Josef Maria Klumb
Encyclopedia
Josef Maria Klumb is a German
musician who has been a member of a number of punk rock
, industrial
, and darkwave
bands in the "dark culture". He is best known for his work with Forthcoming Fire and Von Thronstahl
.
Klumb founded the punk-rock band Aus-98 in the early 1980s, which fairly quickly morphed into Circle of Sig-Tiu. Here he met Raymond P., with whom he would later collaborate in Von Thronstahl. By the mid 1980s, Circle of Sig-Tiu began incorporating gothic rock
and darkwave aspects; the band broke up in 1988. During its career, the band gained some notoriety for its symbolism, not least for its use of the sig and tiu
runes when spelling its name.
In 1990, Klumb formed Forthcoming Fire, a more outright darkwave
band with danceable elements. The band enjoyed some popularity in the early 1990s German darkwave scene. The band later began moving away from darkwave, and became somewhat less popular.
In 1995, Klumb, along with his brother Burn (also from Forthcoming Fire) formed Von Thronstahl
, a martial industrial group. Later Burn would leave the group and instead former Circle of Sig-Tiu bandmate Raymond P., Marcel P., and Rene joined.
Klumb has also been a member of the bands Weissglut
and Preussak.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
musician who has been a member of a number of punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
, and darkwave
Darkwave
Dark Wave or darkwave is a music genre that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of New Wave and post-punk. Building on those basic principles, dark wave added dark, introspective lyrics and an undertone of sorrow for some bands...
bands in the "dark culture". He is best known for his work with Forthcoming Fire and Von Thronstahl
Von Thronstahl
Von Thronstahl is a German Electronic, Martial-industrial, Neoclassical and Neofolk band founded in 1995 by Josef Maria Klumb.-Albums and EPs:* 1998 Sturmzeit * 2000 Imperium Internum * 2001 E Pluribus Unum ...
.
Klumb founded the punk-rock band Aus-98 in the early 1980s, which fairly quickly morphed into Circle of Sig-Tiu. Here he met Raymond P., with whom he would later collaborate in Von Thronstahl. By the mid 1980s, Circle of Sig-Tiu began incorporating gothic rock
Gothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...
and darkwave aspects; the band broke up in 1988. During its career, the band gained some notoriety for its symbolism, not least for its use of the sig and tiu
Tiwaz rune
The t-rune is named after Týr, and was identified with this god. The reconstructed Proto-Germanic name is *Tîwaz or *Teiwaz.-Rune poems:Tiwaz is mentioned in all three rune poems...
runes when spelling its name.
In 1990, Klumb formed Forthcoming Fire, a more outright darkwave
Darkwave
Dark Wave or darkwave is a music genre that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of New Wave and post-punk. Building on those basic principles, dark wave added dark, introspective lyrics and an undertone of sorrow for some bands...
band with danceable elements. The band enjoyed some popularity in the early 1990s German darkwave scene. The band later began moving away from darkwave, and became somewhat less popular.
In 1995, Klumb, along with his brother Burn (also from Forthcoming Fire) formed Von Thronstahl
Von Thronstahl
Von Thronstahl is a German Electronic, Martial-industrial, Neoclassical and Neofolk band founded in 1995 by Josef Maria Klumb.-Albums and EPs:* 1998 Sturmzeit * 2000 Imperium Internum * 2001 E Pluribus Unum ...
, a martial industrial group. Later Burn would leave the group and instead former Circle of Sig-Tiu bandmate Raymond P., Marcel P., and Rene joined.
Klumb has also been a member of the bands Weissglut
Weissglut
Weissglut was a German band from Bingen am Rhein, that belonged to the Neue Deutsche Härte direction. It was disbanded in 2002, after the third album, existing further on however under the name Silber.-Band history:...
and Preussak.