Editing In Extremo (section)

==Style and lyrics==
[[File:In extremo das letzte einhorn.jpg|thumb|Singer Michael Robert Rhein a.k.a. "Das letzte Einhorn"]]
Some lyrics are not written by the band, but some – like the instruments – from traditional songs written during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Many of the lyrics to the band's repertoire of medieval songs come from church writings (e.g. "Wessebronner Gebet"), [[Benedictines|Benedictine]] writings (e.g. "Raue See") or are "trad. arr.", meaning [[traditional music|traditional songs]] with unknown authors, rearranged by the band (e.g. "Merseburger Zaubersprüche", "Tannhuser", "Poc Vecem"). The band also frequently uses songs from the [[Carmina Burana]], a medieval collection of songs, as well as lyrics written as poetry by the 15th-century French poet [[François Villon]] ("Rotes Haar" and "Erdbeermund"; translated into German by [[Paul Zech]]).

The band also uses poems from later writers such as [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] ("Der Rattenfänger" - "The Rat Catcher") and [[Ludwig Uhland]], who wrote "Des Sängers Fluch" ("The Singer's Curse") – which In Extremo changed to be called "Spielmannsfluch" ("The Minstrel's Curse"). For the album ''[[Mein rasend Herz]]'', In Extremo originally wrote the lyrics to the song "Liam" in German, after which it was translated into Irish by [[Rea Garvey]], who was also a guest singer on the song.