Shakhtyor
| Shakhtyor | |
|---|---|
 Christian Herzog, Droneberg Festival 2015 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Hamburg , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Instrumental music , post metal , sludge |
| founding | 2009 |
| Current occupation | |
| Christian Mueller | |
| Nils Langbehn | |
| Christian Herzog | |
Shakhtyor is a post-metal and sludge band from Hamburg .
history
The band was formed in 2009. Her name is the English transcription of the Russian Шахтёр Shakhtar , German 'miner' . The group has been performing regularly since 2011, before the self-released debut album followed in April 2012. The album was re-released in 2013 in the US on Metal Blade Records and in Europe on Cyclone Empire .
style
According to Bastian Voigtländer from metal.de, the band played a mixture of instrumental Doom Metal, Post-Metal and Sludge on their debut album. In addition, a slight stoner rock influence can be heard. On the album you can hear "heavy riffs " and "rumbling drums". According to Petra Schurer from Metal Hammer , the group on the album is somewhere between stoner rock and drone doom .
Discography
- 2012: Shakhtyor (album, self-published)
- 2015: Tunguska (album, Cyclone Empire )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ SHAKHTYOR BIOGRAPHY. metalblade.com, accessed April 12, 2014 .
- ↑ Jordan Campbell: Shakhtyor - Shakhtyor Review. angrymetalguy.com, accessed April 12, 2014 .
- ^ Bastian Voigtländer: Shakhtyor. "Shakhtyor". metal.de, accessed on April 12, 2014 .
- ↑ Petra Schurer: Shakhtyor . Shakhtyor. In: Metal Hammer . July 2013, p. 90 .