# Saltatio Mortis

Saltatio Mortis is a German medieval metal group. The Latin name means "dance of death". It is an allusion to the Danse Macabre, and a motto of the band is: "He who dances does not die."

## Members
### Current

* Alea der Bescheidene - vocals, bagpipes, didgeridoo, guitar, Irish bouzouki, shawms
* Falk Irmenfried von Hasen-Mümmelstein - bagpipes, vocals, hurdy-gurdy, shawms
* El Silbador (since 2006) - bagpipes, shawms, smallpipes, uilleann pipes and other pipes
* Bruder Frank (since 2006) - bass guitars, electric upright Chapman Stick, guitar
* Till Promill (since 2012) - guitars
* Jean Mechant der Tambour (since 2009) - drums, piano, guitar, vocals

### Past

* Lasterbalk der Lästerliche (up to 2021) - drums, davul and other percussion
* Dominor der Filigrane (2000 to 2009) - guitars, German bagpipes, shawms
* Die Fackel (2000 to 2006) - bass guitars, mandola, harp, German bagpipes, shawms
* Ungemach der Missgestimmte (2000 to 2006) - guitars, bagpipes, shawms, percussion, programming
* Thoron Trommelfeuer (2000 to 2009) - orchestral percussion
* Herr Schmitt (2004 to 2007) - drums and other percussion
* Mik El Angelo (2006 to 2009) - guitars, lutes, citterns
* Cordoban der Verspielte - shawms, bagpipes, vielle, whistles, vocals
* Herr Samoel (2007 to 2012) - guitars, Irish bouzouki
* Luzi das L (2011 to 2025) - pipes, shawms, flutes

## Discography
### Studio albums

* 2001: Tavernakel (Tavernaculum) Napalm Records
* 2002: Das zweite Gesicht (The second Face) Napalm Records
* 2003: Heptessenz (Seventh Essence) Napalm Records
* 26 January 2004: Erwachen (Awakening) Napalm Records
* 29 August 2005: Des Königs Henker (The King's Hangman) Napalm Records
* 3 September 2007: Aus der Asche (From the Ashes) Napalm Records
* 31 August 2009: Wer Wind Sät (Who sows the wind ...) Napalm Records
* 29 August 2011: Sturm aufs Paradies (Rush for Paradise) Napalm Records
* 16 August 2013: Das Schwarze Einmaleins (The Black 1times1) Napalm Records
* 14 August 2015: Zirkus Zeitgeist (Circus Zeitgeist) We Love Music
* 17 August 2018: Brot und Spiele (Bread and Games) Vertigo/Capitol
* 9 October 2020: Für immer frei (Forever Free) Vertigo/Capitol
* 7 June 2024 Finsterwacht (Prometheus Records)

### Live albums

* 2005: Manufactum Napalm Records
* 2010: Manufactum II Napalm Records
* 1 April 2011: 10 Jahre Wild Und Frei (10 Years Wild and Free) Live CD/DVD recorded at the Stadthalle Wuppertal 15/10/2010, Napalm Records
* 8 April 2013: Manufactum III Live CD, Napalm Records
* 2016: Zirkus Zeitgeist – Live aus der großen Freiheit Live CD, We Love Music

### Compilation albums

* 2016: Licht & Schatten - Best Of 2000-2014, We Love Music

### Singles

* 2003: "Falsche Freunde"
* 2005: "Salz der Erde"
* 2009: "Ebenbild"
* 2011: "Hochzeitstanz"
* 2013: "Früher War Alles Besser", Napalm Records
* 12 July 2013: "Wachstum über alles", Napalm Records
* 2015: "Wo Sind Die Clowns"
* 2022: "The Dragonborn Comes" featuring Lara Loft
* 2022: "Pray To The Hunter (The Elder Scrolls Online)"
* 2022: "Wir woll'n nach Valhalla"
* 2022: "Alive Now"
* 2024: "Schwarzer Strand"
* 2024: "Fire & Ore"

### DVDs

* 1 April 2011: 10 Jahre Wild Und Frei (10 Years Wild and Free) Live CD/DVD recorded at the Stadthalle Wuppertal 15/10/2010, Napalm Records
* 13 December 2013: Provocatio - Live Auf Dem Mittelaltermarkt, Blu-ray and DVD, Napalm Records

### Guest appearances

* 2010: All We Are (on 25 Years in Rock... and Still Going Strong by Doro
* 2011: Symposium (on Wunsch ist Wunsch by Feuerschwanz)
* 2017: Gesegnet und hoch geachtet (Also the Reprisal Version of this song), Kommt herbei und feiert mit (on Der Fluch des Drachen by Corvus Corax
* 20 July 2018: We Drink Your Blood (on Communio Lupatum by Powerwolf)
* 2020: Krieg kennt keine sieger (Cover) (on The Ghost Xperiment - Illumination by Vanden Plas
* 2021: Warriors of the World United feat Angus McFife, Melissa Bonny (on Memento Mori by Feuerschwanz)
* 2022: Good Life (on Not The End of the Road by Kissin' Dynamite (credited as Jorg Roth)
* 2022: It's Raining Beer (on Lang Liebe Der Hass by Hamatom [de]) (credited as Alea)