Saltatio Mortis is a German

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group. The

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name means "dance of death". It is an allusion to the

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, and a motto of the band is: "He who dances does not die." Saltatio Mortis Rockharz 2016 03

Members

Current

* Alea der Bescheidene - vocals, bagpipes, didgeridoo, guitar, Irish bouzouki, shawms * Falk Irmenfried von Hasen-Mümmelstein - bagpipes, vocals,

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, shawms * El Silbador (since 2006) - bagpipes, shawms, smallpipes, uilleann pipes and other pipes * Bruder Frank (since 2006) - bass guitars, electric upright

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, guitar * Till Promill (since 2012) - guitars * Jean Mechant der Tambour (since 2009) - drums, piano, guitar, vocals * Luzi das L (since 2011) - pipes, shawms, flutes

Past

* Lasterbalk der Lästerliche (up to 2021) - drums, davul and other percussion * Dominor der Filigrane (2000 to 2009) - guitars, German bagpipes, shawms * Die Fackel (2000 to 2006) - bass guitars, mandola, harp, German bagpipes, shawms * Ungemach der Missgestimmte (2000 to 2006) - guitars, bagpipes, shawms, percussion, programming * Thoron Trommelfeuer (2000 to 2009) - orchestral percussion * Herr Schmitt (2004 to 2007) - drums and other percussion * Mik El Angelo (2006 to 2009) - guitars, lutes, citterns * Cordoban der Verspielte - shawms, bagpipes, vielle, whistles, vocals * Herr Samoel (2007 to 2012) - guitars, Irish bouzouki

Discography

Studio albums

* 2001: '' Tavernakel'' (''Tavernaculum'') ''

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'' * 2002: '' Das zweite Gesicht'' (''The second Face'') Napalm Records * 2003: '' Heptessenz'' (''Seventh Essence'') Napalm Records * 26 January 2004: '' Erwachen'' (''Awakening'') Napalm Records * 29 August 2005: '' Des Königs Henker'' (''The King's Hangman'') Napalm Records * 3 September 2007: '' Aus der Asche'' (''From the Ashes'') Napalm Records * 31 August 2009: ''

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'' (''Who sows the wind ...'') Napalm Records * 29 August 2011: '' Sturm aufs Paradies'' (''Rush for Paradise'') Napalm Records * 16 August 2013: ''

Das Schwarze Einmaleins ''Das Schwarze Einmaleins'' is the ninth studio album by Germany, German medieval metal group Saltatio Mortis. Track listing Charts References

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'' (''The Black 101'') Napalm Records * 14 August 2015: '' Zirkus Zeitgeist'' (''Circus Zeitgeist'') ''

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'' * 17 August 2018: ''

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'' (''Bread and Games'') ''

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'' * 9 October 2020: ''Für immer frei'' (''Forever Free'') ''Vertigo/Capitol''

Live albums

* 2005: ''Manufactum'' Napalm Records * 2010: ''

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'' Napalm Records * 1 April 2011: ''

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'' (''10 Years Wild and Free'') Live CD/DVD recorded at the Stadthalle

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15/10/2010, Napalm Records * 8 April 2013: ''

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'' Live CD, Napalm Records * 2016: ''Zirkus Zeitgeist – Live aus der großen Freiheit'' Live CD,

Compilation albums

* 2016: ''Licht & Schatten - Best Of 2000-2014'',

Singles

* 2003: "Falsche Freunde" * 2005: "Salz der Erde" * 2009: "Ebenbild" * 2011: "Hochzeitstanz" * 2013: "Früher War Alles Besser", Napalm Records * 12 July 2013: "Wachstum über alles", Napalm Records * 2015: "Wo Sind Die Clowns" * 2022: " The Dragonborn Comes" featuring Lara Loft * 2022: "Pray To The Hunter (The Elder Scrolls Online)" * 2022: "Wir woll'n nach Valhalla" * 2022: "Alive Now"

DVDs

* 1 April 2011: ''

'' (''10 Years Wild and Free'') Live CD/DVD recorded at the Stadthalle

15/10/2010, Napalm Records * 13 December 2013: ''

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and DVD, Napalm Records

Guest appearances

* 2010: ''All We Are'' (on '' 25 Years in Rock... and Still Going Strong'' by

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* 2011: ''Symposium'' (on Wunsch ist Wunsch by Feuerschwanz) * 2017: ''Gesegnet und hoch geachtet'' (Also the Reprisal Version of this song), ''Kommt herbei und feiert mit'' (on ''Der Fluch des Drachen'' by

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* 20 July 2018: '' We Drink Your Blood'' (on '' Communio Lupatum'' by

Powerwolf Powerwolf, often stylized as POWERWOLF, is a German power metal band founded in 2003 in Saarbrücken by members of Red Aim. The band consists of vocalist Karsten Brill as "Attila Dorn", lead guitarist Benjamin Buss as "Matthew Greywolf", bassist/ ...

) * 2020: ''Krieg kennt keine sieger (Cover) (on The Ghost Xperiment - Illumination by

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* 2021: ''Warriors of the World United'' feat Angus McFife, Melissa Bonny (on ''Memento Mori'' by ) * 2022: ''Good Life'' (on '' Not The End of the Road'' by

Kissin' Dynamite Kissin' Dynamite is a German heavy metal band from Burladingen and Münsingen. History Kissin' Dynamite started as a school band. Since 2007, the band has worked with the Flensburg production team Elephant Music. At the end of 2007, they sta ...

(credited as Jorg Roth) * 2022: ''It's Raining Beer'' (on ''Lang Liebe Der Hass'' by ) (credited as Alea)

References

External links

* ^(German)
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