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Die Apokalyptischen Reiter (German for "The Apocalyptic Riders") is a Weimar, Germany based heavy metal band signed to Nuclear Blast in Europe and The End Records in North America.

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Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter at Hammaburg Fest 2018
Background information
Origin	Weimar, Germany
Genres	Neue Deutsche Härte Melodic death metal Avant-garde metal Power metal Thrash metal Symphonic metal Heavy metal[1] Folk metal[2]
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Nuclear Blast, The End
Members	Fuchs Volk-Man Dr. Pest Sir G. Ady
Past members	Skelleton Pitrone Lady Cat-man[3]
Website	www.reitermania.de

Musical style

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The band's original style, featured on their releases up to and including Allegro Barbaro and on 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 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). This resulted in a more polished and accessible sound. The band uses lyrics in both English and German with a shift from mainly English songs to more German ones on recent albums (Licht is entirely 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

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Current line-up

• Fuchs (Daniel Täumel) – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1995–present)
• Volk-Man (Volkmar Weber) – bass, screamed vocals (1995–present)
• Dr. Pest (Mark Szakul) – keyboards (1995–present)
• Sir G. (Georg Lenhardt) – drums (2000–present)
• Ady (Adrian Vogel) – lead guitar (2009–present)

• Line-up at Rockharz Open Air 2018
• 
  Daniel "Fuchs" Täumel
• 
  Volkmar "Volk-Man" Weber
• 
  Mark "Dr. Pest" Szakul
• 
  Georg "Sir G." Lenhardt
• 
  Adrian "Ady" Vogel

Former members

• Skelleton – drums, screamed vocals (1995–2000)
• Pitrone (Peter Pfau) – lead guitar (2002–2008)
• Lady Cat-Man (Cathleen Gliemann) – lead guitar (2008–2009)

Timeline

Discography

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Albums:

• 1997 – Soft & Stronger
• 1999 – Allegro Barbaro
• 2000 – All You Need Is Love
• 2003 – Have a Nice Trip (#95 in Germany)
• 2004 – Samurai
• 2006 – Riders on the Storm (#31 in Germany, #74 in Austria)
• 2008 – Licht (#29 in Germany, #49 in Austria, #88 in Switzerland)
• 2011 – Moral & Wahnsinn (#18 in Germany, # 41 in Austria, #61 in Switzerland)
• 2014 – Tief.Tiefer (#22 in Germany, #72 in Switzerland)
• 2017 – Der Rote Reiter (#10 in Germany, # 29 in Austria)
• 2021 – The Divine Horsemen
• 2022 – Wilde Kinder

Demos:

• 1996 – Firestorm (Demo)

EPs:

• 1998 – Dschinghis Khan (EP)
• 2006 – Friede sei mit Dir (EP)
• 2008 – Der Weg (EP)

DVDs:

• 2006 – Friede sei mit Dir (live-DVD)
• 2008 – Tobsucht (DVD and two live-CDs)
• 2009 – Adrenalin

References

External links

• Official German homepage
• Die Apokalyptischen Reiter discography at Discogs
• Official German fanclub
• Nuclear Blast Artist Profile

На других языках

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[de] Die Apokalyptischen Reiter (Band)

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter sind eine deutsche Band, die 1995 bei Weimar in Thüringen gegründet wurde. Die Gruppe hat sowohl in der deutschen Metal-Szene als auch in einigen osteuropäischen Ländern eine große Bekanntheit erreicht.

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- [en] Die Apokalyptischen Reiter

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[es] Die Apokalyptischen Reiter

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter es una banda alemana de heavy metal formada en 1995. A lo largo de su trayectoria ha evolucionado musicalmente, tomando elementos de varios subgéneros del metal, como el Death metal, Black metal, Folk metal, Thrash metal, etc. La banda ha alcanzado un gran éxito en la escena metalera de su tierra natal y otros países de Europa.

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[ru] Die Apokalyptischen Reiter

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter (Всадники Апокалипсиса) — немецкая группа из Веймара, играющая в жанрах дэт- и фолк-метал (стиль команды часто определяется как «авангард-ме́тал».[источник не указан 3385 дней]).

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