Saltatio Mortis


Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval metal group. 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 - bagpipes, shawms, smallpipes, uilleann pipes and other pipes
  • Bruder Frank - bass guitars, electric upright Chapman Stick, guitar
  • Till Promill - guitars
  • Jean Mechant der Tambour - drums, piano, guitar, vocals

Past

  • Lasterbalk der Lästerliche - drums, davul and other percussion
  • Dominor der Filigrane - guitars, German bagpipes, shawms
  • Die Fackel - bass guitars, mandola, harp, German bagpipes, shawms
  • Ungemach der Missgestimmte - guitars, bagpipes, shawms, percussion, programming
  • Thoron Trommelfeuer - orchestral percussion
  • Herr Schmitt - drums and other percussion
  • Mik El Angelo - guitars, lutes, citterns
  • Cordoban der Verspielte - shawms, bagpipes, vielle, whistles, vocals
  • Herr Samoel - guitars, Irish bouzouki
  • Luzi das L - pipes, shawms, flutes

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

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 "
  • 2022: "Wir woll'n nach Valhalla"
  • 2022: "Alive Now"
  • 2024: "Schwarzer Strand"
  • 2024: "Fire & Ore"

DVDs

  • 1 April 2011: 10 Jahre Wild Und Frei 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
  • 2017: Gesegnet und hoch geachtet, Kommt herbei und feiert mit
  • 2020: Krieg kennt keine sieger
  • 2022: Good Life
  • 2022: ''It's Raining Beer''