Christian Jost (born 29 September 1975), best known by his stage name Falk Maria Schlegel, is a German musician. He is best known as the keyboardist of

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band

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/ ...

Career

Jost started as a keyboardist of a

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band The Experience in 1993. He created layout for their ''Insight'' album. He joined

Red Aim Red Aim was a German rock band. The group was founded in 1995 and mainly played stoner and raga rock. After the change of vocalist to Karsten Brill, the music started to go more into the direction of punk rock and heavy metal. History Red ...

in 2002 under the stage names Ray Kitzler and Ray Volver. In 2003, along with other Red Aim members he joined

. He takes care of all the organizational matters of the band and is the link between management, record label and booking agency. He also takes care of the most important aspects of the tour planning, the logistic implementation of the various stage designs and all other applicable planning and implementation.

Personal life

Jost lives in the Sankt Johann district of Saarbrücken. He claims that his main musical influences are

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, Candlemass, Forbidden,

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and

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. He supports

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Discography

With Powerwolf

* '' Return in Bloodred'' (2005) * ''

Lupus Dei ''Lupus Dei'' (Latin for ''Wolf of God'') is the second full-length studio album by the German power metal band Powerwolf. In addition to recording at Woodhouse Studios, Germany, the band recorded some parts of the album in the 12th-century ''De ...

'' (2007) * ''

Bible of the Beast ''Bible of the Beast'' is the third studio album by the German power metal band Powerwolf. The album was released on 24 April 2009. It was recorded at the Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden. Powerwolf revealed the details of their third album ...

'' (2009) * ''

Blood of the Saints ''Blood of the Saints'' is the fourth studio album by the German power metal band Powerwolf, released in 2011.- - - It is the band's first album with songs that had music videos, made for "We Drink Your Blood" and "Sanctified with Dynamite". In ...

'' (2011) * ''

Preachers of the Night ''Preachers of the Night'' is the fifth studio album by the German power metal band Powerwolf. It was released on 19 July 2013.- - - The band wrote it during 2012 and began recording it in December of the same year at the Studio Fredman in Got ...

'' (2013) * '' Blessed & Possessed'' (2015) * ''

The Sacrament of Sin ''The Sacrament of Sin'' is the seventh studio album by German power metal band Powerwolf, released on 20 July 2018 by Napalm Records. The band wrote it during 2017 and began recording it in January 2018 at the Fascination Street Studios in Örebr ...

'' (2018) * ''

Metallum Nostrum ''Metallum Nostrum'' is a cover album by German power metal band Powerwolf, originally released on 17 July 2015 as a bonus disc to ''Blessed & Possessed''. It was re-released separately on 11 January 2019. Track listing Personnel Musicians ...

'' (2019) * '' Call of the Wild'' (2021)

With Red Aim

* ''

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'' (2002) * '' Niagara'' (2003)

With The Experience

* ''Mental Solitude'' (1995) * ''Realusion'' (1996) * ''Insight'' (1999) * ''Cid: Reflections of a Blue Mind'' (2001)

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schlegel, Falk Maria Powerwolf members Red Aim members Heavy metal keyboardists People from Saarbrücken Living people 1975 births