Back in 2017, Kadavar created their own doomsday scenario with “Rough Times”. Eight years later, the Berlin rock supergroup is back with their new studio album “K.A.D.A.V.A.R.” -rougher, more compact, and harder than ever before. An album for dark times. And a second debut that marries the booming riff obsession of their early days with the spacey creativity of the new four-piece constellation. The new album will be available from November 7th, 2025, via Clouds Hill.
Flashback: It wasn’t until the spring of 2025 that they made a daring but magnificent comeback with the spacey “I Just Want to Be a Sound”. It was necessary: after 15 years, six albums, and countless tours, Kadavar had reached a dead end. Lupus Lindemann, Tiger Bartelt, Jascha Kreft and Simon Bouteloup had to find themselves again. They didn’t know where to go. Fatigue and doubt gave way to the decision to tear everything down and start over. Producer Max Rieger (Die Nerven) helped lay a foundation on which the band could rebuild with full energy. Now they return refreshed, determined, and courageous to the source of their fuzz power: uncompromising, liberated, and full of joy.
The recording was done analog, directly onto tape, with Bartelt at the mixing desk and on his old acrylic drum kit. Just like in the old days. For the band, it felt like coming home. At the same time, this new benchmark work of capital city riffing would have been inconceivable without the experiments of recent years – from “Isolation Tapes” to the collaboration with the psych-doom gods Elder. Newcomer Jascha Kreft also plays a central role: he expanded the sound and brought fresh impetus to the songwriting. Without all these small and large changes of direction, Kadavar would no longer exist today.
Thematically, “K.A.D.A.V.A.R.” looks outward. Where its predecessor dealt with inner conflicts, the band now looks at a world in a state of emergency. The result is a classic doomsday record: harder, angrier, more biting. Like in the old days. Only through today’s lens.
From the groovy opener “Lies” to slacker rock (“Stick It”) to the thrash metal hammer (!) “Total Annihilation”, Kadavar sounds more diverse and archetypal at the same time. “K.A.D.A.V.A.R.” pays tribute to yesterday without dwelling on it, and above all brings back one thing: the impetuous energy of the early days.
Kadavar are back to their old selves. And yet completely new. They prove this with their first single “Lies”, out today via Clouds Hill. “In a world where the truth seems to change from one second to the next this track captures the feeling of living in constant change for me”, says Jascha Kreft. And Tiger Bartelt finishes by saying: “This song marked a turning point in the making of the album. It somehow reconnected us with our harder side. I didn’t realize how much I had missed sounding angry and raw” .
Watch the official video for “Lies” below.
Pre-order & pre-save “K.A.D.A.V.A.R.” here.
European Tour Dates 2025:
09/10 Krakow (PL) Hype Park
10/10 Warsaw (PL) Niebo
11/10 Berlin (DE) Columbiahalle
12/10 Frankfurt (DE) Zoom
13/10 Lille (FR) L’Aéronef
15/10 Bordeaux (FR) Rock School Barbey
16/10 Madrid (ES) Mon
17/10 Barcelona (ES) Salamandra
18/10 Lyon (FR) Le Transbordeur
19/10 Paris (FR) L’Elysee Montmartre
21/10 Stuttgart (DE) Im Wizemann (Halle)
22/10 Winterthur (CH) Salzhaus
23/10 Vienna (AT) Arena
24/10 Munich (DE) Theaterfabrik
25/10 Leipzig (DE) Felsenkeller
26/10 Hamburg (DE) Grobe Freiheit 36
28/10 Cologne (DE) Live Music Hall
29/10 Groningen (NL) De Oosterpoort
30/10 Nijmegen (NL) Doornroosje
31/10 Utrecht (NL) Tivoli
01/11 Antwerp (BE) Trix
