Leichenwetter

Leichenwetter is a music group from Iserlohn, founded in 1996, which sets the poems of late German poets in the style of Neue Deutsche Härte and Gothic Metal.

Leichenwetter was founded in 1996 by the two musicians Dawe and Numen, who wanted to set texts by deceased German poets in an unconventional way and bring them back to life.

Under pseudonyms such as "Dawe" (electric guitar) or "Numen" (vocals) they published the CD Nachtwerke in 1998 and were subsequently represented on several samplers.

In March 1999 other musicians completed their stage names "Rudiator" (keyboard until 2008), "Al-Yo-Shér" (guitar until 2003), "Sir Pent" ​​(electric bass until 2000) and "Wahnfried" (drums until 2000 ) the cast of the group in order to allow corpse weather also stage appearances beyond studio recordings.

In 2001 followed an EP with the title Beauty is rough, whose percussion parts had already been recorded with the new drummer "RaweN". In the same year the album Urrechte was released, the guitarist “Al-Yo-Shér” also left the band during its publication process. At subsequent concerts, Leichenwetter appeared in a line-up without a second guitar.

The official discography began in 2005 with the record contract when they published Last Words on Metal Ax Records (distribution: Point Music), where the tradition of setting poems was continued and older song material was partly reissued.

In January 2007 the follow-up album Klage was released by Metal Ax Records with new poems set by deceased German-speaking poets. In October 2008, the former Phantoms of Future keyboardist "der Voigt" joined the group after keyboardist "Rudiator" left the band after nine years for private reasons. “The Voigt” cannot be seen on stage at funeral concerts because he doesn't like being in the spotlight.

In May 2009 Cpt .Loft (until then bassist of the band) got out because he was unable to join the band due to professional changes. From July 2009, Doc Bawin was on bass. The band separated from Doc Bawin in August 2010 due to internal differences. The bass has been operated by Lord Hur since the beginning of October 2010. In addition to "corpse weather", Lord Hur is also active with the band "Acrid Tones".

On October 15, 2010 the new album Legende was released by the Echozone label. In the course of the publication of Legend, funeral weather finally took off their masks, which had been an integral part of their concept for over ten years.

In May 2011 the CD Zeitmaschine and the DVD Zeitreise for the band's 15th anniversary were released. Zeitreise contains new recordings of selected older songs from the band. The DVD contains a live concert.