Schandmaul

Part of the Mittelalter scene in German rock, Schandmaul formed in 1998 and included an arsenal of medieval instrumentation to augment their electric rock sound. The Munich-based group first came together when a handful of musicians from different groups got the idea of putting together a show of folk covers; the bandmembers ended up writing some of their own material, and decided to keep on with the project. The six-piece group performed well at its first outing, and released an album entitled Wahre Helden (True Heroes) in 1999. After 2000's Von Spitzbuben und Anderen Halun...