In Extremo
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Berlin, Germany |
| Genres |
Medieval metal Folk metal Folk rock Neue Deutsche Härte Hard rock Thrash metal Neo-Medieval music |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Vielklang Musikproduktion Metal Blade Records Universal Music |
| Website | www |
| Members | Das letzte Einhorn (Michael Robert Rhein) (The Last Unicorn) Van Lange (Sebastian Oliver Lange) (The Long One) Die Lutter (Kay Lutter) (The Lutter) Dr. Pymonte (André Strugala) Flex der Biegsame (Marco Ernst-Felix Zorzytzky) (Flex the Flexible) Yellow Pfeiffer (Boris Pfeiffer) (Yellow Piper) Specki T.D. (Florian Speckardt) |
| Past members | Die rote Füchsin (Conny Fuchs) (The Red Fox; 1995–1996) Thomas der Münzer (Thomas Mund) (Thomas the Coiner; 1995–1999) Sen Pusterbalg (1995–1997) Der Morgenstern (Reiner Morgenroth) (The Morning Star; 1995–2010) |
In Extremo (Latin: At the Edge) is a German medieval metal band originating from Berlin. The band's musical style combines metal with medieval traditional songs, blending the sound of the standard rock/metal instruments with historical instruments (such as bagpipes, harp, hurdy-gurdy and shawm). Versions of well-known traditional/medieval ballads make up the main part of their repertoire, but the band has written an increasing share of original material in recent years. Their own material is written in German, whilst the traditional songs are in a variety of languages, including Gaelic, Spanish, English, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, French, Estonian, Galician, Hebrew, Latin, Occitan and Old High German.
In Extremo (abbreviated InEx, or just IE) began as two projects: a nameless, purely medieval band, and a rock band. They became known at that time through frequent appearances at medieval market meetings, at which they performed their acoustic pieces and sold CDs of their renditions of traditional songs. During the recording for the 1995 season, Michael Rhein (alias Das letzte Einhorn, engl. "The Last Unicorn") found the project name "In Extremo," Latin for "At The Edge."
Most of the band members perform under stage names. The initial members of the medieval band were Das letzte Einhorn (engl. "The Last Unicorn," vocals), Flex der Biegsame (engl. "Flex the Flexible," bagpipes), Dr. Pymonte (bagpipes), Conny Fuchs (who left the band before the official release date, due to her pregnancy by Dr. Pymonte) and Sen Pusterbalg (replaced shortly after the official release by Yellow Pfeiffer, engl. "Yellow Piper," bagpipes). The rock band originally consisted of Thomas der Münzer (engl. "Thomas the Coiner," guitar), Der Morgenstern (engl. "The Morning Star," drums), and Die Lutter (engl. "The Lutter," bass guitar). Der Münzer subsequently left the band and, as of 2007[update], the band's guitarist is Van Lange (engl. "The Long One"). As noted below, almost all of the band members play multiple instruments.
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