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Corvus Corax

Group · Germany · East Germany · formed 1989

German Medieval music band

neo-medieval music

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Also known as Corvus Corax Hymnus · コルブス・コラクス

Debut: 1989
Recording span: 37 years
Release groups: 57
Timeline events: 50
Wiki language versions: 17

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Timeline

50 events▣ Album 21+ Member joins 16− Member leaves 11◆ Formed 1★ Debut release 1

1980s
1. 1989 · Formed
  Formed in 1989
  source: wikidata
2. 1989 · Debut release
  Debut release: Ante Casu Peccati
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1989 · Album
  Album: Ante Casu Peccati
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1989 · Member joins
  Castus Rabensang joins the band
  original
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1989 · Member joins
  Wim joins the band
  original
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1990 · Album
  Album: Congregatio
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1990 · Member joins
  Meister Selbfried joins the band
  bagpipe,bombarde,flute,shawm
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1992 · Member leaves
  Teufel leaves the band
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1993 · Album
  Album: Inter Deum et Diabolum Semper Musica est
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1993 · Member joins
  Der heilige St. Brandanarius joins the band
  bagpipe,bombarde,shawm
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1995 · Album
  Album: Tritonus
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1996 · Member joins
  Teufel joins the band
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1997 · Member joins
  Hatz joins the band
  source: musicbrainz
9. 1998 · Album
  Album: Viator
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2000 · Album
  Album: Märchen aus alter Zeit erzählt von Corvus Corax
  Album (Audiobook)
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2000 · Album
  Album: MM
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2000 · Member joins
  Harmann der Drescher joins the band
  source: musicbrainz
4. 13 November 2000 · Album
  Album: Mille Anni Passi Sunt
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 18 August 2001 · Album
  Album: Seikilos
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 2002 · Member leaves
  Der heilige St. Brandanarius leaves the band
  bagpipe,bombarde,shawm
  source: musicbrainz
7. 2002 · Member joins
  Ardor vom Venushügel joins the band
  source: musicbrainz
8. 2002 · Member joins
  Patrick der Kalauer joins the band
  source: musicbrainz
9. 2005 · Member leaves
  Meister Selbfried leaves the band
  bagpipe,bombarde,flute,shawm
  source: musicbrainz
10. 8 August 2005 · Album
  Album: Cantus Buranus
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
11. 2006 · Member joins
  Jordon joins the band
  bagpipe,shawm
  source: musicbrainz
12. 7 July 2006 · Album
  Album: Venus Vina Musica
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
13. 6 July 2007 · Album
  Album: Kaltenberg anno MMVII
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
14. 1 August 2008 · Album
  Album: Cantus Buranus II
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
15. 5 December 2008 · Album
  Album: Cantus Buranus – Das Orgelwerk
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
16. 2009 · Member leaves
  Ardor vom Venushügel leaves the band
  source: musicbrainz
17. 2009 · Member leaves
  Patrick der Kalauer leaves the band
  source: musicbrainz
18. 2009 · Member leaves
  Jordon leaves the band
  bagpipe,shawm
  source: musicbrainz
19. 2009 · Member joins
  Martin Ukrasvan joins the band
  davul,timpani,tom-tom
  source: musicbrainz
20. 2009 · Member joins
  PanPeter joins the band
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 2010 · Member leaves
  Teufel leaves the band
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2010 · Member leaves
  Martin Ukrasvan leaves the band
  davul,timpani,tom-tom
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2010 · Member joins
  Vit joins the band
  bagpipe,shawm
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2011 · Member joins
  Steve The Machine joins the band
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1 September 2011 · Album
  Album: Sverker
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 14 November 2013 · Album
  Album: Gimlie
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 31 December 2015 · Member leaves
  Wim leaves the band
  original
  source: musicbrainz
8. 10 February 2017 · Member leaves
  PanPeter leaves the band
  source: musicbrainz
9. 10 February 2017 · Member leaves
  Steve The Machine leaves the band
  source: musicbrainz
10. 14 February 2017 · Member joins
  Frick joins the band
  bass
  source: musicbrainz
11. 17 March 2017 · Member joins
  Wim joins the band
  source: musicbrainz
12. 28 July 2017 · Album
  Album: Der Fluch des Drachen
  Album (Audio drama)
  source: musicbrainz
13. 27 July 2018 · Album
  Album: Skál
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 2 April 2021 · Album
  Album: Die Maske des Roten Todes
  Album (Audiobook)
  source: musicbrainz
2. 24 June 2022 · Album
  Album: Era Metallum
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 20 December 2024 · Album
  Album: Tausend Jahre Tanzmusik
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography954 words · 7 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1376644650

Biography

Corvus Corax is a German band known for playing Medieval rock using authentic instruments. Their name is the scientific name for the common raven. The band was formed in 1989 by Castus Rabensang, Wim (Venustus) and Meister Selbfried ("Master Selfpeace") in East Germany. The band often uses bagpipes as the solo instrument; their live performances attract attention with the bizarre look of the musicians being reminiscent of ancient Greek myths: half-naked, dressed in unusual clothes, wearing primitive tribal decorations, often tattooed.
Today the band consists of seven members: Castus Rabensang ("Castus Ravensong"), Xandru, Norri (formerly known as Harmann der Drescher), Hatz ("Hunt"), Vit and Victorius. In May 2005 Meister Selbfried, one of the Corvus Corax founders and the researcher of medieval music, decided to cease his active musicianship and to dedicate himself mostly to managing Corvus Corax's own label Pica Records. His place in the line-up was taken by Jordon Finus in 2006.
The band releases its music through Pica Records in Europe and Noir Records in the US. The Cantus Buranus projects have thus far been released in Europe by Roadrunner Europe.

