Downfall of Gaia

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Downfall of Gaia
Downfall of Gaia at Roadburn Festival 2015
Downfall of Gaia at Roadburn Festival 2015
General information
origin Germany
Genre (s) Crustcore , sludge , post-metal
founding 2008
Website http://downfallofgaia.com/
Current occupation
Anton Lisovoj
Electric guitar , vocals
 Dominik Goncalves dos Reis
Electric guitar
 Marco Mazzola
Michael Kadnar
former members
Drums
 Johannes Stoltenburg
Drums
 Sven
Electric guitar, vocals
 Peter Wolff

Downfall of Gaia is a German sludge , crustcore and post-metal band with members from Berlin , Hamburg and New York City that was founded in 2008.

history

The band was formed in 2008 and released an EP and a split release in 2009 with the French band Kazan. The band's debut album was released in 2010 under the name Epos on various underground labels. The labels Alerta Antifascista , Moment of Collapse and Shove Records a split release appeared along with In The Hearts of Emperors. The album Suffocating in the Swarm of Cranes was released in 2012 via Metal Blade Records . In 2014 the band went to Cologne's '79 Sound Studio to record a new album. The resulting material was mixed in the Atomic Garden Studio in the San Francisco Bay Area and mastered in Portland , Oregon , in the Audiosiege Studio . The album was released in November 2014 on Metal Blade Records under the name Aeon Unveils the Thrones of Decay . The band has also been very active live so far. In 2011 and 2013 she toured the USA . In 2012 she also performed in Russia . In 2013 the band gave over 100 concerts alone. In 2014 she played concerts in Europe with Toxic Holocaust , Black Tusk and Neurosis and also opened the French Hellfest . In 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013 the group went on a European tour, in 2010 on a tour of Great Britain and in the same year to another through Scandinavia . Since its inception, Downfall of Gaia has also held numerous isolated concerts in Germany.

style

According to the band biography on metalblade.com , the band was initially influenced by crustpunk and especially the first demos would have a D-beat influence . Later they turned to Doom Metal and Sludge. Thomas Sonder from Metal Hammer described the music on Suffocating in the Swarm of Cranes as post-black metal . In an interview with Sonder, Anton Lisovoj and Dominik Goncalves dos Reis stated that the album is about anxiety and mental disorders and their consequences. Above all, Lisovoj's experiences through his work in psychiatry shaped the texts. Petra Schurer had reviewed the album one issue earlier. She assigned the music to the postcore . In addition, the sound of the music is raw, which comes close to Black Metal. Influences from progressive rock can also be heard and there are transitions between loud and quiet. The music is comparable to that of Alcest . According to Boris Kaiser from Rock Hard , the band combines crustcore, hardcore punk and black metal. Aeon Unveils the Thrones of Decay is about the physical quantity of time . In an interview with Kaiser, Peter Wolff stated that time was uncontrollable. Humans, on the other hand, try to gain control over everything, which also seems to work in many areas. In his review of the album an issue earlier, Kaiser stated that you can still hear the band's crustcore and hardcore punk roots. You can also perceive the influences of neurosis and black metal influences are also audible.

Discography

Web links

Commons : Downfall of Gaia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Info. Facebook , accessed December 20, 2014 .
  2. ↑ a b Biography. metalblade.com, accessed December 20, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Thomas Sonder: Downfall of Gaia . Insomnia. In: Metal Hammer . November 2012, p. 80 .
  4. ↑ Petra Schurer: Downfall of Gaia . Suffocating in the Swarm of Cranes. In: Metal Hammer . October 2012, p. 99 .
  5. ↑ Boris Kaiser: Downfall of Gaia . Tempus fugit. In: Rock Hard . No. 331 , December 2014, p. 89 .
  6. ↑ Boris Kaiser: Downfall of Gaia . Aeon Unveils the Thrones of Decay. In: Rock Hard . No. 330 , November 2014, p. 110 .