Live At WDR Rockpalast

Hamburg-based sludge metal act High Fighter are gearing up for release of their first live album ever. Soon after their sophomore album, the critically acclaimed Champain in 2019, the band were forced to stop promoting the record live due to obvious reasons, when they got invited by German tv and iconic live format WDR Rockpalast to be part of a special Offstage series.

Filmed in August 2020 at an industrial, breath- taking setting of the Landschaftspark Duisburg- Nord, Germany, High Fighter’s only show since the beginning of the pandemic, without a crowd, was aired on national television. This live album was recorded by Dominik Schenke with a pre-mix by Christoph Scheidel at 79 Sound Studio, while Jan Oberg (Earth Ship / Grin) added the final mix and mastering at Hidden Planet Studio in Berlin.

With their vibrant blend of sludge metal, doom and stoner blues, High Fighter‘s Live At WDR Rockpalast features a heavy set and collection of songs taken from the band’s first three records: the rough and raw 2014-debut EP The Goat Ritual, their first full-length album Scars and Crosses (2016, Svart Records) and the latest, fast-paced and brutal sludge juggernaut Champain, released in 2019, also on Argonauta Records.