Interpretation and theory

Corvus Corax draws on a number of sources to try to make their music as authentic as possible: they have used documents that "condemn profane music" as an indicator of what the music might have sounded like, and drawn on nineteenth century scholarly treatises for information.
But the profane music of the day was often accompanied by a droning bass tone similar to that generated by the bourdon stop on an organ, which is provided in Corvus Corax's case by the drones on their bagpipes. An inkling as to the harmonies used is found in a song by Walter von der Vogelweide, in which he calls for the song to be played "the old way", meaning harmonising with thirds. At the time, the third was considered an awkward, ugly interval by the sacred musician—like the tritone, or diabolus in musica—but it was a common interval in folk music.
It is on this that Corvus Corax's interpretation hinges: medieval popular music was played more from the heart than the brain, and despite making use of scholarship to give them a grounding, Corvus Corax attempts to maintain the spirited, free manner in which the minstrels themselves would have played the music.

Projects

In 1996, the band released the album TanzwutTanzwut1996 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Die Balz2:462Tanzwut3:503Die Klage3:45 which combined the elements of metal music with their brand sound of bagpipes. The CD turned out to be a commercially successful experiment and the band decided to continue the tradition of that album in a separate musical project called Tanzwut, which included Castus Rabensang (German Rabensang = ravensong), Wim, and Teufel (German Teufel = Devil) from Corvus Corax as well as three new members.

In 2005, Corvus Corax started the ambitious project Cantus Buranus: a full-length opera set to the original Carmina Burana manuscript lyrics. The music for the opera was fully composed by the band and had no connection with the famous work by Carl Orff. A live CD and DVD recording of Cantus Buranus was released in March 2006.
2005 also marked the band's debut concerts in the US. The band performed four sets on each of four different days in mid-October, not far from Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire.
Out on 1 August 2008 via the band owned label Pica Music, Cantus Buranus II was released., It is a new orchestral recording of songs from the medieval manuscript "Carmina Burana". The Berlin-based act created a composition for orchestra, choir and a medieval ensemble and recorded the CD and DVD live in the Museum Island in front of 5,000 people.
In 2009 the band would collaborate with Simon Pressey, audio director of Dragon Age: Origins, to reinterpret the main theme in their own style. They would then go on to contribute additional arrangements to the soundtrack of the latest game in the series, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, in 2020.
A collaboration with the Russian band Ottawa Yo appeared on YouTube on December 31, 2022.
Corvus Corax performed a live rendition of their song "Ballade De Mercy" in the pilot episode of the TV series Game of Thrones, based on the fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. The pilot episode was changed dramatically before it aired on TV, and the performance was not used.

Studio albums

Ante Casu Peccati (1989)
Congregatio (1990)
Inter Deum Et Diabolum Semper Musica Est (1993)
Tritonus (1995)
Viator (1998)
Tempi Antiquii (1999, compilation of works from 1988 to 1992)
Mille Anni Passi Sunt (2000 – limited edition of 2000 copies issued as 'MM')
In Electronica Remixe (2000)
Seikilos (2002)
Best of Corvus Corax (2005)
Cantus Buranus (2005)
Venus Vina Musica (2006)
Kaltenberg Anno MMVII (2007, compilation)
Cantus Buranus II (released on 1 August 2008)
Cantus Buranus – Das Orgelwerk (released on 5 December 2008)
Kaltenberg Anno MMX (2010, compilation)
Sverker (2011)
Gimlie (2013)
Ars Mystica – Selectio 1989–2016 (2016, compilation)
Der Fluch des Drachen (2017)
Skál (2018)
Die Maske des Roten Todes (2021)
Era Metallum (2022)
Tausend Jahre Tanzmusik (2024)

Live Albums

Live auf dem Wäscherschloß (1998)
Gaudia Vite (live) (2003)
Cantus Buranus Live in Berlin (2006)
Live in Berlin (released in July 2009)
Sverker Live DVD & CD At Summer Breeze & Castelfest – feat. WADOKYO (2013)
Live 2015 – Auf dem Trolls et Légendes Festival (2015)
In Ecclesia – Live (2026)

EPs/Singles

Tanzwut EP (1996)
Corvus Corax erzählen Märchen aus alter Zeit EP (2000)
Hymnus Cantica CDS (2002)

