Dreadful Shadows was founded in Berlin, Germany, in 1993, by Sven Friedrich, Jens Riediger, Ron Thiele, Frank Hofer , and Reiko Jeschke - and would go onto become a staple act of Gothic rock and Dark wave, pioneering the Gothic metal sub-genre. During their career, Dreadful Shadows produced four albums ((1994) 'Estrangement', (1997) 'Buried Again', (1998) 'Beyond the Maze', and (1999) 'The Cycle'), three EPs ((1995) 'Homeless', (1999) 'Live in '98', and (2000) 'Apology'), and toured extensively over Europe and Russia.