All Souls' Day (band)

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All Souls
All Souls & Sal Solaris live in Nizhny Novgorod (2008)
All Souls & Sal Solaris live in Nizhny Novgorod (2008)
General information
Genre (s) Neofolk , Martial Industrial , Post-Industrial
founding 1987
Founding members
All instruments
 Gerhard "Kadmon" / "Hallstatt" Petak

Allerseelen is an Austrian music project by Gerhard “Kadmon” / “Hallstatt” Petak, which musically is assigned to the post-industrial , in the narrower sense of the ritual and neo- folk environment.

Band history

prehistory

Petak began his musical career as a drummer at Hermann Nitsch's Orgien-Mysterien-Theater . In 1987 he founded All Souls' Day together with friends and gave himself the pseudonym "Kadmon", borrowed from the Kabbalah , after the androgynous prehistoric man Adam Qadmon from Kabbalistic teachings. The group disbanded shortly after it was founded. In 1989, Petak reactivated it and built it up as his solo project. There are numerous demo recordings and cassette albums from these two periods.

1989-2000

The first CD with the name Cruor was released in 1993 and contains only instrumental recordings from 1989 to 1993. The influences range from Throbbing Gristle to Tibetan ritual music. With the second work Gotos = Kalanda , ariosophy found its way into Kadmon's work. It is the setting of a cycle of poems by the SS group leader and esoteric Karl Maria Wiligut . The floor ornament of the Wewelsburg , the black sun , is shown on the cover . The cover was often taken as evidence of the right-wing extremist sentiment of the project, Petak himself refers to the dissonant sounds of the album, which from his point of view express the "darkness and violence". On an LP release in 2005, he tried the by including song of the prisoners of Ernst Busch to underscore the "contrapuntal representation".

In 1997 Sturmlieder appeared , in which Petak refers to the underground film Santa Sangre by Alejandro Jodorowsky , Ernst Jünger , the Kabbala, Friedrich Nietzsche and alchemy . With Ostara you can also hear a guest singer on the album. After the two rather changeable predecessors, Petak shows himself from a more subtle, gentler side with Die and Will (1999). Nietzsche's poem Ecce Homo was set to music on the album , and references to Leni Riefenstahl's Das Blaue Licht , Igor Fjodorowitsch Stravinsky's The Firebird and Ernst Jünger can be found. Pictures by Kenneth Angers Lucifer Rising and a quote from Jean Baudrillard adorn the booklet.

Allerseelen performed at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig in 1997 and 2000 .

Since 2000

Neuschwabenland from 2000 marks a change in All Souls’s style of music. Petak now describes his style of music as "fin de siècle military pop". The title was based on the Antarctic expedition of 1938/39 of the National Socialists , who named the area defined there Neuschwabenland . In terms of text, however, the work refers to poems by Hermann Hesse and his wife Ninon Hesse , as well as Miguel Serrano and, once again, to Ernst Jünger. In addition to guest singer Sabine, who could already be heard on Die and Will , Kirlian Camera also participate in the album. The song Where the Wild Things Are is based on the novel of the same name by the writer Maurice Sendak .

Venezia (2001) continues the line started with Neuschwabenland and contains neoclassical and jazz elements. 2001 Petak dropped his pseudonym Kadmon. With Adventurous Heart (2002), Spanish musical elements find their way into Petak's music. On Flame (2003), Allerseelen continued on the path they had chosen. With The Last Time there is a cover version of a DAF song on the album. With Hallstatt (2007), the latest step work appeared on All Souls' Day, the title of the album took Petak also as a new pseudonym. Josef Maria Klumb from Von Thronstahl sang at Sturmlied und Sonne Golthi-Ade . On Edelweiss (2005) there were two songs by Circe, a Catalan music project. Here, too, Klumb was involved.