DVD/Video

Gaudia Vite Live DVD – USA Edition (2006)
Cantus Buranus Live in Berlin DVD (2006)
Corvus Corax Live in Berlin – Passionskirche DVD (2009)
Cantus Buranus Live in München DVD (2010)
Sverker Live DVD & CD At Summer Breeze & Castelfest – feat. WADOKYO (2013)

Discography & profile

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Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	17	76.4th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	57	95.2th
Studio albums	21	96.7th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	50	98.8th
Recording span (years)	37	76.5th
Genres	16	99th

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Discography (57 release groups · 21 studio albums)

Albums · 21

Ante Casu Peccati
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 55:37
1Ovum Prandi Deum Septime Die2:05
2Lamento di Friedo2:47
3Lamento di Tristano0:51
4Merseburger Zauberspruch8:13
5Saltatio Arcae Rotae2:23
6Die Posaune des Johannes0:04
7Non Admonemur3:52
8Saltarello2:52
9Palästinalied5:36
10Saltatio Mortis1:42
11Tourdion4:17
12Platerspiel1:00
13Saltatio Sanct Martinis4:22
14Pacel Aqua5:09
15Hungaresca4:49
16Mailied2:13
17Heiduckentanz2:11
18Mereta Cerevisia Vesperi Deum Septime Die1:11
Congregatio
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 35:40
1Saltarello - Ital.3:53
2Skudrinka - Mazedon.3:12
3Poc Vecem - Provenc.3:51
4Bärentanz - Dtsch.4:31
5Tourdion - Franz.2:34
6Palästinalied - W. V. D. Vogelweide5:34
7Rondeau - Arab.3:40
8Ei Beribach - Aserbaidsch.3:42
9Exaltopulos- Griech.2:17
10Scuarazula - Ital.2:26
Inter Deum et Diabolum Semper Musica est
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 51:51
1Introitus: Prozession / Türkischer Tanz3:55
2Veris dulcis2:53
3Palästinalied / Alte clamat epicurus10:48
4La Manfredina6:09
5Vrouwe ih pin dir untertan3:11
6Por coi bait mes maris2:35
7Nota3:25
8Meie dîn Liehter schîn6:28
9Saltarello / Ductia / Trotto4:45
10La filha dou ladre4:35
11Serbokroatischer Tanz3:07
Tritonus
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 52:23
1Introitus Corvus Corax1:27
2Neva Cengi Harbi2:46
3Goudalier4:06
4Saderalladon5:01
5Saltarello Venusti2:17
6Stella Splendens3:28
7Sic Mea Fata3:01
8Platerspiel6:59
9Tritonus2:14
10Spielmannstanz6:20
11Saltarello3:56
12Palästinalied10:48
Viator
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 47:06
1Intro: Viator1:39
2Skudrinka5:04
3Bacchus (lat.)3:32
4Furatum alci Provinciam3:18
5Ahi! Amours (altfrnz.)3:07
6Douce Dame Joliet4:17
7Najo Ratte (rotvvelsch)4:07
8Die Klage (altfrnz.)3:44
9Baro Massik (rotvvelsch)4:57
10Filii Neidhardi3:13
11Viator (lat.)5:40
12Funkertschurichs Amour4:28
Märchen aus alter Zeit erzählt von Corvus Corax
2000 · Audiobook
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 50:56
1Der Richter und der Teufel14:48
2Der Spielmann Dudelbert und der Reiche Kaufmann Svedlik8:41
3Der Schweineprinz11:40
4Dankow, der Hirt6:06
5Das wohlfeile Abendessen5:03
6Ballade von Jean, Jaques und Nicolo4:38
MM
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 45:42
1Nominalto4:09
2Gaudalier3:42
3Avanti3:43
4La douce2:10
5Estuans instrinsecus4:07
6Lolone3:41
7Manfredina5:23
8Isabella4:34
9Platerspiel6:23
10Saltarello3:12
11Jean, Jaques und Nicolo4:38
Mille Anni Passi Sunt
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 53:41
1Mille anni passi sunt4:09
2Avanti3:43
3Nominalto4:12
4In taberna2:56
5Isabella4:34
6Mit dans is all die Werlt genesen3:25
7Gaudalier3:42
8Saltatio mortis a.D. MM3:42
9La douce2:13
10Meng lëiv4:16
11Goigs de la nostra dona3:49
12Lolone3:38
13Estuans intrinsecus4:05
14Bucca5:17
Seikilos
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 52:47
1Seikilos4:06
2Suam Elle Ires (live)4:53
