Disaster K.F.W. is a Weimar

Weimar

Weimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 based death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band signed to the War Anthem Records label. Their name means Disaster Klassischer Friedhof Weimar.

History

The band was founded on 25 December 1985 by Skelleton and Hexer. The name was first in 1990 unnamed, formerly known as Hurrican, Die Schleifers and Speed Metal King. Fuchs (aka Eumel - Daniel Täumel) left the band in 1995 and formed a new band called Die Apokalyptischen Reiter

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter is a Weimar, Germany based heavy metal band signed to Nuclear Blast in Europe and The End Records in North America...

. The band played at the German Up from the Ground

Up from the Ground

Up from the Ground was an extreme metal festival held annually in August in Gemünden am Main/Steinwiesen, Germany from 2000. The 2007 edition took place on August 24-August 25 and was the last edition of the festival...

 festival on 24 August 2007.

Style

Their style consists of Death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 blended with Grind compositions establishing, than usual in traditional death metal. They use lyrics in both English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and German language

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

.

Members

Current line-up

• Sören - vocals (1997-present)
• Sepsis - guitar (2002-present)
• Chris - guitar (2007-present)
• Skelleton - drums & vocals (1985-present)
• EnzephaloN (Johannes C. Schulz) - bass (2005-present)

Former members

• Seppl - vocals (1990–1995)
• Mühle - bass (1990–1995)
• Fuchs (aka Eumel - Daniel Täumel) - guitar (1985–1995)
• Pfeiler - guitar (R.I.P. +24 July 2001), (1997–2001)
• Hexer - (formerly) guitar (1985–2003)
• Popel
• Kirsche
• Schmidti
• Psycho
• Knöppel
• Mo
• Wagner (Grunzer)
• Dima - guitar (1997–2007)

not bandmembers:

• Ziiesche (some-times-front-growler)
• Dr. Pest (producer and keyboards)

Discography

Demo:

• 1991 Disaster K.F.W.
• 1994 Pictures of an Ill Society

EP:

• 2001 Därme Fressen

Album:

• 2004: Death Ritual
• 2006: Collateral Damage

External links

• Official Site
• MySpace