Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Recorded, produced and mixed by Marco Brinkmann at Hellforge Studio
Mastered by Lawrence Mackrory at Rorysound Studios
Artwork created by Eliran Kantor
Video by Kdrumworm-media

“Mercenaries from across Europe enlisted with the highest-paying nobles to fight in what we now call the Thirty Years’ War. The ‘Landsknechte’ were typically battle-hardened men, known for their colourful uniforms and the horror they brought to the towns and regions they ravaged on behalf of their masters. ‘Landsknecht’ is a straight forward death metal gut punch through which we aim to portray the brutality, chaos, and hopelessness that marked their lives during these endless decades.” --- Thorsten Pieper/vocals

Landsknecht

Skinny men
Shabbily clad
In colourful rags
And a feathered hat

Soldiers in God’s name
As long the Lord pays well
With riches and acclaim
For their sword and soul they sell

Savage men
With musket and pike
Landsknecht of the
Holy Reich
Venturers of war
German, Irish, Greek,
Sutlers of the suffering
Heralds of Landkrieg

Vorwärts, vorwärts, ins Gefecht
Im Geviert marschiert der Landsknecht
Vorwärts, vorwärts,
Der Landsknecht

Formations are moving
Drums bang, banners rise
And cannon fire flies

Vorwärts!
Into enemy lines
Carnage, slaughter, homicide
Where skinny men collide

Vorwärts, vorwärts, ins Gefecht
Der Landsknecht
Im Geviert marschiert
Der Landsknecht

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