3Satyricon3:04
4Titenka3:29
5Chou Chou Sheng5:29
6Ballade De Mercy3:54
7Para Barei3:38
8Oro Se Vie3:31
9Cheiron5:04
10Aia4:14
11Basileus3:39
12Hymnus Apollon7:46
Cantus Buranus
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 36 tracks · 51:47
Disc 111 tracks · 51:47
1Fortuna4:12
2Florent Omnes5:47
3Dulcissima5:01
4Lingua Mendax5:02
5Rustica Puella4:19
6Nummus3:35
7Curritur4:21
8Sol Solo4:25
9Venus4:53
10O Langueo4:12
11Ergo Bibamus6:00
Disc 225 tracks
1Fortuna (5.1 Surround)
2Florent Omnes (5.1 Surround)
3Dulcissima (5.1 Surround)
4Lingua Mendax (5.1 Surround)
5Rustica Puella (5.1 Surround)
6Nummus (5.1 Surround)
7Curritur (5.1 Surround)
8Sol Solo (5.1 Surround)
9Venus (5.1 Surround)
10O Langueo (5.1 Surround)
11Ergo Bibamus (5.1 Surround)
12Fortuna (stereo)
13Florent Omnes (stereo)
14Dulcissima (stereo)
15Lingua Mendax (stereo)
16Rustica Puella (stereo)
17Nummus (stereo)
18Curritur (stereo)
19Sol Solo (stereo)
20Venus (stereo)
21O Langueo (stereo)
22Ergo Bibamus (stereo)
23Making Of
24Rustica Puella (live)
25Credits
Venus Vina Musica
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 51:28
1Anti Dolores Capitis1:56
2Venus Vina Musica3:41
3Urmawi4:04
4Tuska3:38
5Qui nous demaine4:50
6Bibit Aleum6:05
7Katrinka5:04
8Tertio1:58
9Feralis Saltare3:15
10Sanyogita6:35
11Scotus4:01
12Lamentatio Coelibatus6:21
Kaltenberg anno MMVII
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:01:03
1Bibit Aleum6:04
2Tuska3:37
3Venus vina musica3:38
4Skudrinka (Matze)3:09
5Nominalto4:09
6Ballade de mercy3:52
7Suam elle ires3:08
8Filii neidhardi3:12
9Cheiron5:03
10Titenka3:29
11In taberna2:54
12Platerspiel6:21
13Saltarello / Ductia / Trotto4:44
14Hymnus cantica4:01
15Is nomine vacans3:42
Cantus Buranus II
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:17:33
1Veritas Simplex8:33
2Miser5:23
3Custodes Sunt Raptores6:10
4De Mundi Statu5:00
5Ordu Languet5:57
6Vitium in Opere6:19
7Quid Agam5:50
8Causa Ludi4:40
9Ingordin Et Ingordan6:18
10Magnum Detrimentum4:54
11In Orbem Universum5:32
12O Varium Fortune5:55
13Chou Chou Sheng - Preces Ad Imperatorem7:02
Cantus Buranus – Das Orgelwerk
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:08:25
1Praeludium in d super - Fortuna7:48
2Toccata super - Miser5:09
3Fuga super - Ingordin et Ingordan6:48
4Praeludium - O Langueo5:41
5Improvisatio super - Ordu Languet6:10
6Toccata super - Quid Agam Misera6:23
7Passacaglia super - Ergo Bibamus - in memoriam J.S.Bach5:20
8Fantasia super - Veritas Simplex7:02
9Ritornell super - Lingua Mendax4:05
10Fantasia super - In Orbem Universum7:21
11Variationes super - O Varium Fortuna6:38
Sverker
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 51:22
1Intro Gjallarhorni0:59
2Gjallarhorni3:00
3Sverker4:32
4Fiach Dubh6:38
5Trinkt vom Met0:35
6The Drinking Loving Dancer5:19
7Lá ì mealtaine4:47
8Havfrue4:37
9Baldr3:28
10Ragnarök7:40
11Tjúgundi biðil0:28
12Na Láma-Sa9:19
Gimlie
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 55:00
1Die Seherin (intro)1:40
2Gimlie4:05
3Unicornis4:02
4Der Schrei3:53
5Königinnen werden ihr neiden3:37
6Derdriu4:32
7Grendel4:18
8Béowulf is mín nama4:30
9Sigeléasne sang5:26
10(intro) Crenaid brain1:10
11Crenaid brain5:05
12Twilight of the Thunder God4:11
13Krummavísur4:48
14Twilight of the Thunder God (Hymnus)3:43
Der Fluch des Drachen
2017 · Audio drama
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Tracklist · 57 tracks · 3:04:32
Disc 122 tracks · 1:12:24
1Einführung1:35
2Nimmer mehr (Die Ballade – Adamas) (Hörbuch edit)3:45
3Der Schmied Adamas2:12
4Shigerus Rettung5:30
5Gesegnet und hoch geachtet (Der Song – Shigeru) (Hörbuch edit)3:45
6Die Sage der sieben Aufgaben2:54
7Adamas erreicht die große Stadt4:00
8Audienz beim König3:13
9Die sieben Aufgaben (Hörbuch edit)4:04
10Leander – der Krieger des Königs3:12
11Der Talisman der Hofdame2:30
12Wann werd’ ich frei sein (Leandras Lied) (Hörbuch edit)4:13
13Im Keller der Festung1:15
14Werd’ keinen verschonen (Der Song – Alchemos) (Hörbuch edit)2:39
15Das Dorf der Faulen6:04
16Wild und frei (die Hexe Runa) (Hörbuch edit)3:02
17Adamas und Runa1:56
18Lied der Liebe (Runa, Adamas & Leander) (Hörbuch edit)3:44
19Leandras Brosche oder die Gesetze der Liebe2:34
20Auf dem Weg zu den Riesen1:18
21Ein stolzer mächtiger Krieger (Leanders Song) (Hörbuch edit)2:03
22Die zwei Riesen und der singende Hammer6:56
Disc 224 tracks · 1:07:19
1Leander erwacht2:30
2Gesegnet und hoch geachtet (reprise)0:24
3Leander bringt Shigeru zum Königshof2:26
4Das Reich wird mein für alle Zeit (die Prinzessin und der König) (Hörbuch edit)3:02
5Shigeru trifft den König3:29
6Werd’ keinen verschonen (Teil 2)2:44
7Marlies Plan0:59
8Lied der Liebe (Marlies & Alchemos)2:34
9Die Stadt ist gefallen4:36
10Zu zweit gegen die Bestie3:46
11In den Mauern der Burg2:14
12Hab so geliebt (Lied des Feindes) (Hörbuch edit)4:36
13Einen Drachen erschaffen1:54
14Runa eilt zur Hilfe3:05
15Adamas und der Drache2:06
16Kampf gegen Furio4:37
17Das Ende der Bestie1:21
18Kommt herbei und feiert mit (Hörbuch edit)3:26
19Der König kommt zu Fall4:20
20Marlies und Shigeru werden befreit6:40
21Der neue König tritt vor’s Volk0:57
22Lied der Liebe – Finale (Adamas, Marlies & Leandra)1:40
23Eine neue Königin für das Königreich2:25
24Wer hat euch vom Schmied erzählt1:28
Disc 311 tracks · 44:49
1Nimmer mehr (Die Ballade – Adamas)3:53
2Gesegnet und hoch geachtet (Der Song – Shigeru)3:51
3Die sieben Aufgaben4:09
4Wann werd’ ich frei sein (Leandras Lied)4:30
5Werd’ keinen verschonen (Der Song – Alchemos)2:50
6Wild und frei (die Hexe Runa)3:51
7Lied der Liebe (Runa, Adamas & Leander)3:50
8Ein stolzer mächtiger Krieger (Leanders Song)4:11
9Das Reich wird mein für alle Zeit (die Prinzessin und der König)3:56
10Hab so geliebt (Lied des Feindes)5:00
11Kommt herbei und feiert mit4:48
Skál
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 52:34
1Intro Yggdrasill1:02
2Yggdrasill4:29
3Her Wirt6:09
4Sauf noch ein4:44
5Hugin & Munin5:12
6Pfeifsack4:21
7Hol Bier herbei4:17
8Skál6:05
9Eine Jungfrau4:47
10Die Rose5:37
11Ofermod5:51
Die Maske des Roten Todes
2021 · Audiobook
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:02:38
1Erzählung vom Roten Tod3:24
2Einzug ins Refugium (Text)7:40
3Das schwarze Zimmer (Text)2:25
4Der Maskenball3:32
5Der Rote Tod schreitet durch das Refugium5:19
6Die Herrschaft des Roten Todes (Text)5:24
7Die Geißler in der Kapelle2:44
8Die Veitztänzer von Corvus Corax1:57
9Feiste Swîn und roter Wîn3:37
10Der Rote Tod3:25
11Einzug ins Refugium3:50
12Das schwarze Zimmer3:01
13Maskentanz2:18
14Hymnus des Roten Todes4:30
15Die Herrschaft des Roten Todes5:48
16Luzifer ist böß´Geselle3:44
Era Metallum
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:44:43
Disc 112 tracks · 1:02:11
1Intro Gjallarhorni1:12
2Gjallarhorni3:19
3Sverker4:14
4Béowulf is mín nama5:03
5Lá í mBealtaine4:45
6Ragnarök7:37
7Hugin & Munin5:46
8Havfrue5:11
9Víkingar6:14
10Yggdrasil5:23
11Gimlie5:28
12Na láma‐sa7:59
Disc 27 tracks · 42:32
1Lá í mBealtaine4:44
2Ragnarök7:37
3Béowulf is mín nama5:04
4Víkingar6:14
5Gimlie5:28
6Yggdrasil (feat. Sabina Classen)5:26
7Na láma‐sa7:59
Tausend Jahre Tanzmusik
2024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 47:58
1Tanz, Mägdlein, Tanz!4:09
2Komm schenket ein3:56
3Ick Minne Dich!5:08
4Trink, Schwester, Trink!4:57
5Das Käuzlein4:04
6In Taberna Secundus7:02
7Claudite Oculos6:01
8Feiste Swîn und roter Wîn5:32
9Víkingar7:09

