Das Ich Founder Bruno Kram (58) Dies After Granada Show
The founder of the gothic band Das Ich died overnight between Friday and Saturday, hours after performing in Granada. Police are treating the death as natural, and no investigation has been opened.
Bruno Kram, founder and keyboardist of the German gothic band Das Ich, has died at 58, overnight between Friday and Saturday, just hours after performing in Granada, Spain. News of the musician’s death was first reported by the German outlets Mindbreed and T-online, citing Spanish media and the EFE news agency, and the story was also picked up by Telegraf.rs.
According to German sources, Das Ich played the club Sala Planta Baja in Granada on Friday, September 25, the band’s first show in southern Spain. Telegraf.rs, however, reports that the concert took place on Saturday evening. By all accounts, Kram collapsed in his dressing room shortly after the performance.
Around midnight, emergency services received several calls after the band member stopped responding. According to Telegraf, a witness reported that the musician was struggling to breathe and unresponsive, a detail the German outlets do not mention, saying only that he collapsed and lost consciousness. Paramedics from Spain’s 061 emergency service and officers from the National Police arrived on the scene but could only confirm his death. Local police are treating the death as natural, and no investigation has been opened.
Kram founded Das Ich in 1989 together with singer Stefan Akerman. The two first met in 1986 at the Crazy Elephant discotheque in Bayreuth, where they formed the band Dying Moments before putting together Das Ich later that decade. The group established itself as one of the pioneers of Neue Deutsche Todeskunst, blending electronic music with gothic, industrial, classical, theatrical and expressionist influences. Tracks such as “Gottes Tod,” “Kain und Abel” and, later, “Destillat” became staples of what is known as the black scene. Beyond music, Kram founded and ran the record label Danse Macabre, through which he produced numerous other gothic and alternative acts. In 1992, the band held the first Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig, now one of the largest festivals of its kind in the world.
After a long break from releasing music, Das Ich returned in October 2025 with the album “Fanal,” its first in years. The band kept touring Europe through 2026, and the Granada show was meant to be another stop on that tour.
The concert’s organizer, the agency Distortiongirl Eventos, posted about the death on Instagram.
“I am devastated, and it is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that Bruno Kram, a member of the band Das Ich, has died after his concert in Granada. Unfortunately, there was nothing more we could do for him.”
The record label Danse Macabre also released a statement. The Facebook post was signed by Sven Hegevald, who had long been close to the band and had followed it on tour. He described the death as a “medical emergency” and wrote:
“Last night, a huge part of the scene left us, and a huge part of my own life story. That night, many stories came to an end, stories that shaped us, followed us and connected us.”
Stefan Akerman, Kram’s longtime bandmate, had not made any public statement as of this writing. Kram is survived by his wife and two children. Citing German sources, Telegraf.rs also reports that the musician had been politically active, at one point involved with the Pirate Party and the Greens in Berlin.
