Engelsstaub

Infobox musical artist
Name = Engelsstaub
Background = group_or_band
Origin = flagicon|Germany Germany
Genre = Gothic rock
Years_active = 1992–present
Label = Apollyon
URL = [http://www.engesstaub.de/ Official website]
Current_members = Silke Hoffman
Janusz Zaremba
Mark Hofmann

Engelsstaub is a German gothic rock band, founded in 1992 by Mark Hofmann as a follow-up to his previous band Les Fleurs du Mal.

Music

Engelsstaub's music leans toward the ethereal/neo-medieval end of the gothic spectrum, with stylistic similarities to bands like Ataraxia, The Dreamside and Faith and the Muse.

Biography

Hofmann began the band in 1992 as a solo project, but after releasing the 7" single "Unholy" was joined by his sister Silke Hoffman and Polish musician Janusz Zaremba, with whom he also co-founded the independent record label Apollyon.

Discography

* "Unholy" (single) (1992)
* "Malleus Maleficarum" (1993)
* "Ignis Fatuus: Irlichter" (1994)
* "In Amoris Mortisque" (1995) (split CD with Italian neomediaeval band Ataraxia)
* "Unholy (EP)" (1997)
* "Anderswelt" (1999)
* "Akashic Recordings" (2002)
* "Anderswelt (dts-CD)" (2004)

Band members

* Silke Hofmann - vocals
* Janusz Zaremba - guitars/vocals
* Mark Hofmann - programming/guitars/vocals

External links

* [http://www.engelsstaub.de/ Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/engelsstaubks Myspace site]