Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval metal group from Karlsruhe, formed in 2000. The Latin name means "dance of death". It is an allusion to the Danse Macabre, and a motto of the band is: "He who dances does not die."
Members
Current Alea der Bescheidene - vocals, bagpipes, didgeridoo, guitar, Irish bouzouki, shawms Falk Irmenfried von Hasen-Mümmelstein - bagpipes, vocals, hurdy-gurdy, shawms El Silbador (since 2006) - bagpipes, shawms, smallpipes, uilleann pipes and other pipes Bruder Frank (since 2006) - bass guitars, electric upright Chapman Stick, guitar Till Promill (since 2012) - guitars Jean Mechant der Tambour (since 2009) - drums, piano, guitar, vocals
Past Lasterbalk der Lästerliche (up to 2021) - drums, davul and other percussion Dominor der Filigrane (2000 to 2009) - guitars, German bagpipes, shawms Die Fackel (2000 to 2006) - bass guitars, mandola, harp, German bagpipes, shawms Ungemach der Missgestimmte (2000 to 2006) - guitars, bagpipes, shawms, percussion, programming Thoron Trommelfeuer (2000 to 2009) - orchestral percussion Herr Schmitt (2004 to 2007) - drums and other percussion Mik El Angelo (2006 to 2009) - guitars, lutes, citterns Cordoban der Verspielte - shawms, bagpipes, vielle, whistles, vocals Herr Samoel (2007 to 2012) - guitars, Irish bouzouki Luzi das L (2011 to 2025) - pipes, shawms, flutes
Discography Studio albums 2001: Tavernakel (Tavernaculum), Napalm Records 2002: Das zweite Gesicht (The second Face), Napalm Records 2003: Heptessenz (Seventh Essence), Napalm Records 26 January 2004: Erwachen (Awakening), Napalm Records 29 August 2005: Des Königs Henker (The King's Hangman), Napalm Records 3 September 2007: Aus der Asche (From the Ashes), Napalm Records 31 August 2009: Wer Wind Sät (Who Sows the Wind), Napalm Records 29 August 2011: Sturm aufs Paradies (Rush for Paradise), Napalm Records 16 August 2013: Das Schwarze Einmaleins (The Black 1times1), Napalm Records 14 August 2015: Zirkus Zeitgeist (Circus Zeitgeist), We Love Music 17 August 2018: Brot und Spiele (Bread and Games), Vertigo/Capitol 9 October 2020: Für immer frei (Forever Free), Vertigo/Capitol 7 June 2024 Finsterwacht (Darkenguard), Prometheus Records 2027: Staub & Schatten , Prometheus Records
Live albums 2005: Manufactum Napalm Records 2010: Manufactum II Napalm Records 1 April 2011: 10 Jahre Wild Und Frei (10 Years Wild and Free) Live CD/DVD recorded at the Stadthalle Wuppertal 15/10/2010, Napalm Records 8 April 2013: Manufactum III Live CD, Napalm Records 2016: Zirkus Zeitgeist – Live aus der großen Freiheit Live CD, We Love Music
Compilation albums 2016: Licht & Schatten - Best Of 2000-2014, We Love Music
Singles 2003: "Falsche Freunde" 2005: "Salz der Erde" 2009: "Ebenbild" 2011: "Hochzeitstanz" 2013: "Früher War Alles Besser", Napalm Records 12 July 2013: "Wachstum über alles", Napalm Records 2015: "Wo Sind Die Clowns" 2022: "The Dragonborn Comes" featuring Lara Loft 2022: "Pray To The Hunter (The Elder Scrolls Online)" 2022: "Wir woll'n nach Valhalla" 2022: "Alive Now" 2024: "Schwarzer Strand" 2024: "Fire & Ore"
DVDs 1 April 2011: 10 Jahre Wild Und Frei (10 Years Wild and Free) Live CD/DVD recorded at the Stadthalle Wuppertal 15/10/2010, Napalm Records 13 December 2013: Provocatio - Live Auf Dem Mittelaltermarkt, Blu-ray and DVD, Napalm Records
Guest appearances 2010: All We Are (on 25 Years in Rock... and Still Going Strong by Doro 2011: Symposium (on Wunsch ist Wunsch by Feuerschwanz) 2017: Gesegnet und hoch geachtet (Also the Reprisal Version of this song), Kommt herbei und feiert mit (on Der Fluch des Drachen by Corvus Corax 20 July 2018: We Drink Your Blood (on Communio Lupatum by Powerwolf) 2020: Krieg kennt keine sieger (Cover) (on The Ghost Xperiment - Illumination by Vanden Plas 2021: Warriors of the World United feat Angus McFife, Melissa Bonny (on Memento Mori by Feuerschwanz) 2022: Good Life (on Not The End of the Road by Kissin' Dynamite (credited as Jorg Roth) 2022: It's Raining Beer (on Lang Liebe Der Hass by ) (credited as Alea)
References
External links
(in German)