Berlin-based rock/metal upstarts Herbst’s latest single, ‘Tausend Fragen‘, is out now, as is their sophomore studio album, Spiegel (German for “mirror”), via Drakkar Entertainment.
Streaming on all digital services here you can check out the video for the new single below here at RAMzine.
The four-piece featuring Oliver Weckert, Mark Rötz on bass/backing vocals, Steffen Böhm on drums and Niels Gebhardt on guitar, perform music that is intended to get under your skin. Although their lyrics come in German, they try to reflect life in an unvarnished way that attempts to leave no listener untouched.
With their debut album, Ein letzter Abend (‘A last evening’) the band quickly took the German rock scene by storm, now, and they follow that with Spiegel which features the tracks ‘Spiegel’, ‘Du Kannst Alles Haben’, ‘Argumente’, ‘Du Siehst Mich An’, ‘Tausend Fragen’, ‘Hol Mich Raus’, ‘Keine Hoffnung’, ‘Nie Wieder’, ‘Diese Tage’ and ‘Spring’. It can ordered here.
The new single follows the previous release, ‘Argumente’, streaming here and also with a video presented here at RAMzine.
“The song ‘Argumente’ (Arguments) is about the lack of realisation to let a loved one go, even though you have long since realised that the relationship with them has no future. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case, as we in the band have already experienced first-hand and there are plenty of examples out there of friends and acquaintances who have gone through something similar.” Herbst stated.
“You can’t let go of the habit; you’re actually inhibited in your everyday life because you want to break out, but you can’t bring yourself to pick up the handle, which would do you good to be happy and carefree again; because you’re holding on to (old) memories from (happy days). The song ultimately addresses the contradiction between heart and head, which – as is often the case in human relationships – do not come together.
“The relationships we have are also reflections of our (shared or individual) characteristics. That’s why the album title ‘Mirror’ is and remains the most fitting we could have chosen. Everything is related to each other. And your life partner/companion is somewhere or at some point your mirror (image) if you spend enough time with them.”
