Capricorn (band)

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Capricorn
General information
origin Frankfurt am Main , Hessen , Germany
Genre (s) Speed ​​metal , power metal , heavy metal
founding 1991
resolution 1995 or later
Last occupation
Adrian Hahn
David Hofmann
Stefan Arnold

Capricorn was a Hessian heavy , power and speed metal band from Frankfurt am Main , which was founded in 1991 and dissolved around 1995.

history

The band was formed in 1991 after the group Grinder broke up . Grinder had broken up nine months earlier because the band had lost their record deal and the members couldn't agree on the band's future. The Capricorn line-up consisted of the grinder members Adrian Hahn on bass and singer, guitarist David Hofmann and drummer Stefan Arnold. Although all members had been active in the same band, it was decided against a revival of Grinder and for a new beginning under the name Capricorn, because they saw themselves conceptually and stylistically far removed from Grinder. Between Grinder and Capricorn, the members had tried another project called Lumberjack with the second guitarist Rehbein, but it failed. After a demo that was recorded within three to four days at Harris Johns ' minilab, it had fallen apart again. After a first Capricorn demo with six songs, which had been recorded in the Gelsenkirchen T&T studio , the band reached a record deal with Shark Records . On this label, the self-titled debut album followed in 1993, which was created within two weeks with producer Wolfgang Stach in the T&T studio before they went on tour through Germany with Grave Digger in 1994 . In March 1995, T&T , a sub-label of Noise Records , joined the second album entitled Inferno , which included a cover version of the twisted sister song You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll . In Japan , the album was released by JVC Victor Entertainment , with the song Incredibly Ruined added as a bonus. After the release, the band broke up.

style

In an interview with Andreas Schöwe ​​from Metal Hammer , Adrian Hahn stated that he was influenced in his youth by Judas Priest , Saxon , Raven , AC / DC and Anvil . In his review of the first demo, Uwe “Buffo” Schnädelbach from Rock Hard wrote that you could hear “straight street metal by Motörhead meets The Almighty ”. In his later review of the self-titled debut album, Schnädelbach stated that he would now rather assign the band to Power Metal, although the game speed is mostly in the higher range. With David Hofmann's guitar work, Grinder's thrash metal roots would only occasionally come through. The singing has also changed: If it consisted of "croaking" in the past, it now reminds us of Phil Rind from Sacred Reich . Frank Albrecht, also from Rock Hard , noticed that Inferno has n't changed much compared to its predecessor. The music is “heavy-straight-varied” and offers “[short], tight rockers that are reminiscent of Motörhead or the old Almighty”. In addition, there are "[ no ] superfluous breaks [and] no intermediate parts that unnecessarily drag out the songs and destroy the feeling". One issue later, Albrecht conducted an interview with the band. Here she stated that she was not up for great musical advancement and so she had not even tried to make Inferno sound very different from its predecessor. In addition, she saw herself as a representative of traditional metal. As with the previous album, there is also a song on this album about the film series Friday the 13th. This is due to the drummer Stefan Arnold, who is a fan of horror films . Andreas Schöwe ​​was impressed by the diversity of the Inferno album. Singer Adrian had a rough, thrashy voice at which the spirits would divorce, although "which so confidently and original between the famous Hetfield - and Lemmy - phrasing can move." The instrumentalists would come up with “ Exciter- suspicious speed”, “ Metallica- like rhythm ” and in the title song with “even slightly ballad-like sounds”. He recommended the album in particular to listeners to Motörhead and Grave Digger.

Discography

  • 1993: Capricorn (album, Shark Records )
  • 1993: Demo '93 (demo, self-published)
  • 1995: Inferno (album, T&T )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Biography. rockdetector.com, archived from the original on June 6, 2016 ; accessed on August 26, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Jim: Capricorn . In: Iron Pages . 27, April / May, 1994, pp. 23 .
  3. ↑ a b Uwe "Buffo" Schnädelbach: Capricorn . In: Rock Hard . No. 71 , April 1993, p. 118 .
  4. ↑ Uwe "Buffo" Schnädelbach: Capricorn . Three times chaos. In: Rock Hard . No. 79 , December 1993, p. 42 .
  5. ↑ a b Andreas Schöwe: Capricorn . Smart, Smarter - Failed? In: Metal Hammer . April 1994, p. 114 .
  6. ↑ a b c Uwe "Buffo" Schnädelbach: Capricorn . Capricorn. In: Rock Hard . No. 78 , November 1993, p. 42 .
  7. ↑ Chauvie: Grave Digger Capricorn . Ludwigsburg rock factory. In: Metal Hammer . March 1994, p. 164 .
  8. ↑ Capricorn (11) - Inferno. Discogs , accessed August 26, 2017 .
  9. ^ Garry Sharpe-Young , Horst Odermatt & Friends: The Ultimate Hard Rock Guide Vol I - Europe . Bang Your Head Enterprises Ltd, 1997, p. 98 .
  10. ^ Frank Albrecht: Capricorn . Inferno. In: Rock Hard . No. 95 , April 1995, pp. 95 .
  11. ↑ Frank Albrecht: Godzilla nibbles on the federal railway . Capricorn. In: Rock Hard . No. 96 , May 1995, pp. 140 .
  12. ↑ Andreas Schöwe: Capricorn. Inferno . In: Metal Hammer . The international hard rock & heavy metal magazine. May 1995, CD, MC LP Reviews, p. 52 .