Alkaloid

History

Alkaloid is a band that is defined through the field of tension created between musical opposites. Alkaloid merge extreme metal and other more diverse genres of music into a unique style that people will somehow find familiar, but haven't heard yet.

All musicians in the band are known and active death metal players who all have a much broader view of music than just blastbeats and growls. Alkaloid want to establish from the beginning that they have many faces, and oscillating between (seemingly) contrary or mutually exclusive styles is a factor. To use playing technique only to write good songs, is another factor.

The band funded their debut album 'The Malkuth Grimoire' with a crowdfunding campaign that turned out to be a huge success. The release date is March 17th, 2015. With twelve tracks of 73 minutes of mind-bending music, Alkaloid seamlessly ebb and flow through an arrange of styles and genres, creating an intelligent and fascinating blend of prog, death metal, and fusion.

Line up:
Morean (Dark Fortress, Noneuclid) – vocals, guitars
Christian Muenzner (Spawn of Possession, Ex-Obscura, Ex-Necrophagist) – guitars
Danny Tunker (Aborted, Ex-God Dethroned) – guitars
Linus Klausenitzer (Obscura, Noneuclid) – bass
Hannes Grossmann (Blotted Science, Ex-Obscura, Ex-Necrophagist) – drums

(source: Alkaloid, February 2015)