History Music / Powerwolf

[=Powerwolf=] is a German [[PowerMetal power metal]] band formed in 2003. Their gimmick is mixing tropes traditionally associated with Catholicism and the Catholic priesthood. with vampires and werewolves, creating a vision of a world where the Priesthood is run by an [[NightOfTheLivingMooks army of undead.]]

** Music/{{Eluveitie}}'s cover of "Ira Sancti - When the Saints Are Going Wild" is in Gaulish and, according to their liner notes, includes a bunch of jokes for speakers of the language.

* GratuitousLatin: "Coleus Sanctus" means "Holy Balls" in Latin. The song is about the singer having ADateWithRosiePalms.

[=Powerwolf=] is a German [[PowerMetal power metal]] band formed in 2003. Their gimmick is mixing tropes traditionally associated with Catholicism and the Catholic priesthood (apart from [[PaedophilePriest that one.]]) with vampires and werewolves, creating a vision of a world where the Priesthood is run by an [[NightOfTheLivingMooks army of undead.]]

* [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Our Vampires]] [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent and Werewolves Are Different]]: The Priesthood is actually full of vampires and werewolves, the old blood libel[[note]]That they actually eat human flesh and drink human blood[[/note]] is true in this (fictional) vision of the Catholic faith.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Despite Attila Dorn's vocals being very clean, there is one song that's very well known for being easily misheard. Amen & Attack, or as the commonly misheard lyrics: A Banana Tank.

* IntercourseWithYou:The other interpretation of "Coleus Sanctus", and the most obvious interpretation of "Resurrection by Erection"

* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Coleus Sanctus" means "holy balls" and can be about the singer masturbating.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Coleus Sanctus" means "holy balls" and is about the singer masturbating.
** Or it could be interpreted as [[IntercourseWithYou the singer loving a woman]]. And with Powerwolf, where there are religious undertones in it.

* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Romanian, considering the theme, it fits. Their song "Armata Strigoi" is romanian for "Army - Vampires." Once in the song, right at the end, is the grammatically correct "Armata DE Strigoi" (Army OF Vampires.) used.

* NaughtyNuns: In the music video for "Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend" six nuns are seduced by Attila and the demons he calls upon into stripping off their cloths and engaging in (mild) satanic orgy. The album artwork for the song takes it even further.

* AltumVidetur: "Coleus Sanctus" means "Holy Balls". The song is about the singer having ADateWithRosiePalms.

* GratuitousGerman: Despite hailing from Germany, they sing all of their songs in English peppered with the occasional Latin phrase. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnMH7po4GMc Kreuzfeuer]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-CB2wkhaQU Stossgebet]] are the sole exceptions, being sung entirely in German and Latin.

* CoverAlbum: Not by them, but ''of'' them, the bonus disk ''Communio Luporum'' from ''The Sacrament of Sin'' is ten covers of Powerwolf's songs, done by: Music/{{Epica}}[[note]]Sacred & Wild[[/note]], Music/SaltatioMortis[[note]]We Drink Your Blood[[/note]], Music/{{Caliban}}[[note]]Kiss of the Cobra King[[/note]], Music/BattleBeast[[note]]Resurrection by Erection[[/note]], Music/HeavenShallBurn[[note]]Night of the Werewolves[[/note]], Music/{{Kadavar}}[[note]]The Evil Made Me Do It[[/note]], Music/KissinDynamite[[note]]Let There Be Night[[/note]], Music/MillePetrozza with Music/MarcGortz[[note]]Amen & Attack[[/note]], Music/{{Amaranthe}}[[note]]Army of the Night[[/note]], and Music/{{Eluveitie}}[[note]]When the Saints Are Going Wild[[/note]].

* VampireVords: Attilla Dorn, the singer, while being German and speaking perfect German and English, speaks with a heavy Eastern European accent while on stage and also in interview, due to their band's [[NightOfTheLivingMooks army of undead]] plus Catholicism gimmick.
* XMeetsY: Werewolves meet Catholicism.

* HorribleHistoryMetal: Unlike most Powerwolf songs, "Christ and Combat" contains no mythical elements like vampires or werewolves, and is instead about the crusaders in the Siege of Antioch.

'''Music videos''':

* GratuitousGerman: Despite hailing from Germany, they sing all of their songs in English peppered with the occasional Latin phrase. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnMH7po4GMc Kreuzfeuer]] is the sole exception, being sung entirely in German and Latin.

* HeavyMithril:Catholic vampires and werewolves, and some or all of them also worshipping the Devil.

* NaughtyNuns: In the music video for "Demons Are a Girl's Best Friend" six nuns are seduced by Attila and the demons he calls upon into stripping off their cloths and engaging in (mild) satanic orgy.

* VampireVords: Attilla Dorn, the singer, while speaking perfect German and English, speaks with a heavy Eastern European accent while on stage and also in interview, due to their band's [[NightOfTheLivingMooks army of undead]] plus Catholicism gimmick.

'''EPs''':

'''[[CompilationAlbum Box sets]]''':

* ''Blessed and Possessed'' (2015)

* VampireVords: Attilla Dorn, the singer, while being German and speaking perfect German in real life, speaks with a heavy Eastern European accent while on stage and also in interview, due to their band's [[NightOfTheLivingMooks army of undead]] plus Catholicism gimmick.

* CrowdSong: A few, but "Armata Strigoi" has Dorn lead the crowd through a call-and-response session prior to launching into the song so they can sing along during the bridge.

* VampireVords: Attilla Dorn, the singer, while being German and speaking perfect German in real life, speaks with a heavy Eastern European accent while on stage and also in interview, due to their band's [[NightOfTheLivingMooks army of undead]] plus Catholicism gimmick.

* Charles Greywolf – Bass, Guitars

* NobodyLovesTheBassist: ...well, more specifically, Nobody Loves ''Being'' the Bassist. While Charles Greywolf plays all bass in the studio, he plays guitar live, and the band has no live bassist.