Rafi Kirder Explained

Rafi Kirder
Background:	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Date:	1980 2, df=y
Origin:	Baden, Switzerland
Genre:	Folk metal Celtic Folk Rock Music Americana
Instrument:	bass guitar, drums, double bass, irish bouzouki
Label:	Zytglogge, Nuclear Blast
Associated Acts:	Deathrope Die A Monday Red Shamrock Eluveitie Anna Murphy Cellar Darling
Website:	Deathrope's Website Red Shamrock's Website Eluveitie's Website

Rafi Kirder is the bassist and vocalist for the Swiss band Deathrope under his alter persona Richland K. Harper.^[1]

Career

Kirder is best known for having been the bassist for the Swiss Pagan metal band Eluveitie, which he left on 4 June 2008.^[2]

Family

Rafi Kirder played a long time in Eluveitie and Red Shamrock with his twin brother Sevan and is of Armenian descent.^[3]

Discography

With Eluveitie

Vên (2003) – EP
Spirit (2006) – CD
Slania (2008) – CD
Live at Metalcamp – (2008) – CD
Slania / Evocation I – The Arcane Metal Hammer Edition – (2009) – CD
The Early Years – (2012) – CD
Slania - 10 Years (2018) – CD

With Red Shamrock

Mosaic / Mirror (2003) – EP
…as hot as irish (2004) – CD
from the ashes (2006) – CD
desert snow (2008) – CD
deman's playground (2012) – CD

With Deathrope

Bloody Tales (2009) – EP
Hang 'em High (2010) – CD
GO! (2014) – CD
Love Hz (2017) – CD
Rams & Roaches (2020) – CD

With Inish

jewels of the ocean (2006) – CD
the calm before the storm (2008) – CD
welcome home (2018) – CD

External links

Notes and References

Web site: DEATHROPE - Rock Noir Americana from Zurich, Switzerland!. 2019-05-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20190502172500/https://www.deathrope.com/. 2019-05-02. 2 May 2019.
https://web.archive.org/web/20080701144740/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=98368 ELUVEITIE Parts Ways With RAFI And SEVAN KIRDER
https://web.archive.org/web/20120220150741/http://www.ferrum.lt/frost/english/eluveitie.html Ferrum Frost 2009 featuring KREATOR!