Schandmaul

Schandmaul
The Schandmaul founding members. Left to right: Lindner, Kränzlein, Duckstein, Richter, Brunner, Muggenthaler-Schmack.
The Schandmaul founding members. Left to right: Lindner, Kränzlein, Duckstein, Richter, Brunner, Muggenthaler-Schmack.
Background information
OriginMunich, Germany
Genres
Years active1998–present
LabelsFame Recordings, Universal, Napalm Records
Members

Thomas Lindner

  • Birgit Muggenthaler-Schmack
  • Martin Christoph Duckstein
  • Stefan Brunner
  • Matthias Richter
  • Saskia Forkert
Past members
Websitewww.schandmaul.de
Singer Thomas Lindner and guest musician Ally Storch at Rockharz 2018

Schandmaul is a German medieval folk rock band from the Munich area.[1][2]

As well as using modern instruments such as the bass and electric guitar, the band also utilizes instruments typically used in Medieval folk songs such as the bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy or shawm, to produce their trademark folk rock sound. Schandmaul was nominated two times for the Echo Music Prize and has so far had six albums in the top ten German album charts and three top-ten albums in Austria.

The name 'Schandmaul' translates roughly to 'malicious tongue' or 'backbiter' and refers to their mascot of a grinning skeletal jester.

  1. ^ "Mittelalter-Rocker Schandmaul neu an der Spitze der Album-Charts". Stern (in German). Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016. Die Mittelalter-Folkrock-Band Schandmaul schaffte es nach 18 Jahren Bandgeschichte ... [After 18 years of band history, the medieval folk rock band Schandmaul ...]
  2. ^ PopXport. PopXport – The German Music Magazine. 10 September 2016. Deutsche Welle. DW-TV. Plus: new videos from medieval folk-rockers Schandmaul ...