10th Anniversary of Triangle
The rather inconceivable fact that our, up to date, most ambitious effort going by the title of ”Triangle”, will reach the age of 10 years in 2026, has been creeping up our spines more & more these recent months.
Naturally, this calls for an appropriate line of actions, wouldn’t you agree?
This is a call to Festivals, Venues & Promoters out there.
We hereby give you the unique opportunity to present something truely special under your banners;
‘Triangle’ performed live, in its entirety.
The exclusivites of this offer are as follows.
–Entire album played (110 minutes, redux versions can be arranged as well)
-Limited to one event per country, throughout 2026. First come, first serve.
–10 years exclusive, meaning it won’t be repeated for at least a decade, if ever.
Within the endless sea of events out there, we aim to provide you with an opportunity to stand out and offer something special.
We can assure you, we are already warming up & getting ready to deliver some of the most intense shows of our lives.
If you’d like to reach out & make it happen, please direct all inquiries to @d19_bookings / info [ @ ] district-19.com.
So long,
Schammasch
‘The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean’ is officially released
Today is the day – ‘The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean’ is officially out and available on all platforms. The press reactions to the album thus far have been utterly positive, and we hope yours will be as well.
The process of writing, recording, producing and releasing this album has been an immense challenge, due to several different factors all significant in their own way. Yet here we are – tired & burned out, but above it all; satisfied. We’d like to express our deepest gratitude again, to all you supporters out there, making your love for our art seen & heard in any way possible. Thank you.
We invite you to join us for the Youtube Premiere at 6pm CEST.
‘Image of the Infinite’ Single & Video Release
After an overwhelming preorder start for our upcoming album ‘The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean’, we avidly give you its 2nd single & video output; ‘Image of the Infinite’, again featuring Sylvaine‘s Kathrine Shepard as guest vocalist, though more prominently this time – immensely contributing to the song’s ethereal peacefulness. contrasts the album’s bleak nature, giving it a glimpse of kindness; an empyrean spark that promises a healthy share of balance and beauty to the dark waters of ‘Old Ocean’.
Join us for the music video premiere, once again created by myself, under the banner of Eye of SAROS.
‘The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean’ Preorder Start & Single Premiere
5 years – the biggest gap between releases we’ve had in Schammasch thus far. Today we are highly pleased to end this persistent dry spell & without further ado we announce our sixth studio effort, entitled “The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean”, to be released on October 25, available for preorder now:
World wide shop (best selection of offers)
US Shop
What began as a devious & arty experiment with 2017’s “The Maldoror Chants: Hermaphrodite”, is being perpetuated and steered into new strange lands with “Old Ocean” – an attempt to capture that delicate spirit of the ultimate creativity inherent in Lautréamont’s 19th century writings “Les Chants de Maldoror” & translate & reshape that very spirit onto the aural spheres. But make no mistake; “Old Ocean” is not musically bound to its predecessor any more than it is to any other Schammasch record. Instead it conjures its very own cosmos, as they all strive to do. And this time that is, above all, an oceanic one. A cosmos of solitude & longing, of melancholy & dark romanticism, of abstraction & escape – characteristics that we hope will offer you a haven of tranquility in these most boisterous of times in which we live.
We now invite you to dive head-on into the deep, dark waters of “They Have Found Their Master“, the album’s first single output premiering now on streaming platforms along with my very own visual adaption, offering a significant dose of insight to the creative direction this new chapter is headed for. Enjoy.
-C.S.R / Schammasch
15th Anniversary
The coming year will be a year of progress & retrospect alike.
While the second half will be fully dedicated to the release of our 6th studio effort, the first half will lead us back to our humble beginnings.
April 2024 will not only mark our 15th anniversary united under the name Schammasch, it will also be the 10th anniversary of our second album “Contradiction” – the album that was, in so many aspects, itself a beginning – a beginning of professional relationships, of lasting friendships as well as of artistic challenges & human hardships equally important to our history.
In light of this, we invite you to join us in our hometown Basel on the 6th of April, for an ample celebration of that surreal & ecstatic journey we travelled together for the then past 15 years. We will be performing an exclusive one-time set including songs from Contradiction that are likely not to be played live anymore in the foreseeable future.
Keep in mind, tickets are limited.
Joining us, our brothers in arms BØLZER, unleashing their primordial wall of aural might & our dear friends Horresque, giving you a taste of their bone-crushing blackened death metal.
This event is presented by Basilisk Deströyers, District 19, Meh Suff! & Sudhaus Basel
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/203417785658115/
