Lord of the Lost is a rock band from Hamburg, Germany signed to Napalm Records.

LOTL started in 2007 as the solo project “Lord” by vocalist Chris Harms, where he published his songs on MySpace. Harms received positive feedback on his music and decided to start up a band to be able to play live.
To not be confused with bands like Lordi and The Lords, the name of the band became Lord of the Lost (LOTL).

LOTL’s debut single “Dry the Rain” was released in August of 2009 and was included on their debut album Fears released in February of 2010 under the label Out of Line.

LOTL has touched most rock genres but is most known to play a mix of industrial rock, dark rock, and gothic rock with metal and electronic influences|. Harms decided in 2012/2013 that it was time for the band to stop mimicking other artists and bands like Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails and instead focus on what they enjoy doing and being fully themselves.
In October 2013, LOTL appeared as a part of Gothic Meets Klassik in Leipzig, Germany which sparked the idea of the Swan Songs-albums released in 2015, 2017, and 2020 where they play covers of their songs with a full orchestra.

In 2021, LOTL released Judas, a themed album around the biblical character Judas which was released with a focus on a gothic sound and aesthetics.

For the 2022 album Blood & Glitter however, the band had moved over to a more classical rock style heavily influenced by 80s rock with a little sprinkle of Lady Gaga. The album went straight to number one on the official German Music Charts.

Lord of the Lost represented Germany in Eurovision 2023 with the song “Blood & Glitter”. They ended in a disappointing last place with only 18 points but gained a large fan base outside their native Germany.

During the years Lord of the Lost has toured with several small and big acts, and they even got hand-selected by [Iron Maiden] to be a support act on several dates on the Legacy of the Beast tour in 2022 & 2023.
LOTL have also played at Wacken Open Air several times, in addition to hosting their own festival called “Lordfest” in December.

Lord of the Lost being unapologetic German, is also known for making music videos that leave no detail to chance and has over the years written storyboards including skydiving, creepy woods, trolling haters, a 90’s flashback, and a gay priest running away with the groom.

CURRENT MEMBERS
Chris Harms – Vocals, guitar & cello (2007-)
Class Grenayde – Bass Guitar (2008-)
Gared Dirge – Keyboards, piano & percussion (2010-)
Niklas Kahl – Drums (2017-)
Pi Stoffers – Guitar (2016-)

FORMER MEMBERS
Any Wayst – Drums (2008-2011)
Bo Six – Guitar (2009-2016)
Christian “Disco” Schellhorn – Drums (2012-2014)
Sebsta Lindström – Guitar (2008-2011)
Stefan “Sensai” Ehrhard – Guitar (2008-2010)
Tobias Mertens – Drums (2014-2017)