With ‘Asen’ka – Ein Märchen für Kinder und solche, die es werden wollen’, KASCHTE releases his most opulent piece of musical storytelling to date and over the course of 77 bombastic minutes fleet-footedly combines all of the characteristics which go to make up a SAMSAS TRAUM album. Precise drumming, driving bass and massive walls of guitars lay the foundation for grandiose orchestral sounds and ALEXANDER KASCHTE’s extraordinary voice, which evokes all of the spirits and entities that it is possible to conjure up. Whether with hymnal chanting, sacral choirs, bloodcurdling cries or deep choral speaking – on ‘Asen’ka’, ALEXANDER KASCHTE leads the listener to the very limit of his power of imagination. He leads him into the kingdom of fables and myths; into a world where everything is possible but where also the impossible can happen. Matching the toughness of previous works and with musical ruthlessness at the forefront, ‘Asen’ka’ captivates by means of beautiful, to-die-for melodies and elaborate dynamics which help provide the album with an incomparable emotionality, a moving authenticity and extraordinary quiet, eery moments – moments which fans of the band have been waiting for for years. It could justifiably be asserted that ‘Asen’ka’ is KASCHTE’s best album to date. It is a certainty that the band’s fans will undeniably come to this conclusion.
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