The band's name is intended to reflect the aggression of the music and the gloomy zeitgeist of today's society. Breakdown of Sanity is one of the DIY movement in the typical hardcore punk bands of the early years was. Breakdown of Sanity is a registered member of SUISA .
Breakdown of Sanity played their last concert in 2017 in their hometown Bern.
History
The Beginnings and The Last Sunset
In the spring of 2007, the guitarist and songwriter Oliver Stingel worked on song ideas that would later be played by a new band after the dissolution of his former band live paranoia. The singer Carlo Knöpfel, who was a guitarist in the band Nerp, came about. The two worked with a drum machine to implement their first songs despite missing drummer to können.Stingel and Knöpfel examined simultaneously for other suitable musicians for the occupation of the new band. As a bass player César Gonin could be won. Gonin played with Stingel also with paranoia. About half a year the trio was looking for a drummer before in December 2007 Thomas Rindlisbacher of the band Mortal Hatred of tuna reported.
In early 2008, the group first began with the samples. Shortly after the new year came Sandro Keusen as second guitarist to the group. Keusen had previously played at Trinity and was also active in various other projects. In spring 2009, Sandro Keusen was replaced by Christoph Gygax. Gygax had already played in the bands Close In Sight and Estate of Embers. In February 2009, their first album was. This is The Last Sunset and was produced and self-financed by Stingel. Concerts Breakdown of Sanity played with known bands like August Burns Red , Salt the Wound , Aborted , The Black Dahlia Murder , Cataract , Sylosis , Neaera , Youth of Today , and others. Their first concert outside of Switzerland was held in 2009 in Germany instead. That same year, the label produced Quam Libet Records a sampler under the title Heavy Metal Nation VI, where the group with the song Read My Lips is represented. This CD was of Vampster criticized. On 8 August 2010, the group performed at the Open Air Graenichen on. On the same day there playing groups like No Use for a Name , Lagwagon , Streetlight Manifesto , Sylosis and Goodbye Fairbanks .
Mirrors
The year 2011 began Breakdown of Sanity with a concert in Bern on 4 February Cataract. On 4 April 2011 Breakdown of Sanity published their second album. This was [MIRRORS] and was also produced in-house. Producer was a guitarist Oliver Stingel. In the same year, the group toured Europe , with opening acts such as Breathing While Buried, Sequoia Shade, Resurrection , Scream Your Name, Sense of a Divination and penguins on Extasy. The group on their tour through the German Fuze Magazine, Monster Energy and Macbeth Footwear was supported. During the tour, the band was between the 20th August and 21 September 2011 in Switzerland , Germany, Belgium , Luxembourg , France and Austria on the way. [4] The latter concert on 21 September was the only reason why instead because the French deathcore band Betraying the Martyrs an appearance in Zurich had to cancel, so that the group played a second time as part of their European tour in the city. In an interview reported guitarist Oliver Stingel, that after a gig in Paris was broken into in the context of this European tour in the tour bus. On 23 December 2011, the first single was released, which is titled chapters. A day later, the group made the song available as a free download for fans on Facebook ready.
In January 2012, the group played more concerts in Switzerland, Italy and Germany. In Zizers the band played together with the group The Sorrow . On 21 April 2012, played Breakdown of Sanity in Leipzig on the " Impericon Festival II "and on 16 June 2012 on the Mair1 festival in Montabaur .
Perception
The group plans to release her third studio album, which will be released in 2013. Also on tour with groups like August Burns Red and Architects planned. These concerts will be held under the Impericon Progression Tour in April. The five-concert concert tour is Herford , Bochum , Stuttgart , Würzburg and Munich lead. Besides Architects, August Burns Red, and Breakdown of Sanity also also be Callejon and Adept to be seen. The bands that are playing on the tour also for the progression Impericon Festival in Leipzig and Vienna confirmed.
The group played on 11 January their first concert in 2013 in Zurich together with Scream Your Name in Bern. On 3 June 2013 it was announced that Breakdown of Sanity first time at the With Full Force will play. The group played Saturday on the "hard Bowl Stage".
In the meantime, the group released the cover art and the title of the new album. It's called Perception and appeared on 18 October 2013. In the United States , the album was about We Are Triumphant , that of Victory Records is supported published.
Musical style and DIY principle
Breakdown of Sanity play the classic metalcore in which heavy guitar riffs, breakdowns and melodic instrumental interjections alternate. The vocals of the singer Carlo Knöpfel alternates between deep growls and clean vocals , which for common post-hardcore is to better represent emotions in each song can. The content is written by the Knöpfel Stingel and texts to critical social issues and personal experiences.
