Endstille

A black metal band from Kiel, Germany, Endstille were founded in the year 2000 by vocalist Iblis, guitarist Lars Wachtfels, bassist Cruor, and drummer Mayhemic Destructor (no, really!), the latter threesome having already played together in the underground band Tauthr. United by the mission to perpetrate -- in their words -- "the ugliest aggressive black metal with the fire-speed of an MG42 and the power of heavy ship-artillery" (!), Endstille presented some of the fastest, most remorselessly single-minded black metal onslaughts ever recorded on ensuing albums like Operation W...