{"product_id":"es-war-mord-fruhling-der-verrater-lp","title":"ES WAR MORD - FRÜHLING DER VERRÄTER LP (PRE-ORDER)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRELEASE: 18.09.2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"de-DE\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrühling der Verräter \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003eSome records attempt to document the present. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"de-DE\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrühling der Verräter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"de-DE\"\u003e does something different. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003eIts twelve songs feel like fragments recovered from a world in which certainty has long since collapsed and even ideas such as freedom, homeland and progress have become damaged concepts rather than stable truths.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003eThe opening track, \"Dieser Krieg\" (\"This War\"), immediately makes clear that the album is not interested in documenting current events. Here, war appears as a permanent social condition—something that permeates language, everyday life and memory alike. From there, the record unfolds not as a concept album or political manifesto, but as a sequence of sharply focused observations. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMittagspause\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeine Chance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e1000 Jahre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eKüsse die Töten\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMesser im Kopf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDie Hölle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTod in Frankreich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eEs regnet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e30 April\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e read like headlines drawn simultaneously from Germany's post-war past and its unsettling present.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eMusically, ES WAR MORD reconnect with that brief moment when early German punk stopped treating hardcore simply as acceleration and began using it to intensify atmosphere. The two guitars refuse straightforward riffs, constantly generating tension through dissonance, shifting tempos and fractured rhythms. The voice does not simply carry the lyrics; it struggles against them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eRemarkably, the band avoids grand gestures throughout. Even when political themes become unmistakable, there is no moral self-congratulation. ES WAR MORD distrust easy answers as much as they distrust the posture of permanent outrage. Their music is driven by analysis rather than indignation, and by the conviction that contradiction can reveal more than certainty ever could.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003eFor that reason, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrühling der Verräter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e never sounds nostalgic, despite its roots in the German punk underground of the early 1980s. Instead, it demonstrates how urgently relevant that aesthetic remains when confronted with a society whose own self-image has begun to fracture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eThe album was produced by Thomas Götz, whose restrained approach preserves the band's raw immediacy without softening its edges. Karen Dhiós' mix brings clarity and weight while allowing every rough surface to remain intact, and Wolfgang Gottlieb's mastering gives the record its powerful yet open sound. Max Müller's cover painting captures the album's unsettling atmosphere, while Florian Hemmerlein's artwork and layout complete a visual identity that, like the music itself, resists easy interpretation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp lang=\"de-DE\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbum Credits\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"de-DE\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbum:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"de-DE\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"de-DE\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrühling der Verräter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduced by\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e Thomas Götz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMixed by\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e Karen Dhiós\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMastered by\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e Wolfgang Gottlieb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCover painting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-US\"\u003e Max Müller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"de-DE\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtwork \u0026amp; layout\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"de-DE\"\u003e Florian Hemmerlein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"de-DE\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eText\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"de-DE\"\u003e Claudia Müller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sabotagerecords","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58292805927244,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/5321\/6844\/files\/signal-2026-07-21-120543.jpg?v=1785833208","url":"https:\/\/sabotagerecords-shop.net\/products\/es-war-mord-fruhling-der-verrater-lp","provider":"Sabotagerecords","version":"1.0","type":"link"}