Panzerballett | Breaking Brain | CD

The band have established and always made use of the artistic principle that they call “Verkrassung,” which is German and stands for the idea that preconceptions have to be challenged and everything always has to be made a little more extreme than what already exists. Jazzy complexity merges with the warmth of the blues and influences of world music fuse with the relentless brutality of metal music. This band only accepts the existence of borders to pulverize them. On this account “Breaking Brain” does not only hold a fascinating interpretation of Piero Umiliani’s “Mahna Mahna” but also offers originals like the violent “Frantik Nervesaw Massacre.” The record’s flagship song, however, is the complex “Typewriter II,” which incorporates programmed samples of the referenced analogue typing tool. As the title indicates the piece was conceptually inspired by Leroy Anderson’s “Typewriter.”
Asked about what the audience should be prepared for on the upcoming “Breaking Brain”-tour the band offered the following answer: “A soulless and overly cerebral exhibition of virtuoso musicianship that will touch your hearts and make your jaws drop.”