Thorn.Eleven

Biography

Life equals emotion, and Thorn.Eleven are right in the middle of it; which explains why emotions are the main characteristic of their music. Their sound is wild and unbridled, sensitive and melancholy, it reflects suffering and disappointment just as much as hope and strength. Propelled by their own artistic enthusiasm, the band from Heidelberg allow tough guitar riffs to meet groovy rhythms, pairing them with versatile vocals and amazingly haunting melodies. Their self-produced CD, ..Inside..,...

Life equals emotion, and Thorn.Eleven are right in the middle of it; which explains why emotions are the main characteristic of their music. Their sound is wild and unbridled, sensitive and melancholy, it reflects suffering and disappointment just as much as hope and strength. Propelled by their own artistic enthusiasm, the band from Heidelberg allow tough guitar riffs to meet groovy rhythms, pairing them with versatile vocals and amazingly haunting melodies.

Their self-produced CD, ..Inside.., which made the nation listen up for the first time, saw the light of day in 1998. The 2000 units of the first edition sold out within a few weeks. ..Sick.., the opening track of their ..Inside.. album, was featured on a sampler released by the music magazine, VISIONS, in March 1999, constituting another milestone on the thorny path to the top. Following a number of small gigs in sticky clubs and various support shows (for King..s X and Farmer Boys, among others), the quartet were one of the few unsigned groups to play the VISIONS stage at the Bizarre festival in Cologne in summer 1999.

The big breakthrough arrived soon afterwards when SPV/Steamhammer signed the up-and-coming young act. Their self-titled debut album found a renowned producer in Andy Sneap (Machine Head, Stuck Mojo, Skinlab, among others) and arrived at the stores in August 2001. The result was a surprising record which was celebrated by the press, expressing Thorn.Eleven..s emotional diversity in eleven modern and driving rock songs. The video clip to accompany the first single ..Simple Things.. was featured on national TV several times a day. Numerous TV appearances, festivals and tours through Britain with Earthtone9 and through Germany, Austria and Switzerland alongside Thumb followed.

The next album ..A Different View.. succeeds in topping their impressive debut, proving that the long sabbatical during which the band went through an acute song-writing process has definitely been worth its while. The quartet sound even more mature and their songs are even more thought-out and intricately composed, without losing any of their emotional intensity. ..A Different View.. was recorded at the Oral Majority studios in Gøteborg, Sweden, with Roberto Laghi (B-Thong, Mustasch, Hardcore Superstar, Eleven Pictures, among others) at the controls. Laghi was instrumental in developing Thorn.Eleven..s talent to the full. This time around, the bass sounds even more powerful and the drums sound even more driving, the guitars more dynamic, the vocals more versatile. There can be no doubt: these guys have put a seductively sparkling gem on the market with their new album, proving again that Thorn.Eleven..s music is definitely pure emotion. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.