Brunhilde (band)
Brunhilde is a punk and metal band from Fürth , Germany, founded in 2013 .
history
The Franconian duo was able to make a name for itself through long players such as Dollhouse and Behind My Mind and through the collaboration with producer Charlie Bauerfeind ( Helloween , Blind Guardian ). In 2019 they became known to a larger audience as support for Nazareth and ZZ Top . The year 2020 marked a stylistic change for the band. On May 22, 2020, Brunhilde released When You Were Born (I Was Already Dead), their first single with a new sound, which, like the following EP Choir Boy (release: June 26, 2020), will prepare for the album in late winter 2021.
founding
Singer Caro Loy and guitarist Kurt Bauereiß have been making music together since 2010 and run the Streetlife Studio in Fürth . In the early days of music together, they tried out different styles in order to ultimately find their own sound.
While looking for a suitable recording opportunity for a new project, metal producer Charlie Bauerfeind ( Helloween , Blind Guardian ) met the duo in spring 2019 :
“I came across Brunhilde by pure chance when I was looking for a spacious studio with good sound for a completely different project. So I inevitably came across the street life in Fürth. Caro and Kurt then played their songs to me in their studio. I found that musically cool and helped both of them get to the point, bring structure to their pieces and find an emotional basis. "
Bauerfeind also brought bassist Oliver Holzwarth (Blind Guardian) and drummer Bastian Emig ( Van Canto ) on board for later recordings . Musically Brunhilde move between rock , punk and metal . Singer Loy explains: "For me Brunhilde is straight and snotty with a great guitar sound and a distinctive voice."
Albums Dollhouse and Behind My Mind
In 2015 the group released their first LP with Dollhouse . Bellfire Records (under Bellaphon ) released the next album Behind My Mind on May 26, 2017, which was preceded by the two singles Fake or Real and If It Hurts . The album celebrated a pre-streamed premiere on the German rock magazine RockHard . The magazine metalglory.com described the long player as "no frills, earthy hard & heavy rock, which is crowned by the sweeping voice", there were also comparisons with Halestorm , Motörhead and BEAST.
In the same year Brunhilde played concerts in Germany and appeared at the Harley Festival in Bensheim and the Loket Festival in the Czech Republic . In 2019 there followed appearances in the opening act of ZZ Top and Nazareth .
Single When You Were Born (I Was Already Dead) and EP Choir Boy
On May 22, 2020, the duo released a new single called When You Were Born (I Was Already Dead) , which acted as the harbinger of the next album. This should appear in late winter 2021. The unusually long release process is accompanied by several early singles and a multi-track EP called Choir Boy , which was released on June 26, 2020. After releases with other record companies, the band took all the reins into their own hands in the run-up to these releases and founded their own label Count & Countess, which is sold physically worldwide through Bertus and Kontor New Media .
The single and the other tracks were recorded in the band's own Streetlife Studios with the support of Bauerfeind, Emig and Holzwarth. Regarding the content of the track, Loy comments: “I'm very resolute, lively, direct - and impatient. This is also what the first single is about. While others are often completely lame and always think for a long time about when and how they want to start something, I've usually already done all the stuff on my own. Before they get up I'm back in bed. "
In September 2020, the third single from the upcoming album will be released with an accompanying video.
Surname
The group did not take the name Brunhilde from the Nibelungenlied . Rather, the Western Django Unchained by producer and director Quentin Tarantino was the godfather for the naming. The protagonist's wife is called Broomhilda, for Tarantino a reference to Brunhilde from Richard Wagner's opera Siegfried . However, it was the unexpected “Broomhilda” in a Hollywood western that inspired Brunhilde, as Carolin Loy recapitulates: “'Brunhilde' is always the subject of heated discussions. That's just not a common name and that's why it sticks in the mind immediately and arouses curiosity. "
Chart performance and reception
When You Were Born went straight to number 5 on the German iTunes Metal Charts. The Spanish online magazine RockInSpain ascribed the single "unlimited power at full speed", and it was also mentioned on Belgian , French and numerous international rock portals as well as on television in Costa Rica .
The EP Choir Boy also met with a positive response: The portal FFM Rock drew comparisons with Skunk Anansie and the Guano Apes and awarded 7 out of 10 points; the online radio station Metal Devastation Radio took Brunhilde after the release in its weekly "Battle of the Bands". Schall Magazin devoted a double page to Choir Boy and Brunhilde; In SLAM magazine the EP even made it onto the magazine CD and was also well received in the review: “Surprisingly hearty and with a really biting sound”, the forerunner for the album puts “the grown arrangement in the foreground and plays the strengths of the former Fun metal formation skillfully ”.
Brunhilde Against Fascism
With the Merchandise -action Brunhilde Against Fascism , the band's 75th anniversary of the positioned anniversary of the liberation clearly against fascism . Fans could buy T-shirts with a motif that shows "Brunhilde" disposing of a swastika. 50% of the total profit was donated to the German anti-fascism organization Laut Gegen Nazis .
Discography
Albums and EPs
- July 1, 2015: Dollhouse (LP)
- May 26, 2017: Behind My Mind (LP)
- June 26, 2020: Choir Boy (EP)
Singles and Videos
- 06/26/2020: Choir Boy (Lyric Video)
- 05/22/2020: When You Were Born (I Was Already Dead)
- 06/28/2019: Golddigger
- 06/04/2017: Fake or Real
- 06/04/2017: If It Hurts
- 10/06/2016: Hanging Tree (Cover)
- 08/05/2015: SoulStrip (unplugged)
- 01/14/2015: Second Class (unplugged)
live
- June 28, 2019 Support ZZ Top
- July 21, 2018 Support Nazareth
- June 23, 2018 Festival in Hradek (CZ)
- July 14, 2017 Support Sweet
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dollhouse. July 24, 2015, accessed August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Bellaphon - Brunhilde - Behind My Mind. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Brunhilde celebrate 'If It Hurts' video premiere. Accessed August 5, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Bellaphon - Bellfire records expands artist portfolio with Brunhilde - album release on May 26th, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ About the author: Brunhilde / Tour dates 2017. In: RockTimes. June 13, 2017, accessed on August 5, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Brunhilde: Video premiere of "Fake Or Real". In: Time For Metal - The Metal Magazine. April 10, 2017, accessed August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ ABOUT | Brunhilde | Brunhilde Music I Brunhilde Band. Accessed August 5, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Brunhilde: release their first single "When You Were Born (I Was Already Dead)". In: Time For Metal - The Metal Magazine. May 24, 2020, accessed August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Brunhilde: release their first single "When You Were Born (I Was Already Dead)". In: Time For Metal - The Metal Magazine. May 24, 2020, accessed August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Author Paulo Lara: Brunhilde estrena vídeo When You Were Born (I Was Already Dead). In: RockInSpain. May 22, 2020, accessed August 5, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ Vaim: BRUNHILDE released first single 'When You Were Born (I Was Already Dead)' • GRIMM Gent. In: GRIMM Gent. May 24, 2020, accessed August 5, 2020 (UK English).
- ↑ Eric GALLAIRE: BRUNHILDE, nouveau single! Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ BRUNHILDE - Choir Boy. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Battle Of The Bands Championship For The Week Of 06/27/20 - 07/03/20. Accessed August 5, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Saskia Funke: Issue 20. Accessed August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Various - SLAM 110. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ SLAM Media GmbH (Ed.): SLAM Edition 110 . June 17, 2020, p. 46 .