Description

ASP is a German Neue Deutsche Härte/Alternative Rock band from Frankfurt am Main formed in 1999. The name is basically identical with the pseudonym of the Band’s leader Asp (Alexander Spreng) and to be pronounced as one word. ASP describe their music as Gothic novel rock, based on the term Gothic novels (a literary genre of the 18th/19th century), not in connection with the Gothic Rock music genre. In 2017 it finally happaned, the moment that the fans have longed for, ASP return to the Fremder story cycle, bringing the journey they commenced with the top ten album Fremd and developed further on the number 2 album MaskenHaft to a new climax. Or more specifically, they descend into the most unfathomable depths of the human soul. In contrast to the narrative concept of Verfallen, which was highly praised by critics, on Zutiefst Alexander Asp Spreng concentrates quite clearly on that which the fans love and which makes this band so special: Ten spooky musical short stories that contain that finely distilled skill, and which constitute what is probably the shortest ever literary work. Each song knows how to captivate with its very own fantastic plot, and as Asp sets to work, he does so full of gusto. Even though, as always, the album has turned out to be lyrically ambitious, offering ASP fans lots of allusions and back references, on Zutiefst you notice a lightness that almost seems to be in contradiction to the complexity and profundity of the lyrics. There has not been such a density of hits from the melodically unerring ASP for many years. One gothic novel hit follows the other, and future live evergreens follow hot on the heels of one other. On this album the band is true to their roots, and theres many spooky stories but most of all it offers boundless fun

Track list:
1. Sturz-intro
2. 20 000 Meilen
3. Zutiefst
4. SonaARta
5. Torpedos
6. Leviathan
7. Die Untiefen
8. Abyssus I
9. Bernsteinmeerengel
10. Mondscheinsirenade
11. Sog