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Haggard (/ˈhæɡərd/) is a German symphonic metal band founded in 1989.[2] The group combines classical music and early music with death doom metal.

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Haggard
Haggard at Global East Rock Festival 2010 in Kyiv, Ukraine
Background information
Origin	Germany
Genres	Symphonic death metal, death-doom[1]
Years active	1989–present[2]
Members	Asis Nasseri Giacomo Astorri Janika Groß Martin Florestan Fiffi Fuhrmann Catalina Popa Stefana Sabau Aline Deinert Cosmin Nechita Anne Eberlein Ivica Kramheller Lisa Hellmich Johannes Schleiermacher Florinda Hoffmann Claudio Quarta Hans Wolf Maurizio Guolo Ingrid Nietzer Michael Schumm Veronika Kramheller
Past members	See below
Website	haggard.de

History

Haggard was founded in 1989 and originally played death metal.[1] They changed their musical style after their first demo tape, Introduction in 1992, becoming a band with symphonic melodies and classical instruments but folk themes. The album And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer marked their breakthrough in 1997. After their second album Awaking the Centuries (the life of the prophet Nostradamus), they toured through Mexico twice. In 2004, they released their third album Eppur Si Muove which is about the life of Italian scholar Galileo Galilei, sentenced to house arrest for heresy by the Catholic Church for supporting Copernicus' claim that the Earth revolved around the sun.

Just before their album Awaking the Centuries was released, the group had its highest number of musicians at 21. All their songs are written by vocalist and guitarist Asis Nasseri.

The fourth album, Tales of Ithiria, was released in 2008 and is based on a fantasy story.

In 2010, the band had its first concert along with a symphonic orchestra. Haggard played together with the philharmonic orchestra of Plovdiv in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv on 19 April 2010.

Although a new album with the title of Grimm was originally announced for the end of 2012, the album has since been postponed indefinitely.

Discography

Demos

• Introduction (1992)
• Progressive (1994)
• Once... Upon a December's Dawn (1995)

Studio albums

Year	Title	Peak positions
		GER[3]	SWI[4]
1997	And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer	—	—
2000	Awaking the Centuries	64	—
2004	Eppur Si Muove	47	—
2008	Tales of Ithiria	37	89

Live

• Awaking the Gods: Live in Mexico (2001)

DVDs and videos

• In a Pale Moon's Shadow (1998)
• Awaking the Gods: Live in Mexico (DVD/VHS) (2001)

Members

Current members

• Asis Nasseri – vocals, guitar (1991–present)
• Giacomo Astorri – bass
• Janika Groß – soprano
• Frank Schumacher – tenor vocals
• Claudio Quarta – guitar
• Aline Deinert – violin
• Ivica Kramheller – double bass
• Lisa Hellmich – viola
• Anne Eberlein – viola
• Cosmin Nechita – violin
• Johannes Schleiermacher – violoncello (cello)
• Florinda Hoffmann – violoncello (cello)
• Hans Wolf – piano, keyboards, organ, harpsichord
• Ingrid Nietzer – piano, keyboards
• Maurizio Guolo – drums, percussion (2012–present)
• Stefana Sabau – oboe
• Catalina Popa – flute
• Veronika Kramheller - soprano
• Michel Schumm - drums, percussion
• Michel Stapf - violin

Past members

In addition to the 16 band members, more than 10 guest artists and musicians were involved in the making of the album Eppur Si Muove.

References

External links

• Official website
• Haggard discography at Discogs

На других языках

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[de] Haggard (Band)

Haggard (engl. „wild“; „hager“, „ausgezehrt“) ist ein deutsches Klassik-Mittelalter-Metal-Orchester aus der Gegend um München, dessen Musikstil sich durch die Kombination von klassischer, mittelalterlicher und Renaissancemusik mit zeitgenössischen Metal-Elementen auszeichnet. Aufgrund der klassischen Elemente wird die Band auch dem Symphonic Metal zugeordnet.

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[es] Haggard

Haggard es una banda de Metal neoclásico procedente de Alemania. Son mundialmente conocidos por su mezcla única de música clásica, medieval y metal, logrando así posicionarse, junto a Therion, como una de las bandas más representativas del metal sinfónico y neoclásico en todo el mundo. Teniendo un recorrido por casi todos los continentes del mundo, Haggard se ha convertido en una de las bandas de metal sinfónico más importantes de Alemania.

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[ru] Haggard

Haggard (с англ. — «изнурённый, измождённый») — немецкий музыкальный проект, исполняющий симфонический метал. Основан в 1989 году гитаристом, вокалистом и композитором Азизом Нассери, который является автором всей музыки и текстов Haggard. Группа фактически представляет собой оркестр, состоящий из множества музыкантов, играющих на разных инструментах, характерных как для рока, так и для классической музыки.

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