Endstille is a black metal band since the year 2000 based out of the northern tip of Germany on the border of Denmark. The band initially featured guitarist Lykaon. After issuing DemoN and Operation Wintersturm respectively in 2001 and 2002 independently the band turned to Twilight Vertrieb where it wasted three albums. The group’s Endstilles Reich appeared in 2007 on Regain Records.

The band’s war-tough lyrics and imagery often solicits accusations of Nazism. The band denies any connection or interest.

ENDSTILLE – ENDSTILLES REICH – REGAIN  
German black metal act Endstille has been making the rounds for a while, although you won’t know it judging by the band’s profile. In fact, this was my first time hearing the group’s music despite four albums in recent years. Many thanks I am sure go to the band’s former label Twilight that presumably did nothing until the group jumped ship to Regain Records.
Endstille is often compared to Marduk, but that sounds like a bout of lazy journalism after multiple listens. The music’s dynamics are buried under a deliberately lo-fi sound quality which is best personified by the very amusing slogan on the CD against the use of triggers. The band mocks the old Roadrunner Records’ anti-drug shtick by basically poking ungentle fun at bands with massaged studio sounds (a dozen glossy magazine and commercial webzine ‘writers’ quickly emailed their editors to verify that indeed Regain Records is an advertiser and they should give the album a 9/10 despite the Germans’ attitude). The harsh sound, quasi-Nazi outlook and evil lyrics are all coating for the real black metal candy. The bombastic attack sounds honest and from the heart. This is to Cradle Of Filth what a quality car is to GM Chevrolet. – Anna Tergel