The band's song lyrics often focused on fantasy, occult or historical themes, along with their contemporaries and countrymen Helloween.
Stormwitch was founded in the early 1980s by childhood friends Harald Spengler (Lee Tarot), Stefan Kauffmann (Steve Merchant), and Andy Mück, writing their first songs while they searched for the final pieces of the band to play live shows, including clubs and youth centers.
[1] Their first album, Walpurgis Night, in 1984,[1] was recorded using as little post-production as possible to remain true to the sound they were trying to achieve.
In 1992, Stefan Kauffmann and Wolfgang Schludi (who replaced Harald Spengler) also left the band before the recordings for War of the Wizards could start.
Reischmann's departure was announced in January 2011, with Stefan Köllner being brought in to replace him on drums.