---
title: "Poverty’s No Crime"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/poverty-s-no-crime"
genre: "Progressive Metal"
country: "Germany"
formed: 1991
---

# Poverty’s No Crime

**Poverty’s No Crime** is a progressive metal band, from Germany, active 1991 to present.

Poverty's No Crime is a German progressive metal band founded in 1991 by Volker Walsemann, Marco Ahrens, Andreas Tegeler, Christian Scheele, and Marcello Maniscalco. Their first two albums, Symbiosis and The Autumn Years were released under their old record company, Noise Records. Their subsequent albums were released under the InsideOut record company. Their albums have received positive attention from the German magazine, Rock Hard.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty's_No_Crime

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Poverty’s No Crime |
| Genre | Progressive Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Germany |
| Formed | 1991 |
| Releases in catalog | 8 |

## Genres

[Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Andreas Tegeler](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andreas-tegeler) |  |  | Current |
| [Heiko Spaarmann](https://themetalnet.com/musician/heiko-spaarmann) |  | 2001 to present | Current |
| [Jörg Springub](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jorg-springub) |  | 2000 to present | Current |
| [Marco Ahrens](https://themetalnet.com/musician/marco-ahrens) |  |  | Current |
| [Volker Walsemann](https://themetalnet.com/musician/volker-walsemann) |  |  | Current |
| [Christian Scheele](https://themetalnet.com/musician/christian-scheele) |  | until 1999 | Former |
| [Marcello Maniscalco](https://themetalnet.com/musician/marcello-maniscalco) |  | until 1999 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1995 | [Symbiosis](https://themetalnet.com/album/af3c15d1-92ce-3832-8971-5b0886c6d78f) | Album |
| 1996 | [The Autumn Years](https://themetalnet.com/album/f4f5b0b0-0a4b-3ef9-abde-38341c67db19) | Album |
| 1999 | [Slave to the Mind](https://themetalnet.com/album/a8b9ce88-4773-3b73-90e2-2d03494d79ca) | Album |
| 2001 | [One in a Million](https://themetalnet.com/album/d713068c-43d1-346c-a7d1-3cf8a9320b8f) | Album |
| 2003 | [The Chemical Chaos](https://themetalnet.com/album/db5d96fa-6dd9-3a27-8e7f-7bf6c4557746) | Album |
| 2007 | [Save My Soul](https://themetalnet.com/album/f89769d7-520a-34bf-8e4f-14389baa23e9) | Album |
| 2016 | [Spiral of Fear](https://themetalnet.com/album/2f21f215-f959-47f6-b2d5-55b4394b0332) | Album |
| 2021 | [A Secret to Hide](https://themetalnet.com/album/131f9fe5-a0c6-4cf4-8558-7900d453f4c3) | Album |

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- [Opeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/opeth) (listened together)
- [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica) (listened together)
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- [Riverside](https://themetalnet.com/band/riverside) (listened together)
- [Threshold](https://themetalnet.com/band/threshold) (listened together)
- [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together)
- [Led Zeppelin](https://themetalnet.com/band/led-zeppelin) (listened together)
- [Helloween](https://themetalnet.com/band/helloween) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Poverty's_No_Crime/1511

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/poverty-s-no-crime](https://themetalnet.com/band/poverty-s-no-crime). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt