Eurovision Song Contest: Metal rock band Lord Of The Lost wants to score at the ESC

Wherever the Hamburg metal rock band Lord of the Lost performs, the atmosphere usually rises immediately. The five musicians from Hamburg deliver a rousing live show with songs that even non-Metal fans will definitely catch. Slightly anthemic, with catchy melodies and yet hard tones.

The voice of singer, founding member, guitarist and cellist Chris Harms is pleasantly deep and gets under your skin. In addition, they are also remembered for their appearance – with striking dark red and gold leather outfits and matching glitter make-up. On May 13th they will represent Germany with their song “Blood & Glitter” at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in Liverpool.

With Lord of the Lost, a band is coming onto the big ESC stage that has been excellent at live performances for years. The dark rock band also includes Klaas Helmecke on bass, Gerrit Heinemann on piano, Niklas Kahl on drums and π (Pi) on guitar. The German band has not only thrilled music fans with performances at Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Wacken Open Air and M’era Luna Festival, the quintet has also been on tour for years – even in the USA. They were already Iron Maiden’s support band.

The band learned from Iron Maiden that “you get a lot further with courtesy and modesty and restraint and always being friendly towards your colleagues and your crew,” said Chris Harms of the dpa in Berlin. “They live it like no other band. That was very impressive.” The Maiden family is now keeping their fingers crossed for the boys at the ESC.

Anticipation of the ESC performance

The band still can’t quite believe that the group Lord of the Lost is actually performing at the ESC. “That’s crazy. But I think that a slowly falling penny also helps to process it well and in portions and not take it off now – both positively and negatively.”

The Hamburgers are anything but inexperienced in the music business, the band has been around for almost 15 years. Eleven albums have already been released. According to Harms himself, he has already written more than 100 songs. Harms therefore does not believe that they are now taking off with the ESC. “When you grow so organically, then you have seen and experienced so much and also made so many sacrifices that you face it all with respect, humility and also caution.”

The trade journal “Musikexpress” described the band’s sound as “diverse. It was a sound that ranged from brute tracks to strongly melodic ballads”. “The songs of Lord of the Lost show that the band is not afraid of musical experiments and feels at home in many genres.”

Harms himself describes the band as follows: “We are a band that polarises, that also provokes. We rarely experience indifference. And I think that’s a good thing and totally fine.”

More fire and platform high heels

Above all, Harms promises a decent rock show for the show in Liverpool. “We try to bring to the stage in three minutes what we usually show in 90 or 100 minutes.” In addition, the make-up should be even more intense, there will be more fire and Harms also wants to try it with real platform high heels.

According to Harms, the core message of the song “Blood & Glitter” is that everyone is of the same blood. “We are all one, we are all brothers and sisters. And it’s also about having the courage to stand up for the fact that you can be a different person every day.”

Where Lord of the Lost will end up – Harms cannot and does not want to philosophize about it. “We’re talking about factors that aren’t measurable.” If it’s a last place, then the band will be fine with it. “Then we have to live with it. Then at least it gave us good attention. But that shouldn’t be the claim.”

In the preliminary round, the band convinced almost 40 percent of the audience and easily beat the competition, including Ikke Hipgold. Should it end up being a bad spot, however, that would also leave him at a loss as to what kind of song would work. That’s why Harms has a tongue-in-cheek appeal: “Ikke, if we finish last – please start again.”