The Templars
From United States
Popularity
The Templars has one upcoming show in the Netherlands: on November 21, 2026 at Klokgebouw, Eindhoven.
About
Also known as: Templars
Long Island's The Templars have been flying the flag for American Oi! since 1991, and they've built one of the most distinctive catalogs in the genre by leaning hard into their obsession with medieval history. The band takes its name from the Knights Templar, and that's not just aesthetic window dressing: frontman Carl Fritscher and drummer Phil Rigaud have genuinely studied the period, which is why album titles like Horns of Hattin, Outremer, and Deus Vult read like history syllabus entries. The History Channel even used one of their album covers in a documentary about the Knights Templar. Musically, they pull from Oi!, punk rock, glam, and straight up rock and roll, and they record almost entirely as a two piece, with Fritscher handling all bass and guitar parts alongside his vocals. They deliberately go for a raw, low fi sound, tracking in a garage studio called Acre Studios. Their 2017 record Deus Vult on Pirates Press Records showed they hadn't lost a step after more than two decades of doing it their way.
