Die!

Die! was founded in 1995 by Oliver Jung and Kai Engel. Shortly thereafter, Georg Platen and Patric Busch joined the band. In 1996, Kai Engel withdrew and left the band. In the same year, bassist Arthur Pucilowski was found. With him, the group released their debut album Schluss mit lustig in 1998, the only album with Pucilowski—he left the band in September 2001. Matthias Fieberg joined the band at the end of September 2001, completing the quartet.
In September 2002, [Die!] signed a contract with ZAP Production for three songs. This marked the beginning of their professional collaboration with producer Christian Dzida. The result was the CD sampler Der Greif – Die Musikversion, inspired by Wolfgang Hohlbein's fantasy novel Der Greif. The album also features songs by Ayman, Glashaus, and Megaherz, among others, with [die!] contributing two tracks.
In August 2004, Die! signed with the Gummersbach-based record company Black Bards Entertainment. In January 2005, the first joint project, Manche bluten ewig, was released to mark the band's 10th anniversary. In the same year, the band went on a three-week tour of Germany as support for Megaherz.
In 2006, the group released their new album Stigmata, featuring former Megaherz singer [a=Mathias Elsholz]. In 2007, Oliver Jung left the band and was replaced by Mathias Elsholz.
On October 23, 2009, the band released the album Still, which is the first album with Mathias Elsholz on vocals.
Since 2010, the group has been back in the studio recording a new album. In May 2012, singer Mathias Elsholz, Patrick Fischer, and Patric Busch announced their departure from the band, followed shortly thereafter by Mathias Fieberg. Patric Busch commented on this in an interview, citing “personal differences” as the reason. There is currently talk of the band breaking up, and it remains unclear what will happen to the unreleased album.