Nothing can beat the thrill of Thrash at its best, and no one is keeping the spirit and sound of the genre alive quite like Berlin’s SPACE CHASER. With the release of their new single, Ignite the Skies, we see the beginning of a new chapter with the German Thrash Metallers! Guitarist Leo Schacht has taken on vocal duties in addition to guitars, which sees SPACE CHASER heading into a new direction – more razorsharp, defined and rougher than ever before! Knowing the sound that they wanted to achieve, SPACE CHASER had been aiming for something darker and more brutal than on previous releases. From the ashes they will rise!
Watch the new video for the single Ignite the SkiesHERE and stream HERE!
SPACE CHASER is set to perform live at a series of festivals in Germany this spring and summer. See dates below!
25.04.25 – DE – Stockrock Festival 26.04.25 – DE – Bangers & Maniacs, Schwerin 02.05.25 – DE – Goldgrube, Kassel 03.05.25 – DE – Skullcrusher Festival, Freiburg 31.05.25 – DE – Turock, Essen 19.07.25 – DE – Rude Open Air 23.07.25 – DE – Headbangers Open Air 12.08.25 – DE – Summer Breeze, Dinkelsbühl
SPACE CHASER is: Leo Schacht – guitars, vocals Martin Hochsattel – guitars, backing vocals Matthias Scheuerer – drums Sebastian Kerlikowski – bass
German raging Thrash Metallers SPACE CHASER have released a brand new video (produced by Lucas Fiederling / Peregrine Films) for “Juggernaut”, a song taken off the bands’ latest full-length “Give Us Life” which was released in the summer of 2021. Check out “Juggernaut” below.
Comments the band: “Freeze your ass off in a Berlin club for two days and assemble a disrupted desert landscape from another planet? We thought that was a fantastic Space Chaser idea! Together with our buddies from Peregrine Films we brought the Juggernaut – the merciless, warmongering monster – to life and sent him on a destructive journey. In well known “sci-fi meets thrash metal” style, we deliver the matching short film for our song “Juggernaut” and headbang our brains out along the way. Watch out that you don’t get buried under the tank chains! BOOM!“
SPACE CHASER will hit European streets again this week for a 9-day-trek. Dates below.
02.03.23 DE Osnabrück Bastard Club 03.03.23 DE Oberhausen Kulttempel (Thrash Speed Burn Festival) 04.03.23 NL Arnhem Willemeen 05.03.23 BE Bree Ragnarock 06.03.23 DE Siegen Vortex 07.03.23 DE Wiesbaden Schlachthof 08.03.23 DE München Backstage 09.03.23 AT Wien Viper Room 10.03.23 DE Leipzig Bandhaus 11.03.23 NL Eindhoven Welcome to Hell Festival
Nothing can beat the thrill of Thrash at its best, and no one is keeping the spirit and sound of the genre alive quite like SPACE CHASER. Marking their ten-year anniversary with their third full-length, “Give Us Life“, they returned to force and once again established their importance in the scene. “What we do is contemporary Thrash Metal, if you will, and while still having the ‘old-school’ elements everyone loves, we try to incorporate some of the influences that we expose ourselves to. Over the last ten years, this kind of music progressed a lot, and of course that has its influence on us. But what we do is still Thrash Metal!“
SPACE CHASER line-up: Siegfried Rudzynski: vocals Leo Schacht: guitars Martin Hochsattel: guitars Sebastian Kerlikowski: bass Matthias Scheuerer: drums
Yesterday (July 16th), Berlin’s SPACE CHASER released their new album, Give Us Life, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the record, a video for the new single, “Antidote to Order”, can be viewed below.
Space Chaser comments: “Check out the video clip to ‘Antidote to Order’. This is old school Space Chaser. After the high tech epos that is ‘Remnants of Technology’ and its prequel ‘The Immortals’, you will get some unadulterated thrash metal vibes. Old school arcade games, beer and thrash metal – who’s on board? Also, ‘Give Us Life‘ is finally out! We’re so happy that our strongest material to-date is now unleashed, and we are stoked to see what the fans think of it – plus, what the future holds in store for us. See you on the other side!”
Nothing can beat the thrill of thrash at its best, and no one is keeping the spirit and sound of the genre alive quite like Space Chaser. Marking their ten-year anniversary with their third full-length, Give Us Life, they are returning in force and once again establishing their importance in the scene. “What we do is contemporary Thrash Metal, if you will, and while still having the ‘old-school’ elements everyone loves, we try to incorporate some of the influences that we expose ourselves to. Over the last ten years, this kind of music progressed a lot, and of course that has its influence on us. But what we do is still Thrash Metal, we just hope we’re able to translate it a little bit better into 2021.”
