Maerzfeld
| Maerzfeld | |
|---|---|
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 The band performing in Nuremberg, 2013 |
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| General information | |
| origin |
 Germany
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| Genre (s) | New German Hardness |
| founding | 2004; Established in 2009 |
| Website | www.maerzfeld.de |
| Founding members | |
| Helfried "Heli" tear weaver | |
| Matthias Sitzmann (until 2020) | |
guitar |
Roland Hagen (until 2013) |
| Samir Elflein (until 2013) | |
| Thomas Buchberger-Voigt (until 2013) | |
| Thilo Weber (until 2015, ✝2017) | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Helfried "Heli" tear weaver |
guitar |
Jochen Windisch (since 2020) |
guitar |
Mike Sitzmann (since 2013) |
Electric bass |
Korbinian Stocker (since 2018) |
Drums |
Michael Frischbier (since 2013) |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Bora Öksüz (2013-2018) |
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Maerzfeld is a German band that was founded in 2004 and musically can be assigned to the New German Hardship . As a parallel project was established in 2005, Rammstein - tribute band steel time .
history
After the founding in 2004, it was decided in 2005 at band rehearsals, due to the similarity of Reißenweber's voice to that of Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann , to appear as a Rammstein tribute band under the name Stahlzeit instead of composing their own music. The line-up of the two bands is identical except for the position of drummer. In 2015 keyboarder Thilo Weber left Maerzfeld, but remained active at Stahlzeit until his death on September 30, 2017.
In 2009 the members decided to lead their original band Maerzfeld parallel to Stahlzeit. At the beginning of 2011, their first maxi single Exil with three songs was released in their own production . This was followed by first appearances at the Night of the Jumps in Berlin and Hamburg and on November 17th the debut album, which was also produced in-house, called Tief .
In early 2012, the band was signed to Südpolrecords ; a new release of their debut album with revised artwork and a tour of southern Germany followed. In September, the single Die Hübschlerin , for which a music video was produced, came on the market as a download. In 2012 and 2013 the band appeared as a supporting act for Stahlmann , Eisbrecher and In Extremo, among others .
After a line-up change in which guitarist Roland Hagen, bassist Samir Elflein and drummer Thomas Buchberger-Voigt left the band (Buchberger-Voigt only left Maerzfeld) and were replaced by Mike Sitzmann, Bora Öksüz and Michael Frischbier, the recordings for the album Fremdkörper , which was released in January 2014. A music video was released for the title track of the album, Fremdkörper .
As part of Eisbrecher's “shock” tour in 2015, during which Maerzfeld appeared as support, the single Es breaks was released. The release of the album Nackt , which was planned for autumn 2015 , was postponed for an indefinite period of time in June 2015 "due to internal restructuring". In November it was announced that keyboardist Thilo Weber had left the Maerzfeld project shortly after the tour with Eisbrecher. A tour followed in the winter, which was initially supposed to accompany the album release, but after the postponement became a regular tour, on which some new songs were presented.
In the spring of 2017, the recordings for the third album began. Instead of the planned title Nackt, it was titled Unequally and was released as part of the “Himmelskörper” tour of the band Heldmaschine , for which Maerzfeld appeared as the opening act. On September 24th, Maerzfeld released a music video for the song Meine Lügen you can believe . The official release date for Ungleich was October 13th. The publication was followed in March 2018 by a Germany tour with Heldmaschine, Sündenrausch and Hemesath , which was continued in May in the opening act of Hämatom . In April the band announced that bassist Bora Öksüz was leaving the Maerzfeld project for private reasons. Korbinian Stocker was found to replace him.
On March 4th, 2019 Maerzfeld announced their fourth album Zorn , which was released on October 4th of the same year. The release was preceded by two single releases, Schwarzer Schnee and Zorn .
On April 17, 2020, the band released a newly recorded version of the song Virus (Der Gast) from their debut album in view of the COVID-19 pandemic .
On August 30, 2020, the band announced on Facebook that Mathias Sitzmann would leave the band for family reasons. Jochen Windisch will take over his post from now on.
Origin of name
The band name is derived from the March field , which served as an army meeting place under the Merovingians . The name should also symbolize a field that must be processed and maintained every year in March; the band sees this as a metaphor for life in which one can only achieve one's goals through effort and work. The ambiguity of the name in relation to the March field under the National Socialists was chosen deliberately to protest against the mostly immediate association of German history with the Third Reich .
