Disbelief (sometimes decapitalized to "disbelief") is a German
heavy metal band from
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Da ...
. Their music is rooted in
death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, fe ...
, but has melancholic tendencies.
History
The band was formed in 1990, but did not become one solid line-up for several years. They began with Karsten Jäger, Oliver Lenz, and drummer Markus Gnap, with guitarist/bassist Denis Musiol joining later. They released their first demo the following year. After two more demo tapes, five years, and the replacement of Gnap and Musiol with Tommy Fritsch, Jochen Trunk, and Kai Bergerin, they released their self-titled album in 1997. Their second album, ''Infected'', was released in 1998. A year later, they replaced Fritsch with Jan-Dirk Löffler and received a new recording contract from
Massacre Records
Massacre Records is an independent record label based in Abstatt, Germany, that specializes in bands of the heavier genres of metal.
The label was founded in 1991 by Torsten Hartmann. Connected to Massacre Records is the marketing and music wh ...
. After a few more albums, they became signed to
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is a record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label mov ...
, which distributed their 2004 record, ''Spreading the Rage'', to North America and helped them to gain a wider fanbase. After reinstating Fritsch into the band, they released ''
66Sick'' in 2005, also in North America. Lenz left the band in late 2006 and was replaced by Jonas Khalil; however, the band's seventh album, ''Navigator'', was still released in late February 2007.
Following the release of their eighth album ''Protected Hell'' in 2009 and their debut EP ''Heal!'' in 2010, singer Karsten Jager would join fellow German death metal band
Morgoth as their new lead vocalist in 2014 following Marc Grewe's last-minute departure, providing vocals for their reunion album ''Ungod'', released in 2015. He would perform with both Morgoth and Disbelief for the next several years until the former's official permanent breakup in 2020, during which time the band released their first album in 8 years, ''The Symbol of Death'', in 2017, and their tenth studio album ''The Ground Collapses'' in 2020.
Members
Current members
* Karsten "Jagger" Jäger – vocals
* Jochen "Joe" Trunk – bass
* David "Dave" Renner – guitars
* Fabian "Fab" Regmann – drums
Previous members
* Markus Gnap – drums
* Marius Pack – guitars
* Oliver "Olly" Lenz – guitars
* Denis Musiol – guitars, bass
* Kai Bergerin – drums
* Tommy Fritsch – guitars
* Jan-Dirk Löffler – guitars
* Jonas Khalil – guitars
* Witali Weber – guitars
* Alejandro Varela – guitars
* Cornelius Althammer – drums
* Wolfgang Rothbauer – guitars
* Alexander Hagenauer – guitars
* Sandro "Drumster" Schulze – drums
Timeline
Discography
* ''Disbelief'' (1997)
* ''Infected'' (1999)
* ''Worst Enemy'' (2001)
* ''Shine'' (2002)
* ''Spreading the Rage'' (2003)
* ''
66Sick'' (2005)
* ''Navigator'' (2007)
* ''Protected Hell'' (2009)
* ''Heal'' (2010)
* ''The Symbol of Death'' (2017)
* ''The Ground Collapses'' (2020)
References
External links
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German death metal musical groups
German heavy metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 1990
Nuclear Blast artists
Massacre Records artists