Band:

My Darkest Hate

BiografieEven since the beginning of the 90ties, Jörg M. Knittel had the idea to form a Death Metal band in the style of BOLT THROWER, MASSACRE or the old CELTIC FROST. But it took him 6 years, to find with René Pfeiffer a vocalist, who fits both from the music and personal aspect perfectly.

At the end of 1998 MY DARKEST HATE entered the studio for the first time in order to record their demotape "Blood Pounding Black". Since no drummer was found at that time, a drum computer had to be used. The demotape got great reviews in wide parts of the press (Deftone, Ablaze...).

At the end of 1999 the line-up was completed by Klaus Sperling (Drums) and Oliver Grosshans (Guitar). Although all the musicians play in other bands as well (Jörg and Oli at Sacred Steel, Klaus at Primal Fear and René at Azmodan), MY DARKEST HATE is not just another project, but a real band.

In October 2000 they recorded their debut album "Massive Brutality" at the "House of Music" Studio in Winterbach near Stuttgart. This excellent Death Metal masterpiece on highest musical skills was engineered and mixed by Achim Koehler (Primal Fear, Pungent Stench, Sacred Steel,...) and released in April 2001 on Vile Music (new sublabel of Iron Glory Records). The album got great reviews and numerous interviews and features in all important Metal magazines and fanzines.

Due to a heavy tinitus disease - René Pfeiffer decided to end his musical carreer in Sommer 2001. But only a few weeks later, MY DARKEST HATE were able to come up with two new musicians: Chris Simper on vocals (ex-Pale, ex-Disinfect) and Oliver Schort on bass (Malice in Wonderland).

After the release of "Massive Brutality", MY DARKEST HATE got offers from several bigger record companies and finally decided to sign to Massacre Records.

In summer 2002, MY DARKEST HATE entered the "House Of Music" studio again in order to record the follow-up album "To Whom It May Concern". This second strike shows besides of an excellent production a further improvement in songwriting and was released at the 28th of October 2002. The album achieved the 10th rank in the ROCK HARD soundcheck and got top rankings in all relevant magazines. In summer 2002, the band also had live perfomances at bigger festivals like the PartySan and Summer Breeze Open Air.

After many successful liveshows the band began with the songwriting for their third album "At War" which will also be recorded at "House Of Music" in February 2004. The Coverartwork for this album will be created by Travis Smith (Nevermore, Opeth, Malevolent Creation, ...)! This new masterpiece will be released via Massacre Records in May 2004! Be prepared!!!

Quelle: http://www.mydarkesthate.de/Discografie"Blood Pounding Black" Demotape - 1998
"Massive Brutality " CD - 2001
"To Whom It May Concern" CD - 2002
"At War" CD - 2004 www

Interviews

My Darkest Hate_1
Donnerstag 13.05.2004
Schon seit einigen Jahren leben Mitglieder von u.a. Sacred Steel ihre todesmetallische Leidenschaft unter dem Banner MY DARKEST HATE aus und haben es bisher auf drei gute Alben gebracht, aber noch kein Interview bei Metal-Inside.de! Zeit, dass zu ändern!

Reviews

At War - Cover
Wenn ich normalerweise die Bandnamen Primal Fear oder Sacred Steel höre, laufe ich weg. Ganz weit. Mag intolerant sein, aber deren Mucke find ich echt nur zum Davonrennen nützlich.
To Whom it May Concern - Cover
Sperling und Knittel haben sich zu Tode gepowert: Nach ihrem MDH-Debut "Massive Brutality" schmeißen die etatmäßigen Kraftmeier von Primal Fear und Sacred Steel wahrlich totes Metall auf den Markt.