The album was recorded at their go-to studio, Berlin’s Hidden Planet, with Jan Oberg, who the band acknowledge is a rather unknown name in the metal scene, but his work proves up to par with international standards nonetheless. The songs were produced by guitarist Leo Schacht and drummer Matthias Scheuerer with the help of Oberg, and for mastering they had Dan Swanö of Unisound Studios at the helm. “It was the smoothest recording process we have ever had. Everybody went in perfectly prepared and every idea worked out just how we anticipated. It’s almost surreal, though being satisfied with your production can lead you to get lost in details forever – and the intro for ‘Burn Them All’ was a bitch!” Acknowledging that it feels weird to have reached their tenth anniversary already, this landmark has only stoked the fires. “We never felt so pumped and ready for whatever life throws at us,” they say, and asking what they see when they look to the band’s future, they are emphatic. “World domination! Well…sort of. I think every band just wants to get as big a name in the metal world as possible, and we are no exception. We really hope to expand our fanbase outside of Germany with ‘Give Us Life‘, and we never even dreamt of getting the chance to release a record through Metal Blade. Furthermore, we definitely want to tour a lot as soon as we are allowed to. We are anxious to leave Europe for the first time, and we want to prove that we are capable of delivering on an international standard.”
Space Chaser 2022 tour dates: March 10 – Vinylreservat – Goettingen, Germany March 11 – Kulttempel – Oberhausen, Germany March 12 – Willemeen – Arnhem, Netherlands March 13 – Ragnarock – Bree, Belgium March 14 – Vortex – Siegen, Germany March 15 – Schlachthof – Wiesbaden, Germany March 16 – Backstage – Munich, Germany March 17 – Viper Room – Vienna, Austria March 18 – Chemiefabrik – Dresden, Germany March 19 – Bei Chez Heinz – Hannover, Germany
On July 16th, Berlin’s SPACE CHASER will release their new album, Give Us Life, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the record, a video for the new single, “The Immortals”, can be viewed here:
The first single, “Remnants of Technology”, can be heard at: metalblade.com/spacechaser – where Give Us Life is available in various formats.
Nothing can beat the thrill of thrash at its best, and no one is keeping the spirit and sound of the genre alive quite like Space Chaser. Marking their ten-year anniversary with their third full-length, Give Us Life, they are returning in force and once again establishing their importance in the scene. “What we do is contemporary Thrash Metal, if you will, and while still having the ‘old-school’ elements everyone loves, we try to incorporate some of the influences that we expose ourselves to. Over the last ten years, this kind of music progressed a lot, and of course that has its influence on us. But what we do is still Thrash Metal, we just hope we’re able to translate it a little bit better into 2021.”
The album was recorded at their go-to studio, Berlin’s Hidden Planet, with Jan Oberg, who the band acknowledge is a rather unknown name in the metal scene, but his work proves up to par with international standards nonetheless. The songs were produced by guitarist Leo Schacht and drummer Matthias Scheuerer with the help of Oberg, and for mastering they had Dan Swanö of Unisound Studios at the helm. “It was the smoothest recording process we have ever had. Everybody went in perfectly prepared and every idea worked out just how we anticipated. It’s almost surreal, though being satisfied with your production can lead you to get lost in details forever – and the intro for ‘Burn Them All’ was a bitch!” Acknowledging that it feels weird to have reached their tenth anniversary already, this landmark has only stoked the fires. “We never felt so pumped and ready for whatever life throws at us,” they say, and asking what they see when they look to the band’s future, they are emphatic. “World domination! Well…sort of. I think every band just wants to get as big a name in the metal world as possible, and we are no exception. We really hope to expand our fanbase outside of Germany with ‘Give Us Life‘, and we never even dreamt of getting the chance to release a record through Metal Blade. Furthermore, we definitely want to tour a lot as soon as we are allowed to. We are anxious to leave Europe for the first time, and we want to prove that we are capable of delivering on an international standard.”
Album artwork by: Mario Lopez
Give Us Life track-listing 1. Remnants of Technology 2. Juggernaut 3. Cryoshock 4. A.O.A 5. The Immortals 6. Signals 7. Burn Them All 8. Give Us Life 9. Antidote to Order 10. Dark Descent
Space Chaser 2022 tour dates: March 10 – Vinylreservat – Goettingen, Germany March 11 – Kulttempel – Oberhausen, Germany March 12 – Willemeen – Arnhem, Netherlands March 13 – Ragnarock – Bree, Belgium March 14 – Vortex – Siegen, Germany March 15 – Schlachthof – Wiesbaden, Germany March 16 – Backstage – Munich, Germany March 17 – Viper Room – Vienna, Austria March 18 – Chemiefabrik – Dresden, Germany March 19 – Bei Chez Heinz – Hannover, Germany
On July 16th, Berlin’s SPACE CHASER will release their new album, Give Us Life, via Metal Blade Records. For a first preview of the record, a video for the new single, “Remnants of Technology” (produced by Lucas Fiederling / Peregrine Films), can be viewed at: metalblade.com/spacechaser – where Give Us Life is available in various formats.
