Karbholz - Kapitel 11: Barrikaden - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

KÄRBHOLZ is one of the most successful German speaking rock bands of the last 10 years. Since their foundation in 2003, the four guys from the quiet Ruppichteroth (a small town near Cologne) have managed to continuously raise their level of popularity. The logical consequence were regular chart successes in the past years. With the switch to Metalville Records and the album InchKarmaInch in 2015, position #7 made it into the German Top Ten for the first time. With the longplayer InchÜberdosis LebenInch, released in 2017, they even just missed the pole position of the official charts in Germany with #2. The following album InchHerz & VerstandInch, released in 2019, reached #3. The music of Kärbholz contains influences from rock, punk and indie. The musicians themselves as well as the fans call their sound full throttle Rock 'n' Roll. Over the years, the band has also gained a reputation as an exciting live act whose straight, charismatic and raw sound full of emotionality inspires a wide audience. A circumstance that regularly leads to sold-out tours in their home country. Since 2006 Kärbholz have been organising their own open air festival called InchHeimspielInch (Home game). What began with 50 fans and friends has developed over time into a nationally known two-day event with several thousand visitors. In the new songs on InchKontra.Inch(Counterpoint) the melancholy of the last album has given way to a positive atmosphere of departure. More untamed, riff heavier and louder. At the same time, a look back to the early albums, on which the punk elements were given more freedom, was also possible. On their new album Kärbholz didn't go in search of the big musical change but tried to filter out the essence of the past 15 years of band history and to plant it in every single track. Songs like InchNiemals FallenInch could also come from the first album. InchRückenwindInch

Kärbholz's fifth studio album 'Rastlos' comes straight to the point. Punk rock is forged with full total dedication, absolute joy of playing, energy and uncompromising determination. The band has never sounded as tense as on 'Rastlos.' InchWe definitely have a musical developmentInch, Drummer Henning Münch explains, Inchbecause in the past few months we have systematically examined all important parameters of the typical Kärbholz sound in order to get to the point even more playfully. That's why 'Rastlos' sounds so incredibly dynamic and unified.Inch

What, Kärbholz again? Didn't Chapter 11 Barrikaden just come in, and now Kärbholz again? Who got it wrong?This second 2023 album is actually the perfect FIRST album. These are actually the songs with which one wants and should step out of the silence, which simply imposed themselves for it. Chapter 10 WILDE AUGEN is more rudimentary and boisterous. It is the naughty brother with the torn pants. But also the musical link between today and yesterday, it is perhaps most reminiscent of the album RASTLOS from 2009.