ASP

German goth rock and roll quartet ASP shaped in Frankfurt in 1999. The group had taken its name from frontman Asp, blessed Alexander Spreng, who co-founded the task with guitarist Matze (Matthias Ambré). Being a duo they finished their initial three-song demo discharge soon after putting your signature on to the unbiased label Trisol Music. In the summertime of 2000 the ASP lineup extended to add bassist Tossi (Andreas Gross) and drummer Himmi (Oliver Himmighoffen) aswell as support vocalists Potential (Marcus Testory) and Holger Hartgen. On July 30, 2000, the music group produced its live debut at Geretzhoven’s Gothicworld Celebration, completing the support “choir” with Pit Hammann. ASP’s debut LP, Hast Du Mich Vermisst? (Der Schwarze Schmetterling Teil I), accompanied by year’s end, and in the springtime of 2001 the group performed some celebrations including Wave-Gotik-Treffen and Ostara, creating a devoted group of fans before the fall discharge of their sophomore work, Duett (Der Schwarze Schmetterling Teil II). In Dec ASP structured and headlined their personal event, Die Zusammenkunft, carrying out alongside famous brands L’Âme Immortelle, Janus, and Chamber. In the springtime of 2002, in addition they toured with Umbra et Imago and Tanzwut. Weltunter (Der Schwarze Schmetterling Teil III) adopted in middle-2003, supported with a tour with Xandria. Nevertheless, in March 2004 Trisol’s distributor, EFA, proceeded to go bankrupt, making ASP’s back again catalog out of printing in one dropped swoop. (Which, when you see it, is an extremely goth thing to occur, no?) ASP soldiered on, producing their U.K. debut at April’s Beyond the Veil III before time for Germany to get a summer event tour. Utmost and Hartgen remaining the lineup immediately after, and in Sept the band’s information were reissued filled with reward paths. A tour with Porn shut out 2004, and the next summer ASP released its 4th LP, Aus der Tiefe (Der Schwarze Schmetterling Teil IV), achieving the German Best 50 for the very first time. A springtime 2006 acoustic tour with Chamber was preceded by an unplugged EP, Humility. Requiembryo (Der Schwarze Schmetterling Teil V) adopted a year later on. 2008 was a occupied yr for ASP using the launch of three fresh albums. A best-of compilation known as Horror Vacui was accompanied by the conceptual recording Zaubererbruder: Der Krabat-Liederzyklus and a live recording Akoasma: Horror Vacui Live. A live Dvd and blu-ray appeared in ’09 2009 and another full-length recording Fremd (Fremder-Zyklus 1) in 2011. That same yr, co-founder Matze remaining the band departing frontman ASP in singular control of their future. The new edition of the group released the EP GeistErfahrer in 2012 and adopted it up using the full-length Maskenhaft (Fremder-Zyklus 2), which reached number 2 for the German charts.