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On the debut album Tief , the band was still musically oriented towards Rammstein; On their second album, Fremdkörper , the Rammstein influences are still present, but less prominent. On the third album, Ungleich , the band moves away from the typical elements of the New German Hardship and increasingly relies on elements from electro-industrial . The lyrics, which are all written by the singer Helfried, are often inspired by personal experiences, world events and stories that are told by guests during his work as a bartender and often contain criticism of society.
Discography
Albums
- 2011: Tief (Red Point Music / Südpolrecords)
- 2014: Foreign Bodies (South Pole Records)
- 2017: Unequal (South Pole Records)
- 2019: Zorn (South Pole Records)
Singles
- 2011: Exil (maxi single; Red Point Music)
- 2012: The Pretty Woman (only as download)
- 2015: It Breaks (Red Point Music)
- 2019: Black Snow (download only)
- 2019: Zorn (download only)
- 2019: Sin lives (in-house production)
- 2020: Virus MMXX (download only)
- 2020: Reich (only as download)
Guest Posts
- 2011: Nemesea feat. Maerzfeld - Alone (Album: The Quiet Resistance)
Music videos
- 2012: Pretty woman
- 2013: foreign body
- 2017: You can believe my lies
- 2019: black snow
- 2019: anger
Web links
- Official website
- Maerzfeld bei Discogs (English)
- Maerzfeld at Allmusic (English)
- Maerzfeld's sound carrier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Grasser Production: Video interview • Maerzfeld: The new album "Zorn", voice problems, chart entry and a new big tour 2020 with ...
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Rock-It Magazine: Issue 02/2012
- ↑ a b Slavestate.se: Interview with the band (Swedish) (accessed November 29, 2014)
- ↑ a b Facebook: Report from the band (accessed October 2, 2017)
- ↑ a b Facebook.de: Announcement on the line-up change (accessed on April 24, 2018)
- ↑ wn.de: Interview with singer Helfried (accessed on November 29, 2014)
- ↑ metal.de: STAHLZEIT keyboardist Thilo Weber dies (accessed on October 2, 2017)
- ↑ Facebook: Only a few more days, then our maxi single "EXIL" will be released with 3 songs (accessed on October 13, 2017)
- ↑ Facebook: From now on Südpolrecords / Rough Trade (accessed on October 13, 2017)
- ↑ Mindbreed.de: Stahlmann on tour with "Adamant" and Maerzfeld (accessed on October 13, 2017)
- ↑ Facebook: MAERZFELD Special Guest at IN EXTREMO (accessed on October 13, 2017)
- ↑ Facebook: Cover of the single with the corresponding announcement (accessed on March 1, 2015)
- ↑ Facebook: Announcement (accessed July 19, 2015)
- ↑ Facebook: Announcement of the resignation (accessed on November 12, 2015)
- ↑ Facebook: Status report of the band (accessed on February 26, 2017)
- ↑ Facebook: Video teaser for the album Ungleich (accessed on September 21, 2017)
- ↑ Facebook: Announcement of the joint tour with Heldmaschine (accessed on September 21, 2017)
- ↑ YouTube.com: Music video for the song Meine Lügen you can believe (accessed October 13, 2017)
- ↑ Facebook: Tour dates with Hematoma (accessed April 24, 2018)
- ↑ Facebook: Announcement for the album Zorn (accessed on March 21, 2019)
- ↑ Festivalstalker.de: Virus MMXX - Maerzfeld give old song a new look (accessed April 30, 2020)
- ↑ YouTube.com: Interview with singer Helfried (accessed November 29, 2014)
- ↑ a b RCN Magazin Nürnberg: Edition 04/2012
- ↑ Sonic Seducer: Edition 01/2014
- ↑ Darkmusicworld.de: Maerzfeld are back with unequally loudly (accessed on October 13, 2017)
- ↑ Lady-Metal.com: Maerzfeld - Unequally (accessed on October 13, 2017)
- ↑ moritz.de: Interview ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. with singer Helfried (accessed November 29, 2014)
- ↑ Lady-Metal.com: Maerzfeld - Tief (accessed on October 13, 2017)