In addition to the albums, there are some split releases , including Blood Axis , various singles and sampler contributions in the discography of Allerseelen.

further activities

Petak writes for the series Aorta (from 1995 Ahnstern ), which deals with esoteric- occult topics and also treats the esoteric elements of the time of National Socialism and the National Socialist abuse of occult teachings. Petak runs his own record company under the name Aorta Records , here mainly the records of All Souls' Day are published, but also records of friendly groups such as Ô Paradis , as well as various compilations . There is a collaboration with Ahnstern with the Steinklang Industries label , which in addition to Allerseelen brought out In Gowan Ring .

In 2003 Petak published a compilation in honor of Friedrich Hielscher , in which, in addition to Allerseelen, the groups Blood Axis and Waldteufel took part. In addition, Petak has been a composer for the Salzburg Neofolk group Sturmpercht since 2004 .

controversy

Some critics claim that All Souls has a right-wing extremist view of the world. In particular, Alfred Schobert from the Duisburg Institute for Linguistic and Social Research (DISS) accused Petak of "doing cultural dirty work for political hardcore through his poetry and music." Schobert stated that Kadmon "[rehabilitated] the system of symbols" The reputation of the 'New' Right is afraid to use it. "

Kadmon and Allerseelen are also referred to in a brochure by the North Rhine-Westphalian Office for the Protection of the Constitution as a music group close to right-wing extremism, which pick up on “Nazi symbols” and have made “positive references to leading figures of right-wing extremism”. In the 5th edition of the brochure, however, the passage has been deleted.

The initiative “Goths against Right Bremen” examined some texts from Petak's series of magazines that contain some passages that can be seen as positive appreciation of personalities before and from the time of National Socialism such as Karl Maria Wiligut and Leni Riefenstahl , the fascist Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and the nationalist Activist Yukio Mishima can be seen. The Allerseelen initiative is also attacking because of its connections to Blood Axis, Der Blutharsch and the new right publisher + agency Werner Symanek (VAWS). The initiative comes to the conclusion that while Petak is not a “yesterday's admirer of Hitler” or a “violent boot fascist”, he is a “serious and innovative right-wing culture fighter” who has a “self-contained new right [s], ethno-pluralistic [s] worldview ”. In 2005 an initiative of the Jusos tried unsuccessfully to stop a concert of the group in Rosenheim, Bavaria . According to an article in Falter , Kadmon recorded songs in honor of Julius Evola , cultural philosopher and proponent of a metaphysical racial theory. In addition, he had set to music love songs Wiligut and flying disks as "secret wonder weapons " of the Nazis written.

In a statement, Petak distanced himself from right-wing extremist ideology:

“We believe in the mind-expanding power of art. Our influences are surrealism , symbolism , the art of the Pre-Raphaelites. The focus is on the artistic work, the form and the strength, the personality. We have set poems by Rainer Maria Rilke , Ninon and Hermann Hesse to music. Ricarda Huch , whose beautiful poem Sturmlied we have already set to music several times, most recently also in a flamenco version, was a vehement critic of the Third Reich. There is another flamenco piece, Sonne golthi-ade , by Allerseelen , based on a rune poem by Friedrich Bernhard Marby - this poet was imprisoned in various concentration camps during the Nazi era. Our love for small countries and regions such as the Basque Country, such as Catalonia, Corsica, Austria, South Tyrol, Slovenia, prevents us from glorifying totalitarian or authoritarian structures and systems. "

- Gerhard Petak

Discography

Demos

  • 1988: Dawn ( MC ; Al Khemi)
  • 1989: Autdaruta (MC / CD; Arany Khor)
  • 1989: Disaster (MC; Arany Khor)
  • 1989: Flame and Ashes (MC; Arany Khor)
  • 1989: Requiem (MC; sacristy)
  • 1989: Lacrima Christi (CD / MC; Lacrima Christi )
  • 1989: Schwartzer Rab (MC; sacristy)
  • 1992: selection (MC; aorta)

