06 & 07 May: A Chance For Metal Festival
Peops, we’ll finally be able to hit the stage again alongside many other awesome bands at @achanceformetalfestival. Don’t miss this amazing festival in Andernach on May 6th, we missed you!
What remained: Doping for ears
Those who have already visited our Kickstarter project or even supported it (THANKS to you peops!) might already know this little skit.
All others can see the full video on our Kickstarter page.
Listen to the doc, What Remained is good for you!
On the lyrical themes of the upcoming album ‘What Remained’
As you may already know, our upcoming album “What Remained” is not a concept album per se. Most songs, however, share a common theme. Our possible -or should I say- our probable bleak future.
We did not plan this theme for the entire album from the beginning. It somehow developed in that direction over time. Maybe our minds, like the minds of many, are troubled today more than ever with the outcome of our actions in a more or less distant future. Each song deals with a different perspective on the vast topic of our collective future, the ones being more vague, leaving a lot of room for interpretation, the others being more specific, their message directly palpable.
We are aware that we won’t in any way reinvent the wheel by theming an album with dystopian and even post-apocalyptic themes. It’s merely our statement that we -as human beings- are concerned about the ongoings in a world that echoes slowly but surely in the global events, that we have to rethink our ways and if we want to stay here for longer, we have to tread new paths and search for new solutions.
An admittedly dark-themed album like this is only the result of too much musings on such distressing topics.
Giving nothing further away for now, for those who are interested to know more about the lyrical aspect of the album, you’ll have the possibility of diving into the lyrics once the release.
Cheers,
Chris
Add ons & shipping costs: 2nd Kickstarter update
We would like to bring a few points to your attention:
1. Add ons
We have lots of add-ons! Unfortunately, Kickstarter only shows them in the second step of the backing process. You will need to select a package first before seeing the add-ons. Don’t worry, here you can see all the add-ons that are available.
2. shipping costs
Shipping costs could be counted twice for some items. For example, if you choose to take a package and like to add an add-on, Kickstarter will ask you to pay the shipping costs for each item separately. We will reimburse the additional shipping costs, and you only have to pay them ONCE.
3. additional questions
If you have any additional questions, feel free to use the FAQ!
Thank you! 1st Kickstarter Update
Thank you all for supporting our project so far! We have already hit 50% of our goal. You guys are awesome!
As a reward, we show you some insights from our recording sessions. Here you can see how we tracked the gang shouts with our patented Sound Enhancing Head Resonators, or short S.E.H.R. , that really enhance any vocal recording! At the same time, it keeps bad vibes away!
Check out our Kickstarter project, where you will find more exclusive updates in the future!
Kickstarter campaign for ‘What Remained’ album launched
From now on you can support us by preordering our upcoming album “What Remained” via our Kickstarter campaign.
Alongside the album, you can also buy loads of merch goodies in various packages.
If you want to support us, there’s no better way to do so then by co-funding the whole project. It would mean a lot to us.
Fur further information, click here.
Our past year in brief and welcome Sany
The last year has been a tough one for most of us. Everyone of us had and will have to deal with the ramifications of the pandemic in their own ways. And we’re all waiting to finally see some light at the end of the tunnel. In the following post I want to shed some light on the ongoings in the band during the past year. Although one could deem we had been inactive for the last thirteen months, we had been more productive than one might think (there actually had been phases of inertia, though).
Let’s start by going back to april 2020, when the first in a series of events occurred: our long time vocalist Schaul decided to leave the band. Luxembourg was in its first lockdown, the band put to a forced break. We had some line up changes in the past but, to be honest, it just doesn’t get easier by time. There was no bad blood involved and still every one of us is on good terms with Schaul. We had to figure out what to do. We knew it would be hard to find a new vocalist, but knowing that the band was put on hold and there wouldn’t be concerts for an unknown period of time, we decided to take our time with the search for a new voice.
Besides the task of finding a new vocalist, we had a fully recorded pre-production of our upcoming album. During that time, the definite recording had been on our schedule…and had to be rescheduled several times.
Fast forward to fall 2020. We somehow managed to record the whole thing and even a bunch more songs. Only thing missing were still the vocals. It had been around that time period, when someone contacted us, asking if we were still looking for a vocalist. We were. She goes by the name Sany. After a few zoom meetings and some file sharing of vocal ideas for the songs, we knew that we wanted to work with her. Things just wouldn’t get easier as she lives a two and a half hour drive away from us in Germany and the pandemic was still a thing. So we had to keep waiting for the opportunity to work together, presumably gathered in one physical space. We had to endure a couple more months before this could happen.
