In Extremo (Latin for At the Edge; abbreviated InEx or IE) is a German Medieval metal band originating from Berlin. The band's musical style combines metal with Medieval traditional songs, blending the sound of the standard rock/metal instruments with historical instruments (such as bagpipes, harp, hurdy-gurdy and shawm).
Versions of well-known traditional/Medieval ballads make up the main part of their repertoire, but the band has written an increasing share of original material in recent years. Their own material is written in German, whilst the traditional songs and cover songs are in a variety of languages.
Members:
Michael Robert Rhein (Das letzte Einhorn/The Last Unicorn) - vocals, cittern, harp, darbuka, davul, binioù, guitar, piccolo, harmonica (1995-present)
Marco Ernst-Felix Zorzytzky (Flex der Biegsame/Flex the Flexible) - German bagpipes, shawm, flute, uilleann pipes, hurdy-gurdy (1995-present)
Kay Lutter (Die Lutter) - bass, marine trumpet, timpani (1995-present)
André Strugala (Dr. Pymonte) - German bagpipes, shawm, flute, harp, marine trumpet, tsymbaly, sampler, FX (1996-present)
Sebastian Oliver Lange (Van Lange) - guitar, cittern (1999-present)
Florian Speckardt (Specki T.D.) - drums, percussion (2010-present)
Former members:
Conny Fuchs (Die Rote Füchsin/The Red Fox) - German bagpipes (1995-1996)
Mathias Aring (Sen Pusterbalg) - German bagpipes (1995-1997)
Thomas Mund (Thomas der Münzer/Thomas the Coiner) - guitar (1995-1999)
Reiner Morgenroth (Der Morgenstern/The Morning Star) - drums, percussion, timpani, frame drum (1995-2010)
Boris Pfeiffer (Yellow Pfeiffer/Yellow Piper) - German bagpipes, shawm, flute, nyckelharpa (1997-2021); died 2022
From: Berlin, Germany
Genre(s):
Medieval metal,
folk metal,
folk rock,
neo-Medieval music
Active From: 1995-present