DESASTERKIDS stand for the perfect symbiosis of contemporary modern rock and a pinch of oldschool hardcore. Their new album "Superhuman" promises to be no less than one of the most exciting metalcore releases from Germany this year. Andi Phoenix, Iain Duncan, Max Rosenthal and Tommy Hey have been like no other German metalcore band in the last five years. No wonder: the four Berliners are no longer mincing their words and their open handling in social media with wide-reaching postings between fashion and passion, hormones and homosexuality seldom fits the pattern of a hardcore scene based on humility and restraint. After the release of their debut album".030" (Redfield Records, 2015) followed several tours and festivals, among others with Papa Roach, Soulfly, Eskimo Callboy, Any Given Day, Emil Bulls, Annisokay or Fearless Vampire Killers as well as a headline tour through Japan. Experiences that cut deep into the flesh of the band, which grew more and more out of the sound of its early days and was ready to incorporate many new elements into its new songs. The Japanese are crazy, uninhibited, and totally open to new things. On every show of the tour the sweat dripped from the ceiling, because the Japanese know how to have a good time. Although we didn't speak the same language and had communication problems. They all understood one language: Music. Looking at Europe, it is clear that unfortunately diversity and acceptance have not yet reached all people. But we are here to change that," guitarist Max Rosenthal knows about the exciting days in the Far East. "I'm not a man of religion, but I feel like I'm losing faith." Bulletproof In August 2018 the DESASTERKIDS' second album ,Superhuman" will be released and will show the band from a completely different side: the maturing process of the past years triggered a big bang in songs like Bulletproof and Oxygen. "If we had written these songs 4 years ago, they would have been guaranteed to be metalcore breakers from the 08/15 drawing board. But we wanted more: try out new elements, play with effects and just talk: get better!" Superhuman" was recorded and produced under the direction of Christoph Wiezcorek (Sawdust Recordings) over several months in 2017 in Halle an der Saale. The Disasterkids score on album length with clever riffs and massive breakdowns, which in dynamic parts always meet calm and multi-layered sounds. In addition, there are profound texts in which topics such as depression, rejection, social constraints and the danger of drugs are dealt with. Guitarist Max explains the maturing process as follows: "Our singer Andi is an expert. As a frontman he is used to being looked at all the time. On the other hand, he first had to learn how to deal publicly with personal issues such as homosexuality and grow into the role of a role model for younger people who find outing difficult. Also we as a band have only in the course of time understood how important our lyrics are for the fans and what we want to give our audience on the way". "I never get enough, addicted to the dark, it makes me superhuman" - Dark Day's "Superhuman", which critically romanticizes the constant social optimization mania and the resulting self-destruction, is at times dark and does not lose its hardness even in its thoughtful passages. Disasterkids give a new face to modern rock and the zeitgeist of the scene. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator
