Two faceless monks brutally shove Powerwolf keyboardist Falk Maria Schlegel to the centre of the stage, and tie him to a wooden stake. He wails and struggles, but the band play on, watching impassively as another monk steps out with a burning torch and lights the pyre at Falk’s feet. Whoosh!
“I feel like I’m going to die every night – it’s very strange,” he tells Hammer later, perhaps a little singed, and certainly sweating buckets, of the Rammstein-like stunt.
Hammer has flown to Stuttgart to catch Powerwolf’s Wolfsnächte Tour 2024. It sees the Germans playing to upwards of 10,000 fans a night in arenas around Europe following the release of their 10th album, Wake Up The Wicked, in July, which topped the national charts. With support from Swedish stalwarts…
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Metal Hammer UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2024