Earthling (band)
| Earthling | |
|---|---|
 Erdling as support from Megaherz in Cologne |
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| General information | |
| origin | Bavaria , Germany |
| Genre (s) |
Dark Rock , New German Hardness , from 2019 also: Dark Metal |
| founding | 2015 |
| Current occupation | |
| Neill Freiwald | |
| "Neno Knuckle / Ne Djentno" | |
| Christian Eichlinger (since 2018) | |
| Robin Sem Vedrfölnir / "Rob" | |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Marco Politi (2015 to 2016) |
Drums |
Niklas Kahl (2015 to 2018) |
Electric bass |
Nate Pearson (2016 to 2018) |
Electric bass |
Pierre Anders (2018 to 2019) |
Erdling is a music group that was founded in 2015 from former members of the Stahlmann group.
history
After guitarist Neill Freiwald left the band Stahlmann and the side project Sündenklang at the end of 2014, ostensibly due to time constraints, drummer Niklas Kahl followed in spring 2015, who, according to his own statement, “could increasingly identify less with the band”.
Together with guitarist Neno and bassist Marco, the recordings for the first EP began in the studio of Chris Harms (including Lord of the Lost ). After Erdling was signed “surprisingly quickly” by Out of Line , according to Neill , they released their first EP Blitz und Donner in October 2015 , followed by tours with Unzucht and Megaherz .
In January 2016 Erdling released her debut album Aus den Tiefen , in August of the same year she played for the first time at the M'era Luna Festival in Hildesheim. At this gig, the band played for the first time without their bass player Marco Politi, a few days later the band announced that Marco had announced his departure shortly before the festival and had not come to rehearsals, so they had decided on a replacement. On November 8th, Erdling introduced Nate Pearson as the new bassist. Her second album Supernova was released on March 17th, 2017 . In January 2018, Niklas Kahl, who had switched to Lord of the Lost, was replaced by Christian Eichlinger. In February 2018, Pierre Anders replaced the previous bassist Nate Pearson. At the same time the band announced their third album "Demon", which was released in July 2018. On March 22nd, 2019 Erdling released the single Wir sind Midgard and announced that the fourth album planned for 2020 will be "different, faster, more Metal-heavy, but also deeper". At the same time, the tour dates for the band's second headlining tour were announced. In a video blog of his own , Freiwald explained that work on the new album had already started simultaneously with the production of the previous one. He also justified the departure of the bassist Anders for professional reasons. Freiwald will take over the bass himself in the future, so that Erdling will appear as a trio. On July 5, 2019, the second preliminary single In the Name of the Crow was released , in which singer Robert Dahn ( Equilibrium , Minas Morgul ) took part.
reception
Her debut album Blitz und Donner was received very differently by the music press. Metal.de attested the band “definitely potential”, but noted a strong discrepancy in the level of music and lyrics, which in some places would seem “as if one had used the Gothic cliché box”. Rock-Fanatics.de said that the album would sound like “a mixture between Eisbrecher and Lord Of The Lost”, but that the band had “made a really good debut”, “with all the rough edges that you would find on a first one Record expects and likes to hear ".
Ludwig Stadler from Tombstone , on the other hand, came to the conclusion that the album offers "cheap songs, unimaginative arrangements", is "vocally, unfortunately, absolutely unconvincing" and seems as if it were "literally" fished and put together "from the depths of the NDH sea" .
