MACBETH
GOTTESKRIEGER

The band was formed in Erfurt back in 1985 and was one of the first metal bands in the former DDR. There was already a metal scene growing there and the band played there first shows as a quartet with singer Wittenburg joining the band later. The singer should become a charismatic trademark and a big part of the bands‘ success. The band toued exetensively and was becoming more and more a problem for the government. When the band played a show in Erfurt in 1986 the event was more than packed and the crowd went crazy and wild. When the DDR fell to pieces in 1989 the bassist and drummer left for West Germany. With the help of their friends Rochus they played their last two shows as in December 1989 singer Wittenburg comitted suicide which marked the end for the band. In 1993 the band tried a comeback with a couple of shows and with maturing their sound but this also found an end as the band lost their drummer due to a tragic death. It should take more than a decade to see the band live again. With old and new songs aboard they openend up for In Extremo and The Bones and could really get some great success. Now finally the first real studio album of the band sees the light of day. The band already did a self-financed album called Macbeth but Gotteskrieger is their first major release. It offers grooving, pounding thrash metal with many old school metal influences and a touch of Boehse Onkelz attitude combined with agressive and intelligent German lyrics. With MACBETH the next band from Thüringen after Eisregen and Die Apokalyptischen Reiter leaves the underground and not many bands deserve it more after their enormous belief they have have proven in their dramatic history!