| Art can be neither broad nor artificial - it has to be authentic, real and unrestrained. Grausame Töchter exists because we had to unload our bursting emotions. Like the animals follow their instincts, we are driven into a wild rush that we celebrate hedonistically , away from band stereotypes. Desire for sadomasochism, nightmare and surrealism; we lust after dance and seduction; after performances, concerts and videos. We want to entice you to reveal your dark secrets and make you accept them. Kiss the devil inside you. We guarantee you, that every single one of our songs contains tone sequences, chords and rhythms that aren't used anywhere else. Every song is based on a very unique idea - however short the text may be. Grausame Töchter polarizes - and with pleasure. Someone who only looks for familiar patterns won't find them and will remain unsatisfied; while those who venture into the dark and unknown will find that something happens to themselves - who knows what that might be, but something will happen. Go into the frosty light, feel the lonely cold and the round of repetition - or come into the warm darkness and let yourself be touched, felt, kissed. We are women who sing, play musical instruments, dance and perform. Even though we studied other genres, we eventually broke loose to live out our limitless passion. Ever since, we call ourselves Grausame Töchter. In 2021, our sixth album titled "Zyklus" will release, taking a dark, dystopic, sexual, sarcastic and grotty look at humanity. Are we pessimistic? Yeah, of course! Are we depressive? Never! "Zyklus" is joyful pessimism! The sixth album by GRAUSAME TÖCHTER: ZYKLUS “Alpha” and “Omega” - beginning and end – with these two almost classical pieces of music, GRAUSAME TÖCHTER describe the birth of the world and all life - as well as their ultimate end - in an astonishingly poignant way. The time between the beginning and the end is the core subject matter of the album, and it shouldn’t come as a suprise that GRAUSAME TÖCHTER have a brutally dystopic view of society. The album’s title, “Zyklus”, refers to the perpetual “spinning in a circle” of our species; of us being incarcerated in a hamster wheel, always following nothing but the same routine – all of it is portrayed in a horrific vision. Humanity is characterized as mean, savage and destructive; trapped in an ever repeating cycle of the same, rotten acts. Now it’s being given what it deserves though: Scathing irony and bitter sarcasm from the mouths of dominant, sadistic women. Of course, Aranea Peel has no qualms about making texts seem drastic and direct, but that never happens without reason: Instead, it always serves a purpose by reflecting the message – lustful, intelligent and without embitterment. Musically, the new album is diverse and full of variation between Electroclash and Synthpop as well as Electropunk and EBM. A characteristically unique and innovative mix, along with departures into Vivaldi-like Baroque music, soundtrack, acoustic pop, noize and much more. Aside from electronic instruments, the drums, guitar, piano and strings are put to great use as well – particularly the brilliant cello of Bo Tadic. All this culminated in 15 very different tracks, all independent and produced magnificently by Gregor Hennig in Studio Nord in Bremen. Though all the typical ingredients for music are here, you keep getting reminded that GRAUSAME TÖCHTER is one of the few innovative bands in the dark scene that know we live in the year 2021. “Our music needs to be visualized”, Aranea Peel says. “That’s why there’s gonna be lots of live concerts again. We’re already hard at work for our new performance!” Those who saw Grausame Töchter live know that their concerts are indeed quite spectacular and the furthest thing from boredom. |