Space Chaser comments: “For our first sign of life on Metal Blade Records, we wanted to make the best music video we could possibly make. And with a lot of hard work and even more luck, we got something far greater than we could have ever dreamed of. We had this idea for a video lying around for years, but never were able to put it to film. Until now. We had a crew of 60 people working for us. Somehow word got around in the Berlin film scene, and almost everyone was on fire, and wanted to be a part of it. 50 Costumes, 4 make-up artists, 30 extras, a team of directors, camera operators, professional lightning – you name it, we had it. Two teams of set-builders worked tirelessly for a week together with the band. We built an entire bar in some humid, freezing cold basement for a total of 3 days and nights of shooting. The concept was planned for months, an entire week of preparation and two days of assembling everything. Everybody pulled their weight and helped make our little space short. Lucas Fiederling of Peregrine Films didn’t sleep for two months straight. The result looks like a Michael Jackson video. If he was a thrasher. From Berlin. Watch The Skies.”
Album artwork by: Mario Lopez
Nothing can beat the thrill of thrash at its best, and no one is keeping the spirit and sound of the genre alive quite like Space Chaser. Marking their ten-year anniversary with their third full-length, Give Us Life, they are returning in force and once again establishing their importance in the scene. “What we do is contemporary Thrash Metal, if you will, and while still having the ‘old-school’ elements everyone loves, we try to incorporate some of the influences that we expose ourselves to. Over the last ten years, this kind of music progressed a lot, and of course that has its influence on us. But what we do is still Thrash Metal, we just hope we’re able to translate it a little bit better into 2021.”
The album was recorded at their go-to studio, Berlin’s Hidden Planet, with Jan Oberg, who the band acknowledge is a rather unknown name in the metal scene, but his work proves up to par with international standards nonetheless. The songs were produced by guitarist Leo Schacht and drummer Matthias Scheuerer with the help of Oberg, and for mastering they had Dan Swanö of Unisound Studios at the helm. “It was the smoothest recording process we have ever had. Everybody went in perfectly prepared and every idea worked out just how we anticipated. It’s almost surreal, though being satisfied with your production can lead you to get lost in details forever – and the intro for ‘Burn Them All’ was a bitch!” Acknowledging that it feels weird to have reached their tenth anniversary already, this landmark has only stoked the fires. “We never felt so pumped and ready for whatever life throws at us,” they say, and asking what they see when they look to the band’s future, they are emphatic. “World domination! Well…sort of. I think every band just wants to get as big a name in the metal world as possible, and we are no exception. We really hope to expand our fanbase outside of Germany with ‘Give Us Life‘, and we never even dreamt of getting the chance to release a record through Metal Blade. Furthermore, we definitely want to tour a lot as soon as we are allowed to. We are anxious to leave Europe for the first time, and we want to prove that we are capable of delivering on an international standard.”
Give Us Life track-listing 1. Remnants of Technology 2. Juggernaut 3. Cryoshock 4. A.O.A 5. The Immortals 6. Signals 7. Burn Them All 8. Give Us Life 9. Antidote to Order 10. Dark Descent
Metal Blade Records is proud to welcome Berlin’s SPACE CHASER to its worldwide roster!
Space Chaser is pure 80s thrash metal – a fast, ripping and in-your-face old school attack. Since their formation in 2011, they’ve released two full-lengths (2014’s Watch The Skies! and 2016’s Dead Sun Rising), in addition to numerous EPs and singles – including 2018’s split record with Dutch powerhouse Distillator!
Space Chaser comments: “We would all shout in unison ‘Metal Blade’ when asked what label our number 1 choice would be. Needless to say, we are ridiculously excited that we can call the legendary label our new mothership. With one of the strongest allies in the business, we’re ready to launch our most brutal assault yet. Stay tuned!”
Fans can expect Space Chaser‘s Metal Blade Records debut in 2021. In the meantime, be sure to check out these previously released videos: –“Waves”: youtu.be/RGzf05It8zQ –“Skate Metal Punks”: youtu.be/bHUxj55csGY
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