Absurd (GER)
Absurd is one of the best-known National-Socialist black metal bands in Germany. It was founded in Sondershausen by Hendrik MöbusandSebastianSchauseil in 1992, with a third member, Andreas Kirchner, joining at a later stage. Möbus' brother, Ronal "Wolf" Möbus (who is alsotheowner of thelabel Nebelfee Klangwerke on which Absurd are signed) had previously sat in rehearsal sessions with the band at the local YMCA,wherethey utilized afree rehearsal space open to local teen bands. Their lyrics concern nationalistic, pagan (Hendrik Möbus is the founder of theDeutscheHeidnischeFront), and anti-Ch ...read more
Absurd is one of the best-known National-Socialist black metal bands in Germany. It was founded in Sondershausen by Hendrik MöbusandSebastianSchauseil in 1992, with a third member, Andreas Kirchner, joining at a later stage. Möbus' brother, Ronal "Wolf" Möbus (who is alsotheowner of thelabel Nebelfee Klangwerke on which Absurd are signed) had previously sat in rehearsal sessions with the band at the local YMCA,wherethey utilized afree rehearsal space open to local teen bands. Their lyrics concern nationalistic, pagan (Hendrik Möbus is the founder of theDeutscheHeidnischeFront), and anti-Christian themes.Despite being considered one of the most well-known and one of the first NSBM bands, these themes didn't seem to become that prominentuntilthe1999 release Asgardsrei. While the young band had a small following among their peers, and had supposedly even attracted theattentionofEuronymous, the figurehead in the allleged Norwegian black metal circle (an unfounded claim, as stated by former contacts of bothEuronymousandAbsurd. That Möbius and Varg Vikernes had been in contact since 1990 is mentioned marginally in Gods of the Blood . The bandachievedinfamybecause its members murdered the fifteen-year old Sandro Beyer in 1993. « hide |
