Release date: 1/24/2025
Origin: Berlin, Germany
Personnel: Christoph Lindemann-vox/guitar, Jascha Kreft-guitar/keys, Simon Bouteloup-bass, Christoph Bartelt-drums
Kadavar had a fairly significant change in their sound and look in 2025. Gone are the hairy heshers worshipping at the altar of Sabbath. New look Kadavar is fully embracing a 60’s psychedelic sound and a look right out of the Mod Squad. And, dammit, it just works. This was one of the refreshing surprises of 2025. It’s always courageous when a band switches gears and completely revamps their sound. Kudos to Kadavar for swinging for the fences and knocking it out of the park.
4.5 flip flops out of 5
The list so far:
8. Kadavar-I Just Want To Be A Sound
9. Harakiri For The Sky-Scorched Earth
10. 16-Guides For the Misguided
11. Lo-Pan-Get Well Soon
12. Hooded Menace-Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration
13. Byzantine-Harbingers
14. Wretched-Decay
15. Green Carnation-A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores of Melancholia
16. Scorpion Child-I Saw The End As It Passed Right Through Me
17. Benediction-Ravage of Empires
18. Testament-Para Bellum
19. In Mourning-The Immortal
20. Allegaeon-The Ossuary Lens
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