[Credit to Nick for posting!]



Krieger are a fantastic band that have exploded into the Deutsche Musik scene in the last 12 months. They released their self titled debut album late 2007 and have never looked back. Heavy powerful guitars, Krieger are under the same management as Rammstein and Emigrate so you know ther're onto a good thing. We managed to collar the lead singer Thomas Baumgärtel for a quick chat.




You guys have had a very busy year with the release of your debut cd and many concerts, what has been the highlight so far?

The first highlight clearly was our first own club tour, when we realized things are going well for the first time. A much bigger highlight however was, that unimportant on which occasion, club or support, people knew our songs and started to sing with us all the way enthusiastically.




How has the touring been? Any concerts that will stick with you forever and is there any moments you'd rather forget about?

The concerts were quite different, it’s hardly possible to compare them. There’ve been 300 people in a club in Berlin that were shouting “Heimat Heimat mir ist kalt”, and on the other hand there was our support for Nightwish, who impressed us a lot with their music, too. And even odd concerts aren’t so bad when you look back, it’s more like a weird story to laugh about some days later.




Did your debut album do better than you expected or were you hoping for more?

Of course we hoped for more. Who doesn’t hope, doesn’t live. But we know for a band of our kind we already achieved a bunch of things, and we’re just very happy about every sold album as well as every concert visitor .




Who has been your favourite band to tour with so far?

Although it was in the very beginning, when we still were rookies, it was Life of Agony who made us feel proud to stay on stage with. Maybe there’ve been other bands with larger audiences, nevertheless LoA not only matched our personal taste best but also had our respect.




What's the best song to play live?

There is quite a few, who are fun to play live. “Heimat” is one of them for sure, because most people know it, but “mein Schloss” is also fantastic, when it creates the right atmosphere and people take part. And of course there’s “Krieger”, it’s great to play it. It’s usually the first song we play and it kicks us in. The first impressions always are the most important ones for the crowd.




Where has your best concert been?

Difficult to say. There have been fantastic club concerts with lots of people, that sing along every word and show a lot of enthusiasm, and there is good support shows, which are a bit harder to play, but it’s always a good feeling when everything was a success and 5000 people are right in front of you, so we leave the stage in only the best mood.




Do you have any current plans for a follow up album, if so, can we expect the same hard style or will you try a few new things?

There‘s no exact schedule so far, but of course we’re already writing new material, and it won’t sound like weak stuff. We’ll see what the combination of blues, metal, rock and punk will still make possible.




Is there any band you would like to do a collaboration with?

Not now. At the moment we want to do our own thing and therefor we’re not interested in what other bands do.




How did you guys come together?

Jonny (my brother) and me collected new ideas when our old band was buried. It should be like bottleneck stuff with blues and metal. But it was just fragments, and no complete band. Most important was a bass player, which we found totally by chance live on stage, and though, “wow, he’s the one for the band”. That’s how Rajko joined. Together we assembled early song material from the old ideas and realized, that we were in need of a second guitar. So we thought of someone we already knew, somewhere in the outland

Maybe you have already heard the new remix “In Flammen” by Chai Deveraux / Jesus on Extasy, which is played in all the clubs throughout Germany! You can download this remix for free now, just click the link below*, log in with your e-mail address, and enjoy… Have fun!

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