GRUNGE’S NOT DEAD #3

Velorise
Velorise emerged in 2024 from Moehlzart , a band that Gilles Möhl originally brought to life with two English friends from Southampton. After his return to Munich, he found a local drummer and bassist: Quirin Reichl and Alex Mutschke. The three played five gigs in and around Munich in 2023 and then decided in the fall to write their own songs and give themselves a new band name together. Thus Velorise was born.

In addition to the new music, old Moehlzart songscontinue to be performed. The power trio has retained its original soul, but the now collaborative approach has also added some new facets: with new stage outfits and energetic performances, the three bring loud sounds wherever they are needed.

Stylistically, the band moves between hard breakdowns and balladesque melodies. You can hear that the members like Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Korn, Green Day, Billy Talent, but also electronic music. "Alternative fusion" would probably be a good description. All in all, it's music for cuddly headbanging.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1nMVmELOUZr3zegTKGH5dr
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veloriseband/

Nilo Crow
Nilo Crow (pronounced "Nailo") is a neologism made up of "scarecrow" and "nihilism". The Munich-based musician and songwriter Jonas Schlemme is behind the pseudonym. In 2019, Crow released his debut album Lonesome in Denial with his uncle Matthias Sauthoff on drums. Since then, Kathi Huster on bass and Thomas Schneider on guitar have joined his band. After a delay due to the pandemic, the long-awaited follow-up Why Do You Hate Me With Your Love?was finally released in 2023 with new reinforcements . For the past year, exiled Istanbul native Ogulcan Cirpan has also been on drums after Matthias retired to his well-earned retirement.

The mostly rather dark sound draws on a wide variety of sources from Nick Cave & Warren Ellis to Dax Riggs , Nirvana and John Frusciante. The lyrics mostly deal with classic grunge themes such as love that is doomed to fail, the feeling of being an outcast or other dark sides of a society trimmed for consumption that eats people like commodities.

The single Never Belongwas released just in time for the gig at Sunny Red .

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/0VYVMaNPSC3qDMn8HBhEPA
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@unrealnilocrow
Website: https://nilocrow.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unrealnilocrow/
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