The Prophecy 23

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The Prophecy 23
The Prophecy 23 live at Römersee Open Air 2012
The Prophecy 23 live at Römersee Open Air 2012
General information
Genre (s) Fresh metal
founding 2002
Website http://www.theprophecy23.de/
Founding members
Hannes Klopprogge
Sven Piepenburg
Florian Sanden
Electric guitar
Dennis Lidak
Phileas Hohlweck
Current occupation
Hannes Klopprogge
singing
Luca Micelli
Philipp Wieser
Tilman Berbig
Electric bass
Jakob Fleck
former members
Electric guitar
Daniel Schwarz
Electric bass, vocals
Tobias Scheid
Electric bass, vocals
Mario Macaroni
Electric guitar
Dennis Lidak
singing
Philipp Heckel
Drums
Florian Sanden

The Prophecy 23 is a German thrash metal band that was founded in 2002.

history

In 2005 the first demo CD No Future for the Dead was released , which was initially produced and distributed by the band itself, but is no longer available.

After the departure of the founding members Sven Piepenburg and Phileas Hohlweck and the brief entry of Daniel Schwarz, the band changed their style in 2006 and has since played a mixture of Thrash and Death Metal . When Tobias Scheid joined the electric bass and vocals in October 2006, the change was completed; Songs from the first demo CD are rarely played live.

In 2008 the band released the EP Immortal Attitude , which was released through self-distribution. This was followed by concerts in Germany and neighboring countries with bands such as Die Apokalyptischen Reiter , Disbelief , Brainstorm , Fleshcrawl , Debauchery , Axxis , Death Before Dishonor , Dark Age and others. a.

In early 2010, The Prophecy 23 signed a worldwide record deal with Massacre Records and then released their first official album on July 16, 2010 … To the Pit .

Due to the positive response in the trade press, the band was confirmed for the Wacken Open Air 2011 in addition to concerts in Germany and abroad .

At the end of 2011 it was announced that bassist Tobias Scheid would leave the band for personal reasons. A new replacement for him was quickly found. Mario Macaroni took over the bass part for Tobias Scheid and Philipp Heckel, singer of the band New Born Hate , the death vocals. Mario Macaroni had to leave the band again in mid-2012 due to a change of residence. Since then, Phil Butcher (Time Will Prove, ex. Darrell Bones) has been playing the electric bass guitar.

The second album Green Machine Laser Beam entered the German EMP Top 100 Album Charts at number 18.

Numerous concerts and a headlining Europe tour in 2018 followed.

In 2020 the band achieved their greatest commercial success to date and entered the official German album charts at # 67 with the album 'Fresh Metal' . The album is celebrated by the press and fans alike.

The Prophecy 23 is confirmed for the Summer Breeze Open Air 2020 in Dinkelsbühl .

... to the pit

The album … To the Pit was recorded in spring 2010 together with producers Dick S. Chopper and Nils Lesser at Big Fat Studios Germany and was released on July 16, 2010 on Massacre Records. The record cover was drawn by Marvin Clifford , who was influenced by the comic and online role-playing game Shakes and Fidges and various illustrations and a. for MAD magazine or PC Games had become known. The album contains 13 tracks, with a total playing time of approx. 46 minutes. An official video was released in May 2010 for the theme song From the Basement to the Pit .

Green Machine Laser Beam

On December 28, 2011, The Prophecy 23 announced on their Facebook page that they will record their second studio album with Kristian Kohlmannslehner in the Kohlkeller Studio in January / February of the coming year . The new album was released on June 29, 2012 on Massacre Records . It contains 16 tracks with a total playing time of around 46 minutes. Cover and artwork were again drawn by Marvin Clifford. The album entered the German EMP Top 100 Album Charts at number 18.

The album received good feedback in the international press.

In 2012, the band toured festivals and clubs in Germany (including Municipal Waste ), producing three videos for the songs Princess of Gorleben , We Are the Pit Police and No Beer - What a Mess .

Untrue Like A Boss

In 2014 the album "Untrue Like A Boss" was released, which, like its predecessors, was released worldwide via Massacre Records. Numerous concerts in Europe and the first headlining tour followed.

Fresh metal

The album, which will be released in 2020, is the most commercially successful and entered the Official German Album Charts at number 67. A planned 4-week European tour to promote the album has been canceled due to the ongoing Corona crisis .

style

Stylistically, The Prophecy 23 can generally be classified in the form of harder heavy metal . Influences from different types of metal can be heard. So many pieces are based on the mixture of fast Thrash Metal with slower, groovy , sometimes pounding passages, as they can also be heard in Death Metal . Occasionally, inspirations from Hardcore , Moshcore and other stylistic precursors of Thrash Metal can be found, whereby in the titles Surf Nazis Must Die and We Are the Pit Police with surf rock and blues influences foreign to metal can be heard.

The band's lyrics are based on the typical pacifist Thrash Metal theme and deal with current world events and experiences that have obviously influenced the band. The consistently humorous and atypical lyrics in songs like A Backpack Full of Fleshsnacks , Surf Nazis Must Die , BTM (Brutal Thrash Maniacs) , Ice Road Trucker vs. the Sun , Wake Me Up for Lunch , No Beer - What a Mess or Princess of Gorleben .

In 2020 the band describes their style of music as "Fresh Metal", a mixture of Thrash Metal, Death Metal and Punk-Rock.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Fresh metal
  DE 67 March 27, 2020 (1 week)
  • 2005: No Future for the Dead (in-house production)
  • 2008: Immortal Attitude (EP, in-house production)
  • 2008: Immortal Attitude on Baden Metal Vol. I (compilation)
  • 2010: ... To the Pit ( Massacre Records )
  • 2012: Green Machine Laser Beam ( Massacre Records )
  • 2014: Untrue Like a Boss ( Massacre Records )
  • 2017: Live Mosh Action (Massacre Records)
  • 2020: Fresh Metal (Massacre Records)

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.wacken.com/de/woa2011/main-bands/billing-2011/the-prophecy-23/
  2. Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 28, 2017 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theprophecy23.com
  3. EMP German Album Charts Top 100
  4. Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theprophecy23.com
  5. Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 29, 2017 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theprophecy23.com
  6. THE PROPHECY 23. In: THE PROPHECY January 23, 19, 2017, accessed on April 4, 2020 (German).
  7. Official German Charts - Official German Charts. Retrieved April 4, 2020 .
  8. THE PROPHECY 23. In: THE PROPHECY January 23, 19, 2017, accessed on April 4, 2020 (German).
  9. Chart sources: Germany

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