drakkar Entertainment GmbH/BMG in November 2003. Since then Gothminister has two new members; keyboardist Android, and live drummer Chris Dead. They are taking part in Melodi Grand Prix 2024, the Norwegian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song We Come Alive. They advanced from their semi-final on 13 January 2024 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.