Havok
History
The quintet Havok, founded in March 2004 in Blaubeuren near Ulm (southern Germany), offers diversified death metal. The band is influenced by old school stuff like Six Feet Under and Swedish metal like In Flames, but also by modern thrash like The Haunted. Havok serve the listener an aggressive mix of all these genres. Their music consists of fast blast beats and double bass parts next to melodic lead guitar lines and heavy, neck-breaking riffs. Shouter Thomas Kneer places his vocals on top of this groundwork: he presents his lyrics by grunting, shouting and screaming throughout the songs. The lyrics deal with everyone