THE HIRSCH EFFEKT release new single/video 'Torka'
THE HIRSCH EFFEKT share their new single / video 'Torka', the third track from the band's 5th studio album Kollaps, out 8th May 2020 via Long Branch Records.
Listen / watch 'Torka' here: https://youtu.be/mpWbunZ4wm4
THE HIRSCH EFFEKT comment: "'Torka' is another composition that was written by Ilja solely. Except for the drums and one guitar double part, all instruments were played by Ilja. The song's root can be found in the Industrial-like electronic bass figure that is first introduced in the intro and later picked up by the bass guitar and even later by the guitars and drums. The ending is nothing less than a reprise of the interlude 'Moment', just as a band (instead of a strings) arrangement. The lyrics of the song tell a fictional story that is settled on the Easter Island and deals with the extinction of its inhabitants. The same story is later continued on the album's title track 'Kollaps'. 'Torka' is one of the more melancholic songs on the album."
Kollaps follows the highly successful Eskapist album, which charted at #21 in Germany. Kollaps encounters everyday madness with elaborate counterpoints and ludicrous lyric lines. The band tackle current social issues with a focus on the debate around the "Fridays For Future" movement.
'Torka and previous single s 'Bilen' and 'Noja' are now available to stream and download on all digital platforms.
Kollaps will be available as Box-Set, CD/LP+T-Shirt Bundle, CD, 2LP, stream and download. Pre-order the album here thehirscheffekt.lnk.to/kollaps
After their last album Eskapist (2017), which charted #21 on the German album charts, and formidable show-offs at Wacken Open Air, Full Force Festival and as recent headliners at the renowned Euroblast Festival, THE HIRSCH EFFEKT have now spawned their new ogre. Musically, the trio from Hanover, Germany, has once again settled in the microcosm of progressive metal and enhanced their songs with their typical trademark of – at first glance totally out of the line – genre-hopping.
Similar as on previous records, it happens again by Hirsch-style chopping of parts and beats, that first off felt safe and usual. In between chorals resound, helping to find one's way back to a necessary recollection. On the one side it's a euphonious, on the other side a hurting listening experience that leads to a heightened perception of the exposure of the human disorientation, and serves as a call to the solitary consciousness of courageous individuals - to gather together at concerts.
Live, this symbolic demise is celebrated purification. This can be celebrated together with the fans at upcoming shows, by the way of indulging unison and clamor, questioning oneself whether their own heart and thoughts have gone prone to egoism or still are in line with the harmony of hope, that is hidden within Kollaps.
THE HIRSCH EFFEKT are:
Moritz Schmidt (Drums)
Nils Wittrock (Guitar, Vocals)
Ilja John Lappin (Bass, Vocals)
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