--- title: "Bethlehem" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/bethlehem" genre: "Black Metal" country: "Germany" formed: 1991 --- # Bethlehem **Bethlehem** is a black metal band, from Germany, active 1991 to present. Bethlehem is a German extreme metal band from Grevenbroich, formed in 1991 by Jürgen Bartsch and Klaus Matton. Before starting Bethlehem, Bartsch and Matton used to play in a German thrash metal band Morbid Vision. Many of their lyrics revolve around sickness, morbidity, suicide, death and madness, and may to some extent be personal to the band. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem_(German_band) ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Bethlehem | | Genre | Black Metal | | Parent genre | Black Metal | | Origin | Grevenbroich, Germany | | Formed | 1991 | | Releases in catalog | 18 | ## Genres [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Depressive Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/depressive-black) · [Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Death-Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-doom) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Steve Wolz](https://themetalnet.com/musician/steve-wolz) | | 1999 to present | Current | | [Jürgen Bartsch](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jurgen-bartsch) | Bass guitar | 1991 to present | Current | | [Malte Langenbrinck](https://themetalnet.com/musician/malte-langenbrinck) | | 2011 to present | Current | | [Olaf Eckhardt](https://themetalnet.com/musician/olaf-eckhardt) | | 2001 to present | Current | | [Niklas Kvarforth](https://themetalnet.com/musician/niklas-kvarforth) | | 2009 to 2011 | Former | | [Guido Meyer de Voltaire](https://themetalnet.com/musician/guido-meyer-de-voltaire) | | 2001 to 2004 | Former | | [Marco Kehren](https://themetalnet.com/musician/marco-kehren) | Lead vocals | 1996 to 1997 | Former | | [Rainer Landfermann](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rainer-landfermann) | | 1995 to 1996 | Former | | [Cathrin Campen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/cathrin-campen) | | 1997 to 1998 | Former | | [Chris Steinhoff](https://themetalnet.com/musician/chris-steinhoff) | | 1991 to 1996 | Former | | [Klaus Matton](https://themetalnet.com/musician/klaus-matton) | | 1991 to 2000 | Former | | [Reiner Tiedemann](https://themetalnet.com/musician/reiner-tiedemann) | | 2001 to 2003 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1993 | [Thy Pale Dominion](https://themetalnet.com/album/8ed4c93f-ec75-3d48-86f5-90547a16461a) | EP | | 1994 | [Dark Metal](https://themetalnet.com/album/c69dd5d9-fc77-3fcc-9021-6398cee897dc) | Album | | 1996 | [Dictius te necare](https://themetalnet.com/album/ba8c0345-2fdd-3fde-a5af-080abe37ed1d) | Album | | 1998 | [Reflektionen aufs Sterben](https://themetalnet.com/album/990b202a-a170-3f15-a78d-6b46af765b78) | EP | | 1998 | [Sardonischer Untergang im Zeichen irreligiöser Darbietung](https://themetalnet.com/album/53e1639c-33dc-3f7e-8a24-1064e51d7944) | Album | | 1999 | [Profane fetmilch lenzt Elf Krank](https://themetalnet.com/album/9a122707-a0f6-3a51-8151-65d8d1b28f81) | EP | | 2001 | [Schatten aus der Alexander Welt](https://themetalnet.com/album/db77c702-1cc7-314e-892a-d9ae0ae0e47d) | Album | | 2004 | [Alles tot](https://themetalnet.com/album/e1fbc300-5a5d-3835-9f8e-93feeb0ea2f5) | EP | | 2004 | [Mein Weg](https://themetalnet.com/album/2dbb25f2-31a9-3dfd-8bec-4c03adffae4c) | Album | | 2004 | [Wraithen / Bethlehem](https://themetalnet.com/album/8ae78049-61b8-4974-9f6d-7f85209f9b8b) | Album | | 2009 | [A Sacrificial Offering to the Kingdom of Heaven in a Cracked Dog's Ear](https://themetalnet.com/album/ef600600-5c33-4334-9359-3cd269070df7) | Album | | 2009 | [Suizidal-Ovipare Todessehnsucht](https://themetalnet.com/album/6fa79913-3c2b-4a4a-8a72-ca21a50e10f9) | EP | | 2010 | [Stönkfitzchen](https://themetalnet.com/album/4f5fecb0-76bf-45a8-b2a2-7957f730b5a4) | EP | | 2014 | [Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia](https://themetalnet.com/album/cc19ab7a-2d4d-43d6-9425-77c089979a8b) | Album | | 2016 | [Bethlehem](https://themetalnet.com/album/edba8090-cee3-4348-87bf-77a825d66d62) | Album | | 2019 | [Lebe dich leer](https://themetalnet.com/album/ab07f6d5-d128-4f53-9b7d-463097b6c275) | Album | | 2022 | [The Gospel According to Alexander](https://themetalnet.com/album/fd90fe2c-dbe5-490b-8fc1-220a349a8de4) | Album | | 2025 | [Obsessions & Confessions](https://themetalnet.com/album/4d42acfa-054f-446a-a47d-2d352f9d771c) | EP | ## Related bands - [Darkthrone](https://themetalnet.com/band/darkthrone) (listened together) - [Burzum](https://themetalnet.com/band/burzum) (listened together) - [Bathory](https://themetalnet.com/band/bathory) (listened together) - [Lifelover](https://themetalnet.com/band/lifelover) (listened together) - [Behemoth](https://themetalnet.com/band/behemoth) (listened together) - [Emperor](https://themetalnet.com/band/emperor) (listened together) - [Summoning](https://themetalnet.com/band/summoning) (listened together) - [Carpathian Forest](https://themetalnet.com/band/carpathian-forest) (listened together) - [Mayhem](https://themetalnet.com/band/mayhem) (listened together) - [Katatonia](https://themetalnet.com/band/katatonia) (listened together) - [Anaal Nathrakh](https://themetalnet.com/band/anaal-nathrakh) (listened together) - [Deathspell Omega](https://themetalnet.com/band/deathspell-omega) (listened together) ## Official and external links - metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Bethlehem/1122 - youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bethlehemasylum - bandcamp: https://bethlehem.bandcamp.com/ - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethlehemofficial - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/60hOd90CQglmxfBYSO7dqV - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/200545 --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/bethlehem](https://themetalnet.com/band/bethlehem). 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