Dreams of Sanity was a gothic metal

Gothic metal

Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...

 band from Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

. Founded in 1991, they released three full-length albums, before disbanding in 2002. Many of their songs are about Buddha

Buddha

In Buddhism, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha .In Buddhism, the term buddha usually refers to one who has become enlightened...

. Their most famous song, "Window to the Sky," deals with the loneliness and despair of enlightenment, and is based on legends of Siddartha Gautama's experiences in isolation beneath the Bodhi Tree

Bodhi tree

The Bodhi Tree, also known as Bo , was a large and very old Sacred Fig tree located in Bodh Gaya , under which Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher and founder of Buddhism later known as Gautama Buddha, is said to have achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi...

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History

After forming in 1991, Dreams of Sanity released two demos in 1994 and 1996. They toured Europe late in 1996 before releasing their proper debut in 1997, which was inspired by The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature...

 of Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Durante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ...

. 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. The group went through a series of lineup changes around the recording of the third album. Following this they were dropped by their label Hall of Sermon

Hall of Sermon

Hall of Sermon is the record label founded by Tilo Wolff of Lacrimosa in 1991. Lacrimosa edits all of their albums in it.-Bands on label:* Lacrimosa* Artrosis* Dreams of Sanity* The Gallery* Snakeskin* The Breath of Life* Evergrey* Girls Under Glass...

; the group broke up in 2002.

Members

• Sandra Schleret
  Sandra Schleret
  Sandra Schleret , is the lead singer of the German band Siegfried and the former lead singer of Lichtenstein based Gothic metal band Elis post-Sabine Dünser's death.-Biography:...
  
   - Singer
• Christian Marx - Guitar
• Andreas Wildauer - Guitar
• Michael Knoflach - Bass
• Frederic Heil - Keyboards
• Harald Obexer - Drums

Former Members

• Martina Hornbacher - Singer
• Stephan Manges - Keyboards
• Romed Astner - Drums
• Hannes Richter - Drums
• Florian Razesberger - keyboards
• Gudrun Gfrerer - vocals

Discography

• Demo (1994)
• A God damned City (demo compilation CD, 1995)
• Ein Liebeslied (demo, 1996)
• Komödia (Hall of Sermon
  Hall of Sermon
  Hall of Sermon is the record label founded by Tilo Wolff of Lacrimosa in 1991. Lacrimosa edits all of their albums in it.-Bands on label:* Lacrimosa* Artrosis* Dreams of Sanity* The Gallery* Snakeskin* The Breath of Life* Evergrey* Girls Under Glass...
  
  , 1997)
• Masquerade (Hall of Sermon, 1999)
• The Game (Hall of Sermon, 2000)