Haggard (band)
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Haggard is a German symphonic metal musical group founded in 1991. The group combines classical music and early music with doom metal.
Background
Haggard was founded in 1991 and originally played death metal. They changed their musical style after their first demo tape, Introduction in 1992, becoming a band with symphonic melodies and classical instruments but folk themes. The album And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer marked their breakthrough in 1997. After their second album Awaking the Centuries (the life of the prophet Nostradamus), they toured through Mexico twice. In 2004, they released their third album Eppur Si Muove which is about the life of Italian scholar, Galileo Galilei, sentenced to house arrest for heresy by the Catholic Church for supporting Copernicus' claim that the Earth revolved around the sun.
Just before their album Awaking The Centuries was released, the group had its highest number of musicians at 21. All their songs are written by vocalist and guitarist, Asis Nasseri.
The fourth album, Tales of Ithiria, was released in 2008 and is based on a fantasy story.
Discography
Demos
- Introduction (1992)
- Progressive (1994)
- Once... Upon A December's Dawn (1995)
Studio albums
- And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer (1997)
- Awaking the Centuries (2000)
- Eppur Si Muove (2004)
- Tales of Ithiria (2008)
Live
DVDs and videos
Members
Current members
- Asis Nasseri – vocals, guitar (1991-present)
- Susanne Ehlers – soprano vocals
- Veronika Kramheller – soprano vocals
- Manuela Kraller - soprano vocals
- Fiffi Fuhrmann – tenor vocals, bass
- Giacomo Astorri - bass
- Michael Stapf - violin
- Ivica Kramheller – double bass
- Andreas Fuchs – French horn, flute, percussion, drums
- Linda Antonetti - flute, oboe
- Steffi Hertz – viola
- Johannes Schleiermacher – cello
- Patrizia Krug - cello
- Claudio Quarta – guitar
- Hans Wolf – piano, keyboards
- Ingrid Nietzer - piano, keyboards
- Luz Marsen – drums, percussion (1991-present)
- Michael Schumm- percussion
Former members
- Florian Bartl – oboe, english horn
- Judith Marschall – violin
- Doro – violin
- Mark Pendry – clarinet
- Sasema – vocals
- Robert Müller – clarinet
- Christoph Zastrow – flute
- Danny Klupp – guitar
- Kathrin Pechlof – harp
- Karin Bodemüller – vocals
- Florian Schnellinger – percussion
- Andi Nad – bass
- Gaby Koss – vocals
- Robin Fischer – bass
- Andi Hemberger – vocals
- Kathrin Hertz – cello
- Andreas Peschke – flute
In addition to the 16 band members, more than 10 guest artists and musicians were involved in the making of the album, Eppur Si Muove.
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