Advocatus Dei launch second album ‘Nein’ in December 2025
Advocatus Dei
German gothic rock band Advocatus Dei will release their second album “Nein” on 19 December 2025 as an 11-track digital edition via their own Advocatus Dei label. The album will be available on all major streaming and download platforms and continues the comeback that began with the 2024 full-length “Eiszeit”.
The new record arrives after a run of digital singles. “Land” introduced the updated sound in three versions.
“Los Perdidos, feat. El Gurú (Amáutica)” marked their first German–Spanish collaboration and a first preview of the material now collected on “Nein”.
“Nein” combines guitar-driven gothic rock with dark electronics and continue the thematic focus on social tension and inner conflict that shaped “Eiszeit”.
About Advocatus Dei
Advocatus Dei is a gothic rock band from Germany, active in its current form as a duo. The project traces its origins to 1996, when it first operated under the name Advocatus Diaboli.
Under the original name, the band released the self-released debut album “Enter Your Forest” in 2001, combining goth rock and darkwave elements. A second full-length, “Sterbend durch die Sonne”, followed in 2004.In 2006, the album “Sternenmarsch” marked the end of the first phase before the group entered a longer break after 2007.
After the hiatus, the band re-emerged under the name Advocatus Dei. The comeback album “Eiszeit” was released in October 2024 as a self-released digital album and introduced the current line-up and production approach. In May 2025, the digital single “Land” followed, offering the main version plus the Wasserturm and Kosmonauten remixes.
On 13 November 2025, Advocatus Dei released “Los Perdidos, feat. El Gurú (Amáutica)” as a two-track digital single via their own label. The release featured a main version and the “Los Perdidos (Lost Mix), feat. El Gurú (Amáutica)”. It appeared as a free download on Bandcamp and as an early preview of the album “Nein”.
The current line-up consists of Tom (vocals, guitars, synthesizers, songwriting, lyrics, arrangement) and Chris (bass, guitars, backing vocals, rhythm, arrangement, editing). Guest vocalist Anja contributes selected vocal parts on individual tracks.
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