Die Apokalyptischen Reiter


Die Apokalyptischen Reiter is a German heavy metal band formed in Weimar in 1995.
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Musical style

The band's original style, featured on their releases up to and including Allegro Barbaro and on a few songs on All You Need Is Love, consists of death/thrash metal blended with melodic compositions. In later albums, the death metal influence declined, resulting in less chaotic composition, more constant tempo, longer songs and clean vocals. This resulted in a more polished and accessible sound. The band uses lyrics in both English and German with a shift from mainly English songs to more German ones on recent albums.
The release of Have a Nice Trip marked somewhat of a turning point for the band; although they retained the essence of heavy metal, they began experimenting with many other styles of music such as ambient and jazz.

Members

Current line-up
Former members
  • Skelleton – drums, screamed vocals
  • Pitrone – lead guitar
  • Lady Cat-Man – lead guitar
  • Dr. Pest – keyboards
  • Sir G. – drums
  • Ady – lead guitar
'''Timeline'''

Discography

Albums:
Demos:
  • 1996 – Firestorm
EPs:
  • 1998 – Dschinghis Khan
  • 2006 – Friede sei mit dir
  • 2008 – Der Weg
  • 2024 – Die Mutter des Teufels
  • 2025 – Rache an Der Wirklichkeit
  • 2025 – Die Schatzinel
DVDs:
  • 2006 – Friede sei mit dir
  • 2008 – Tobsucht
  • 2009 – ''Adrenalin''