he was so adorable :(

German band, Can, pose by a Ramsgate to Calais hovercraft in the 1970’s.

anyone knows any german or russian rock/metal bands

Thursday, October 19: Helloween, "We Burn"

Even more than Master of the Rings, The Time of the Oath was a loud and purposeful assertion of Helloween’s right to exist, and opening single “We Burn” was a cornerstone of their mid ‘90s resurgence, even though it has been strangely forgotten by the band since it hasn’t been played in at least 25 years.  The track accomplished several things at once: it was easily the most aggressive and squarely metallic Helloween anthem since “Eagle Fly Free”, it solidified the chemistry and vitality of this lineup (Uli Kusch’s drumming was the band’s secret weapon), and it reflected the evolving power dynamics in the band as it was solely written by Andi Deris, who would over time become the group’s primary composer.  And Deris was really the key to it all: he didn’t have Michael Kiske’s range, but he was a more enthusiastic performer and a much more natural frontman, and most of all he had the commitment and drive to keep Helloween moving forward, and the propulsion of “We Burn” illustrated that they were truly playing for keeps.

Listen/purchase: Vitamin C by CAN

FRUMPY - All Will Be Changed -Todos serán cambiados 1970 FULL ALBUM.

🍄 I've been thinking about this band recently. The singer was Rad!

FRUMPY -All Will Be Changed -1970 FULL ALBUM. https://youtu.be/FfyqPsKP2GE?si=h5mntunthZ7Osr0E via @YouTube

Frumpy was a German progressive rock/krautrock band based in Hamburg, which was active between 1970–1972 and 1990–1995. 

1985 🎸🎸🎹

German rock music slaps fr

Smackbeat | Meet Me in Hawaii

When was the last time we did something for the first time? It’s our last life, have you thought about it?

¿Cuando fue la última vez que hicimos algo por primera vez? Es nuestra última vida. ¿Lo has pensado?

Been after this one on vinyl for ages. Happy boy!

Best current Indie from Germany & Austria under radar • Emerging and/ or unsigned bands • Post-Punk • Punk • Emo • Indie-Rock • Post-Grunge 💥 Cover: STILL TALK, Photo by David Schweikart • Updated regulary, songs from 2023 mostly • www.blackmarketplaylists.de

Friday, February 23: Primal Fear, "Into the Fire"

Once Primal Fear’s lineup coalesced (if not stabilized) around 2018, the group had 5 credible songwriters between them.  However, Apocalpyse was still almost entirely composed by the combination of Mat Sinner, Magnus Karlsson and Ralf Scheepers, with Tom Naumann and Alex Beyrodt contributing one track each, and the latter’s “Into the Fire” even then being relegated to bonus track status.  That number, besides being a rare Beyrodt/Sinner/Scheepers co-write, bordered on hair metal with its thumping groove and percolating electronics, which made it both an outlier in the PF discography as well as an enjoyable diversion from their sometimes overbearing seriousness.  With Scheepers generally game to sing just about anything asked of him, and Sinner apparently committed to releasing anything and everything he came up with, it was apparently on Beyrodt to propel the track forward, and while “Into the Fire” didn’t really fit with the largely melodramatic Apocalypse, it had a spark to it that Primal Fear would’ve been wise to follow more often.

Wild German Women - Nina Hagen and Nico

The concert poster is from Canada. I don't know anything about the press clipping, but looking at Ninas styling, it could be also from 1982 or a bit later.