Pessimist (GER) - Biography
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Biography
PESSIMIST is founded in a pub in Weil am Rhein by Michael "TZ" Schweitzer, Patrick "Peppi" Pfefferle and Robin Maurer in the summer of 2006. Shortly afterwards Severin "Sevi" Wössner and Raphael "Zagge" Gamboni join the band and the band moves into their first rehearsal room in Weil am Rhein.
The first demo Nuclear Holocaust is recorded in 2007 at the home of guitarist Pfefferle.
Positive feedback is given by the Metal Hammer music magazine. PESSIMIST wins the Blood Battle Contest in Lörrach in March 2007 and has the honour to open up the Baden in Blut Open Air Festival. The band shares the stage with many bands, for example with "Legion of the Damned".
Guitarist Robin Maurer leaves the band in November 2007 and is replaced by Richard "Richie" Beck.
Concerts are mainly being played in southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The self titled demo Pessimist is home recorded in Austria with the help of "Destruction of Violence".
In September 2008, the band organizes a bus for 45 fans, for a show at the Thrash 'em Down Festival in Bietigheim-Bissingen (near Stuttgart).
The live CD "Live im SAK" is recorded during a concert in Lörrach. A small amount of copies are made.
The debut album Call to War is being recorded and produced by Christoph Brandes in the Iguana Studio (also worked with "Necrophagist", "Unlight", etc.) in late 2009. The album is released and distributed without a label. A first production of 500 CDs is pressed and presented and sold at the release party in March 2010. During the release party a friend of the band coincidentally meets Marc Halupczok (Till Burgwächter, journalist and freelance worker at Metal Hammer) by chance and hands him a copy of Call to War.
Marc Halupczok contacts PESSIMIST a few weeks later and offers a label contract for Call to War with the collaboration of Firefield Records and Twilight Mailorder. Several concerts are being played in Austria and Switzerland.
PESSIMIST has the honour to start off the Metal Forces Festival in November 2010, where the stage is shared with bands like "Diamond Head", "Blitzkrieg" and "Chrystal Viper". On the 10th December of 2010 Call to War is released via Firefield Records and receives a lot of positive reviews. For the first time PESSIMIST gets known internationally and is praised as one of the thrash metal newcomers.
Drummer Raphael "Zagge" Gamboni leaves the band in June 2011 and starts a trip around the world. Daniel "Zufi" Zuflucht replaces him. Because of professional and personal reasons guitarist Patrick "Peppi" Pfefferle leaves the band in May 2012. "Tormentor" Eric Tobian takes his place.
Concerts are being played in Germany, primarily in the north, for example in Braunschweig, Oldenburg and Magdeburg.
lot of time is spent to rehearse and prepare the new songs for the second album Death from Above. In November 2012 the recordings and the production are again accomplished in the Iguana Studio of Christoph Brandes.
The new album is presented at the CD-Release-Show in Haltingen on the 23rd March of 2013. PESSIMIST is pleased that popular and known local metal bands are part of this event.
Several concerts are played including a performance at the Beastival in Geiselwind supporting the "Big Teutonic Four" ("Kreator", "Sodom", "Destruction" & "Tankard") and a headliner show in Belgium.
Bassist Severin "Sevi" Wössner and guitarist Richard "Richie" Beck leave the band in Febrauary 2015. They play their farewell concert at the CD-Release-Show of Deaf Aid in Freiburg. Bassist Samuel "Samu" Maier and guitarist Jürgen "Schmidle" Schmid take their place.
Bio from http://www.pessimist-band.de/bio
The first demo Nuclear Holocaust is recorded in 2007 at the home of guitarist Pfefferle.
Positive feedback is given by the Metal Hammer music magazine. PESSIMIST wins the Blood Battle Contest in Lörrach in March 2007 and has the honour to open up the Baden in Blut Open Air Festival. The band shares the stage with many bands, for example with "Legion of the Damned".
Guitarist Robin Maurer leaves the band in November 2007 and is replaced by Richard "Richie" Beck.
Concerts are mainly being played in southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The self titled demo Pessimist is home recorded in Austria with the help of "Destruction of Violence".
In September 2008, the band organizes a bus for 45 fans, for a show at the Thrash 'em Down Festival in Bietigheim-Bissingen (near Stuttgart).
The live CD "Live im SAK" is recorded during a concert in Lörrach. A small amount of copies are made.
The debut album Call to War is being recorded and produced by Christoph Brandes in the Iguana Studio (also worked with "Necrophagist", "Unlight", etc.) in late 2009. The album is released and distributed without a label. A first production of 500 CDs is pressed and presented and sold at the release party in March 2010. During the release party a friend of the band coincidentally meets Marc Halupczok (Till Burgwächter, journalist and freelance worker at Metal Hammer) by chance and hands him a copy of Call to War.
Marc Halupczok contacts PESSIMIST a few weeks later and offers a label contract for Call to War with the collaboration of Firefield Records and Twilight Mailorder. Several concerts are being played in Austria and Switzerland.
PESSIMIST has the honour to start off the Metal Forces Festival in November 2010, where the stage is shared with bands like "Diamond Head", "Blitzkrieg" and "Chrystal Viper". On the 10th December of 2010 Call to War is released via Firefield Records and receives a lot of positive reviews. For the first time PESSIMIST gets known internationally and is praised as one of the thrash metal newcomers.
Drummer Raphael "Zagge" Gamboni leaves the band in June 2011 and starts a trip around the world. Daniel "Zufi" Zuflucht replaces him. Because of professional and personal reasons guitarist Patrick "Peppi" Pfefferle leaves the band in May 2012. "Tormentor" Eric Tobian takes his place.
Concerts are being played in Germany, primarily in the north, for example in Braunschweig, Oldenburg and Magdeburg.
lot of time is spent to rehearse and prepare the new songs for the second album Death from Above. In November 2012 the recordings and the production are again accomplished in the Iguana Studio of Christoph Brandes.
The new album is presented at the CD-Release-Show in Haltingen on the 23rd March of 2013. PESSIMIST is pleased that popular and known local metal bands are part of this event.
Several concerts are played including a performance at the Beastival in Geiselwind supporting the "Big Teutonic Four" ("Kreator", "Sodom", "Destruction" & "Tankard") and a headliner show in Belgium.
Bassist Severin "Sevi" Wössner and guitarist Richard "Richie" Beck leave the band in Febrauary 2015. They play their farewell concert at the CD-Release-Show of Deaf Aid in Freiburg. Bassist Samuel "Samu" Maier and guitarist Jürgen "Schmidle" Schmid take their place.
Bio from http://www.pessimist-band.de/bio
