Adorned Brood is a folk

Folk metal

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 black metal

Black metal

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 band from Neuss

Neuss

Neuss is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf. Neuss is the largest city within the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district and owes its prosperity to its location at the crossing of historic and modern trade routes. It is primarily known...

, Germany

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.

History (1993-2006)

After the foundation in 1993, Adorned Brood recorded two demo tape. They signed a contract to German

Germany

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 music label Folter Records. They recorded their first studio album Hiltia

Hiltia

Hiltia is the debut album by the German folk/black metal band Adorned Brood. It was released the March 1, 1996 on Folter Records.-Track listing:#"Intro" – 1:29#"For Honour and Land" – 4:52#"Hiltia" – 6:10#"Unehrenhaftes Feindesblut" – 7:41...

in 1996. They recorded a new album, called Wigand, in 1998. Only 1,000 copies of each album were released.

They signed a contract with Moonstorm Records. Their third album, Asgard

Asgard (album)

Asgard is the third album by the German folk black metal band Adorned Brood. It was released June 16, 2000.-Track listing:#"Intro" - 1:27#"A God Ruled Time" - 4:52#"Asgard" - 6:19#"Black Beasts" - 9:22#"Twilight in Midgard" - 1:56...

, was released in 2000. Lead singer Erik Hecht from the band Subway to Sally

Subway to Sally

Subway to Sally was founded in Potsdam, Germany, in the early 1990s. It is a rock band with clear folk and medieval influences, later also with gothic and metal elements added to the mix...

 joined Adorned Brood for their fourth album, Erdenkraft

Erdenkraft

Erdenkraft is the fourth album by the German folk/black/viking metal band, Adorned Brood. It was released March 22, 2002.-Track listing:#"Welcome our Friends" - 5:32#"Totenmarsch" - 2:40#"Lebenslied" - 4:14#"Old Great Master" - 5:41...

, in 2000.

They toured with Subway to Sally

Subway to Sally

Subway to Sally was founded in Potsdam, Germany, in the early 1990s. It is a rock band with clear folk and medieval influences, later also with gothic and metal elements added to the mix...

, and played at the music festivals Summer Breeze Open Air

Summer Breeze Open Air

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, Partysan, Wave Gotik Treffen

Wave Gotik Treffen

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 and Feuertanz Festival.

Current line-up

• Markus 'Teutobot' Frost - vocals
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  , bass guitar
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   (1993–present)
• Thorsten Derks - guitar
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   (2004–present)
• Jan Jansohn - guitars (2009-)
• Niklas Enns - keyboard
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  s (2009-)
• Anne - flute
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   (2009-)
• Mischa Kliege - drums
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   (2011-)

Former members

• Klaus Röhrig - vocals (1993–1995)
• Nermin 'Oberon' Hadžović - guitar (1993–1997)
• Thorsten Riekel - guitar (1994)
• Andreas Samek - guitar
  Guitar
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   (1997–2004)
• Benjamin Ulkan - guitar
  Guitar
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   (2001–2007)
• Ingeborg Anna Baumgärtel vocals
  Singing
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  , flute
  Flute
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   (1996–2008)
• Tim Baumgärtel - drums
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  , piano
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   (1998–2010)
• Mirko 'Pagan' Klier - guitar (1993–2001, 2007–2009)
• Mike 'Ariovist' Engelmann - drums
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   (1993-1998 & 2010-2011)

Studio albums

• Hiltia
  Hiltia
  Hiltia is the debut album by the German folk/black metal band Adorned Brood. It was released the March 1, 1996 on Folter Records.-Track listing:#"Intro" – 1:29#"For Honour and Land" – 4:52#"Hiltia" – 6:10#"Unehrenhaftes Feindesblut" – 7:41...
  
  (1996)
• Wigand (1998)
• Asgard
  Asgard (album)
  Asgard is the third album by the German folk black metal band Adorned Brood. It was released June 16, 2000.-Track listing:#"Intro" - 1:27#"A God Ruled Time" - 4:52#"Asgard" - 6:19#"Black Beasts" - 9:22#"Twilight in Midgard" - 1:56...
  
  (2000)
• Erdenkraft
  Erdenkraft
  Erdenkraft is the fourth album by the German folk/black/viking metal band, Adorned Brood. It was released March 22, 2002.-Track listing:#"Welcome our Friends" - 5:32#"Totenmarsch" - 2:40#"Lebenslied" - 4:14#"Old Great Master" - 5:41...
  
  (2002)
• Heldentat (2006)
• Noor (2008)
• Hammerfeste (2010)