Hamburg-based sludge metal act HIGH FIGHTER is gearing up for release of their first live album ever. In corona-times they got invited by German tv and iconic live format WDR Rockpalast to be part of a special Offstage-series. With their vibrant blend of sludge metal, doom and stoner blues, HIGH FIGHTER‘s “Live At WDR Rockpalast” features a heavy set and collection of songs taken from the band’s first three records. This vinyl-release comes in a limited white edition.
Hamburg-based sludge metal act HIGH FIGHTER is gearing up for release of their first live album ever. Soon after their sophomore album, the critically acclaimed “Champain” in 2019, the band was forced to stop promoting the record live due to obvious reasons, when they got invited by German tv and iconic live format WDR Rockpalast to be part of a special Offstage-series. Filmed in August 2020 at an industrial, breathtaking setting of the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, Germany, HIGH FIGHTER’s only show since the beginning of the pandemic, under strict Covid-rules and without a crowd, was aired on national television.
This live-album was recorded by Dominik Schenke with a pre-mix by Christoph Scheidel at 79 Sound Studio, while Jan Oberg (Earth Ship/Grin) added the final mix and mastering at Hidden Planet Studio in Berlin. With their vibrant blend of sludge metal, doom and stoner blues, HIGH FIGHTER‘s “Live At WDR Rockpalast” features a heavy set and collection of songs taken from the band’s first three records: the rough and raw 2014-debut EP “The Goat Ritual”, their first full-length album “Scars & Crosses” (2016, Svart Records) and the latest, fast-paced and brutal sludge juggernaut “Champain”, released in 2019, also on Argonauta Records.