Skipping over an uneventful winter, in march 2021 we finally got to meet each other in person with Sany and we took a whole weekend for rehearsing and getting to know each other better. The chemistry was there, we felt like a complete band again the first time in ages. The energy was there and playing together felt so right.
It was the last weekend (17th april), when Sany recorded the vocals for the first four songs of our upcoming album and I can tell you, it feels good to finally see some light at the end of the tunnel after all, knowing that we’re wrapping up the album production sooner rather than later. Nonetheless, we still have no release date for the album. As we want to do a proper release show and not some half-assed online release, we still have to wait a little longer to pick up a date.
To sum things up, it was not the easiest year for us. But, with Sany on the mic, tons of new music we can’t wait to get out there, we’re finally feeling a sense of progress, like we’re back on track again. And for everyone out there who might have asked the question. Yes, we’re still here and pretty much alive 🙂
Chris
New Vocalist wanted!
First of all we wanna thank you for all the uplifting comments towards both sides regarding Schaul‘s departure from the band! It reflects our very own attitude towards the situatioun as there are no hard feelings at all!
We never stuck our heads in the sand and we are more than ready to record some of the best material we ever wrote.
We hereby launch the search for our new vocalist.
Contact us at sleepersguilt@gmail.com
Thank you, Schaul!
Folks, we have news for you. Schaul has decided to part ways with the band.
Here‘s what he wants to tell you:
Dear SG fan community,
I hereby announce with a heavy heart that in the future I will no longer stand behind the microphone for SG for personal reasons.
This was a difficult decision that I have struggled with for some time already.
The production for the new album is going well and I am sure that Chris, Phil, Marc and Ben will find a worthy replacement who will take the band to the next level.
I am grateful for the past 7 years in which I have been able to fulfill a lot of dreams, such as performing with bands like Amon Amarth or performing at international festivals like Metaldays.
In any case, I would like to thank all SG members who have played in the band during this time, Max, Manu, Jim, Jeff, Ben, Marc, Chris and Phil, for this incredible journey.
Look forward to the new album and continue to support SG as you have done so far!
We will definitely see each other again at one or the other concert, festival or anywhere else.
Cheerz
Schaul
We wish him all the best for all the future endeavors he will encounter. We thank him for all that he provided to the band during the past seven years.
Music in times of confinement
Like so many other musicians these days, we try to process the ongoing events into something positive, in our case, creative output.
From this week on, we release, in a spontaneous manner, more or less finished songs that are written in our times of confinement.
If you feel the itch to contribute something to the ideas, be it vocals, guitar- or even toilet seat solos, feel free to get in touch with us.
If not, you can simply listen to some brand new music.
Those songs are not intended to appear on a later Sleepers‘ Guilt album. All the ideas will be collected on our bandcamp page.
First song idea comes from Chris, who worked together with Phil on this one for the past few days. This song has no vocals nor real drums, so, if it calls to you, get in touch with us. Collaboration in any form is good in these days of isolation.
Enjoy the first song with the oh so creative title Solitude!
https://sleepersguilt.bandcamp.com/album/the-confinement-tapes-vol-1
Kasino Metal Nights postponed
Like so many other events our show at Kasino Metal Nights in Trier had to be cancelled… for now!
The show will be postponed to a later date.
Stay tuned, stay healthy
https://facebook.com/events/s/kasino-metal-nights-vol3/519524682113524/
Rock Fossils documentary
You surely remember the super awesome show in an old iron mine we told you about.
Just today our friend, director Marcel Dostert (Visual Aberration), released a great rockumentary on the discovery of the Desdemonia fossil and the show we played on Saturday, November 16th 2019 in the iron mine in Rumelange in support of Desdemonia.
Find his brilliant documentary here and leave him some likes and nice comments!
Pre-production just started
Yesterday we started pre-production for our upcoming record!
Ben was the lucky one kicking-off the pre-production with some nice drum tracking at Rockhal.
Here is an impression from today:
Bass and guitars are next, so stay tuned for more news!
SG going under – Rock Fossils Underground
If you’re a fan of literal underground shows, you’re in for a special treat!
On November 16th we’ll have the honor to play a very special show with luxembourgish death metal veterans Desdemonia inside an old iron mine in Rumelange, Luxembourg. Triggered?
Palaeontologists at “Naturmusée” recently discovered a new species of fossil brittle star and decided to name it after Desdemonia!
To celebrate this new “Desdemonia fossil”, join us literally into the depth of rock for a very exclusive live show.
The ticket for 15€ includes:
– Desdemonia show inside the mine w/ special guests Sleepers’ Guilt
– Presentation of a newly discovered fossil named ” Desdemonia”
– Mining train trip inside the mountain (approx. 10 minutes)
Trains leave from 19:00h at “Musée national des mines” in Rumelange.
Exact time of departure will be provided with ticket purchase.
There’s a limited amount of tickets (and by limited we mean really LIMITED!) so hurry over to Desdemonia’s webshop and grab those tickets as fast as you can!
Welcome, Ben!
After 7 months of songwriting and rehearsing, we were finally ready to hit the stage again yesterday at the Luc is a Wurstkopf Fest!
So big thanks to Mindpatrol and Pleasing for sharing the stage with us and of course to YOU, the wonderful people that make club gigs such an amazing thing!
Those who came to our show could already meet our new drummer. So please everybody, welcome Ben! He can’t wait to get out there and meet all of you!
Picture by Elena A. Photography
Luc is a Wurstkopf – Fest aka. we‘re still around
*dustingoffournewsfeed*
Oh hello! You’re still here?! Well, so are we!
We’re ready to hit the stage again and what better opportunity to do so than a sausage party with our amazing friends from Mindpatrol and Pleasing!
On July 13th we’ll be back with a new line up and new songs for you guys at Mix N’Kawa Bar, Belval.
Our friends from Mindpatrol will play new songs in a new line up as well, so if you wanna join us celebrating a new chapter in both bands’ careers, mark the date!
Farewell and Welcome
Many things occured during the last month in camp Sleepy. A band is always a quite fragile construct and as time goes by, changes need to be made to keep the project alive.
But one step at a time:
–Max, founding member and drummer for Sleepers’ Guilt left the band. We decided together to go seperate ways due to the ominous differences. We seperated in good terms without bad blood, yaddah yaddah, you know the hackneyed saying. But in our particular case, it really fits. We wish Max all the best for his future.
-So, as we are without drummer at the moment, our main priority is to find a new one. We took the decision to stop playing live for a moment now. Not only because the lack of a drummer, but also to focus on our next full lentgh album. We’ ve written a shitload of songs and we are still in the writing process. We never had so many songs written for one album. (and we’re still writing a bunch more) This time we’ll have much more choice to pick only the best songs. We’ll keep you informed on the whole process…
-Last but not least we want to welcome Marc Froehling on board as our new guitarist! He played with us live shows since juli and as time went by, the feeling was just right to take him on board.
(Pic by Katja Borns)
So there you have it. We’ll hope to complete our line up as soon as possible. The following step will be the recording of the next album. After that we’ll be ready to hit the road again.
Cheers
Chris
We‘re alive!
Wow, you didn’t hear from us for quite some time!
Where to start…?
Metaldays: we’ve had an amazing time in Slovenia! You can find nice pictures of our daily trips on our Facebook page, as well as on our Instagram profile! Playing the main stage has been an incredible experience! Thank you Metaldays and you, the people that showed up to make this unforgettable!
Songwriting: Hell yes! We’ve done really nice progress with songwriting and a few first demos have been recorded. You can already hear three new songs at our live shows and more will be added in a not so distant future!
Next shows: No rest for the wicked; we’ll head out to play shows and meet you guys very soon! Here are the dates for our upcoming gigs:
- 08.09.2018: Metal Embrace Festival – Barleben (D)
- 22.09.2018: ExHaus Metal & Hardcore Fest – Trier (D)
- 13.10.2018: Bang Your Head Revisited – St.Wendel (D)
See you guys on the road! 🤘🏻
Recording update
After Phil, Chris tracking the lead guitars. While waiting for some more updates, you can watch the video below:
Recording Time!
We decided to record two songs. It feels to be back at it and breathe some studio air. More details about those two songs will follow soon.
On the pic you can see Phil tracking his bass.
Thank you all!
Yesterday was our last gig for this year … and what a great year it was :)Kudos to all the amazing bands that we had the honor to play with 🙂
And most important thanks to all our fans out there!!! Without you this would not be possible 🙂
We will be busy over winter to prepare new stuff for you guys and we are looking forward to see you all again in 2018!
Summerrun!
Throw forward thursday!Looking forward to every single show in our summer run.
Hope to see everyone of you somewhere down the road!
We’re supporting Iced motherf@&!”; Earth!
We are more than excited to announce that we will support the mighty Iced Earth on 13th July 2017! We’ll support them along with Elysian Gates
http://kulturfabrik.lu/fr/programmation/details/event/iced-earth-usa/
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