Equilibrium (Band)
Equilibrium is a German pagan metal band from Bavaria.
History
Equilibrium was founded in 2001 by René Berthiaume, Helge Stang, Sandra Völkl and Andreas Völkl in Maisach. The name was chosen spontaneously, because they needed a name for her self-designed Flyers their first concert, which took place in a church in Maisach. It was originally planned to play only one concert and then the band to re-dissolve, which you then but refrained. Initially, the stylistic direction of the band was not yet clear, since Equilibrium exclusively played cover versions of well-known metal songs. Therefore, we chose Equilibrium, for so the band could move musically nor free, without having an inappropriate name. Jokingly he is sometimes explained by the band with the concept of equilibration, which is in the psychology of the "balance between accommodation and assimilation ".
In 2003, the band produced a demo recording, which yielded a contract for an album with the record label Black Attakk. The recordings for the debut album Turis Fratyr took place in the Helion Studios in Munich. The album was produced by René Berthiaume itself. The release was initially scheduled for 2004 but was postponed several times. On 31 January 2005, finally Turis Fratyr appeared at Black Attakk. This album includes not only new songs and remixed recordings of the demo 2003. Equilibrium In October 2006, signed a contract on several albums with Nuclear Blast. Since 2006, the drummer Manuel Di Camillo plays in the formation esthete.
In July 2007, the band began recording their new album, Sagas, which was released after several postponements on 27 June 2008 and reached number 30 of the Media Control Charts right away.
In February 2010, was on her MySpace page to read of " serious restructuring within the band ." On February 12 it was announced that the band of singer Helge Stang and drummer Manuel Di Camillo has disconnected. March 2, 2010 it was announced that Robert Dahn, aka Robse, who is also a singer in the band Vrankenvorde, will now take over the vocals. He made his first appearance on 12 March at the Paganfest in Bochum together with Equilibrium.
On 1 April 2010 Equilibrium announced that the new album was finished Rekreatur added. On April 13, the album cover was released. On April 15, was the first song of the new album, The Monkey Island, presented at the MySpace page of the band, on 22 followed the play The eternal victory, and on 21 May Scorched Earth. In addition, 5 other pieces were published from the 3 albums and the Demo 2003 in acoustic versions on the digipak version of Rekreatur.
The album was released on June 18, 2010. From 11 June until the publication on 18 June 2010, the entire album was Rekreatur (all 9 tracks without the songs of the bonus disc ) via Myspace as a stream. The band announced in 2012 that they had started recording for a fourth album whose release is planned for 2014. On 11 August 2013, the band released an EP consisting of five tracks, entitled Forest Shrine.
On March 30, 2014 Andreas Völkl and Sandra van Eldik announced their departure from the band.
Style
The band describes their music as " Epic Metal". The lyrics on the first recordings negotiated part of Nordic / Scandinavian mythology. Later, on the album Sagas, almost all texts are fictitious. One exception is The singer's curse, an interpretation of the ballad by Ludwig Uhland. The music contains Black, Pagan and Viking Metal influences and folk elements, for example, the inspired from the band Finntroll humppa. In the song, From distant future are, inter alia, also hear bagpipes, which stand for the musical diversity of the band. Despite the guttural vocals, the music is very melodic, with the folkloric primarily melodies of keyboards and guitars are worn. The pieces of the third album Rekreatur are almost always accompanied by an orchestra. The pace is consistently very fast, the guitar riffs contain elements of Power Metal. The drums are typical for the genre dominated by blast beats and double bass.
Discography
- 2003 - Demo 2003 ( self-produced )
- 2005 - Turis Fratyr (Black Attakk )