Single · 21

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1996	TanzwutSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 10:21 1Die Balz2:46 2Tanzwut3:50 3Die Klage3:45		1996
2003	Hymnus CanticaSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 13:49 1Hymnus Cantica (Corvus Corax mix)4:01 2Hymnus Cantica (Tanzwut mix)3:59 3Hymnus Cantica (Elektro mix)5:49		7 July 2003
2005	DulcissimaSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 8:08 1Dulcissima (edit)3:09 2Dulcissima (album version)4:59		2005
2016	Corvus Corax TrioculiSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:08 1Corvus Corax Trioculi (Game of Thrones Theme)4:08		18 July 2016
2018	Hugin & MuninSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 5:09 1Hugin & Munin (single edit)5:09		25 May 2018
2018	Her WirtSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 10:46 1Her Wirt6:09 2Hugin & Munin (L’art Mystique remix)4:37		6 July 2018
2020	RagnarökSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 7:34 1Ragnarök (Era Metallum – single edit)7:34		7 February 2020
2020	YggdrasillSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:00 1Yggdrasill (Era Metallum – single edit)4:00		24 April 2020
2021	Béowulf is mín nama (Era Metallum)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 5:04 1Béowulf is mín nama (Era Metallum)5:04		12 March 2021
2021	Sverker (Era Metallum)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:46 1Sverker (Era Metallum – single edit)3:46		26 November 2021
2022	Na láma‐sa (Era Metallum)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 8:00 1Na láma‐sa (Era Metallum)8:00		27 May 2022
2022	Misty Mountains (Corvus Corax remix instrumental)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:11 1Misty Mountains (Corvus Corax remix instrumental)4:11	Remix	27 July 2022
2023	Víkingar (Era Metallum)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 9:58 1Víkingar (Era Metallum - single edit)3:43 2Víkingar (Era Metallum Duett Arndis Halla & Castus)6:15		24 February 2023
2023	Yggdrasill (Resurrected)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 5:09 1Yggdrasill (Resurrected)5:09		28 July 2023
2023	Víkingar (acoustic version)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 6:22 1Víkingar (acoustic version)6:22		18 August 2023
2023	Halt Dich an deiner Liebe festSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:20 1Halt Dich an deiner Liebe fest4:20		25 August 2023
2023	In Taberna SecundusSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:40 1In Taberna Secundus (single edit)3:40		1 November 2023
2024	Dulcissima (Rosa Maria)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:28 1Dulcissima (Rosa Maria)2:28		26 April 2024
2024	Komm schenket einSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:36 1Komm schenket ein3:56 2In Taberna Secundus (single edit)3:40		18 July 2024
2024	Komm schenket ein (Daniel La Peur remix)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 8:47 1Komm Schenket (Daniel La Peur remix)3:58 2Komm Schenket (Daniel La Peur remix - DJ mix)4:49	Remix	6 November 2024
2024	Trink, Schwester, trink!Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 12:33 1Trink, Schwester, Trink!4:57 2In Taberna Secundus (single edit)3:40 3Komm schenket ein3:56		6 December 2024

