~ The German Hard RocK and Heavy Metal Guide ~
History forged in Steel 1978-1993
The main idea for this database was born a couple of years ago, when I had found out that in most of the cases, the style descriptions of many German underground bands was completely wrong or there wasn't any info available at all, because the items/bands were too obscure, or that noone had ever heard about them before. The first impulse was to print a book, but that idea was quickly abandoned as while adding known bands to this database, even more, completely unknown releases of even more obscure acts were found.
We also wanted to focus on any kind of heavy music/band that had ever been around from 1978-1993, so that's why we stopped adding releases to the discographys that was released after 1993 in case you might wonder. This database tries to cover every kind of Heavy Kraut Rock/AOR/Melodic Rock/Hard Rock/Crossover and Metal bands of all genres, that were active during that mentioned time range, no matter if these bands ever recorded anything. We are also aware that the list isn't nearly complete, meaning we are open for any kind of suggestions, corrections and help by adding more obscure bands. Especially the local acts are of huge interest, so we might have a short survey of that city/area's underground scene. We know that especially in the Kraut Rock scene there are tons of bands/albums that would most probably meet our requirements, but unfortunately most of these albums are so insanely expensive and rare, that it's impossible to buy all of them just to check out if they might include any possible Hard Rock riffs. We are open for your suggestions, don't worry, your name will be mentioned in the article. To get the site started, we first added the bands with vinyl/CD appearances, while the Demo bands will be added piece by piece in the future as well.
Last but surely not least, a BIG THANK YOU to Dan Edman who made all this possible, by granting me space and technical help. Without his heads up I'd most probably still be dreaming of something like this project.
Morgöth
Lineup:
Alex Pretzer (vocals)
Bastian Herzog (drums)
Stefan Hanus (guitars)
Alfred Handke (guitars)
Johannes Agostini (bass)
Band-info:
Morgöth was the previous band before they changed name to Suffocation in 1990. The band was founded 1987 in Ulm and played Thrash Metal. There are no official releases known to exist.Discography:
Morgoth
Lineup:
Marc Grewe (vocals, bass)
Harald Busse (guitar)
Carsten Otterbach (guitar)
Rüdiger Hennecke (drums)
Band-info:
Being one of Germany's first Death Metal bands, Morgoth's history started back in 1985 in Meschede under the monicker of Exterminator and a while later they changed name to Minas Morgul, to end up finally as Morgoth in 1987. The "Pits of Utumno" Demo from 1988 gained them a record deal with the young Century Media label. On the Demo Morgoth's sound was highly influenced by Kreator's "Pleasue to kill" and either Morbid Angel. On the debut EP "Resurrection absurd", that was recorded at the D&S studio in 1989, the lads adopted a style that was almost an 1:1 copy of Death's "Leprosy", and the band earned first international attention. For the follow up EP "The eternal fall" Century Media sent the guys to Florida, into the Morrissound Studio to produce another Death inspired classic. Both mini albums nowadays do belong to the german Death Metal relics of international format and set the standard high for bands trying to follow Morgoth's path. Their first fullenght "Cursed", Morgoth recorded 1991 in Germany again, at the Woodhouse Studio's Dortmund, introducing new bass guitarist Sebastian Swart (ex-Dark Millennium). "Cursed" would become Morgoth's last album, that would concentrate on the band's classic Death Metal style, which made them famous by walking in the footsteps that the legend Death left in the late 80's. With the album "Odium" a stylistical upheaval got heralded that did cost the band a major part of the old fans. Of the old Death Metal roots wasn't much left anymore, Grewe's vocal style changed, as well as modern Industrial influences and either slow parts took the scepter and marked the beginning of Morgoth's deep fall. With the follow up album "Feel sorry for the fanatic" from 1996 the whole misery got even worse, as the lads almost adopted Hardcore influences.Discography:
"Pits of Utumno" Demo 1988 (selfreleased)
"Resurrection absurd" MLP 1989 (Century Media)
"The eternal fall" MLP 1990 (Century Media)
"Cursed" LP/CD 1991 (Century Media)
"Odium" LP/CD 1993 (Century Media)
Straight from Prowler's personal archive we present thee...
download ~Volume West~
download ~Volume East~
(For more obscure German goodies, check out "Teutonic Evasion", the German edition of the Veterans Of The Various-Wars samplers...)
Keep exploring the olde German Metal scene on these other sections of The Corroseum:
