Weltschmerz

There are multiple artists named Weltschmerz: 1) A Dutch black metal band. 2) An Italian gothic rock band. 3) A Swedish gothic metal band. 4) An American black metal band.

1) Weltschmerz is a Dutch black metal band from Amersfoort. Hailing from the heart of the Netherlands, Weltschmerz translates feelings of loss, melancholy and misanthropy into its own style of black metal. Weltschmerz (from the German, meaning world-pain or world-weariness) is a term coined by the German author Jean Paul and denotes the kind of feeling experienced by someone who understands that physical reality can never satisfy the demands of the mind.