Deadlock (metal band)

Deadlock
Deadlock performing live at Rock The Lake festival in 2007
Background information
Origin	Schwarzenfeld, Bavaria, Germany
Genres	Melodic death metal, Metalcore
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Winter, Lifeforce, Napalm
Website	deadlock-official.com
Members	Sabine Scherer John Gahlert Sebastian Reichl Ferdinand Rewicki Tobias Graf

Deadlock is a German melodic death metal band from Schwarzenfeld, Bavaria, Germany. In 2010 they supported Lacuna Coil on tour. The band consists of founding members Sebastian Reichl (guitar) and Tobias Graf (drums) with longtime member Sabine Scherer (vocals) and more recent recruits John Gahlert (vocals) and Ferdinand Rewicki (guitar). Previous members include Johannes Prem (vocals), Gert Rymen (guitar) and Thomas Huschka (bass).

History

Early days (1997-2001)

Formed in 1997 as a hardcore band by vocalist Johannes Prem, guitarist Sebastian Reichl, and drummer Tobias Graf, they released the 7" vinyl Deadlock in 1999. After this came the EP I'll Wake You, When Spring Awakes in 2000.

The Arrival and Earth. Revolt (2002-2006)

2002 saw the release of their first album, The Arrival. The album featured keyboards, orchestral elements and guest clean vocals from Sabine Scherer.

Their second album, Earth. Revolt was released in 2005. The band had expanded from a quartet to a six-piece with new guitarist Gert Rymen and clean vocalist Sabine Scherer now a full-time member of the band. The album featured a cleaner, more technical style and again employed clean vocals by Sabine Scherer.

Wolves and Manifesto (2007-2009)

Their third album, Wolves, was released in 2007, and featured prominently electronic and trance influences. The track "Code of Honor" was turned into their first music video. They launched a tour in support of "Wolves" through Europe alongside Neaera and Maintain.

Their fourth album, Manifesto, was released in November 2008. (January 2009 in North America) The song "Deathrace" features rapping, while the song "Dying Breed" features clean vocals from former Scar Symmetry vocalist Christian Älvestam, and the song "Fire At Will" has a saxophone solo. It also includes a cover of The Sisters of Mercy's "Temple of Love". The track "The Brave/Agony Applause" is the first single of the album and has a music video. They promoted "Manifesto" by playing one new song of the album each day on their MySpace until its European release.

Deadlock announced on a MySpace bulletin on December 12, 2008 that they had parted ways with Thomas Huschka (bassist), citing "musical and personal differences". On May 7, 2009, they announced John Gahlert as their new bassist.

Bizarro World (2010-2011)

Deadlock released their 5th album Bizarro World in February 2011.^[1]

On 2010, Sabine Scherer was guest vocalist and Sebastian Reichl was guest guitarist in the album Invictus by the German band Heaven Shall Burn in the song "Given in Death".

Line up changes and sixth album (2011-)

On October 26, 2011, it was announced that founding vocalist/lyricist Joe Prem had left the band, having performed for 14 years.^[2] On the 21st November 2011, Deadlock announced via their Facebook page that bassist John Gahlert would become the new harsh vocalist, having previously performed on occasion when Joe Prem was unable to play, and that bass duties would be handled by Ferdinand Rewicki, who had in the past toured with the band under the various guises of driver, tour manager, and "merch guy".^[3]

On 8 February 2013, it was announced that guitarist Gert Rymen had decided to part ways with the band, reducing the lineup to a 5 piece. On March 21 of the same year, the band signed to Napalm Records through whom they announced they would release their next album. It will be the first release featuring former bassist John Gahlert on "harsh" vocal duties, and former tour manager Ferdinand Rewicki on bass and rhythm guitar.^[4]

On 6 June, it was announced that the band will release it's sixth full length album The Arsonist on July 26, 2013.

Musical style

Deadlock incorporate melodic death metal as well as some melodic metalcore aspects. What makes Deadlock different is the combination of death growls by vocalist Johannes Prem and the clean vocals of Sabine Scherer. Also included in their sound are techno sections, often used as intros but sometimes used as a whole breakdown section, where a complete genre change takes place. Their 2013 album, The Arsonist, features 8 string guitars tuned to low F, clearly influenced from the popular djent movement.

Members

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

Split albums

Music videos

References

External links

• Official Homepage
• Deadlock at Facebook
• Deadlock on Myspace
• Deadlock at Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives