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HAGGARD BIOGRAPHY
Haggard is a German symphonic metal band founded in 1991. Haggard combines folk, classical, renaissance and medieval music with modern doom metal.
The band started playing death metal in 1991. They then changed their style after their first demo tape Introduction in 1992, becoming a symphonic metal band and producing two albums dealing with the seer Michel de Notredame in the dark days of The Black Plague in Europe. The album And Thou Shalt Trust... The Seer marked their breakthrough in 1997. After their second album Awaking The Centuries, they toured through Mexico twice. They are quite famous and well known in South America, almost more so than in Germany. In 2004 they released their third album Eppur Si Muove which is about the life of Italian scholar Galileo Galilei.
Just before their album Awaking The Centuries the band had it's highest number of musicians at 21. Currently the band consists of 16 musicians. All their songs are written by vocalist and guitarist Asis Nasseri.
Current members(Edit 29.08.2006 from www.haggard.de/):
Asis Nasseri - Guitars / Vocals
Luz Marsen - Drums
Claudio Quarta - Guitar
Michael Stapf - Violino
Susanne - Soprano
Steffi Hertz - Viola
Veronika Kramheller - Soprano
Hans Wolf(or Ingrid) - Piano / Keyboards
Ivica - Violone
Fiffi Fuhrmann - Tenore / Flauto / Fire
Florian - Oboe / Englischhorn
Judith - Violino
Johannes Schleiermacher - Violoncello
Mark - Clarinetto
Michael - Timpani / Percussion
Doro - Violino
HAGGARD GENRES Death Metal (early), Classical/Orchestral/Symphonic Metal (now)
HAGGARD LYRICAL THEMES History, Astronomy, Astrology
HAGGARD ORIGIN Germany (Munich / Bavaria), formed in 1991
HAGGARD CURRENT RECORD LABEL Drakkar Productions
HAGGARD STATUS Active
HAGGARD CURRENT LINE-UP Bartl - Oboe
Karin Bodenmüller - Soprano
Fiffi Fuhrmann - Crumhorn
Kathrin Hertz - Cello
Steffi Hertz - Viola
Danny Klupp - Acoustic Guitars (Taraxacum)
Kerstin Krainer - Violin
Luz Marsen - Drums & Kettledrums
Robert Müller - Clarinet
Andi Nad - Bass
Asis Nasseri - Vocals, Growls, Guitars
Kathrin Pechlof - Harp
Susanne - Soprano
Florian Schnellinger - Bass Vocals
Hans Wolf - Piano, Cembalo, Keyboards
Christoph v. Zastrow - Flute
Claudio Quarta - Guitar
HAGGARD PREVIOUS LINE-UP Markus Reisinger - Guitar, Vocals
Taki Saile - Vocals, Piano
Vera Hoffmann - Violin
Katharina Quast - Cello
Sasema - Soprano (1997-1999)
Gaby Koss - Vocals (1998-2004) (SpiRitual (Ger), Koyaanisqatsy, Equilibrium (Ger) (Guest), Death Army)
Robin Fischer - Bass (2004-2005) (ex-Red To Grey, ex-Aeons End, Solemnity)
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