Absurd Pantheon - Split CD 2002

Controversial German black metal band, active since 1992, classified as a right-wing extremist band by the Thuringian Landesbehörde für Verfassungsschutz (Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution). The original band members , and Andreas all served time in prison for the murder of a classmate, during which time the band briefly existed under the name . In 1999 the original members left the band and it was continued by with a changing line up. After 2012 the band went into a hiatus and ceased to exist in all but name. In 2017 decided to reform the line-up and become an active member of Absurd, once again. Hendrik claims, that Wolf sold the rights on the Absurd-recordings, on which he once participated, to him. According to Hendrik had unreleased songs from which he records in 2019 with some help on vocals on three songs from Wolf, which results on the . Since then, it was claimed on both band websites (Weltenfeind and Hordeabsurd) they are the legit . In 2022 Hendrik releases his version of Absurd on the . Statement from Wolf's Absurd on www.weltenfeind.com: We are not associated with Hendrixs band, featuring him and some mercenaries from Finland/Germany, etc. His claim to be the legit version of ABSURD by default is preposterous. He never wrote a single song for the band, nor was he our manager or whatsoever. Simply because he was a founding member legitimizes his appropriation of the band? Wolf is also a founding member! Apart from contributing a couple of lyrics, Hendrik was no part of ABSURD since 1999, then surprising us by reforming a still existing band. Either way, we wont carry or distribute this representation of ABSURD, nor does it affect our plans regarding upcoming releases. Statement from Hendrik's Absurd on www.hordeabsurd.com: There is only one Absurd. In this band, different people have played during different periods of time. Between 1992 and 1999, the two founding members DMD and JFN who already at this time have had the help of others in the line-up. Even though Wolf has supported the band right from the start, he never was an active member during this era. He doesnt appear on any records, period. That would only change after 1999. I didnt leave the band but couldnt play in Absurd anymore, for obvious reasons, and thus I have asked DMD to carry on and keep the band alive. He refused to do this and has turned his back on Absurd for good. Wolf kept a folder with songs to which DMD wrote music and lyrics, but never recorded any of them himself. When Unhold agreed to record these songs together with Wolf, there was the idea to continue with Absurd and to use the unreleased songs of DMD to that end. I have supported this idea, because I wanted the band to go on. From this idea, Werwolfthron was born. An album that almost exclusively features songs written by DMD. Also on Totenlieder you have a couple songs written by DMD, and not sooner than when Wolf and Unhold recorded Blutgericht the latter became the only composer in Absurd. After the recording of Der fünfzehnjährige Krieg and Weltenfeind, the line-up of Wolf and Unhold kept playing a few more concerts but after 2012 the band went into a hiatus and ceased to exist in all but name. The long-awaited new album, sequel to Blutgericht, was never recorded. From 1999 to 2008, I kept contributing lyrics and concepts to Absurd but in 2017 I have decided to reform the line-up and become an active member of Absurd, once again. Unhold still kept a bunch of unreleased songs by DMD, for instance the songs supposed to go on the never recorded Split with Heldentum, Kyffhäuserreich, and when he and Gelal went to the studio in April 2019 to work on the new GBK-album, they recorded five of these songs for releasing them under the name Absurd. Wolf was permitted to contribute vocals to three of the songs later. The five songs, that were recorded by Unhold in April 2019, were subsequently released on various formats multiple times, and thats that. New releases for 2019/2020 were announced in the Promo 2019 a.y.p.s.-MCD but they didnt materialize, at all. In the meantime, me and my fellow band members kept working on the new full length, with completely new songs, that every fan of the band was waiting for. That ought to answer the question whos Absurd, doesnt it? Wolf keeps doing Der Tod und die Landsknechte, whereas Unhold is busy with GBK. There is only one band Absurd, and this one has now released a new album.

Members

• Tormentor
• Herr Rabensang
• Asemit
• Thorns
• Vinzent
• Sebastian Schauseil
• Wolf Möbus
• C.H. Surt
• Alex Halac
• Ansuz
• Sven Zimper
• Hendrik Möbus

• weltenfeind.com
• hordeabsurd.com
• en.wikipedia.org