This EP consists of six new ASP pieces (almost 40 minutes) dealing with the impending end of the world. The furious title track would be just as suitable for a single as the driving wave rocker "Carpe Noctem", which could be classified as one of the most beautiful ASP songs of all time. In the eccentric and tragic piece "In Sack und Asche", delicate, fragile piano melodies alternate with metal sounds. With "Weichen[t]stellung", the band finally deliver a genuine electro-rock-club firecracker once again, which drives its way mercilessly into the legs and the heart. In "ÜberHärte", the band successfully balance doom metal guitar riffs and tongue in cheek elements borrowed from Neue Deutsche Härte, a genre generally frowned upon by them. And for the conclusion, they leave the listener perplexed and smitten with the epic "Danach", which offers almost ambient-like expanses and delicate acoustic guitar arrangements. Afterwards there is a vacuum which can only be filled by immediately listening to the CD once again before fear of the void, the horror vacui, devours everything anew. These songs creep slowly but inexorably into your ears and heart. And if that wasn't cruel enough, Asp Spreng's lyrics are of a quality which is seldom found in popular music of any stripe.
The extremely beautiful, limited deluxe special edition, comes as follows:
Double CD in eight-page 7" special-format digipak
Bonus CD containing five special live tracks featuring extra special guest Ally on violin
48-page special booklet (184 x 184 mm), high-grade art print on high-quality 170g art paper with lavish Singer® sewn signatures, and containing all of the lyrics and additional artwork
Foldout poster (561 x 374 mm approx) designed by Timo Würz and also on high-quality 170g art paper
Printed parts have been semigloss laminated for a high-quality finish
Enclosed in an open-ended slipcase
Strictly limited to 3999 copies worldwide.
