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origin Berlin , Germany
Genre (s) Rock , pop , punk
founding 2015
Founding members
singing
 Matthias Engst
Guitar, backing vocals
 Ramin Tehrani
Drums
 Yuri Cernovolov
bass
 Alexander Köhler (until 2018)
Keyboard
 Tim Eden (until 2016)
guitar
 Kevin Heidenreich (until 2017)
Management, tour guide
 Thommy Haine
Current occupation
singing
 Matthias Engst
Guitar, backing vocals
 Ramin Tehrani
Drums
 Yuri Cernovolov
Bass, backing vocals
 Chris Wendel (since 2018)
Management, tour guide
 Thommy Haine

Engst (spelling ENGST) is a German rock band that was founded in Berlin in 2015 . The band plays a mixture of rock , pop and punk with German-language lyrics.

history

After participating in the casting show "Die Band", which was also attended by Alexander Köhler, Tim Eden and Yuri Cernovolov, the winner Matthias Engst decided against the major label contract and against working with the assembled band "Van Royals" to instead build his own band according to his ideas.

The band Engst was founded in 2015 by Matthias Engst, Yuri Ceronovolov, Alexander Köhler, Ramin Tehrani, Tim Eden, Kevin Heidenreich and Thommy Haine.

After a year of discovery and several small concerts, Tim Eden left the band. The band produced music videos and the first EP Engst on their own . Shortly afterwards Kevin Heidenreich got out. The band decided to move on with just one guitar.

After the band Engst had turned down offers from larger record labels in order to be able to go their own way independently, the band Massendefekt made contact with the indie record company Arising Empire . Arising Empire signed the band in November 2017.

In December 2017 the EP Engst was released under Arising Empire. The first support tour with Serum 114 followed.

In the spring of 2018 the band went into the studio and recorded their debut album. On 26 October 2018, the album was released conflagration . Shortly afterwards Alexander Köhler got out and was replaced by Chris Wendel.

Support tours with mass defects, concrete death and Rogers followed in 2018/2019.

At the end of 2019 / beginning of 2020, the band Engst played their first headline tours through Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

style

Mostly catchy texts and melodies are used so that the tendencies towards mainstream pop music can be clearly recognized. However, the music style cannot be fully classified into a certain genre, which is what the band members themselves find exciting.

Since almost all musicians had previously played in punk bands or at least had experience with punk music , corresponding elements can also be found, such as confrontational texts and the exercise of social criticism found in some songs.

In terms of content, the band often expresses their clear opinion on certain topics with their lyrics. Whether with the song rockets on sparrows , in which Engst is directed against right-wing extremism, fascism and xenophobia (which is seen as a "permanent topic" within the band) or with the song Optimists , in which criticizes the emotionally cold society fixated on technology becomes.

His own past is also highlighted in the texts, including the billing of Matthias Engst in A Summer in the charts with the concept of music casting shows that he witnessed on “Die Band” and the fast-moving and entertaining profit business in the music business. But also the common topics such as love, friendship, separation and the memory of one's own youth, play an important role at Engst within I don't care , dreamers and heroes and Auf die Freundes .

Since a classification of the group in a musical genre cannot be made with a clear result, it is difficult to find bands with a similar style. Engst often plays music that is too soft to resemble punk rock bands like the Rogers, but on the other hand the fast, rock-sounding songs of the band do not allow any great parallels to be drawn, for example to Johannes Oerding or Max Giesinger. The most common comparisons are made to mass defect, as the German rock music played and pop punk are similar in some places.

Ultimately, the severity of the description of the musical style is a result of the fact that Engst consciously does not want to make a decision in this regard. Last but not least, front man Matthias Engst emphasizes this in his statement “not wanting to become a music policeman, but rather to be open to everything”.

The band Engst finally stands out with their emotional live shows and their closeness to the audience.

values

Self-determination and freedom come first for the band members of Engst, especially when it comes to music.

The musicians want to get along without prescribed texts or compositions in order to be able to make music according to their own ideas. You want to stay close to the audience and stay grounded.

A figurehead for this is Matthias Engst, who, in addition to his job as a musician, still works part-time as a social worker.

What is also often emphasized at the concerts is a clear distancing from any kind of xenophobia, racism, fascism and discrimination. Engst also criticizes the influence of right-wing parties on the above-mentioned stereotypes.

Despite this attitude, the group does not want to be seen as a “political band”, but they want and will continue to express their own clear opinion via the music platform and point out political and social grievances.

Discography

  • 2017: Engst (EP)
  • 2018: Conflagration (album)
  • 2019: Our pub (single)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ProSieben: Matthias "Engst" - singer at Die Band 2015. Accessed on May 19, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Narrow. 2015, accessed May 19, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Narrow. In: Arising Empire. Retrieved on May 19, 2020 (German).
  4. ↑ Patrick W .: Magazine for metal reviews, interviews, live reports and more. In: Interview with Ramin (guitar) von Engst. November 21, 2018, accessed May 19, 2020 .
  5. ↑ ENGST - surface fire. In: Arising Empire. Retrieved on May 19, 2020 (German).
  6. ↑ Marc Thorbrügge: Engst - surface fire - Deutschrock Review • metal.de. November 9, 2018, accessed May 19, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Magazine for metal reviews, interviews, live reports and more. November 21, 2018, accessed May 19, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Magazine for metal reviews, interviews, live reports and more. November 21, 2018, accessed May 19, 2020 .
  9. ↑ soundchaser: Matthias Engst in a video interview. In: metal-heads.de. November 23, 2019, accessed on May 19, 2020 (German).
  10. ↑ Patrick W .: Magazine for metal reviews, interviews, live reports and more. In: Interview with Ramin (guitar) von Engst. November 21, 2018, accessed May 19, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Marc Thorbrügge: Engst - surface fire - Deutschrock Review • metal.de. November 9, 2018, accessed May 19, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Marc Thorbrügge: Engst - surface fire - Deutschrock Review • metal.de. November 9, 2018, accessed May 19, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Magazine for metal reviews, interviews, live reports and more. November 21, 2018, accessed May 19, 2020 .
  14. ↑ soundchaser: Matthias Engst in a video interview. In: metal-heads.de. November 23, 2019, accessed on May 19, 2020 (German).
  15. ↑ soundchaser: Matthias Engst in a video interview. In: metal-heads.de. November 23, 2019, accessed on May 20, 2020 (German).
  16. ↑ soundchaser: Matthias Engst in a video interview. In: metal-heads.de. November 23, 2019, accessed on May 20, 2020 (German).
  17. ↑ Narrow. In: Arising Empire. Retrieved on May 20, 2020 (German).
  18. ↑ Patrick W .: Magazine for metal reviews, interviews, live reports and more. In: Interview with Ramin (guitar) von Engst. November 21, 2018, accessed May 20, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Narrow. In: Arising Empire. Retrieved on May 20, 2020 (German).