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Biography

For|the American country music artist|Merle Haggardpp-move-indef|small=yesInfobox musical artist | name = Haggard| image = Haggard at Global East Rock Festival 2010 (1).jpg| caption = Haggard at Global East Rock Festival|Global East Rock Festival 2010 | image_size = 250 | background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Munich , Bavaria , Germany| instrument =| genre = Symphonic death metal
Symphonic metal
Doom metal
Neo-Medieval music
Technical death metal (demos)| occupation =| years_active = 1991–present| label =| associated_acts =| website = http://www.haggard.de www.haggard.de| current_members = Asis Nasseri
Susanne Ehlers
Veronika Kramheller
Fiffi Fuhrmann
Andreas Peschke
Florian Bartl
Jonathan Whynot
Ivica Percinlie
Steffi Hertz
Johannes Schleiermacher
Claudio Quarta
Hans Wolf
Luz Marsen| past_members =| notable_instruments =
Haggard is a Germany|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 .cite web|url=allmusic|id=p541455|pure_url=yes |title=Haggard Biography |first=Chris |last=True |work= Allmusic |accessdate=2011-04-04 They changed their musical style after their first Demo (music)|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 Italy|Italian scholar , Galileo Galilei , sentenced to house arrest for heresy by the Catholic Church for supporting Nicolaus Copernicus|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.

In 2010, the band had its first concert along with a symphonic orchestra. Haggard played together with the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra|philharmonic orchestra of Plovdiv in the Bulgaria n city of Plovdiv on April 19, 2010.

The next album will be about the tales of the brothers Grimm .

Discography


Demos


  • Introduction (demo)|Introduction (1992)

  • Progressive (album)|Progressive (1994)

  • '' Once... Upon A December's Dawn (1995)


  • Studio albums


    Year Title Peak positions
    GER cite webSWI cite web
    1997 And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer >—>—
    2000 Awaking the Centuries >64>—
    2004 Eppur Si Muove >47>—
    2008 Tales of Ithiria >37>89


    Live


  • Awaking the Gods: Live In Mexico (2001)


  • DVD's and videos


  • ''In A Pale Moon's Shadow) (1998)

  • Awaking the Gods: Live In Mexico ( DVD / VHS ) (2001)


  • Members



    Asis Nasseri
    Susanne Ehlers
    Veronika Kramheller
    Manuela Kraller
    Fiffi Fuhrmann
    Giacomo Astorri
    Jonathan Whynot
    Michael Stapf
    Andreas Fuchs
    Linda Antonetti
    Ivica Kramheller
    Steffi Hertz
    Johannes Schleiermacher
    Patrizia Krug
    Claudio Quarta
    Hans Wolf
    Ingrid Nietzer
    Luz Marsen
    Michael Schumm -->

    Current members


  • Asis Nasseri – vocals , guitar (1991–present)

  • Susanne Ehlers – soprano vocals

  • Veronika Kramheller – soprano vocals

  • Giacomo Astorri - Bass (guitar)|bass

  • Fiffi Fuhrmann – tenor vocals , bass

  • Jonathan Whynot - guitar

  • Michael Stapf - violin

  • Ivica Kramheller – double bass

  • Andreas Fuchs – French horn , flute , percussion , drums

  • Steffi Hertz – viola

  • Johannes Schleiermacher – cello

  • Patrizia Krug - cello

  • Claudio Quarta – guitar

  • Hans Wolf – piano , Keyboard instrument|keyboards

  • Ingrid Nietzer - piano , Keyboard instrument|keyboards

  • Luz Marsen – drum kit|drums , percussion (1991–present)

  • Michael Schumm - percussion


  • Past 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

  • Manuela Kraller - soprano vocals


  • 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


    Reflist

    External links


    Commons category|Haggard
  • http://www.haggard.de Haggard - official website

  • MySpace|haggard2007|Haggard

  • http://www.drakkar.de/de/index.php? bandid=1 Drakkar Entertainment - official website


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