Gothminister

Gothminister
Gothminister live at Nocturnal Culture Night 2018 in Germany
Gothminister live at Nocturnal Culture Night 2018 in Germany
Background information
OriginOslo, Norway
GenresGothic metal, industrial metal
Years active1999–present
LabelsAngel, BMG, Drakkar, e-Wave, Soulfood, Tatra, Tuba, AFM
MembersBjørn Alexander Brem
Glenn Nilsen
Ketil Eggum
Andy Moxnes
Christan Svendsen
Websitegothminister.com

Gothminister is a Norwegian gothic metal band. Formed in 1999, they released seven studio albums and gained success in Germany.[1] They played in several German music festivals, including Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT), the Dark Storm Festival and the M'era Luna Festival, and performed in front of over 10,000 people at the Schattenreich Festival.

They took part in Melodi Grand Prix 2024, the Norwegian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "We Come Alive".[2] They advanced from their semi-final on 13 January 2024,[3] finishing fourth in the final.[4]

  1. ^ "Gothminister". alternation.eu. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Norway's Melodi Grand Prix 2024: The 18 artists and songs". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. ^ Contreras Real, Carlos (13 January 2024). "Melodi Grand Prix 2024: Gothminister, Ingrid Jasmin y Margaret Berger primeros clasificados para la final de la preselección noruega" [Melodi Grand Prix 2024: Gothminister, Ingrid Jasmin and Margaret Berger are the first qualifiers for the final of the Norwegian preselection]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  4. ^ Hyttebakk, Jon Marius; Svelstad, Oda Elise; Vedeler, Linda Marie (3 February 2024). "Gåte er vinneren av Melodi Grand Prix 2024" [Gåte are the winners of Melodi Grand Prix 2024]. NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 14 February 2024.