genre transcending progressive avant-garde doom-jazz post-metal

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AFTERGLOW

"Afterglow" is the aftermath of the devastating "Extinction Level" album. For those who have gotten lost in the barren wastelands left behind by Extinction Level, here's your fix.

We heard you and we feed you with brand-new apparitions born in the deep trenches of our souls.

Anchor and Burden continue to shatter the shackles of musical convention and cast themselves into the abyss of an unknown and dangerous morrow. Stay healthy and pack your hazmat suits!

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EXTINCTION LEVEL

"Separately, Markus Reuter and Alexander Dowerk are two of the sweetest people you’ll ever meet, but arm them with guitars, and you’ll probably find it dangerous to stick around this miniature Teutonic Order"

DMME.net 2024

"The band never ceases to amaze me"

The Metal Mag 2024

Anchor and Burden, the progressive avant-garde doom-jazz post-metal group, descend once more from their kosmonautik pilgrimage with a cataclysmic new album, "EXTINCTION LEVEL".

The depths of this offering are filled with a malevolent intensity, as the album deals with the very end of mankind itself and its inevitable descent into a self-wrought apocalypse that engulfs the earth which cradles it.

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Kosmonautik Pilgrimage

"Their complexity and brilliance are truly astonishing, showcasing their mastery of progressive music, intertwining technical progressive rock, jazz and experimental music."

Progressive Rock Central, Angel Romero, February 2023

Anchor and Burden - the genre transcending progressive avant-garde doom-jazz post-metal group comes back with their most intense release so far: KOSMONAUTIK PILGRIMAGE.

The album is a bold artistic statement and features the band's unique style of uncompromising instant compositions. The 9 pieces shift seamlessly from atmospheric scifi phases, over cerebral virtuous guitar work to nihilistic bestial carnage that keeps the listener gasping for their breath. Every moment is unique and the collective composition that is happening in the moment is nothing short of miraculous. Anchor and Burden create monolithic architectural behemoths floating in space only to tear them into shreds in the next moment.

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