Equilibrium (band)
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Equilibrium is a Folk metal
Folk metal
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...

 band from Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. The band's music combines elements of folk
Folk metal
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...

 and symphonic metal
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...

 with various instruments including electric guitars, strings and flutes. Their riffs reflect traditional Germanic melodies.

Their lyrical themes focus on Germanic
Germanic paganism
Germanic paganism refers to the theology and religious practices of the Germanic peoples of north-western Europe from the Iron Age until their Christianization during the Medieval period...

 tales and Germanic mythology
Germanic paganism
Germanic paganism refers to the theology and religious practices of the Germanic peoples of north-western Europe from the Iron Age until their Christianization during the Medieval period...

. All of the lyrics are in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

, as are most of the titles.

History

The group toured with Commander and Sycronomica in 2005. The following year they signed a contract with the Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...

 record label
Record label
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 and on June 27, 2008 they released their second album, Sagas
Sagas (album)
- Personnel :* Helge Stang − vocals* René Berthiaume − guitar* Andreas Völkl − guitar* Sandra Völkl − bass guitar* Manuel DiCamillo − drums* Kurt Angerpower – guitar* Ulrich Herkenhoff – pan flute* Muki Seiler* Agnes Malich – violin* Gaby Koss – vocals...

.

In February 2010, Equilibrium had to cancel their appearance at the Winterfire Festival in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 "due to serious restructuring within the band". It was later revealed that vocalist Helge Stang and drummer Manuel DiCamillo had left the band. The following month the band announced that Robse, vocalist in the German pagan metal
Pagan metal
Pagan metal is an umbrella term for heavy metal music which fuses extreme metal with "the pre-Christian traditions of a specific culture or region through thematic concept, rustic melodies, unusual instruments or archaic languages", usually referring to folk metal or black metal. The Norwegian band...

 band Vrankenvorde, had been chosen as their new vocalist.

A short time ago, the band found a new drummer, Hati, who is also the drummer of the brutal death metal band Viscera Trail. The band, full again, released their third album, Rekreatur
Rekreatur
- Charts :- Personnel :* Robert "Robse" Dahn – lead vocals* René Berthiaume – guitar/keyboards* Andreas Völkl – guitar* Sandra Völkl – bass* Manuel DiCamillo – drums...

, via Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...

, on June 18, 2010.

Band members

  • Robert "Robse" Dahn - vocals (2010–present)
  • René Berthiaume − guitar (2001–present), keyboards (2006–present)
  • Andreas Völkl − guitar (2001–present)
  • Sandra Völkl − bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     (2001–present)
  • Tuval "Hati" Refaeli - drums (2010–present)

Former members

  • Helge Stang − vocals (2001–2010)
  • Manuel DiCamillo − drums (2006–2010)
  • Markus Perschke − drums (2005–2006)
  • Basti Kriegl − drums (2005)
  • Julius Koblitzek − drums (2003–2004)
  • Henning Stein − drums (2001–2003)
  • Armin Dörfler − keyboards (2005–2006)
  • Conny Kaiser − keyboards (2002–2003)
  • Michael Heidenreich − keyboards (2001–2002)

Studio albums

  • Turis Fratyr (2005) – Black Attakk
  • Sagas
    Sagas (album)
    - Personnel :* Helge Stang − vocals* René Berthiaume − guitar* Andreas Völkl − guitar* Sandra Völkl − bass guitar* Manuel DiCamillo − drums* Kurt Angerpower – guitar* Ulrich Herkenhoff – pan flute* Muki Seiler* Agnes Malich – violin* Gaby Koss – vocals...

    (2008) – Nuclear Blast
  • Rekreatur
    Rekreatur
    - Charts :- Personnel :* Robert "Robse" Dahn – lead vocals* René Berthiaume – guitar/keyboards* Andreas Völkl – guitar* Sandra Völkl – bass* Manuel DiCamillo – drums...

    (2010) - Nuclear Blast

External links

  • Equilibrium at MusicMight
    MusicMight
    MusicMight, formerly Rockdetector is a rock music website which provides artist and product information through a global website and an ongoing book series...

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