STERBHAUS(ex members of Shining, Elvira Madigan, Ondskapt etc) will release a new single “Deth Bü Wolfe” on the 21st of February. The last full length album was released ten years ago – so it is no understatement that this is quite an event! In fact, 2025 will be the year the snake (according to the Chinese) and the year of Sterbhaus – according to… Well;Sterbhaus!
“Deth Bü Wolfe” (spelling obviously intentional) is the first new song from the upcoming album “Next Akin to Chaos” and according to vocalist/bassist Marcus Hammarström:
“This was obviously gonna be the first single even eight years ago when it was first written. It’s just an immediate Sterbhaus classic that’s chock full of hooks, riffs, solos and fierce spitting vocals. If you don’t get hooked after the first “ugh” then something must be seriously wrong with you. But then again, there’s always something wrong with everybody!!”
Check out the single teaser below:
STERBHAUS is the home of Marcus Hammarström(prev Shining, Elvira Madigan), Jimmy Ahovalli and Erik Röjås (prev Ondskapt, Decadence) and even though the band announced its retirement in 2019 it was also made official that – apart from releasing the live album “Necrostabbing at Göta Källare” in 2021 (which actually charted at #1 for physical format in Sweden!) the very last thing to happen – was going to be the release of one more album.
And now the time has come! Well… at least when it comes to revealing the first song… It has been well worth the wait, and the wait is officially over on the 21st of February. You don’t want to miss this!!
STERBHAUS‘ new live album Necrostabbing at Göta Källare – Live in Stockholm charted at #1 (for physical sales) on the week of its release in Sweden and that is now complemented with the release of the third single “Grudgeholder+Hatemonger”. The choice for third single is directly related to what fans and reviewers listed as their top choice on the album… and it is a blistering thrasher that is impossible not to love – if you like your Metal fast, furious and with spitting lyrics.
The new “Grudgeholder+Hatemonger” live video also features a somewhat legendary TV-clip from Swedish public service TV originally broadcasted in the mid 80s. A TV show that took it upon themselves to safeguard Swedish morality disguised with an obvious Christian Bible bashing agenda – an agenda that in the end was financed by the tax payers. The object of the smear campaign for this specific clip was the legendary band W.A.S.P. It is hilarious to watch today – albeit a bit scary.
”Necrostabbing at Göta Källare – Live in Stockholm” took most of the Metal scene by surprise when it was released on July the 9th. It shows Sterbhaus at their best – which is in a highly energetic live setting. The band is relentless and the show is a complete gem. It was also filmed in its entirety and on the release date of the album Sterbhaus streamed the whole show in a live online event. If You missed out on the streaming event, make sure to check out the two previous singles/live videos (“Absolutely Do Not Die – Live” and “New Level of Malevolence – Live”) and why not give the bands parody of reaction videos a spin as well?
To have ”Necrostabbing at Göta Källare – Live in Stockholm debut at #1 in Sweden for physical sales and #9 for all Metal sales was an unprecedented and enormously pleasant surprise for the Swedes. Sterbhaus is the home of Marcus Hammarström (also in Shining), Erik Röjås (also in Ondskapt), Jimmy Ahovalli and at this time also Simon Olovsson (now in Avslut).
STERBHAUS have released the crowd-pleaser “Absolutely Do Not Die! (LIve)”! The first single track from the band’s upcoming album “Necrostabbing at Göta Källare – Live in Stockholm”, set for release via Black Lodge Records on the ninth of July 2021.
The urban myth of French soldiers throwing their wooden shoes (named “sabot”) into the machinery at the time of the industrial revolution – hence giving rise to the word “Sabotage” may be fiction, but it’s an interesting allegory to when fate, reality and the industry threw their wooden shoes in the machinery of one Stockholm based act in the most untimely of moments. What is so surprising is how amazingly well-oiled and blisteringly convincing the machinery of Sterbhaus remains with all those wooden shoes rattling around in there. The new live album “Necrostabbing at Gota Kallare – Live in Stockholm”, which is so timely released now in the midst of the Covid pandemic shows Sterbhaus at their very best… and that has always been live. It’s a hungry and energetic live show from a band eager to exact revenge from having been stranded locally when all booked tours after the new album release was cancelled. The whole affair was actually also filmed and will be available on social media together with this live album.
Sterbhaus is the home of Marcus Hammarström (also in Shining), Erik Röjås (also in Ondskapt), Jimmy Ahovalli and at this time also Simon Olovsson (now in Avslut).
STERBHAUS return with the live album “Necrostabbing at Göta Källare – Live in Stockholm”! The album is set for release via Black Lodge Records on the ninth of July 2021.
The urban myth of French soldiers throwing their wooden shoes (named “sabot”) into the machinery at the time of the industrial revolution – hence giving rise to the word “Sabotage” may be fiction, but it’s an interesting allegory to when fate, reality and the industry threw their wooden shoes in the machinery of one Stockholm based act in the most untimely of moments. What is so surprising is how amazingly well-oiled and blisteringly convincing the machinery of Sterbhaus remains with all those wooden shoes rattling around in there. The new live album “Necrostabbing at Gota Kallare – Live in Stockholm”, which is so timely released now in the midst of the Covid pandemic shows Sterbhaus at their very best… and that has always been live. It’s a hungry and energetic live show from a band eager to exact revenge from having been stranded locally when all booked tours after the new album release was cancelled. The whole affair was actually also filmed and will be available on social media together with this live album.
