Stille Volk

Updated on Sep 30, 2024

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Years active 1994–present Website official website Origin Occitania (1994)		Labels Holy Records Past members Yan Arexis Record label Holy Records

Albums Satyre Cornu, La Pèira Negra, Nueit de Sabbat, Maudat, Hantaoma, [Ex-uvie], Ode aux lointains souverains Members Patrice Roques, Patrick Lafforgue, Yan Arexis, Florant Mercadiers, Frédéric Laborde, Thomas Audo Genres Medieval music, Celtic music, Folk metal Similar Hantaoma, Cruachan, Les Compagnons du Gras J, Bran Barr, Audrey Horne Profiles Myspace

Stille volk nueit de sabbat full album

Stille Volk (meaning "The Silent People" in Dutch and German) is a folk band from the Pyrenees area of France. The band formed in 1994, and draws inspiration from Celtic and medieval music.

The members play mostly, sometimes exclusively, traditional instruments (except on the more experimental album Ex-uvies). The lyrics are usually sung in French, Catalan or Occitan, and are mostly pagan-themed, evoking nature, myths, magical beings and sorcery.

The band is sometimes associated with the folk metal genre, probably due to the use of electric guitars on the Ex-uvies album. The other albums, however, are not related to this genre in any way. It is notable, though, that the two members of Stille Volk play together in a folk metal band called Hantaoma, highly reminiscent of Stille Volk.