His Statue Falls
| His Statue Falls | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Saarbrücken, Germany |
| Genres | Electronicore, Metalcore, Post-hardcore |
| Years active | 2003 |
| Labels |
Redfield Records Radtone Music (Japan) |
| Website | Official Website |
| Members |
Jan Vergin Dennis Fries Christoph Hoffmann Christian Diehl Markus Pesch |
| Past members |
Maximilian Schütz Alex Sauer Thomas Theis |
His Statue Falls are a German Post hardcore band formed in 2003 in Saarbrücken.
History
His Statue Falls was formed in 2003 in Saarbrücken. The musicians played in different bands like Crash My DeVille and Enter The Phoenix and were friends since school time. The band was formed as a studio project. In 2007 the group released their first demo CD consisting of three tracks. The group played their first gigs in 2008. After some line up changes the bands today line up originated.[1][2]
In 2009 the band played four shows as opener for Enter Shikari in Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The message to play together with Enter Shikari the band got at their MySpace profile.[2] On February 26, 2010 the debut album Collisions was released via German record label Redfield Records. It was produced by the bands bassist Christian Diehl. In June the same year the album was released in Japan via Radtone Music. In December the band released Collisions Remixed which contains 8 remixed songs from their debut album as free download on their Webstore. The band planned a concert tour through Russia and Ukraine in October 2010 but the shows had to be re-scheduled due to the injury of their drummer Maximilian Schütz.
The second album which is entitled Mistaken for Trophies was scheduled for release on September 23, 2011 but it was postponed to April 20, 2012. In February 2012 the first single was released. It's entitled Breathe In, Breathe Out and features Chuong Trinh of Hordak as guest vocalist. The album peaked on place 19 in the newcomer charts of Media Control in Germany.[3] On May 9, 2012 the album was released in Japan via Radtone.
Due to familiar reasons drummer Maximilian Schütz left the band and was replaced by Markus Pesch who joined the band in May. In July His Statue Falls toured Japan for the first time. The band played in Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo while the Geki Rock Tour. After Geki Rock His Statue Falls played six shows in China including Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Nanjing and Guangzhou.
Discography
Demos
- 2007: Demo (Self-Released)
EPs
- 2013: I Am The Architect (Redfield Records, (Radtone Music)
Albums
- 2010: Collisions (Redfield Records, (Radtone Music)
- 2012: Mistaken for Trophies (Redfield Records, (Radtone Music)
Remix Albums
- 2010: Collisions Remixed (Redfield Records)
Music videos
- Capital H Capital O
- Breathe In, Breathe Out (feat. Chuong Trinh)
- I Am The Architect
Members
- Current Members
- Jan Vergin - vocals (2013 - present)
- Dennis Fries - vocals, guitar (2003 - present)
- Sebastian Monzel - guitar, synthesizer (2013 - present)
- Christian Diehl - bass guitar, synthesizer (2003 - present)
- Markus Pesch - drums (2012 - present)
- Past Members
- Alex Sauer - vocals (2003 - 2012)
- Maximilian Schütz - drums (2003 - 2012) (now in Hollows)
- Christoph Hoffmann - Synthesizer, guitar (2003 - 2013)
- Thomas Theis - keyboard (2003 - 2010)
- Touring Members
- Manuel Eckert (Hollows, Ex-Of Saints And Sinners) - vocals
- Tilo Schachel (Arterial) - vocals
- Daniel Keller (Palmchat) - guitar
- Patrick Oscuri (From What We Believe) - drums
External links
- Official Website
- His Statue Falls at MySpace
- His Statue Falls at Redfield Records
- His Statue Falls at Oricon (Japanese)
References
- ↑ Redfield Records: Bandbiographie beim Redfield Records (English, German)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 regioactive.de: Interview auf regioactive.de (Germany)
- ↑ allschools.de: HIS STATUE FALLS - steigen in die Charts ein (German)