Engelsstaub (

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for "Angel dust") is a German

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band, founded in 1992 by

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as a follow-up to his previous band

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Music

Engelsstaub's music leans toward the

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/ neo-medieval end of the gothic spectrum, with stylistic similarities to bands like

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, The Dreamside and

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Biography

Hofmann began the band in 1992 as a solo project, but after releasing the 7" single ''Unholy'' was joined by his sister Silke Hofmann and

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musician Janusz Zaremba, with whom he also co-founded the independent record label

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Discography

* ''Unholy'' (single) (1992) * ''Malleus Maleficarum'' (1993) * ''Ignis Fatuus: Irlichter'' (1994) * ''In Amoris Mortisque'' (1995) (split CD with

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neomediaeval band

) * ''Unholy (EP)'' (1997) * ''Anderswelt'' (1999) * ''Akashic Recordings'' (2002) * ''Anderswelt (dts-CD)'' (2004) * ''Nachtwärts'' (2011) * ''The 4 Horsemen Of The Apocalypse'' (2015) * ''Mater Mortis'' (2019)

Band members

* Silke Hofmann -

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* Janusz Zaremba -

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External links

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