Die Apokalyptischen Reiter

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Lead singer Fuchs at Wacken Open Air 2007
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
Past members
Skelleton - Drums, Vocals Pitrone - Guitar Lady Cat-man - Guitar [3]

Fuchs, Soundcheck Wacken Open Air 2006.

Ady, Volk-Man 2009

Dr. Pest (Keyboard)

Sir G. (Drums)

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.

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.

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)

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

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ [2]

External links

• Official German homepage
• Official German fanclub
• Nuclear Blast Artist Profile

• Die Apokalyptischen Reiter on Myspace