Haggard (band)
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Haggard at Global East Rock Festival 2010 in Kiev, Ukraine. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Germany |
| Genres | Neoclassical metal, symphonic metal, doom metal, progressive metal, death metal[1] |
| Years active | 1989–present[2] |
| Website |
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| Members |
Asis Nasseri Giacomo Astorri Janika Groß Martin Florestan Fiffi Fuhrmann Catalina Popa Stefana Sabau Aline Deinert Cosmin Nechita Anne Eberlein Ivica Kramheller Lisa Hellmich Johannes Schleiermacher Florinda Hoffmann Claudio Quarta Hans Wolf Maurizio Guolo Ingrid Nietzer |
| Past members |
Susanne Ehlers Linda Antonetti Nicoló Bartoli Steffi Hertz Luz Marsen Michael Stapf Michael Schumm Veronika Kramheller Gaby Koss Andi Nad Manuela Kraller Patricia Krug Andreas Fuchs |
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Haggard (/ˈhæɡərd/) is a German neo-classical metal musical group founded in 1989.[2] The group combines classical music and early music with death metal.
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Background
Haggard was founded in 1989 and originally played death metal.[1] 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.
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The fourth album, Tales of Ithiria, was released in 2008 and is based on a fantasy story.
In 2010, the band had its first concert along with a symphonic orchestra. Haggard played together with the philharmonic orchestra of Plovdiv in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv on April 19, 2010.
The next album will be about the tales of the brothers Grimm.
Discography
Demos
- Introduction (1992)
- Progressive (1994)
- Once... Upon a December's Dawn (1995)
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Peak positions | ||
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| 1997 | And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer | — | — | |
| 2000 | Awaking the Centuries | 64 | — | |
| 2004 | Eppur Si Muove | 47 | — | |
| 2008 | Tales of Ithiria | 37 | 89 | |
Live
DVDs and videos
Members
Current members
- Asis Nasseri – vocals, guitar (1991–present)
- Giacomo Astorri - bass
- Janika Groß – soprano
- Frank Schumacher – tenor vocals
- Claudio Quarta - guitar
- Aline Deinert - violin
- Ivica Kramheller – double bass
- Lisa Hellmich – viola
- Anne Eberlein – viola
- Cosmin Nechita – violin
- Johannes Schleiermacher – violoncello (cello)
- Florinda Hoffmann - violoncello (cello)
- Hans Wolf – piano, keyboards
- Ingrid Nietzer - piano, keyboards
- Maurizio Guolo – drums, percussion (2012–present)
- Stefana Sabau - Oboe
- Catalina Popa - Flute
Past members
- Florian Bartl – oboe, english horn
- Judith Marschall – violin
- Fiffi Fuhrmann – tenor vocals, bass
- Doro – violin
- Mark Pendry – clarinet
- Sasema – vocals
- Gaby Koss – soprano vocals
- Robert von Greding – clarinet
- Christoph von Zastrow – flute
- Danny Klupp – guitar
- Kathrin Pechlof – harp
- Karin Bodemüller – vocals
- Florian Schnellinger – percussion
- Andi Nad – bass
- Robin Fischer – bass
- Andi Hemberger – vocals
- Kathrin Hertz – cello
- Andreas Peschke – flute
- Manuela Kraller - soprano vocals
- Susanne Ehlers - soprano vocals
- Veronika Kramheller - soprano vocals
- Jonathan Whynot - guitar
- Michael Stapf - violin
- Andreas Fuchs - horn - percussion
- Linda Antonetti - oboe
- Steffi Hertz - viola
- Patrizia Krug - cello
- Luz Marsen - drum
- Michael Schumm - classical percussion - drum
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.
References
- 1 2 True, Chris. "Haggard Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
- 1 2 "Haggard". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ↑ "Chartverfolgung / Haggard / Longplay". musicline.de (in German). PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ↑ "Discographie Alben - Studio". hitparade.ch (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
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