The blackout argument
| The blackout argument | |
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| General information | |
| origin | Munich (Germany) |
| Genre (s) | Post-hardcore , metalcore |
| founding | 2005 |
| resolution | 2011 |
| Last occupation | |
singing |
Raphael Schmid |
guitar |
Christoph Zehetleitner |
guitar |
Christian "Swede" Wölk |
bass |
Eric Eller |
Drums |
Philip Seidl |
| former members | |
singing |
Sinan Akilli (2006-2007) |
guitar |
Chris Lochmann (2006-2009) |
bass |
Sascha Laumann (2006-2009) |
The Blackout Argument was a German post-hardcore - band from Munich .
history
The Blackout Argument was founded in November 2005 by drummer Philip Seidl (formerly Flyswatter ) and Christoph Zehetleitner (formerly Paint the Town Red ) and has been live since March 2006.
In June 2006 the band released their debut EP Munich Angst on the British label Engineer Records , which was reissued in 2007 on Bastardized Recordings. At the same time another EP called Munich Valor was released on Bastardized Recordings .
In May 2007 the band accompanied boysetsfire on their farewell European tour. In September 2007, their first album was released on Lifeforce Records . Decisions was recorded in the Suiseidl Studios and mixed and mastered by Kristian Kohlmannslehner in the Kohlkeller Studios. In addition, The Blackout Argument played part of the Never Say Die Festival tour with Parkway Drive , Comeback Kid , This Is Hell and the Cancer Bats in late 2007 .
In mid-2007 singer Sinan Akilli left the band for personal reasons. He was succeeded by Raphael Schmid (For Heaven's Sake, Reach My Hand). Raphael Schmid can be heard for the first time on the EP Smile Like a Wolf , which was released online in June 2008 , after he had guest vocals in the song Share It or Leave It on the album Decisions . Following the online release of the EP, the band went on a European tour with Architects .
In February 2009 the second album Remedies was released on Lifeforce Records. Following a four-week European tour with This Is Hell and Dead Swans in April 2009, Eric Eller joined the band as the new bass player.
In early August 2010, the band signed a worldwide recording and publishing deal with Redfield Records , where their album Detention was released in February 2011 . In April the band went on a European tour with Shai Hulud and Ligeia . Guest contributions by Andrew Neufeld (Comeback Kid) and rapper Casper can be heard on Detention . With the latter, The Blackout Argument had a joint appearance at the Mach1 Festival in 2011 , where in addition to the joint song Overweight Against Heart Attacks , three songs by Casper and a cover song were played.
In July 2011, The Blackout Argument announced their imminent liquidation on their website. In November the band went on a farewell tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland together with Till We Drop and Social Suicide. The last concert took place on November 6, 2011 in Munich. Casper accompanied the band as a special guest for part of the concert.
style
The Blackout Argument played a style that was more closely related to the so-called metallic New School Hardcore, for example through hard and distinctive metal guitar riffs, breakdowns and hard, slow mosh parts or also by the well-trained growled vocals , whereby their sound partly also approached metal core.
The very melodic and catchy - often polyphonic - chants, which alternate with the harder growls already mentioned, as well as more experimental and more accessible quieter passages and song structures are also characteristic for the group.
This sound can be compared with internationally successful post-hardcore bands such as boysetsfire or A Static Lullaby as well as with new school hardcore bands such as Have Heart .
Discography
Albums
- 2007: Decisions ( Lifeforce Records )
- 2009: Remedies (Lifeforce Records)
- 2011: Detention ( Redfield Records )
Singles and EPs
- 2006: Munich Angst (Engineer Records)
- 2007: Munich Angst Re-Release (Bastardized Recordings)
- 2007: Munich Valor (Bastardized Recordings)
- 2007: Munich Valor & Munich Angst (Do-MCD; Bastardized Recordings)
- 2008: Smile Like a Wolf (Online EP; Let It Burn Records )
- 2008: Smile Like a Wolf (vinyl single; Blacktop Records)
- 2011: Our Time Is Up ... ( Redfield Records )
Web links
- The Blackout Argument at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Laut.de: The Blackout Argument: Remedies. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .