In 1996 the band released the album Tanzwut which combined the elements of metal music with their brand sound of bagpipes. The CD turned out to be a commercially successful experiment and the band decided to continue the tradition of that album in a separate musical project called Tanzwut, which included Castus Rabensang (German Rabensang = ravensong), Wim, and Teufel (German Teufel = Devil) from Corvus Corax as well as three new members.

Corvus Corax performing live at Wacken Open Air in 2010

In 2005 Corvus Corax started the ambitious project "Cantus Buranus": a full-length opera set to the original Carmina Burana manuscript lyrics. The music for the opera was fully composed by the band and had no connection with the famous work by Carl Orff. It was performed with symphonic orchestra, choir and medieval ensemble, combining traditional symphonism with medieval minstrel-like melodies. The project included a CD recording, a DVD, as well as live performances. A live CD and DVD recording of Cantus Buranus was released in March 2006.

2005 also marked the band's debut concerts in the USA. The band performed four sets on each of four different days in mid-October, not far from Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. There was also a "secret show" held for employees of the Faire. Footage shot by the band members and crew was assembled into a featurette that was included as a bonus track on the US edition of the band's live DVD, "Gaudia Vite."

Out on August 1, 2008 via the band owned label Pica Music, Cantus Buranus II was released., It is a new orchestral recording of songs from the Medieval manuscript "Carmina Burana". The Berlin-based act created a composition for orchestra, choir and a Medieval ensemble and recorded the CD and DVD live in the Museum Island in front of 5000 people.

Corvus Corax performed a live rendition of their song "Ballade De Mercy" in the pilot episode of the HBO TV series A Game of Thrones, based on the fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. The pilot episode was changed dramatically before it aired on TV, and the performance was not used.

Discography Albums Ante Casu Peccati (1989) Congregatio (1990) Inter Deum Et Diabolum Semper Musica Est (1993) Tritonus (1995) Live auf dem Wäscherschloß (1998) Viator (1998) Tempi Antiquii (1999, compilation of works from 1988–1992) Mille Anni Passi Sunt (2000 - limited edition of 2000 copies issued as 'MM') In Electronica Remixe (2000) Seikilos (2002) Gaudia Vite (live) (2003) Best of Corvus Corax (2005) Cantus Buranus (2005) Cantus Buranus Live in Berlin (2006) Venus Vina Musica (2006) Kaltenberg anno MMVII (2007) Cantus Buranus II (released on August 1, 2008.) Cantus Buranus--Das Orgelwerk (released on December 5, 2008) Live in Berlin (released in July 2009) Sverker (2011) Sverker Live at Summer Breeze & Castlefest (2011) Gimlie (2013) Ars Mystica - Selectio 1989-2016 (2016) Der Fluch der Drachen (2017) EPs/Singles Tanzwut EP (1996) Corvus Corax erzählen Märchen aus alter Zeit EP (2000) Hymnus Cantica CDS (2002) DVD/Video Gaudia Vite Live DVD - USA Edition (2006) Cantus Buranus Live in Berlin DVD (2006) Corvus Corax Live in Berlin - Passionskirche DVD (2009) Cantus Buranus Live in München DVD (2010) See also In Extremo Tanzwut References ^ Staupa Musica Archived 2012-06-29 at Archive.is ^ Meister Selbfried, "Background to the Band", 1998, obtained from Corvus Corax website. ^ Corvus Corax to launch new album and DVD 'Cantus Buranus II' in early August ^ http://www.westeros.org/GoT/News/Entry/3600/ ^ See the band's official website and Cantus Buranus project website External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Corvus Corax (band).