Tracklist
01. Necrostabbing the Corpsefinder 02. Absolutely Do Not Die! 03. New Level of Malevolence 04. Grudgeholder + Hatemonger 05. El Giftus Satanus 06. The King of the Red 07. Baby Jee and the 3 Stalkers 08. Bloodbarf 09. Ministry
Sterbhaus is the home of Marcus Hammarström (also in Shining), Erik Röjås (also in Ondskapt), Jimmy Ahovalli and at this time also Simon Olovsson (now in Avslut).
The slightly terrific troupe STERBHAUS(spearheaded by Marcus Hammarström of Shining, previously of Elvira Madigan) from Stockholm/Sweden finally releases their much asked for Christmas-EP in physical format on Friday the 13th of December 2019. Together with this the band also announces its own demise in 2020 as well as the release of a live album (fully filmed and released in video format also) and a very last final studio album in late 2020.
The tremendously effective Christmas EP “Krampusnacht” with artwork by Brom (renowned in his own right but now – due to his involvement in the videogame Diablo 2, tentalizingly enough engaged in the Diablo 4 installment) was first released digitally in 2016 December – and has been enjoyed annually as a free downloading treat every December month. This unorthodox Yule time effort will now be available physically for the first time and the title track – which is dedicated to Santa Claus Alpine opposite devoted to punishing those children who have been naughty (-there should be quite a few of those these days) has been completely re-booted for this release with a new edit/cut, production, mix and master.
Marcus explains: “I absolutely love that ‘Krampusnacht’ song. I think it’s honestly one of the best we ever did, apart from our coming album ofc ;-). But that recording of 2016 never really sat right with me. Something was so obviously off and I just got a big knot in my belly every time I heard it, ’cause I new how it was supposed to sound but didn’t. If we rehearsed it or played it live – which we only did once in Stockholm as far as I remember, it was always special and felt ripping and heavy as bloody hell. But on that recording it was another thing. I was actually even a bit angry and frustrated cause once you get a song out there, it’s final… most of the times.
But funny thing is that our recent silence which had postponed that physical release actually provided me with an opening to get this whole thing fixed. So I spent a month after summer going through takes and cuts and re-editing it until it sounded just as we play it normally. And I did find a lot of weird issues that I honestly have no idea why they made it to the mix the first time. I then contacted Ronnie Björnström, hauled up money from my own pocket and got it fully reproduced, remixed and remastered. So I’ve been spinning this new version at home for weeks now and it’s like a brand new song for me… And it sounds like it was always supposed to. So you can bet I’m pretty excited about this! But hell, that’s not all… the vinyl is going to be the sexiest thing ever. The artist ‘Brom’ has always been the best one ever when it comes to imagery as far as I am concerned. I even had a dialogue with him back in 2004 or something, when I was recording the Elvira Madigan album ‘Regent Sie’ and I am just beyond exhilarated to sport an album with one of his best works. Again, the vinyl is gonna be hot!!”
Earlier this week STERBHAUS was relaunched in order to accomodate its own death and all releases scheduled up until that very last day in 2020. Not much has been revealed yet of the many reasons for the band disbanding but one rather undramatic cause is that the members just simply need and want to focus on other artistic and musical undertakings, many of which are currently obvious (Marcus Hammarström as a member of Shining and Erik Röjås as a member of Ondskapt). There are however quite some interesting other activities and bands/projects that at this point can’t be revealed. The band used this relaunch opportunity – on the 1st of November, to release a previously unknown bonus track intended for the 2012 album “Angels for Breakfast …And God for Lunch” which is a quite heavy version of the 1969 song “For a Thousand Mothers” by Jethro Tull – and should definitely be heard, a new homepage and a new web shop.
Marcus: “Well, we can’t really go into Why we decide to break up at this point. It has been building up to this for the last couple of years but instead of wallowing in our demise, we would like to focus on all the upcoming activities and releases before we call it a day. We’ll probably disclose more in future… I don’t know, but I don’t think that matters much right now. None of us are on bad terms with each other and we just feel this is what we need to do. I think our EP, live album and final studio album is far more interesting at this moment”
Sterbhaus Line-Up
Marcus Hammarström – Vocals/Bass
Jimmy Ahovalli – Guitars
Erik Röjås – Drums
Stockholm based powerhouse STERBHAUS releases Christmas EP “Krampusnacht”, which is available for free download, but only for a limited time!
Stated STERBHAUS: “There is no real enjoyable Christmas music that is Metal… Until now.”
With Gerald Broms’ masterly portrayal of Krampus the Christmas demon, enshrining the cover, STERBHAUS is now releasing the digital Christmas EP “Krampusnacht”. With its dynamic, high-quality Metal STERBHAUS clearly shows what Christmas should be all about. As always with tongue in cheek wit but this time also with proper “slay bells” in spirit. In addition to the two original songs – title track “Krampusnacht” and the instrumental “Santa Claus in Satans Claws” a cover of Britain’s finest Spinal Tap “Christmas with the Devil” can be found. Mix and master was handled by Jocke Skog (Clawfinger, Crucified Barbara, Entombed, Scar Symmetry, The Haunted). The EP is available for free download annually from December 1 – December 31.
Any attempt to download “Krampusnacht” post-Christmas will be followed by a ridiculous price-tag.
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