Stille Volk

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Stille Volk
Origin France
Genre(s) Medieval music[1]
Celtic music[2]
Folk metal[3][4]
Years active 1994 - present
Label(s) Holy Records
Website [5]
Members
Patrick Lafforgue
Patrice Roques
Former members
Yan Arexis

Stille Volk (meaning "The Silent People" in Dutch) is a folk band from the Pyrenees area of France. The band formed in 1994, and draws inspiration from Celtic and medieval music.

The members play mostly, sometimes exclusively, traditional instruments (except on the more experimental album Ex-uvies). The lyrics are usually sung in French, Catalan or Occitan, and are mostly pagan-themed, evoking nature, myths, magical beings and sorcery.

The band is sometimes associated with the folk metal genre, probably due to the use of electric guitars on the Ex-uvies album. The other albums, however, are not related to this genre in any way. It is notable, though, that the two members of Stille Volk play together in a folk metal band called Hantaoma, highly reminiscent of Stille Volk.

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[edit] Members

[edit] Current Members

  • Patrick Lafforgue - vocals, wind instruments
  • Patrice Roques - string instruments, choirs

[edit] Former members

  • Yan Arexis (1994 - 1998) - percussion

[edit] Instruments

[edit] Discography

  • Hantaoma - 1997, Holy Records
  • Ex-uvies - 1998, Holy Records
  • Satyre Cornu - 2001, Holy Records
  • Maudat - 2002, Holy Records

[edit] See also

  • Hantaoma is a folk metal band named after the first Stille Volk album featuring Patrick Lafforgue and Patrice Roques. Their debut album, Malombra, was released in 2005. The lyrics are sung entirely in Occitan.

[edit] External links

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