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Essenz

Berlin, DE Metal / Spiritual Black Doom Avantgarde

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Members: g.st. - tone, voice, meditation | t.ngl - pulse | d.rk - motion | s.cs - noise

Sounds Like: Necros Christos, The Ruins Of Beverast

Label: info@svartrcords.com

Bio: »a purposeful sonic ether, a decomposition of the physical, the invocation of a metamorphosis, a stimulation of remote realms of the psyche that dwells on the borders of musical extremes and opens the gate to...«

First seen spectres in December 2006.

"Metaphysis" (09.2009 self-produced CD, 06... See Full Bio

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Press

“... viel mehr kann man von einem Album nunmal nicht erwarten, [...] eines der besten deutschen Alben im düsteren Black/Doom-Sektor der letzten Jahre.”

— Moritz Grütz, metal1.info

“Was auf dem zweiten Album der Berliner passiert, ist von erschreckender, finsterer, allumfassender Brillianz. [...] Das Album bricht sich gewaltsam Bahn, es zerschmettert alles, es isst Seele auf. Die sechs Mammutstücke schmerzen und faszininieren, sie sind wuchtig und basisch, episch und zerklüftet in einem, sie erschüttern machtvoll und zerstörerisch. Einer der wichtigsten Longplayer das Jahres!”

— W. R. Mühlmann, Rock Hard

“satisfying elaborations on the blackened doom discourse”

— Avi Pitchon, Terrorizer

“In there, borders between doom and black and death metal were destroyed and one could say that RUINS OF BEVERAST met the Evil that always lurked between the riffs of BLACK SABBATH and PENTAGRAM. [...] An exo-cosmic atmosphere holds the lead role but the “key-player” here are the unstoppable maneuvers between pure doom metal (the riff at 1.50 in “Amor” is maybe one of the most addictive I’ve heard in years), blackened uproars and galloping death chords (can someone please lock MORBID ANGEL in a room where “Pleroma” plays on repeat?).”

— antifleshnimbus, theantifleshnimbus.wordpress.com

“I can’t possibly sit here and keep a straight face while I try to accurately spell out how much this album sucks. [...] Well, fuck that. All these motifs only fit together to form some basic background noise while you slit the throat of a virgin in a cemetery. I don’t do that.”

— Eric Hall, metal-temple.com

“beauty in darkness”

— Beth, Metal Believe

“Essenz deliver some enthralling audible mysticism [...]. If you enjoy music you can literally feel throughout your body, Essenz should do it for you.”

— Axes To Grind

“If you are looking for an excellent mixture of Doom and Black Metal, this is the release you have been waiting for. Essenz manages to compress both genres into an excellent sounding release that will leave you with nightmares, but at the same time will make you want to listen to it more and more.”

— Dark Emperor, Infernal Masquerade

“Essenz are certainly on track to evolve further and become one of the most serious cases of the German scene.”

— Misantropia Extrema

“ESSENZ [...] sind in ihrer ureigenen, provokativ-beschwörenden Art und Weise derart faszinierend, dass einem dieser Fluch, diese Aura, diese Magie, die diese Band umgibt und die sich auch ausstrahlt, kaum mehr loslässt.”

— reini, stormbringer.at

“In a world where chaos reigned and people are trampled for having different beliefs, “KVIITIIVZ – Beschwörung des Unaussprechlichen” would be the record that sets everyone straight and kicks a revolution into gear. Essenz is a German doom/black metal outfit that brings back all the nightmares and horrible images you think of when you have thoughts of the world ending during a war.”

— Nick Williams, Blood or Love

“bis hierhin die beste Band des kompletten Festivals [...] und auch im Nachhinein dessen positivste Überraschung [...]! Fakt. Was für eine schweinegeile, treibende, völlig eigenständige Mischung aus Black & Doom Metal, wie ich sie noch nicht gehört habe. Absolut live-tauglich noch dazu”

— T.B., Final War Mag

“But now that i know them i'd like to have found them before. [trans.: Author]”

— Mourning, Aristocrazia Webzine

“Und so kann man ESSENZ abschließend nur gratulieren, [...] denn die Herren schmieden hier ein Eisen, welches, auch im internationalen Vergleich, durchaus als einzigartig zu beschreiben ist. ”

— P.K., metal.de

“Nowadays we have this EZ obsession. Screwed off from that meltin pot metropolis that is Berlin and in the whole, the meltin pot called Germany and its (musical) history, from Amon Duul to Necros Christos and the long fil rouge, or fil noire..., connecting them.... You might observe that there is an ocean-distance in between Kraut Rock and Black Metal, ah yes indeed, but after all, yet so little... for example Essenz and their psychosound experimentations. And in particular: The unspeakable beauty & horror, The hypnotic fashion, The incurable disease, that their ‡KVIITIIVZ‡ album suffers and causes, an esoteric intimacy.”

— R. M., Avantgarde Music

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Jul 6

Under The Black Sun Fes…
Börnicke, DE | 8:00pm
Under The Black Sun Festival
Börnicke, DE
Sat Jul 06 8:00pm
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Aug 29

Kill-Town Death Fest
Copenhagen, DK | 8:00pm
Kill-Town Death Fest
Copenhagen, DK
Thu Aug 29 8:00pm
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