Brandenburg’s HKSPK are quickly proving that they don’t need gimmicks or gloss to carve their mark in the extreme metal underground. With Schwanzløses Gesindel, the trio unleash a track that thrives on brute force yet manages to slip in a wickedly addictive groove, making it one of their most immediate and feral offerings to date.
This release charges straight for the jugular. The riffs are swampy and jagged, locking into a grimy rhythmic drive while the vocals snarl with venom that borders on ritualistic. Arne’s drumming pounds like an executioner’s hammer, tightening the track into a suffocating wall of sound that refuses to loosen its grip. There’s no mistaking the band’s DNA: black metal atmosphere frozen over a skeleton of death metal weight.
What makes Schwanzløses Gesindel stand out, though, is its accessibility without compromise. Beneath the grime and spite, the structure hits with an almost anthemic pull, the kind of cut that can rile a festival pit as easily as it lurks on a late-night playlist. It’s a balance few bands in this sphere manage, ferocity sharpened into something you want to return to again and again.
HKSPK have already claimed stages from Schaf City Open Air to MUR Open Air, and with festival slots for 2026 in the books, their rise feels inevitable. If this track is any indication, they’re not merely another name in the black/death fold, they’re building an identity of unfiltered intensity that dares listeners to laugh, rage, and lose themselves in the chaos.
Schwanzløses Gesindel is underground to the bone, yet brazenly memorable; a furious statement from a band already stepping beyond their local scene.
