CD1:
01. Stortebeker
02. Roter Stern (feat. Hansi Kursch)
03. Quid Pro Quo
04. Pikse Palve
05. Lieb Vaterland, Magst Ruhig Sein
06. Flaschenteufel (feat. Heaven Shall Burn)
07. Dacw' Nghariad
08. Moonshiner
09. Gluck Auf Erden
10. Чёрный Ворон (Schwarzer Rabe)
11. Sternhagelvoll
12. Wenn Das Licht Angeht (bonus)
13. Palastinalied 2 (bonus)
14. Quid Pro Quo (bonus' Akustik)

CD2: Live
01. Siehst Du Das Licht
02. Lebensbeichte
03. Nur Ihr Allein
04. In Diesem Licht
05. Frei Zu Sein
06. Kuss Mich
07. Gaukler
08. Feuertaufe

Dr. Pymonte - Bagpipes, Harp, Shawm
Flex der Biegsame - Bagpipes, Shawm, Hurdy gurdy
Yellow Pfeiffer - Bagpipes, Shawm, Nyckelharpa
Die Lutter - Bass
Specki T.D. - Drums, Percussion
Sebastian "Der Lange" van Lange - Guitars
Das Letzte Einhorn - Vocals, Bagpipes, Cister

In Extremo are the masters of medieval metal from Germany. The band was formed in 1995 and in 2016 In Extremo comes to us with their eleventh full-length album „Quid pro quo”. The album is fast dynamic fresh powerful jocund and jaunty. As always, besides typical for metal instruments, it is full of good medieval tones performed by bagpipes, harp, shawm, hurdy gurdy, nyckelharpa and cister.

Magnificent vocal of Michael Robert Rhein vel. Das Letzte Einhorn (eng. The Last Unicorn) is a key for succes of this album. Very distinctive slightly hoarse voice perfect match to archaic arrangements.

„Quid pro quo” contains also track „Чёрный ворон” (eng. Black Crow), which is Cossack Russian folk song. It tells the story of a warrior fight to the death, which takes the form of a black crow. The lyrics are beautiful and melody is moving touching and sometimes with stamping.

Every track on that album is emotional, which is characteristic for In Extremo. Even on harder songs (like „Glück auf Erden”) you can find a lot of melodious harmonic tones. Listener can really feel like in the medieval ages. Without clean water, electricity and other inventions of civilization  but with amazing music and unrepeatable unique atmosphere, which you can experience only at that time. It’s worth of it.

And in some tracks (for example „Flaschenteufel”) you can hear even some east accretions in rythm and sound of it. The effect is stunning.

Medieval metal at its best… Just In Extremo, which is not older even by day from 1995 and gives us consistently attractive sound. As good as it gets. --- folkmetalmagazine.com

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1. Zigeunerskat
2. Gold
3. Viva La Vida
4. Siehst du das Licht
5. Stalker
6. Hol die Sterne
7. Sterneneisen
8. Zauberspruch No. VII
9. Auge um Auge
10. Schau zum Mond
11. Unsichtbar
12. Vermiss Dich

Vocals – Das Letzte Einhorn
Guitar – Van Lange
Bass Guitar – Die Lutter
Harp, Bagpipes – Dr. Pymonte
Hurdy Gurdy [Nyckelharpa], Bagpipes – Yellow Pfeiffer
Drums – Specki T.D.

OK, so there's really no faulting a band for sticking to a formula if it is a winner. Sterneneisen is not really different from In Extremo's previous record -- or, indeed, the one before that -- but the guys continue to hone their songwriting skills, delivering a set of scorching heavy rock hits with the best of them. The bagpipes ensure the tunes are never going to make it to a modern rock radio, but it's the radio's loss -- Sterneneisen may not be hip, but it's dead catchy. It's not kitschy, too, at least not embarrassingly so: love of the Middle Ages is stereotyped as a nerdy pastime, but the guys are just too powerful -- and maybe too mature to care about cheap gimmicks anymore (unlike Rammstein). They've streamlined their sound, too -- they've even stopped showing off by singing in half a dozen languages (except "Zauberspruch No. VII"), and the folk element is also mostly limited to said bagpipes, leaving the quasi-industrial guitars to carry the songs by barraging the audience with simple but killer riffs (some Sisters of Mercy synths pop up in the background, too). There is less filler than ever, and through the band mostly romps at one speed, the songs are focused and hook-laden enough to ensure that dynamics are not a problem. Even the slower numbers don't drag this time (and are less in number), and the optimistic and larger-than-life "Hol die Sterne" sounds like almost like a minor experiment, and a successful one. The terrific Teutonic singing helps, too: Das Letzte Einhorn is, despite the silly alias ("The Last Unicorn"), one of strongest vocalists in contemporary rock, and his bandmates don't fail him on gang choruses. In Extremo may be on the road to becoming the folk-metal AC/DC with Sterneneisen, but as long as they keep up with their own standards, they just might get away with it. --- Alexey Eremenko, allmusic.com

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01. Der die Sonne schlafen schickt
02. Wege ohne Namen
03. Lebemann
04. Himmel und Hlle
05. Gaukler
06. Kunstraub
07. Feuertaufe
08. Du und ich
09. Doof
10. Alles schon gesehen
11. Bellladonna
12. Die Beute

Das letzte Einhorn – vocals
Van Lange – guitar
Die Lutter - bass
Specki T.D. – drums
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Dr. Pymonte  - bagpipes,  harp, panpipe 
Flex der Biegsame - pipes 
Yellow Pfeiffer - pipes, nyckelharpa

During his early-morning press review on an October day in 2012, the following report caught Dr. Pymonte’s eye: “Spectacular art heist in Rotterdam: seven master pieces were stolen – among them also paintings from Picasso, Monet and Matisse. The value of the stolen paintings is inestimable, as it is close to impossible to purchase them on the free market.” With this report it became clear to the harpist, dulcimer player and bagpiper what the new album of his band In Extremo must be called: “Kunstraub” (“Art Heist”).

His fascination for these sophisticated crooks also inspired him to write the lyrics to the song “Kunstraub” (“Art Heist”). “A coup like this requires wits and refinement”, he calls out, “this was not done by 20 year old morons. These must be true art experts, rascals with taste!” Drifters, hangdogs and rogues have always been of special interest to these modern minstrels. “Lebemann” (“Bon Viveur”) is yet another song on this album, written to memorialize exactly these outsiders. “A “bon vivieur” is the kind of guy, that doesn’t have a penny in his pocket and still travels the world. His bills are paid by the ladies” vocalist Micha Rhein aka Das Letzte Einhorn (“The Last Unicorn”) laughs.

Some of the songs have surprisingly heavy elements, pointing in the direction of thrash metal. Percussionist Specki demonstrates that he’s a master at playing the double bass drum and Basti, the guitarist, proves his passion for hard and heavy riffs in the style of Prong and Helmet. Rough sections in the songs are switched off by melodic folk – and medieval parts. This is where the two bagpipers Marco Zorzytzky (aka Flex der Biegsame) and Boris “Yellow“ Pfeiffer come in, blowing out tunes in the form of pure In-Ex- ecstasy. Of course, on top of all that, we have the sing along hymns such as “Alles schon gesehen“ (“Seen It All Already”) and “Himmel und Hölle“ (“Heaven and Hell”), that instantly invite their fans and listeners to chant along. ---rockhal.lu

In den letzten Jahren zählen In Extremo zweifellos zu den erfolgreichsten Rockbands Deutschlands. Nach dem 2008er Gold-Album Sängerkrieg rauschte auch Sterneneisen 2011 direkt aus dem Rock-Orbit auf Platz Eins der deutschen Albumcharts und wurde wieder „vergoldet“. Ob Europa, Mexiko, Argentinien, Chile, USA oder China: In Extremo bereisten die ganze Welt und verkauften bislang über 1 Million Tonträger und erhielten eine Goldauszeichnung nach der nächsten.

Es ist die unvergleichliche und ureigene Musikwelt In Extremos, die jedes ihrer Alben zu einem erneuten Highlight der deutschen Rockmusik macht. Längst hat sich das Septett mit seiner Kompromisslosigkeit aus der Nische in die obersten Wahrnehmungssphären katapultiert. In ihren Songs offenbart sich durch den Einsatz historischer Instrumente und vor Lebensfreude strotzender Texte eine oft vergessene Klangwelt, die jedoch mühelos im hier und jetzt ihren festen Platz findet. Keine Frage: In Extremo sind heute die wichtigsten Spielmänner ihres Genres.

Das Album erscheint auch als Deluxe Edition im hochwertigen Digipack. Es beinhaltet neben dem Album Kunstraub auch eine DVD mit einer 45minütigen Dokumentation über den Entstehungsprozess des neuen Albums Kunstraub. ---amazon.com

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