Die Apokalyptischen Reiter (German for "The Horsemen of the Apocalypse") are a Metal band founded in 1995 in Thuringia, Germany and are signed to the Nuclear Blast label. They incorporate Black-, Death-, Thrash- and Power Metal, as well as Rock and Folklore in their music. Their original style (featured on their releases up to and including "
Allegro Barbaro") consists of
death metal blended with melodic compositions establishing a more epic mood than usual in traditional death metal.
Folk metal influences were added in later albums, while the death metal influenc…
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