Three years have passed since the double release of Kapitel 10: Wilde Augen and Kapitel 11: Barrikaden from German rock band Kärbholz. Three years in which the world did not stand still and the band used the time to brew up a whirlwind that’s been set to music on their forthcoming studio album Sturm Zieh Auf, due out on 18 September via Metalville.
Ahead of the album, the band featuring Torben Höffgen (vocals), Adrian Kühn (guitars), Stefan Wirths (bass) and Henning Münch (drums) will be taking in a number of European festival appearances and touring their homeland.
Out now is ‘Dämmerlicht’, their new single taken from the album.
‘Dämmerlicht’ explores questions about giving up one’s individuality in order to fit in, and concludes that saying no to them brings with it at least two consequences: a great deal of resistance, but also the chance for personal fulfilment and making peace with expectations of us that cannot be met, and ultimately the realisation… that we are enough.
The video for ‘Dämmerlicht’ includes a live chat with the band and you can check it out here at RAMzine.
Sturm Zieh Auf pays no heed to conventions or compatibility. The album draws on the harder elements of the band’s history and creates a self-contained universe that does not seek to please at any cost, and perhaps touches the listener so deeply precisely for that reason. It is a work for those who are prepared to question their listening habits.
Tracks featured on the album are: ‘Sturm Zieh Auf’, ‘Wenn Ich Fall’, ‘Dämmerlicht’, ‘Kryptonit’, ‘Mut’, ‘Augenblick’, ‘Messers Schneide’, ‘Glück’, ‘Sonnenfinsternis’, ‘Wo Man Tanzt’, ‘Gottes Kind’, ‘Kintsugi’ and ‘Des Todes Bruder’.