Studio albums

  • 1994: Cruor (CD / 2x LP ; Aorta / Ahnstern)
  • 1995: Gotos = Kalanda (CD / 2xLP; Aorta / Ahnstern) US distribution via Storm.
  • 1996: Sturmlieder (CD / CDR / 2xLP; Aorta / Ahnstern) US distribution via Storm.
  • 1999: Die and become (CD / 2xLP; Aorta / Ahnstern, Neue Aesthetik)
  • 2000: Neuschwabenland (CD / CDR / 2xLP; Aorta / Ahnstern)
  • 2001: Venezia (CD / 2xLP; Aorta / Ahnstern, New Aesthetics)
  • 2002: Adventurous Heart (CD; Aorta)
  • 2004: Flame (CD / 2xLP; Aorta / Ahnstern)
  • 2005: Edelweiss (CD; Aorta / Ahnstern)
  • 2007: Hallstatt (CD; Aorta / Ahnstern)
  • 2010: Rough Shell (CD; Aorta / Ahnstern)
  • 2015: Terra Incognita (CD; Aorta / Ahnstern)
  • 2017: Dark gray songs (CD; Aorta / Indiestate Distribution)
  • 2019: Chairete Daimones (CD / LP / MC; Aorta / Indiestate Distribution)

Compilations

  • 2003: Archaic works (CDR / 2xLP; Ahnstern)
  • 2004: Heimliche Welt (CDR / 2xLP; Ahnstern)

Collections

  • 2001: Ahnstern (7xLP; AHnstern / Steinklang Industries)

Splits

  • 1994: Walked in Line / Harvesting with Blood Axis ( 7 " ; Storm)
  • 1998: Käferlied / Brian Boru with Blood Axis (7 "; Stateart)
  • 2001: Canço De Somni / Marqués De Púbol with Circle and Dakshinewar (7 "; aorta)
  • 2003: Funke / El Astro Rey with Ô Paradis (7 "; aorta)
  • 2005: Barco Do Vinho with Sangre Cavallum (CD; Ahnstern)
  • 2006: Men Among the Ruins with Changes (CD; Ewers Tonkunst)
  • 2008: Georg Trakl . Derangement with Otzepenevshiye and neutral (CD; Ewers Tonkunst / Indie State Distribution)
  • 2008: Ultima Thule with Ataraxia (7 "; Eclipsis)

Singles / EPs

  • 1999: All lust wants eternity / dream song (7 "; aorta)
  • 2000: Nornar Nagli / Panzergarten (7 "; aorta)
  • 2003: Pedra (CD; Terra Fria / Dagaz Music)
  • 2004: Feathered Dreams (LP, Ahnstern)
  • 2005: Bud (7 "; Carpe Noctem)
  • 2008: Winter solstice (CDR; Beverina & WAR Productions)
  • 2009: Sonne Golthi-Ade (CDR; Beverina & WAR Productions)
  • 2017: Anubis / Chairete Daimones (7 "; New Era Productions)

literature

  • All Souls. In: Andreas Diesel, Dieter Gerten: Looking for Europe. Neofolk and backgrounds. Pp. 236-247.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b quoted from All Souls' Day. In: Andreas Diesel, Dieter Gerten: Looking for Europe. Neofolk and backgrounds. P. 237
  2. ↑ WGT - artist line-up 1997 ff.
  3. ↑ Ahnstern at Discogs
  4. ↑ quoted from: Alfred Schobert: Allerseelen: Nazi-Esoterik als Klang-Avantgarde from September 25, 2006
  5. ^ Ministry of the Interior of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (ed.): Musik-Mode-Markenzeichen . (PDF) Right-wing extremism among young people. 1st edition. Accessed June 1, 2020 .
  6. ^ Ministry of the Interior of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (ed.): Musik-Mode-Markenzeichen . (PDF) Right-wing extremism among young people. 5th edition. September 2008, archived from the original on March 25, 2014 ; accessed on June 1, 2020 .
  7. ↑ quoted from Geister Bremen: Cruor ™ - fertilizer for the secret fatherland. ( Memento from March 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
  8. ↑ Nina Horaczek : The gullible Joschi ( Memento from May 18, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Falter , May 17, 2019.
  9. ^ Andreas Diesel, Dieter Gerten: Looking For Europe . 2nd Edition. Index, 2007, ISBN 978-3-936878-02-8 , pp. 255 .