Album · 14

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1998	Live auf dem WäscherschloßSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:00:39 1Intro1:35 2Bärentanz3:50 3Skudrinka 24:02 4Albanischer Tanz2:35 5Totus Floreo4:16 6In Benedictus Virgine4:14 7In Taberna4:06 8Skudrinka 13:40 9Saltarello - Ductia5:38 10Platerspiel8:02 11Saltarello3:53 12Traubentritt3:48 13Admissio5:33 14Bretonischer Marsch5:27	Live	1998
1999	Tempi AntiquiiSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 54:59 1Orwitzel6:34 2Ougenweyde4:04 3Serbokroatisches2:36 4Veris Dulcis6:12 5Rotes Haar4:24 6Engelsstampf2:53 7Rabenballade4:32 8Spielmannstanz3:21 9Für Minne2:35 10Albanisches3:45 11Totentanz6:30 12Vor vollen Schüsseln5:24 13Trotto2:09	Compilation	16 July 1999
2002	In Electronica: Zona Extrema RemixeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:15:17 1Mit Dans Ist All Die Werlt Genesen (DansMix)3:50 2Mille Anni (Mille Anni Passi Sunt - M.A.P.S.)4:08 3La Douce (La Douce - M.A.P.S.)4:48 4Saltarello (Tanzwut remix)4:02 5Nominalto (Atomix Avenue remix)3:52 6Gaudalier (PC Project remix)6:05 7Najo Ratte (Umbra et Imago remix)3:50 8Estuans Intrinsecus (estuans-k.d.a.-mix)5:48 9Skudrinka (Blind Passengers remix)3:25 10Viator (Vibrator-mix)3:41 11Non Plus Ultra (Gabi del Gado remix)5:13 12Pain of Progress (Pain of Progress remix)5:01 13Baschuss (Trinklied.remix)3:08 14Energize Meng Leif (Dance or Die remix)3:48 15Die Klage (Wokain remix)4:27 16Filii Neidhardi (Consistenz remix)6:26 17Avanti (Atomix Avenue remix)3:45	Remix	25 March 2002
2003	Gaudia ViteSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:10:54 1Suam Elle Ires4:53 2Neva Cengi Harbi2:30 3Cheiron4:57 4Douce Dame Joliet2:25 5Ballade de Mercy4:07 6Mit Dans is all die Werlt genesen3:36 7Nominalto2:53 8Oro Se Vie3:56 9Aia4:39 10Titenka3:36 11Ductia5:11 12Platerspiel8:13 13Filii Neidhardi3:04 14Chou Chou Sheng7:19 15Hymnus Apollon9:35	Live	27 October 2003
2005	Best of Corvus CoraxSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:04:19 1Neva Cengi Harbi3:25 2Avanti3:45 3In Taberna2:58 4Suam Elle Ires3:13 5Cheiron5:06 6Filii Neidhardi3:15 7Ballade de Mercy3:56 8La Douce2:15 9Palastinalied5:36 10Douce Dame Joliet4:19 11Mille Anni Passi Sunt4:11 12Saltarello3:39 13Platerspiel10:20 14Chou Chou Sheng (from Gaudia Vite Live DVD)8:21	Compilation	2005
2006	Cantus Buranus: Live in BerlinSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:12:54 1Intro Cantus Buranus2:13 2Florent Omnes8:17 3O Langueo6:08 4Venus6:27 5Rustica Puella7:14 6Nummus4:44 7Sol solo6:10 8Ergo Bibamus6:45 9Curritur7:18 10Lingua Mendax5:35 11Dulcissima5:40 12Fortuna6:23	Live	3 March 2006
2009	Live in BerlinSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:58:51 Disc 112 tracks · 59:49 1Prozession / Türkischer Tanz5:05 2Urmawi3:44 3Totus Floreo4:22 4Cheiron4:52 5Feralis Saltare - Pack9:52 6Saderalladon6:22 7Tertio3:35 8Bibit Aleum5:35 9Skudrinka 2 (Mazedonischer Tanz)3:40 10Ballade de Mercy4:28 11Venus Vina Musica4:56 12Nominalto3:18 Disc 210 tracks · 59:02 1Titenka4:17 2Albanischer Tanz2:54 3In Taberna3:14 4Sanyogita5:10 5Satarello Ductia8:14 6Platerspiel10:33 7Saltarello3:25 8Admissio9:35 9Filii Neidhardi3:19 10Chou Chou Sheng8:21	Live	31 July 2009
2010	Kaltenberg Anno MMXSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 56:37 1Introitus: Corvus Coray 11:23 2Neva Cengi Harbi2:45 3Urmawi4:03 4Saderalladon4:44 5Avanti3:41 6Oro Se Vie3:31 7La Douce2:11 8Veris Dulcis2:53 9Douce Dame Joliet4:14 10Najo Ratte4:06 11Hymnus Appolon7:46 12Mille Anni Passi Sunt6:44 13Die Klage8:36	Compilation	2010
2010	Cantus Buranus: Live in MünchenSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:53:21 Disc 19 tracks · 56:19 1Custodes sunt raptores8:18 2Miser5:30 3De mundi statu5:08 4Rustica puella6:21 5Nummus4:35 6Ordu languet6:29 7Ergo bibamus8:01 8Quid agam misera5:59 9Ligua mendax5:58 Disc 29 tracks · 57:02 1Curritur5:51 2Causa ludi5:04 3In orbem universum5:44 4Veritas simplex9:09 5Fortuna5:44 6O varium fortune5:29 7Chou chou sheng - Preces ad imperatorem6:16 8Lingua mendax5:33 9Chou chou sheng - Preces ad imperatorem8:12 Disc 32 tracks 1Cantus Buranus auf dem Summerbreeze Festival 2009 2China Special Cantus Buranus in Kanton/Guangzhou China 2008	Live	1 July 2010
2013	Sverker LiveSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 17 tracks · 4:21:26 Disc 113 tracks · 1:11:30 1Intro Gjallarhorni1:51 2Gjallarhorni4:10 3Sverker3:37 4Fiach Dubh6:29 5Mille Anni Passi Sunt7:09 6Venus Vina Musica4:24 7In Taberna2:58 8Nonami (Wadokyo Solo)3:13 9Bibit Aleum5:21 10Havfrue6:24 11Ragnarök9:34 12Na Lama-sá10:26 13Lá í mBealthaine (live at Castlefest)5:54 Disc 24 tracks · 3:09:56 1Corvus Corax feat. Wadokyo (live at Summer Breeze 2012)1:07:15 2Corvus Corax feat. Wadokyo (live at Castlefest 2012)1:34:55 3Fantreffen 2012 (Interviews & Impressions)19:37 4La Filha Dou Ladre (live at Passionskirche 2012)8:09	Live	26 April 2013
2015	Live 2015: auf dem Trolls & Légendes FestivalSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:06:04 1Saltatio Mortis5:55 2Crenaid Brain5:16 3Totus Floreo4:41 4Mille Anni Passi Sunt7:56 5Venus Vina Musica5:15 6Bacchus3:42 7Trinkt vom Met1:35 8In Taberna2:45 9Havfrue5:03 10Sverker4:13 11Béowulf is mín nama4:22 12Heidutzki Tanez5:28 13Saltarello3:29 14Spielmannstanz6:24	Live	17 July 2015
2016	Ars Mystica - Selectio 1989-2016Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:14:57 1Impressiones1:57 2Lá í mBealtaine4:45 3Mille Anni Passi Sunt4:08 4Corvus Corax Trioculi (Game of Thrones Theme)4:08 5Sverker4:32 6Cheiron5:05 7Hymnus Apollon7:48 8Qui Nous Demaine4:49 9Unicornis4:02 10Die Klage3:40 11Ballade de Mercy3:52 12Is Nomine Vacans3:43 13O Varium Fortune5:53 14Ergo Bibamus7:47 15Palästinalied8:48	Compilation	29 July 2016
2023	Best of Corvus Corax IISearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:18:12 1Yggdrasill4:28 2Gjallarhorni2:58 3Tuska3:39 4Her Wirt6:09 5The Drinking Loving Dancers5:17 6Der Schrei3:54 7Skál6:03 8Sverker4:32 9Havfrue4:35 10Scotus4:04 11Hugin & Munin5:09 12Baldr3:28 13Unicornis4:02 14Ragnarök7:38 15Víkingar (acoustic)6:24 16O Varium Fortune5:52	Compilation	13 December 2023
2026	In Ecclesia - LiveSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:10:54 1Intro Vivum0:48 2Tanz, Mägdlein, Tanz!4:51 3Komm schenket ein3:56 4Trink, Schwester, Trink!5:16 5In Taberna Secundus6:14 6Feiste Swîn und roter Wîn6:07 7Víkingar4:59 8Fiach Dubh7:23 9Sauf noch ein5:10 10Her Wirt5:21 11Mit dans is all die Werlt genesen4:10 12Skál6:40 13Na Láma-sa9:59	Live	2 April 2026

