Rolf Munkes
Rolf Munkes (born December 10, 1966 ) is a German guitarist , composer and music producer with his own studio.
Life
With his own band Empire , he released four albums between 2001 and 2007. Hypnotica, Trading Souls, Raven Ride and Chasing Shadows. Contributing musicians were: Neil Murray , Tony Martin , Doogie White , Mike Terrana , Don Airey , Mark Boals , Lance King , Anders Johansson .
With Razorback he released three albums: Animal Anger, Criminal Justice and Deadringer. Mike Terrana , Andre Hilgers and Stefan Berggren were among them .
In 2003 he joined the German band Majesty , toured with the band and released four albums with them: Reign in Glory, Hellforces, Sons of a new Millennium and the live album Metal Law.
From 2007 to 2010 he toured with Tony Martin, former singer of Black Sabbath .
In 2014 he recorded an EP with Bülent Ceylan and accompanied him on guitar in three concerts. He also recorded the guitars for the new program (from 2016) Kronk.
Since 2015 he has been the guitarist of the band Crematory .
Productions with Rolf Munkes / Empire Studios
| tape | album | year |
|---|---|---|
| Rolf Munkes | No more obscurity | 1999 |
| Empire | Hypnotica | 2001 |
| Various artists | Dream Ballads | 2002 |
| Empire | Trading Souls | 2002 |
| Jason Becker Tribute | A warmth in the wilderness | 2003 |
| Dawnrider | Fate is calling | 2004 |
| Uli Jon Roth Tribute | Beyond the inspiration | 2004 |
| Razorback | Animal Anger | 2004 |
| Majesty | Reign in Glory | 2004 |
| Razorback | Criminal Justice | 2005 |
| virus | Sick Of Lies | 2005 |
| Ritchie Blackmore Tribute | Blackmore's Castle | 2006 |
| Concept insomnia | No words | 2006 |
| Messenger | Under The Sign | 2006 |
| Dominik Marx | Why Do We Go | 2006 |
| Empire | The Raven Ride | 2006 |
| Kilmara | Hunting Dreams | 2007 |
| DMA | Jamais Vu | 2007 |
| Concept insomnia | Second Glance | 2007 |
| Julian Angel | Choreography Sucks | 2007 |
| Razorback | Deadringer | 2007 |
| Empire | Chasing Shadows | 2007 |
| Me & The Rest | Icarus | 2008 |
| Ozzyfest | A Tribute to Ozzy and Bob Daisly | 2008 |
| Crash Course | Thervuth | 2008 |
| 7th Day Davidian | Love sick alibi | 2008 |
| Dragonsfire | Visions Of Fire | 2008 |
| Tribal | Corner of a circle | 2009 |
| Mooncry | Rivers of Heart | 2010 |
| Concept insomnia | Perpetual motion machine | 2010 |
| Dragonsfire | Metal service | 2010 |
| 7th Day Davidian | Delirious | 2010 |
| Buckles & Boots | Country rock star | 2010 |
| Darkest Horizon | EP | 2011 |
| Messenger | See you in hell | 2011 |
| Beautiful beast | Adult oriented candy | 2011 |
| Roadway | EP | 2011 |
| Concept insomnia | Kaleidoscope | 2011 |
| Me & the rest | Wizard King | 2012 |
| Khaos | Rising | 2012 |
| La Paz | Granites | 2012 |
| JR Blackmore | Voices Bonus Tracks | 2012 |
| Tribal | My I-dentity | 2012 |
| Dark Man Shadow | Victims Of Negligence | 2012 |
| Bury my regrets | No place like home | 2012 |
| Forgotten memories | Dreams in Reality | 2012 |
| Dragonsfire | Speed demon | 2013 |
| Minotaur | The call | 2013 |
| Burden of Life | The Vanity Syndrome | 2013 |
| La Paz | The Dark and the Light | 2013 |
| Roadway | Set in stone | 2013 |
| Messenger | Starwolf | 2013 |
| Mooncry | A mirror's diary | 2013 |
| Rik Priem's Prime | Rik Priem's Prime | 2013 |
| Bülent Ceylan | Nothing special | 2014 |
| Dead End Heroes | Roadkill | 2014 |
| Khaos | Risen | 2014 |
| Dragonsfire | MetalX | 2014 |
| Ancient Gods | Forsaken Needs | 2015 |
| Steelpreacher | Devilution | 2015 |
| Scavanger | Rise of the Scarab | 2015 |
| Innfight | Boulevard of pain | 2015 |
| Carsten Lizard Schulz Syndicate | The Day The Earth Stopped Turning | 2015 |
| Vandercash | Scars and tattoos | 2016 |
| Burden of Life | In Cycles | 2016 |
| La Paz feat. Doogie White | Shut up and rawk | 2016 |
| Phantom 5 | Phantom 5 (drum recording) | 2016 |
| Bülent Ceylan | Kronk Tour (Guitar Recording) | 2016 |
| Minotaur | Insolubilis | 2016 |
| Crematory | Live insurrection | 2017 |
| Masters of Disguise | Alpha / Omega | 2017 |
| Lou DiBello | heat wave | 2017 |
| Phantom v | Play To win (Drum Recording) | 2017 |
| Michael Schenker Festival | Resurrection (drum recording) | 2017 |
| Amantis | The call | 2018 |
| Liquid Horizon | Beyond Borders (Mixing) | 2018 |
| Emotional winter | My Wall | 2018 |
| Vitne | Jupiter (Mixing and Mastering) | 2018 |
| Mad Max | Mad Max (Drum Recording) | 2018 |
| Innfight | Black Dog | 2018 |
| Kiyo | Parting lights | 2018 |
| Marc Jürs and a bunch of heartbreakers | Music for the working class (Mixing and Mastering) | 2018 |
| Sweeping Death | In Lucid | 2018 |
| Wardress | Dress for War | 2019 |
| A chance for metal | (Live DVD) | 2019 |
| Lou DiBello | American Hard Rock (Mixing and Mastering) | 2019 |
| Vitne | Aria (Mixing and Mastering) | 2019 |
| Minotaur | Victims of the underworld | 2019 |
| Michael Schenker Festival | Revelation (drum recording) | 2019 |
| Gun | R3loaded (mixing and mastering) | 2019 |
| Crematory | Unbroken (Mixing) | 2020 |
Web links
- Rolf Munkes at Discogs (English)
- http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/majesty/album-cngp.html
- empire-studios.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Munkes, Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German guitarist, composer and music producer with his own studio |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1966 |