Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Stahlsarg (UK)


 
 
Stahlsarg (UK)

In 2013, Stahlsarg immediately took to the road to travel through the UK and Europe sharing their black metal sound. Airtime included Bloodstock Radio,Total Rock Radio, ICR, BRFM and Top Rock Radio amongst others. They’ve also featured in UK and European music magazines.
2014 saw such milestones as supporting pioneers of Norwegian black metal, Mayhem, on their sole UK date in London, storming Belgium with Italian black metallers Handful of Hate and joining black metal band Excruciate 666 in France. Stahlsarg were also honoured to grace the Sophie Lancaster stage at Bloodstock 2014, warming up the crowd for Satan. No strangers to the festival scene, Stahlsarg enjoyed Beermageddon Festival in Birmingham and Belgium’s No Compromise Metal Festival alongside headliner Crystal Viper.
Early 2015 Stahlsarg proudly created Stahlsarg Beer – handcrafted in association with The Dove Brewery, Ipswich and this was followed by a headline show in Camden, London. The band played a roaring set in Germany at Wonnemond Festival in May, sharing the stage with the German black metal legends Endstille. Stahlsarg attracted the attention of Randall amplification and are now proud to be a part of their artist roster.
The band internationally released their debut album in October 2015 entitled “Comrades In Death”, via the Danish label Mighty Music. Recorded with Danny B.Takoma (Criminal, Lockup) of HVR studios, Powerplay Magazine called it “a multi-dimensional piece of work”. The band were honoured to be invited on a short tour throughout the UK, once again supporting Endstille, coinciding with the album’s release in October. The band finished 2015 with another headline show, this time in Birmingham.
2016, saw the band play the legendary festival Inferno in Oslo in Norway alongside Marduk, Mayhem, Nile & many more, the band played Belgium's Grimm Extreme Fest, a headline show in Amsterdam, Holland, Germany's Kings of black metal Festival alongside Primordial, Taake and many more and numerous dates throughout the UK.
In February 2017 Stahlsarg returned to HVR studios in Suffolk with Danny B Takoma on production duties and recorded the follow up to their debut album Comrades in Death (Mighty Music). The band signed with the Dutch label Non Serviam Records and the new album entitled Mechanism's of Misanthropy will be released late 2017, the band have numerous dates throughout the UK booked to support it's release. The album features a guest vocal from Kim Dylla (A Winter Lost, Gwar, Kung Fu Dykes) and an arrangement by Brian Moss from Vicious Pink.
In early 2018 Stahlsarg signed to the agency Go Loud Agency to handle all their festivals and upcoming shows. The band supported Inquisition and Septic Flesh in London back in January. They will be returning to play in Belgium in April. They will be main support to the Norwegian black metal band Sarkom on a UK tour in May. The band will be playing for the first time in Italy in Naples at Cult of Parthenope Black metal Fest 2018 and finishing the year playing Ragnarok Festival in Norwich in November. Stahlsarg are continuing to organise more upcoming shows in the UK and Europe.
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