High Fighter to Release Live at WDR Rockpalast Nov. 26
No brainer. I’ve never had the chance to see High Fighter, and in this era of live outings helping acts keep momentum otherwise lost to not being able to tour, who’s gonna argue? The Hamburg sludgecore aggressors are two years out from 2019’s Champain (review here), and of course their normally packed dance card of gigs has been empty, so yeah, they did the Rockpalast stream thing, filmed amid industry (science and technology!), and have the audio coming out now through Argonauata as a live LP. Yes, totally. This makes absolute sense to me. This is what you do.
Of note is the departure of Chris “Shi” Pappas, which I didn’t realize had happened and leaves High Fighter moving forward as a four-piece. One doubts they’ll be wanting when it comes to heaviness when all is said and done, but for a band who have a pretty established dynamic, it’ll be a change to listen for on their next album.
Found this on the ol’ social medias, I did:
HIGH FIGHTER – “Live at WDR Rockpalast” – ALBUM RELEASE!
Friends & Vinyl rockers, we’re happy to finally announce, we are going to release our first live album Nov. 26!
“Live at WDR Rockpalast” was recorded as a part of last year’s WDR “Offstage” concert- series which aired on TV and is available to stream online; filmed at the incredible, industrial setting of the Landschaftspark Duisburg- Nord. The album will be released as a strictly limited Vinyl edition + Digital formats on November 26th through Argonauta Records, with a pre-sale to follow soon!
Featuring a heavy set and collection of songs taken from our first 3 records, the album was recorded by Dominik Schenke with a pre- mix by Christoph Scheidel at 79 SOUND. Jan Oberg (Earth Ship / Grin) added the final mix and mastering at Hidden Planet Studio in Berlin.
With many thanks to the whole WDR-Rockpalast- crew, it was also a very special gig for us as it’s been the last show we have played with our former guitarist and dear friend, Shi, who decided to leave the band a few months later. This album is kind of dedicated to him and us as a five- piece band, from now on you won’t get to see High Fighter in this line- up again. We will continue as the four of us, and we are heavily working on many new songs and sound for our third album, but meanwhile, we hope you enjoy this little live affair!
“Live at WDR” Tracklist:
Side A:
01. Darkest Days
02. When We Suffer
03. Dead Gift
04. Black Waters
Side B:
05. A Silver Heart
06. Down To The Sky
07. Before I Disappear
08. Shine Equal Dark
HIGH FIGHTER is:
Mona Miluski – vocals
Christian “Shi” Pappas – guitar
Ingwer Boysen – guitar
Constantin Wüst – bass
Thomas Wildelau – drums & backing vocals
www.highfighter.de
www.facebook.com/highfighter
www.instagram.com/highfighter_official
www.highfighter.bandcamp.com
www.argonautarecords.com
www.facebook.com/ArgonautaRecords
WOW I’d like to congratulate the band that managed to NOT having to put that WDR logo on the cover?!! HOW is that even possible? When SBE did the Rockpalast-release WDR gave us a hell of a time with the layout, including a 20-page instruction manual on how to place their logos on cover, backcover, sides and record itself —
Sorry for posting this here, but yes I’d really like to know how this is possible … WDR also charged us a totally ridicolous sum of money for being able to release that — that’s why we never did mor ethan 500 copies.
Entirely possible that the version I have of the art isn’t final. I honestly don’t know.