Thomas Lindner Schandmaul is a German medieval folk rock band from the Munich area.

Schandmaul was founded in the summer of 1998 when six musicians from Munich and the surrounding area, then members of different bands, came together for a folk rock concert.

Devil-Woman), already exhibited the sound that, cultivated and developed over the years, is considered typical for Schandmaul.

The jester is viewed as a fool, but this indignity gains him the privilege to speak his mind freely, and accordingly, the outdated swear word 'Schandmaul' refers to somebody who frequently says things considered rude or outrageous.

The success of the concert spawned their desire to produce a CD, which was to be the self-produced album Wahre Helden (lit.

Their abundance of creative energy inspired more songs and a second album, titled Von Spitzbuben und anderen Halunken (lit.

recordings took notice of the band, leading to the re-release of Von Spitzbuben und anderen Halunken.

Witch's Cauldron, also meaning the proverbial 'boiling pot') were released, recorded during a concert in the Munich club New Backstage, at which Michael Rhein from In Extremo made a cameo appearance as guest singer.

Like Pitch and Sulphur, German idiom with a similar meaning to "as thick as thieves") appeared in the stores.

The following year, the biggest project yet in the band's history was created: An acoustic tour, where the electric guitars were replaced by a string quartet and extra percussion, capped off by a huge concert in Munich's Circus Krone Building, accompanied by the Puchheimer Jugendkammerorchester (a 50 piece orchestra) and helped out by numerous musicians from other bands, such as Castus and Wim from Corvus Corax on bag pipes and Oliver s. Tyr from Faun on the Celtic harp (who had recently teamed up with Birgit to create a folk project called Sava).

More shows followed, partially with the strings but including the rock set, and a cooperation-agreement with the Deutschen Zentrum für Musiktherapie (German Centre for Music Therapy) was created.

In November 2008, Schandmaul celebrated their 10th anniversary with a widely promoted anniversary concert in Munich that was filmed and recorded for the live CD and DVD Sinnfonie (word play on the words Sinn, sense, and Sinfonie, symphony).

[6] A club tour that was originally planned for 2010 was cancelled and no concerts were played that year as the band wanted a break to write new material.

dream dancer), was released on 28 January 2011 and was followed by a short spring tour and appearances at festivals in the summer of 2011.