Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
| Die Apokalyptischen Reiter | |
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 Lead singer Fuchs at Wacken Open Air 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Germany |
| Genres | Avant-Garde metal Thrash metal Melodic death metal Heavy metal[1] Folk metal[2] |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Nuclear Blast, The End Records |
| Associated acts | Disaster KFW My Demons Diversity Enemy Target |
| Website | http://www.reitermania.de |
| Members | |
| Fuchs - Vocals Volk-Man - Bass Dr. Pest - Keyboards Sir G. - Drums Ady - Guitar |
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| Past members | |
| Skelleton - Drums, Vocals Pitrone - Guitar Lady Cat-man - Guitar [3] |
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Die Apokalyptischen Reiter is a Weimar, Germany based heavy metal band signed to Nuclear Blast in Europe and The End Records in North America. Their name translates to The Apocalyptic Horsemen.
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[edit] Style
Their original style (featured on their releases up to and including Allegro Barbaro - and a few songs on All you need is love) consists of death/thrash metal blended with melodic compositions. In later albums, the death metal influence has declined, resulting in less chaotic composition (often centered around a verse and chorus with a bridge and solo), more constant tempo, longer songs and clean vocals (although not exclusively), resulting in a more polished and accessible sound. They use lyrics in both English and German with a shift from mainly English songs to more German ones on recent albums (Licht is purely in German).
The release of "Have a Nice Trip" marked somewhat of a turning point for the band. Although they retained the essence of heavy metal, they began experimenting with many other styles of music such as ambient and jazz.
[edit] Members
Current line-up
- Fuchs (aka Eumel - Daniel Täumel) (until 2000) - Vocals, formerly Guitar (1995-)
- Ady - Guitar (2009-)
- Dr. Pest (Mark Szakul) - Keyboards, synths (1995-)
- Volk-Man - Bass, Vocals (1995-)
- Sir G. (Georg Lenhardt) - Drums (2000-)
Former/past member(s)
- Skelleton - Drums, Vocals (1995–2000)
- Pitrone - Guitar (2002–2008)
- Lady Cat-Man - Guitar (2008–2009)
[edit] Discography
Album:
- 1997 – Soft & Stronger
- 1999 – Allegro Barbaro
- 2000 – All You Need Is Love
- 2003 – Have a Nice Trip
- 2004 – Samurai
- 2006 – Riders on the Storm
- 2008 – Licht
- 2009 – Licht (North American Reissue)
- 2011 – Moral & Wahnsinn
Demo:
- 1996 – Firestorm (Demo)
EP:
- 1998 – Dschinghis Khan (EP)
- 2006 – Friede sei mit Dir (EP)
- 2008 – Der Weg (EP)
DVD:
- 2006 – Friede sei mit Dir (Live-DVD)
- 2008 – Tobsucht (DVD and 2 Live-CDs)
- 2009 - Adrenalin
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