HistoryThe band started playing death metal in 1991. They then changed their style after their first demo tape Introduction in 1992, becoming a band with symphonic melodies and classical instruments but folk themes and attitude, by producing two albums dealing with the seer Michel de Notredame in the dark days of The Black Plague in Europe. The album And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer marked their breakthrough in 1997. After their second album Awaking the Centuries, they toured through Mexico twice. They are quite famous and well known in South America, almost more so than in Germany. In 2004 they released their third album Eppur Si Muove which is about the life of Italian scholar Galileo Galilei, sentenced to house arrest for heresy by the Church for supporting Copernicus' claim that the Earth revolved around the sun.Just before their album Awaking The Centuries the band had its highest number of musicians at 21. Currently the band consists of 16 musicians. All their songs are written by vocalist and guitarist Asis Nasseri.Currently, they are working on a fourth album, called Tales of Ithiria this time not based on a historical figure but the telling of a fantasy story, according to an interview given by Asis to FolkMetal.de in August 2005 [1]. Tales of Ithiria is scheduled for release the 29th of June 2007.Group MembersAsis Nasseri - Band founder, vocals, guitar Luz Marsen - Drums Claudio Quarta - Guitar Michael Stapf - Violin Susanne Ehlers - Soprano Steffi Hertz - Viola Veronika Kramheller - Soprano Hans Wolf - Keyboard Ivica Percinlie - Double Bass Fiffi Fuhrmann - Tenor, flute, fire effects Florian Schnellinger - Oboe- Cor Anglais Judith Marschall - Violin Johannes Schleiermacher - Cello Mark Pendry - Clarinet Michael Schumm - Timpani, percussion Doro - Violin AlbumsAnd Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer (1997) Awaking the Centuries (2000) Awaking the Gods: Live In Mexico (2001) Eppur Si Muove (2004) Tales of Ithiria (2007)