Erlkönig

Erlkonig is yet another obscure Krautrock band from the mid-'70s, even more obscure than many others, that only released one self-titled album. Their take on symphonic rock, fronted by guitar and keyboards, was extremely lively and powerful, combined with that typical Krautrock angst. The group formed in early 1972 in Helmstedt, a town that at the time sat on the border between East and West Germany. Three of the members -- keyboardist Eckhardt Freynik, drummer Michael Brandes, and bass player Gunter Armbrecht -- were in Paradise on Earth, a group that played a much softer, me...