Die Apokalyptischen Reiter is a Weimar, Germany based heavy metal band signed to Nuclear Blast in Europe and The End Records in North America. Their name translates to The Apocalyptic Horsemen.

Style:
Their original style (featured on their releases up to and including Allegro Barbaro - and a few songs on All you need is love) consists of death/thrash metal blended with melodic compositions. In later albums, the death metal influence has declined, resulting in less chaotic composition (often centered around a verse and chorus with a bridge and solo), more constant tempo, longer songs and clean vocals (although not exclusively), resulting in a more polished and accessible sound. They use lyrics in both English and German with a shift from mainly English songs to more German ones on recent albums (Licht is purely in German).
The release of "Have a Nice Trip" marked somewhat of a turning point for the band. Although they retained the essence of heavy metal, they began experimenting with many other styles of music such as ambient and jazz.

Members:
Current line-up
Fuchs (Daniel Täumel) - vocals, guitars (1995-),
Ady (Adrian Vogel) - guitars (2009-),
Volk-Man (Volkmar Weber) - bass, screams (1995-),
Dr. Pest (Mark Szakul) - keyboards (1995-),
Sir G. (Georg Lenhardt) - drums (2000-),
Former/past member(s)
Skelleton - drums, vocals (1995-2000),
Pitrone - guitars (2002-2008),
Lady Cat-Man (Cathleen) - guitars (2008-2009)