Stoneman (band)

Stoneman is a band founded in 2004 from various areas of Switzerland. With the release of their fourth album in 2014, the band underwent a change in style from Dark Rock to Neuen Deutsche Härte.

History

After Mikki Chixx and Rico H decided to form a band in spring 2004, they quickly found some like-minded people. Despite several changing bassists, the original formation of the band Stoneman was clear.

On October 20, 2006 the debut album Sex Drugs Murder was released, in which Sabine Dünser contributed the vocals to Devil In A Gucci Dress and Protect Me. The video for Devil in a Gucci Dress was shown on several TV stations like MTV and VIVA. In autumn 2006 Stoneman were on tour with the Deathstars.[1] In early 2007 Dave Snow switched to bass, whereupon the keyboards are played by a sampler. In May 2007 followed another European tour, this time already as headliner.

On September 14, 2007 the second album How to Spell Heroin was released, which was again produced by Dave Snow. It received conflicting reviews. While it was perceived as a clear increase to Sex Drugs Murder,[2] others criticized the songs always built according to the same knitting pattern.[3]

In 2008 they performed at one of the biggest festivals of the alternative scene, the Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig.[4] Tours with the German rock band Xandria and the glam rocker Wednesday 13 followed, whereby the latter recorded a feature song on the third album Human Hater. In 2011 the band signed a management contract with ICS Festival Service GmbH[5] and the music publisher Enorm Music.[6]

In 2014 Stoneman released their fourth and only full German album Goldmarie,[7] which was published by the leading dark label Danse Macabre and Bruno Kramm. The band made it onto the cover and poster inserts [8] of specific music magazines [9] The band got a 4th place in the German Alternative Charts (DAC).[10] In 2015, Stoneman was the opening act on the "Terlingua" tour of Mono Inc. Stoneman also performed on the main stage at the Wacken Open Air, as well as other festival shows.

Discography

  • 2005 – Rough Demos And Unofficial Bootleg (Demo)
  • 2006 – Sex. Drugs. Murder. (Twilight)
  • 2007 – How to Spell Heroin (Twilight)
  • 2010 – Human Hater (Twilight)
  • 2014 – Goldmarie (Danse Macabre)
  • 2016 - Steine (Nocut)
  • 2018 - Geil und Elektrisch (Massacre Records)

References

  1. ↑ "DEATHSTARS - STONEMAN in Berlin - K17 Konzertbericht".
  2. ↑ "Sleaze-Metal - Stoneman - How to Spell Heroin". 17 October 2011. Archived from the original on 17 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Stoneman - How To Spell Heroin Review • metal.de".
  4. ↑ WGT, wm. "~ Offizielle Seiten Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig ~". www.wave-gotik-treffen.de.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  6. ↑ "ENORM MUSIC - Artist Detail". www.enorm-music.de.
  7. ↑ Alinto, Samira. "STALKER MAGAZINE inside out of rock´n´roll". www.stalker.cd.
  8. ↑ LEGACY Musik-Magazin, issue no. 3/2014, interview and poster
  9. ↑ Music Magazines: GOTHIC No. 82/2014, ORKUS No. 4/2014 and 05/2014, SONIC SEDUCER No. 4/2014, 05/2014 and 06/2014
  10. ↑ "Deutsche Alternative Charts - DAC - www.deutsche-alternative-charts.de". www.deutsche-alternative-charts.de.
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