Saltatio Mortis
{{Short description|German band}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Saltatio Mortis
| background = group_or_band
| image = Saltatio Mortis, Juli 2009, Otterstadt.jpg
| image_size =
| landscape = yes
| caption = Saltatio Mortis (2009)
| origin = Karlsruhe, Germany
| genre = Medieval metal
| years_active = 2000—present
| label = Napalm Records
| website = [http://www.saltatio-mortis.com/index_en.php Official website]
| current_members = Alea der Bescheidene
Bruder Frank
El Silbador
Falk Irmenfried von Hasen-Mümmelstein
Lasterbalk der Lästerliche
Till Promill
Jean Méchant
|past_members = Die Fackel
Dominor der Filigrane
Ungemach der Missgestimmte
Mik El Angelo
Thoron Trommelfeuer
Cordoban der Verspielte
Herr Samoel
Luzi das L
}}
Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval metal group. The Latin name means "dance of death".{{cite web| author=Jeffries, David |title=AMG Saltatio Mortis |publisher=Allmusic.com |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p544015/biography|pure_url=yes}} |accessdate=April 2, 2008}} It is an allusion to the Danse Macabre, and a motto of the band is: "He who dances does not die."
File:Saltatio Mortis Rockharz 2016 03.jpg
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
= 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
- Luzi das L (2011 to 2025) - pipes, shawms, flutes
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{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/F%C3%BCr-Immer-Frei-Saltatio-Mortis/dp/B08CJNPPV8|title=Für Immer Frei - Saltatio Mortis: Amazon.de: Musik|website=Amazon|language=de|accessdate=12 September 2020}} (Forever Free) Vertigo/Capitol
- 7 June 2024 Finsterwacht (Prometheus Records)
= 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"
- 2024: "Fire & Ore"
= 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 {{interlanguage link|Hamatom|de}}) (credited as Alea)
References
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External links
{{commons category|Saltatio Mortis}}
- {{Official website|http://www.saltatio-mortis.com/}} (German)
- [http://www.napalmrecords.com/new/band/?bandID=88 Saltatio Mortis] at Napalm Records
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Category:Medieval metal musical groups
Category:Musical groups established in 2000
Category:Napalm Records artists
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