Final Breath
| Final Breath | |
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| General information | |
| origin | Lohr am Main , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Thrash, death metal |
| founding | 1993 |
| Founding members | |
| Michael Imhof (until 2002) | |
| Thomas Böttcher (until 1997) | |
| Steffen Diel (until 1997) | |
| Thomas Wissel | |
| Heiko Krumpholz | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Patrick Gajda (since 2018) |
guitar |
Jörg Breitenbach (since 1997) |
Guitar Live |
Fabian Schwarz (since 2018) |
bass |
Thomas Wissel (until 2003, since 2009) |
Drums |
Heiko Krumpholz |
| former members | |
guitar |
Markus Werthmann (1997-2002) |
Guitar, bass |
Werner "Space" Müller (2002-2004) |
bass |
Dominik Merz (2004-2008) |
singing |
Jürgen "Eumel" Aumann (2002–2012, 2015–2018) |
guitar |
Dennis Schneider (2005–2011, 2013–2014) |
Final Breath ( engl. "Last breath") is a Thrash - / death metal band from Lohr am Main in Franconia .
history
Final Breath was founded in 1993 by singer Michael Imhof, the two guitarists Thomas Böttcher and Steffen Diel as well as bass player Thomas Wissel and drummer Heiko Krumpholz. Two years later the first demo Soulchange was released and in 1997 the self-financed EP End of It All with Markus Wertmann as the second guitarist for Diel. The debut album Flash-Burnt Crucifixes was also released as an in-house production, for which the band was able to win the experienced producer Andy Classen . After the debut (with Jörg Breitenbach for Thomas Böttcher) was initially marketed in-house, the independent label Gutter Records signed the band and reissued the debut.
Shortly afterwards, the band and label split up in an argument. So the recordings for the successor Mind Explosion started again at the expense of the band. In the studio, again with Andy Classen as producer, the band separated from Michael Imhof and Markus Werthmann. However, a replacement was found in the form of singers Jürgen Aumann (ex- Soul Demise , ex- Violation ) and Werner Müller. Nuclear Blast finally signed the band. This contract was also limited to one album.
The third album Let Me Be Your Tank was pre-financed by the band, whose line-up did not remain stable. Thomas Wissel got out so that Müller also had to take over the bass. The finished album was released by Remnedy Records . With a new line-up (Dominik Merz as bassist, Dennis Schneider for Müller), the band played a tour with Illdisposed and Ancient . In 2005 the band played at Summer Breeze . After that it became quiet about the guys, who returned for a few shows in 2009 and worked on material for a new album. At the beginning of 2018 singer Jürgen Aumann got out. After a brief search, a replacement was found in Patrick Gajda, the singer of the Flesh Trading Company .
The members of the band are also the organizers of the Up-from-the-Ground Festival , which was held annually on the Mainwiesen in Gemünden and was the largest extreme metal festival in Franconia at the time.
Since 2015 the band has been playing at smaller concerts and festivals again. A new album will be available from October 19, 2018. The first single Agonized, Zombified, Necrotized was released on September 27, 2018.
style
The band combines classic Thrash Metal à la Exodus and Testament with Swedish Death Metal from the brand Dismember or At the Gates to create aggressive metal, comparable to bands of the same genre as their compatriots Dew-Scented .
Discography
- 1995: Soul Change MCD (in-house production, no label)
- 1997: End of It All MCD (in-house production, no label)
- 2000: Flash Burnt Cruxifixies ( Gutter Records )
- 2002: Mind Explosion ( Nuclear Blast )
- 2004: Let Me Be Your Tank ( Remedy Records )
- 2018: Of Death and Sin (Metalville Records)
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of February 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Final Breath at laut.de
- Final Breath on Facebook
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c band biography. Laut.de , accessed on November 26, 2012 .
- ↑ Josef Goergen: Final Breath Interview. (No longer available online.) Eternity, November 15, 2002, archived from the original on September 12, 2011 ; Retrieved November 27, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Review of Let Me Be Your Tank. Metal-glory.de, October 18, 2004, accessed November 27, 2012 .
- ↑ David Gregori: Studio report: If you don't have idealism, you don't have to do the whole thing. (No longer available online.) Metal.de, March 2, 2004, archived from the original on December 14, 2015 ; Retrieved November 27, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
