Betray My Secrets
| Betray My Secrets | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Munich , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Metal , dark rock |
| founding | 1997 |
| Current occupation | |
| Stefan Hertrich | |
| Christian Bystron | |
| Harald Winkler | |
Betray My Secrets was a band from Munich that combined metal and dark rock with oriental, Far Eastern and African elements and called their style "Ethno-Metal".
history
The band was founded by Stefan Hertrich , founder and longtime singer of Darkseed . The drummer was Harald Winkler, the second co-founder of Darkseed, guitar and bass was taken over by Christian Bystron, guitarist at Megaherz .
In 1998, Serenades Records, a sub-label of Last Episode , to which u. a. Graveworm , The Dreamside and Dies Irae were part of the 7 ″ single Oh, Great Spirit . A year later the debut album Betray My Secrets followed on the same label . The “harsh metal sound” resembles that of Samael in some places , the list with the other instruments reads with sitars , tabla percussion , Indian bamboo flutes , piccolo flutes from Nepal and Chinese sheet metal percussion “like the inventory of all of East Asia”, according to the reviewer of the metal hammer .
No other Betray My Secrets releases have appeared since. With the follow-up projects Shiva In Exile and Spiritual, Hertrich continued the musical direction.
style
The Internet portal Vampster describes the musical direction of Betray My Secrets as a “wild mixture of folklore sounds from all over the world and metal”. The self-designation as "Ethno-Metal" is described by Wolfgang Schäfer from Rock Hard as a coherent classification. Schäfer describes the elements as familiar, but "elements that otherwise serve at best for background music [...] come to the fore here and stand on an equal footing with guitars staged in the best Rammstein style [...]." The online magazine metal .de emphasizes the connection between metal and " sitars , tabla percussions and various flutes, as well as singers from distant countries". The vocals are neatly arranged and presented in several voices up to chorales and chants , as well as supplemented by growling borrowed from Death Metal . Schäfer describes the rhythm as crisp . A "subtle keyboard carpet" is highlighted as a further element that determines the sound.
Discography
- 1998: Oh, Great Spirit (7 ", Serenades Records)
- 1999: Betray My Secrets (Album, Serenades Records)
Web links
- Betray My Secrets at Allmusic (English)
- Betray My Secrets at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Sascha Blach: Betray My Secrets. (No longer available online.) In: legacy.de. August 7, 1999, archived from the original on June 12, 2016 ; accessed on June 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Matthias Weckmann: Betray My Secrets. In: metal-hammer.de. September 1, 1999, accessed June 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Michael Edele: SpiRitual - Band. In: laut.de. Retrieved June 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Andrea: Betray My Secrets ?? Interview with Stefan Hertrich, July '99. Vampster.com, July 1, 1999, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Wolfgang Schäfer: Betray My Secrets: Betray My Secrets. In: Rock Hard. Retrieved June 14, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Peth: Betray My Secrets: Betray My Secrets. metal.de, accessed on June 14, 2016 .
