And Then She Came
{{Short description|German rock band}}
{{redirect|Krypteria|the Spartan armed secret police unit|Crypteia}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = And Then She Came
| image = And Then She Came Rockharz 2016 11.jpg
| caption = And Then She Came at Rockharz Open Air 2016
| landscape = yes
| alias =
| origin = Aachen, Germany{{cite news|url=http://www.aachener-nachrichten.de/lokales/aachen/krypteria-heimkehr-mit-konzert-im-alten-schlachthof-1.390157 |title=Krypteria: Heimkehr mit Konzert im Alten Schlachthof |trans-title=Krypteria: Coming Home with a Concert in the Old Butchery |language=German |work=Aachener Nachrichten |date=September 26, 2011 |accessdate=July 6, 2014}}
| genre = Symphonic metal, gothic metal, power metal, dark rock (recently)
| years_active = 2001–12 (as Krypteria)
2016–present (as And Then She Came)
| label = Liberatio Music
Napalm Records
Universal Music Group
DME Music
| associated_acts =
| website = {{flatlist|
- {{url|krypteria.de}}
- {{url|andthenshecame.com
}}
}}
| current_members = Ji-In Cho
Olli Singer
Frank Stumvoll
S.C. Kuschnerus
| past_members = Chris Siemons
}}
And Then She Came is a rock band from Aachen, Germany. The band was formed as Krypteria, a gothic metal band. Originating from a 2001 "pop musical theatre studio project" of the same name, the idea was to use different vocalists, though German-Korean singer Ji-In Cho assumed the role of lead vocalist in 2004. One self-titled studio album was released under this moniker (later edited and re-released as Liberatio).[http://www.krypteria.de/?r=1 Krypteria Official Website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509234619/http://www.krypteria.de/?r=1 |date=May 9, 2011 }} The group went on hiatus in 2012 and later reformed as And Then She Came in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.andthenshecame.com/en/news-en/and-then-she-came.html|title=And Then She Came|first=And Then She|last=Came}}{{cite web|url=http://www.headbangerslifestyle.com/interviews/418/and-then-she-came-the-re-birth-of-krypteria|title=AND THEN SHE CAME The re-birth of Krypteria|date=June 15, 2016}}
History
In 2001, Chris Siemons and S.C. Kuschnerus worked together to record a fantasy-musical CD. There was no vocalist at that time, because they wanted to record the CD with many different voices. In 2003, the album Krypteria was released. Approximately one year later, in 2004 a tsunami occurred in the Indian Ocean and the German TV station RTL asked them to re-record the song "Liberatio" as a benefit single. Ji-In Cho, was chosen as the lead vocalist for the song and Sony/BMG, decided to re-release an edited version of their first album under the same name.
In 2004, from that project, Krypteria the band was officially born. Although Siemons and Kuschnerus played a leading role in the recording of the album Liberatio, the band does not consider it an official release.{{cite web|url=http://www.krypteria.de/?i=6 |title=Liberatio |work=Krypteria official website |accessdate=April 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116161531/http://www.krypteria.de/?i=6 |archivedate=November 16, 2012 }} A year later their "true" first album, In Medias Res, was released.{{cite web|url={{allMusic|id=p784403|class=artist|pure_url=yes}} |title=Krypteria Biography |first=Marisa |last=Brown |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=April 19, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://musicametal.blogosfere.it/2010/03/krypteria-an-interview-by-musica-metal-march-2010.html |work=Musica Metal |title=Krypteria: an interview by Musica Metal |quote=KUSCH: Ok, I’ll try my best to finally shed some light on this. The band Krypteria, that being Ji-In, Chris, Frank and myself, was formed in the winter of 2004/2005 and we consider ‘In medias res’ our debut album,...}}
File:Krypteria Metalcamp2007 01.jpg in Slovenia, July 2007]]
Krypteria's second recording was the EP entitled Evolution Principle, released in 2006. A review by the German edition of Metal Hammer marked it as an important release of contemporary gothic metal in Germany.{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-hammer.de/das-archiv/article250880/krypteria.html |title=Krypteria |work=Metal Hammer |date=January 1, 2007|accessdate=July 8, 2012 |language=German |quote=Krypteria haben sich mit ihrer EP Evolution Principle in kürzester Zeit zur heißesten deutschen Gothic Metal-Hoffnung gemausert. [With their EP Evolution Principle Krypteria have turned into the currently hottest German gothic metal aspiration.]}}
In January 2007, Krypteria released their second full-length studio album, Bloodangel's Cry. The title comes from the track "The Night All Angels Cry"' lyrics.
In early 2008, the band announced that they were working on their third studio album My Fatal Kiss. The album was released first in Germany on August 28, 2009, then in the rest of Europe on January 29.
