Dreams of Sanity

Austrian gothic metal band

Dreams of Sanity
Origin	Innsbruck, Austria
Genres	Gothic metal, progressive metal
Years active	1991 (1991)–2002
Labels	Hall of Sermon

Members	Michael Knoflach Christian K. Marx Andreas Wildauer Sandra Schleret Patrick Schrittwieser Florian Steiner

Past members	See below

Dreams of Sanity was a gothic metal band from Austria. Founded in 1991, they released three full-length albums, before disbanding in 2002.

History

After forming in 1991, Dreams of Sanity released two demos in 1994 and 1996. They toured Europe late in 1996^[1] before releasing their proper debut in 1997, which was inspired by The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri.^[2] Two further full-lengths were issued by the band, the first based upon Phantom of the Opera and the second exploring the concept of life as a game.^[3] The group went through a series of lineup changes around the recording of the third album.^[4] Following this they were dropped by their label Hall of Sermon; the group broke up in 2002.

Members

Final line-up

Michael Knoflach - bass (1991-2002)
Christian K. Marx - guitars (1991-2002)
Andreas Wildauer - guitars (1994-2002)
Sandra Schleret - lead vocals (1994-2000, 2001-2002)
Patrick Schrittwieser - drums (1999-2002)
Florian Steiner - keyboards (2000-2002)

Session & Touring members

Laura Angelmayer - vocals (1993)
Tilo Wolff - male vocals (1999)
Jan Peter - guitars (1999-2000)

Former members

Hannes Richter - drums (1991-1993)
Florian Ratzesberger - keyboards (1992-1993), Guitars (1993-1994)
Gudrun Gfrerer - lead vocals (1992-1993)
Romed Astner - drums (1993-1997)
Stefan Manges - keyboards (1993-1997)
Robert - lead vocals (1993-1994)
Birgit Moser - lead vocals (1993-1994)
Martina Hornbacher - vocals (1994-1997)
Harald Obexer - drums (1997-1999)
Frédéric Heil - keyboards (1997-2000)
Barbara Peer - vocals (2000-2001)

Timeline

Discography

Demos

Demo (1994)
A God Damned City (demo compilation CD, 1995)
Ein Liebeslied (demo, 1996)

Studio albums

Komödia (Hall of Sermon, 1997)
Masquerade (Hall of Sermon, 1999)
The Game (Hall of Sermon, 2000)

Singles

Window to the Sky (2000)

Videos

(1999) Blade of Doom (Live in Mexico)
(1999) The Maiden and the River (Live in Mexico)
(1999) Treesitter (Live in Mexico)

References

^ Garry Sharpe-Young, Dreams of Sanity biography^{[permanent dead link]} at MusicMight
^ Eduardo Rivadavia, Dreams of Sanity at Allmusic
^ Biography at ProgArchives.net
^ Biography Archived 2012-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, Tartareandesire.com