The group plays metalcore, because the musicians in this genre is the best way to express their emotions to see a versatile way to express. The modern style of play and the genre is highlighted as "music for tomorrow".
"It is the incredible energy. Hardly any other style of music allows us to bring on such a variety of ways to express his emotions. The modern sterility we consider worth endeavor - it is the music of tomorrow. "
- Oliver Stingel in an interview with rawk.ch
The group organizes everything yourself ( Do it yourself (DIY) ), of productions over the cover design and merchandising, to the booking of concerts and tours. Oliver Stingel has even produced two albums of the band. Gonin bassist Cesar takes care of the finances and technology. The British magazine Rock Sound describes that Breakdown of Sanity get the DIY style of life.
In February 2009, Breakdown of Sanity published their first self-produced LP The Last Sunset
They shared the stage with Bands such as August Burns Red, Salt the Wound, Aborted and many more
Discography:
2009: The Last Sunset
2011: Mirrors
2013: Perception
2016: Coexistence
Lineup
Carlo - Vocals
Oly - Guitar
Gygax - Guitar
Cesar - Bass
Tom - Drums
Insane
Breakdown of Sanity Lyrics
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And I guess I shouldn't listen
In my dreams I saw you die
But I guess I shouldn't listen
Maybe I became insane
Maybe I became insane
My head is screaming for blood
And I smile when I hear this shot
The voice woke me up
But I guess I shouldn't listen
Can you hear this voice?
It's fucking killing me
My hands are shaking in the dusk
I can't control my dreams
You can look away, but you can't turn a deaf ear
This voice in my head
I'm afraid to follow the words
Please give me a sign
The voice is growing bigger
And I guess I can't do this shot
And then I pull the trigger
And I think I've done this.
The lyrics of Insane by Breakdown of Sanity paint the picture of a person struggling with their inner demons. The first stanza talks about a foreign voice that tells the singer a lie, and they acknowledge that they shouldn't listen to it. This voice affects their dreams, leading to some vivid imagery of seeing someone dying. They repeat the line, "Maybe I became insane," indicating that the singer has possibly lost their grip on reality. The next stanza talks about the singer standing with a knife in the rain, hearing a gunshot, and feeling a perverse sense of pleasure.
The following stanza talks about the voice in the singer's head growing more profound and how they feel helpless to stop it. They're afraid to follow the words and need a sign before they take any action. The final lines describe the voice growing more prominent until they pull the trigger, and it seems that they've completed their task.
Overall, the lyrics of Insane depict a person struggling with their mental state and how their inner voice guides their actions. The singer has lost control of their thoughts and actions, leading them to question their sanity.
Line by Line Meaning
A foreign voice told me a lie
Someone with an unfamiliar voice has deceived me with a falsehood
And I guess I shouldn't listen
I understand that I should not heed this deceitful voice
In my dreams I saw you die
During my sleep, I witnessed your death in a vision
But I guess I shouldn't listen
Although this dream may seem prophetic, I know I should not believe it
Maybe I became insane
It is possible that I have lost my sanity
As I stand with a knife in the rain
I am currently outside in the rain with a knife in my hand
My head is screaming for blood
My mind is consumed with violent thoughts and desires
And I smile when I hear this shot
The sound of a gunshot elicits a positive reaction from me
The voice woke me up
I was awoken by the sound of the mysterious voice
But I guess I shouldn't listen
Despite the voice waking me up, I know it is not to be trusted
Can you hear this voice?
Do you have the ability to perceive this voice as well?
It's fucking killing me
This voice is causing me immense emotional distress
My hands are shaking in the dusk
It is now evening and my hands are trembling
I can't control my dreams
My dreams are becoming more erratic and uncontrollable
You can look away, but you can't turn a deaf ear
You may choose to not pay attention, but you cannot ignore what is being said
This voice in my head
The source of my distressing thoughts is originating from my mind
I'm afraid to follow the words
I fear that if I act on the instructions given by this voice, something terrible will happen
Please give me a sign
I am asking for some sort of indication to help make sense of the situation
The voice is growing bigger
The voice is becoming increasingly prominent and harder to ignore
And I guess I can't do this shot
I realize that I am not capable of carrying out the violent act the voice is urging me to do
And then I pull the trigger
Despite my reservations, I ultimately give in to the voice's demands and use the weapon
And I think I've done this
I believe that I have committed a violent and irreversible act
Contributed by Peyton A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.