Originally released in 1992, Der Abend der Schwarzen Folklore is the third Massaker album, released byRough Trade Germany. According to Caspar Brötzmann, the title track and Bass Totem are the band’s most accomplished songs. It’s certainly the most sonicly refined of their albums, recorded during a residencyover several weeks at the pastoral site of Conny Plank’s studio near Cologne, and produced by Ingo Kraussand Bruno Gebhard, who had worked with the famed Krautrock producer until his death in 1987.

Not least, ...Schwarzen Folklore also features their new drummer Danny Lommen, whom Caspar and bassist Eduardo Delgado had headhunted at a concert with Lommen’s Dutch prog-core band Gore. Lommen shared their tastes in sheer volume and presence, and “has a completely unique sound to his drumming“, as Caspar marvels, “he plays ultrahard and clear, with authority and no compromise, nothing, not even the mostturbulent and speedy beats, sound fuzzy - a statement.“

PERSONNEL:

• Caspar Brötzmann - (guitar, vocals)
• Eduardo Delgado Lopez - (bass, vocals)
• Danny Arnold Lommen - (drums)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 Schwarze Folklore ...... 8:29
• A2 Bass Totem ...... 12:01

• SIDE B
• B1 Sarah ...... 10:42
• B2 War Horse ...... 8:58