{{short description|German musician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Daniel Droste | image = File:Ahab Rockharz 2018 05.jpg | caption = Daniel Droste in Rockharz Open Air 2018 | birth_name = | alias = Dr. Oste | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1980|4|2}} | death_date = | origin = Mosbach, Germany<ref name = Midnattsolsite>[http://www.midnattsol.com/en/daniel.html Daniel Droste profile @ official Midnattsol site]</ref> | instrument = Vocals, guitar, keyboard, programming | genre = Gothic metal, folk metal, funeral doom metal, death metal | occupation = Musician, songwriter, therapist | years_active = 1994–present | label = Napalm Records<br />Last Episode Records | associated_acts = Penetralia<br />Midnattsol<br />Ahab<ref>[http://gothic-darkwave.nnm.ru/midnattsol_where_twilight_dwells Where Twilight Dwells @ gothic-darkwave.nnm.ru]</ref> | website = }}
'''Daniel Droste''' (born 2 April 1980 in Mosbach)<ref>[http://www.metalstorm.ee/bands/bandmember.php?member_id=3126&new_resolution= Daniel Droste @ metalstorm.ee]</ref> is a German musician. He was a member of Midnattsol between 2003 and 2010, and founded Ahab in 2004.
== Career == Droste was the guitarist of the gothic/folk metal band Midnattsol<ref name = Midnattsolsite/> and is the vocalist, guitarist, and keyboardist of the funeral doom band Ahab.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ahab-doom.de/Ahab-Doom/englisch/crew.html |title=Ahab band members @ Ahab official site |access-date=2008-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919111351/http://www.ahab-doom.de/Ahab-Doom/englisch/crew.html |archive-date=2008-09-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Personal == Droste also works as a therapist.<ref name = Midnattsolsite/>
==Discography== ===With Penetralia=== *''Schwarz'' (demo, 1996) *''Tribute to the Moon'' (demo, 1998) *''Carpe Noctem - Legends of Fullmoon Empires'' (full-length, 1999) *''Seelenkrank'' (full-length, 2000)
===With Midnattsol=== *''Midnattsol'' (demo, 2003) *''Where Twilight Dwells'' (full-length, 2005) *''Nordlys'' (full-length, 2008) *''The Metamorphosis Melody'' (full-length, 2011) <ref name = Discogs>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Daniel+Droste Daniel Droste @ discogs.com]</ref>
===With Ahab=== *"The Stream" (single, 2004) *''The Oath'' (demo, 2005; EP, 2007) *''The Call of the Wretched Sea'' (full-length, 2006) *''The Divinity of Oceans'' (full-length, 2009) *''The Giant'' (full-length, 2012) *''The Boats of the Glen Carrig'' (full-length, 2015) <ref name = Discogs/>
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