Saltatio Mortis Explained

Saltatio Mortis
Background:	group_or_band
Landscape:	yes
Origin:	Karlsruhe, Germany
Genre:	Medieval metal
Years Active:	2000—present
Label:	Napalm Records
Website:	Official website
Current Members:	Alea der Bescheidene Bruder Frank El Silbador Falk Irmenfried von Hasen-Mümmelstein Lasterbalk der Lästerliche Till Promill Jean Méchant Luzi das L
Past Members:	Die Fackel Dominor der Filigrane Ungemach der Missgestimmte Mik El Angelo Thoron Trommelfeuer Cordoban der Verspielte Herr Samoel

Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval metal group. The Latin name means "dance of death".^[1] It is an allusion to the Danse Macabre, and a motto of the band is: "He who dances does not die."

Members

Current

Alea der Bescheidene - vocals, bagpipes, didgeridoo, guitar, Irish bouzouki, shawms
Falk Irmenfried von Hasen-Mümmelstein - bagpipes, vocals, hurdy-gurdy, shawms
El Silbador (since 2006) - bagpipes, shawms, smallpipes, uilleann pipes and other pipes
Bruder Frank (since 2006) - bass guitars, electric upright Chapman Stick, 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) Napalm Records
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: Wer Wind Sät (Who sows the wind ...) Napalm Records
29 August 2011: Sturm aufs Paradies (Rush for Paradise) Napalm Records
16 August 2013: Das Schwarze Einmaleins (The Black 1times1) Napalm Records
14 August 2015: Zirkus Zeitgeist (Circus Zeitgeist) We Love Music
17 August 2018: Brot und Spiele (Bread and Games) Vertigo/Capitol
9 October 2020: Für immer frei^[2] (Forever Free) Vertigo/Capitol

Live albums

2005: Manufactum Napalm Records
2010: Manufactum II Napalm Records
1 April 2011: 10 Jahre Wild Und Frei (10 Years Wild and Free) Live CD/DVD recorded at the Stadthalle Wuppertal 15/10/2010, Napalm Records
8 April 2013: Manufactum III Live CD, Napalm Records
2016: Zirkus Zeitgeist – Live aus der großen Freiheit Live CD, We Love Music

Compilation albums

2016: Licht & Schatten - Best Of 2000-2014, We Love Music

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"
2024: "Schwarzer Strand"

DVDs

1 April 2011: 10 Jahre Wild Und Frei (10 Years Wild and Free) Live CD/DVD recorded at the Stadthalle Wuppertal 15/10/2010, Napalm Records
13 December 2013: Provocatio - Live Auf Dem Mittelaltermarkt, Blu-ray and DVD, Napalm Records

Guest appearances

2010: All We Are (on 25 Years in Rock... and Still Going Strong by Doro
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 Corvus Corax
20 July 2018: We Drink Your Blood (on Communio Lupatum by Powerwolf)
2020: Krieg kennt keine sieger (Cover) (on The Ghost Xperiment - Illumination by Vanden Plas
2021: Warriors of the World United feat Angus McFife, Melissa Bonny (on Memento Mori by Feuerschwanz)
2022: Good Life (on Not The End of the Road by Kissin' Dynamite (credited as Jorg Roth)
2022: It's Raining Beer (on Lang Liebe Der Hass by) (credited as Alea)

External links

^(German)
Saltatio Mortis at Napalm Records

Notes and References

Web site: Jeffries, David . [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p544015/biography|pure_url=yes}} AMG Saltatio Mortis ]. Allmusic.com . April 2, 2008.
Web site: Für Immer Frei - Saltatio Mortis: Amazon.de: Musik. Amazon. de. 12 September 2020.