In April, I’ll be hitting the road alongside the Symphonic Metal band ‘Beyond The Black’ again: this time for their European ‘Dancing In The Dark’ tour.

After last year’s tour through Australia and New Zealand and a lot of big festival appearances, I am happy to hit the road again with them. They’re simply great people and and I enjoy playing with them. Especially their vocalist Jennifer Haben is an outstanding talent.

I would love to see your faces out there. So check out the tour dates below!

Dates:
5/4 – Munich, DE
6/4 – Memmingen, DE
7/4 – Brno, CZ
9/4 – Vienna, AT
10/4 – Budapest, HU
12/4 – Geisel Wind, DE
13/4 – Hannover, DE
14/4 – Haarlem, NL
16/4 – Paris, FR
17/4 – Wiesbaden, DE
19/4 – Zürich, CH
20/4 – Stuttgart, DE
21/4 – Saarbrücken, DE
23/4 – Krakow, PL
24/4 – Berlin, DE
26/4 – Antwerpen, BE
27/4 – Oberhausen, DE

Tickets: https://beyond-the-black.com/

I just turned 39 years old. When I look back on my career so far, there were a couple of important milestones. One standout was my nearly decade-long tenure as the bass player for Obscura, a band I dedicated a lot of time to. Touring with them taught me the value of teamwork amidst the inevitable stress. Within Obscura, I formed close bonds with two lineups – one of them with Hannes Grossmann and Christian Münzner. When that lineup disbanded, our bond led us to establish ‘Alkaloid.’

Later in Obscura I composed and toured a lot of years with Rafael Trujillo and Sebastian Lanser. When we all decided to part ways with the band, it felt amiss to abandon our chemistry, prompting the birth of ‘Obsidious.’

Though both bands share similar origins, they’ve cultivated distinct musical identities that I’m immensely proud of.

Now, I’m thrilled to announce that both bands will perform together this year, with three shows scheduled in Germany/Austria in December. It’s a formidable challenge, given the complexity of both bands’ music, but I enjoy challenges.

2024 will be a year filled with different live performances! Another highlight for me: Alkaloid will play with classical musicians in the context of a Bach festival.

I hope you out there!

My bands mates from Obsidious sat down with me and recorded this little christmas suprise.

In about 2 weeks I will join Beyond The Black to tour through Australia and New Zealand. If you live there, let me know and let’s hang!

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Tour dates:⁠

Beyond The Black⁠

(+ DEVILSKIN,THE HALO EFFECT, LAGERSTEIN)⁠

11/11/2023 – Auckland – The Powerstation⁠

12/11/2023 – Christchurch – The Ngaio Marsh Theatre⁠

15/11/2023 – Brisbane – The Triffid⁠

16/11/2023 – Sydney – the Manning Bar⁠

18/11/2023 – Adelaide – Froth & Fury Festival⁠

19/11/2023 – Melbourne – The Northcote Theatre⁠

IT’S HERE!!! Today is the release day of my solo album “Tulpa”! It’s a big milestone in my career and I am so happy about all the positive feedback of the last couple of weeks!
This is a good moment to say “thank you”. I want to thanks all the unbelievably talented musicians who play on my album and for how they added their own character to the music. Thanks to Ibanez Germany and Daniel Gäthke for their huge support. They shot my music video for “Our Soul Sets Sail” and offered a bass for a contest (that is running out today!). Thans to my other endorsement partners Engl, Richter Straps, Sennheiser, Steinberg, Ernie Ball and Musik Meyer. A big shout out to Hannes who made the production sound so massive! Thank you to AOP records who have put a lot of work and effort into this record and believed in me! Thank you Tim Ziegler! And thanks to everyone at my discord server. It grew to such a great and positive community. I enjoy it a lot!
And the biggest thank you goes out to you! Everyone who supports me with in any way! Sharing and commenting my posts and songs, order my album or something else at me online shop. It means so much!

If you want to have a physical copy of the album, you can still order at my online shop.

Here it is 2 days early on Youtube already! The beast that I have worked on for such a long time! Thanks to AOP Records for their trust in me and for all the incredible musicians that play with me on this album.

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