Harkenkreuz - Insignia

Mysterious thrash metal act from Japan. There's not much information about this band available, except the fact that Hisayoshi from Rosenfeld was involved and that they were linked to his label, named Skull Crusher Records. Harkenkreuz recorded the "Horstwessel" demo tape in August 1994, which got re-released with proper mastering by Skull Crusher Records. In September that year, the band appeared on the "Black Box - Peel Sessions" VHS with two songs: "Flag of the Red Death" and "Horstwessel". Harkenkreuz then appeared on the "Emergency Express 1995 - The Strange Boutique" omnibus album, released in 1995, with the track "SS Psycho". Although some band members wore nazi outfits during live performances, they actually did this for extra shock value, just like Rommel, Rosenfeld, etc. According to some sources, Harkenkreuz changed their name later to GRUDGE CURSE and released an album named "Insanity Brain" in 1996 on Skull Crusher Records. Their current status is unknown.

This song, named "Insignia", is taken from their demo.

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[cromms]

awesome !

[SexLeppardMaster]

THRASH!

[SuperSauSack]

Thanks for your answer, 5mu9.

May they use this vobabulary and signs for shocking the japanese, conservative society. But I think, that this ist not very intelligent. I didn´t look into the lyrics, are they also with nationalsocialism? The Music is good, but I generaly don´t like this kind of provocation. There are Many stupid (nazi) people out there, who could missunderstant it.

Excuse my bad english, I come from Germany and most of us are more sensitive with this matter.

[5mu9]

@SuperSauSack provocation, in this time in japanese thrash most of the bands used nazi imagery...Mein Kampf, Rosenfeld, Rommel and more...all great bands and all wore swastikas.

[SuperSauSack]

Harkenkreuz? Horst Wessel?

Nazis or deliberate provocation?

[Nugtroen]

wow...japaneese bands always impressed me...



[rafabcarvalho]

Nice ! This is something similar to Yokosuka Saver Tiger?

[xcefirox]

exelente