Discography
Albums
| year | Title of music label / distributor |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, music label / distribution , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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| 2016 | Out of Line / Rough Trade Distribution from the depths |
DE64 (1 week) DE |
First publication: 01/22/2016
Publication formats : CD, 2xCD |
| 2017 | Supernova Out of Line / Rough Trade Distribution |
DE56 (1 week) DE |
First publication: 17.03.2017
Publication formats : CD, 2xCD |
| 2018 | Out of Line / Rough Trade Distribution demon |
DE43 (1 week) DE |
First publication: 07/27/2018
Publication formats : CD, 2xCD |
| 2020 | Yggdrasil Out of Line / Rough Trade Distribution |
DE45 (1 week) DE |
First publication: January 10, 2020
Publication formats : CD, 2xCD |
EPs
- 2015: Blitz und Donner (CD; Out of Line)
- 2018: Demon - The Secret Tracks (MP3; Out of Line)
Singles
- 2019: We are Midgard (MP3; Out of Line)
- 2019: In the name of the crow with Robert "Robse" Dahn (MP3; Out of Line)
- 2019: Wolves of the Night with Chris Pohl (MP3; Out of Line)
- 2019: Am heiligen Hain (MP3; Out of Line)
Music videos
- 2015: Blitz und Donner (Director / Production: Matteo vDiva Fabbiani, Chiara Cerami)
- 2016: Mein Element (Direction / Production: Nils Freiwald)
- 2017: Absolutus Rex (Director / Production: Moritz Maibaum)
- 2018: Tiefentaucher (Director / Production: Nils Freiwald)
- 2018: Why Why Why (Direction / Production: Mirko Witzki)
- 2018: Nothing but Dust (Director / Production: Nils Freiwald)
- 2019: We are Midgard (Director / Production: Nils Freiwald)
- 2019: In the name of the crow with Robert "Robse" Dahn (Director / Production: Nils Freiwald)
- 2019: Wolves of the Night with Chris Pohl (Director / Production: 3HE Studios)
- 2019: Am heiligen Hain (Director / Production: Nils Freiwald)
- 2020: Blizzard (Director / Production: Nils Freiwald)
gallery
- Erdling, line-up at the Rockharz Open Air 2018
Singer Neill Freiwald
Guitarist Neno Knuckle
Drummer Christian Eichlinger
Bass player Pierre Anders
Web links
- Official website
- Erdling at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Farewell: Guitarist Neill leaves Stahlmann & Sündenklang. Sonic Seducer.de, November 18, 2014, accessed September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Matthias Irrgang: Stahlmann: Drummer Niklas Kahl leaves the band. Mindbreed.de, February 8, 2015, accessed September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Marcell Rapp: ERDLING: Interview with Neill Devin. Powermetal.de, November 10, 2015, accessed on September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Matthias Irrgang: Stahlmann dropouts support Unzucht on tour with a new project “Erdling”. Mindbreed.de, May 15, 2015, accessed September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Manfred Pieper: Erdling as a special guest on the Erdwärts tour. Megaherz , accessed September 7, 2016 .
- ^ Statement from Erdling. August 31, 2016, accessed September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Matthias Irrgang: Nate Pearson new bass player from Erdling. Mindbreed.de, November 8, 2016, accessed on November 12, 2016 .
- ↑ "Supernova": Erdling release second long player / first single in December. Retrieved on March 21, 2017 (German).
- ^ Leoni Dowidat: News | ERDLING: line-up change on drums | POWERMETAL.de. Retrieved January 8, 2018 .
- ^ Leoni Dowidat: News | ERDLING: line-up change on bass | POWERMETAL.de. Retrieved July 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Michael Klaas: ERDLING will unleash the "Demon" in July with a new album . In: metal.de . June 19, 2018 ( metal.de [accessed July 26, 2018]).
- ↑ Nicole Gädeke: ERDLING - Send harbinger "WIR SIND MIDGARD" for the new album + tour dates 2020 ahead. darkmusicworld.de, March 22, 2019, accessed on March 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Nicole Gädeke: ERDLING - Release new single “In the name of the crow” including video clip! darkmusicworld.de, July 4, 2019, accessed on July 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Matthias Weise: Erdling - From the depths. Metal.de, January 19, 2016, accessed September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Nadine Ciechocinski: CD Review: Erdling - From the depths. Rock-Fanatics.de, January 19, 2016, accessed on September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Ludwig Stadler: Erdling - Aus den Tiefen (CD review). Tombstone Webzine, January 12, 2016, archived from the original on September 15, 2016 ; accessed on September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Erdling in the German charts