The band's fourth studio album All Beauty Must Die was released on April 22, 2011 on the band's own label Liberatio Music.{{cite magazine|title=Krypteria – Der richtige Start |first=Daniela |last=Florek | magazine=Sonic Seducer |issue=5 |year=2011 |volume=18 |publisher=Thomas Vogel Media |language=German |pages=30–32}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/krypteriapolis/status/29291185084309504 |title=The new Krypteria album ALL BEAUTY MUST DIE will be released April 22nd |work=krypteriapolis |publisher=Twitter |accessdate=April 19, 2011}} Peaking on position 24 in the German Media Control Charts it is Krypteria's most successful release so far.{{cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Krypteria/13732/?type=longplay |title=Krypteria Longplay-Chartverfolgung |work=musicline.de |publisher=PHONONET GmbH |accessdate=April 24, 2012 |language=German |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204014520/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Krypteria/13732/?type=longplay |archive-date=December 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
It was announced in 2012 that the band would be going on hiatus due to Ji-In's pregnancy.
In 2016, the band was reformed and renamed as And Then She Came, with Olli Singer replacing Chris Siemons as guitarist.
Discography
=As Krypteria=
==Studio albums==
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title ! rowspan="2" | Label ! colspan="3" | Peak positions |
|---|
| width="30"|GER ! width="30"|AUT ! width="30"|SWI |
| 2003
| style="background: silver; color: black"|Liberatio | style="background: silver; color: black"|SMM | style="background: silver; color: black" align="center" |24 | style="background: silver; color: black" align="center" |41 | style="background: silver; color: black" align="center" |25 |
| 2005
| rowspan=2|Synergy | align="center" |66 | align="center" |86 | align="center" |— |
| 2007
| align="center" |55 | align="center" |— | align="center" |44 |
| 2009
| align="center" |63 | align="center" |— | align="center" |— |
| 2011
| Liberatio | align="center" |24 | align="center" |— | align="center" |— |
{{color box|silver}} denotes an unofficial release
==EP==
- Evolution Principle (2006), Synergy Records
==Singles==
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title ! colspan="3" | Peak positions ! rowspan="2" | Album |
|---|
| width="30"|GER ! width="30"|AUT ! width="30"|SWI |
| rowspan=2|2005
|style="background: silver; color: black"|"Liberatio" | style="background: silver; color: black" align="center" |3 | style="background: silver; color: black" align="center" |5 | style="background: silver; color: black" align="center" |20 |Liberatio |
| "Victoriam Speramus"
| align="center" |89 | align="center" |— | align="center" |— |In Medias Res |
| 2007
|"Somebody Save Me" | align="center" |— | align="center" |— | align="center" |— |Bloodangel's Cry |
| rowspan=2|2009
|"Ignition" | align="center" |— | align="center" |— | align="center" |— |rowspan=2|My Fatal Kiss |
| "For You I'll Bring the Devil Down"
| align="center" |— | align="center" |— | align="center" |— |
| rowspan=3|2011
|"You Killed Me" | align="center" |— | align="center" |— | align="center" |— |rowspan=2|All Beauty Must Die |
| "Live to Fight Another Day"
| align="center" |— | align="center" |— | align="center" |— |
| "BVB Meisterhymne 2011"
| align="center" |6 | align="center" |— | align="center" |— | Non-album single |
{{color box|silver}} denotes an unofficial release
=As And Then She Came=
==Studio albums==
- And Then She Came (2016), Napalm Records / Universal Music Group, studio album
- KAOSYSTEMATIQ (2018), DME Music, studio album
==Live albums==
- Live – Bonsoir at the Abattoir (2016), live album, recorded at a concert on September 30, 2016 at the Abattoir in Aachen, Germany
- LIVE MMXVI (2016), videoalbum, recorded at a concert on September 30, 2016 at the Abattoir in Aachen, Germany
Videography
=As Krypteria=
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y26pksWRKo Liberatio] (2005)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt8wxgfd77A Victoriam Speramus] (2005)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNy4--5rU9g Somebody Save Me] (2007)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJMAOZc2Acs Live to Fight Another Day] (2011)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKv38Hu9K0w Die BVB-Meisterhymne] (2011)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9BXzCF96Xk Canon Rock] (2011)
=As And Then She Came=
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dIobkSUYtY Hellfire Halo] (2016)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXpkwnv6W6s Public Enemy #1] (2016)
- Spit It Out (Rockharz, 2016)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7KszRSR5Ks Why So Serious?] (2016)
- Hellfire Halo (live, 2016)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6PqDENHDD8 Who's Gonna Save You?] (2017)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88BAo38zq20 Five Billion Lies] (featuring Alissa White-Gluz) (2017)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAUfz9O6i0g Sick of You] (2018)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH1MX-op27Y As the Battle Rages On] (2018)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMuQVl8u-oI Perfect as You Are] (2018)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E1M5tKDP2Y Come On, Come On] (2018)
References
{{Reflist}}
;General sources
- [http://www.last.fm/music/Krypteria Krypteria] at Last.fm
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081220111402/http://www.krypteria.de/ Krypteria.de]
External links
{{Commons category-multi|Krypteria|And Then She Came}}
- [https://www.andthenshecame.com/band.html Official And Then She Came website]
- [http://www.krypteria.de/ Official Krypteria website]
- [http://www.metal-ways.com/78/3/interview-krypteria-interview-sum.-darkness-utrecht.html Interview with Krypteria (August 2007)] – From [http://www.metal-ways.com www.metal-ways.com]
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