EP · 1

EP release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	2014	Tales From the Edda EPSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 5 tracks · 17:24 1Intro Gjallarhorni0:59 2Gjallarhorni3:00 3Ragnarök7:40 4Die Seherin1:40 5Gimlie4:05		16 October 2014

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Corvus Corax metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	17	76.4th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	57	95.2th
Studio albums	21	96.7th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	50	98.8th
Recording span (years)	37	76.5th
Genres	16	99th

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Castus Rabensang	1989	present	original
Wim	1989	31 December 2015	original
Meister Selbfried	1990	2005	bagpipe,bombarde,flute,shawm
Der heilige St. Brandanarius	1993	2002	bagpipe,bombarde,shawm
Teufel	1996	2010
Hatz	1997	present
Harmann der Drescher	2000	present
Ardor vom Venushügel	2002	2009
Patrick der Kalauer	2002	2009
Jordon	2006	2009	bagpipe,shawm
Martin Ukrasvan	2009	2010	davul,timpani,tom-tom
PanPeter	2009	10 February 2017
Vit	2010	present	bagpipe,shawm
Steve The Machine	2011	10 February 2017
Frick	14 February 2017	present	bass
Wim	17 March 2017	present
Teufel	—	1992

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Timeline

1980s

Formed in 1989

Debut release: Ante Casu Peccati

Album: Ante Casu Peccati

Castus Rabensang joins the band

Wim joins the band

1990s

Album: Congregatio

Meister Selbfried joins the band

Teufel leaves the band

Album: Inter Deum et Diabolum Semper Musica est

Der heilige St. Brandanarius joins the band

Album: Tritonus

Teufel joins the band

Hatz joins the band

Album: Viator

2000s

Album: Märchen aus alter Zeit erzählt von Corvus Corax

Album: MM

Harmann der Drescher joins the band

Album: Mille Anni Passi Sunt

Album: Seikilos

Der heilige St. Brandanarius leaves the band

Ardor vom Venushügel joins the band

Patrick der Kalauer joins the band

Meister Selbfried leaves the band

Album: Cantus Buranus

Jordon joins the band

Album: Venus Vina Musica

Album: Kaltenberg anno MMVII

Album: Cantus Buranus II

Album: Cantus Buranus – Das Orgelwerk

Ardor vom Venushügel leaves the band

Patrick der Kalauer leaves the band

Jordon leaves the band

Martin Ukrasvan joins the band

PanPeter joins the band

2010s

Teufel leaves the band

Martin Ukrasvan leaves the band

Vit joins the band

Steve The Machine joins the band

Album: Sverker

Album: Gimlie

Wim leaves the band

PanPeter leaves the band

Steve The Machine leaves the band

Frick joins the band

Wim joins the band

Album: Der Fluch des Drachen

Album: Skál

2020s

Album: Die Maske des Roten Todes

Album: Era Metallum

Album: Tausend Jahre Tanzmusik

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Discography (57 release groups · 21 studio albums)

Albums · 21

Single · 21

Album · 14

EP · 1

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