TONNEN VON HALL - EP "Donnermesser" veröffentlicht
Berlin based INSTRUMENTAL PROGRESSIVE outfit TONNEN VON HALL re imagines their latest album with a fresh, modern metal edge in the six track EP “Donnermesser" (Release Date: 26th of June via UNSUNG RECORDS).
Order and Listen to the Entire EP Already via Bandcamp RIGHT HERE
Tonnen von Hall — the Berlin-based instrumental trio of Touch Guitar virtuosos Markus Reuter and Alexander Paul Dowerk and world-class percussionist Asaf Sirkis — announce Donnermesser, a new EP due for release on June 12th. The record takes a selection of compositions from their critically acclaimed 2025 debut album Ein Abdruck vom Messer im Herzen and rebuilds them from the ground up: new guitar tracks, new arrangements, and a deliberate push toward greater weight, directness and raw impact. Donnermesser is not a remix project and not a deluxe edition. It is an alternate vision, reconstructed as something heavier, more confrontational, and more exposed.
“We wanted to take the core structures of our songs and push them into a modern, more intense, progressive metal space,” says guitarist Alexander Paul Dowerk. “The compositions are so rich and complex that we felt it’s worth to approach them with a new angle.“
Ein Abdruck vom Messer im Herzen was praised across international press for its mathematical precision and emotional depth — Betreutes Proggen called it "progressive rocking battlefields where no prisoners are taken," The Metal Mag awarded it a perfect 100/100, and Everything Is Noise described the band's approach as "fiercely mathematical and daringly human." Donnermesser takes that foundation and presses harder. Alexander Paul Dowerk added new guitar tracks on his Kiesel Kyber and Hapas Ashen and the arrangements were reimagined around greater impact and directness. The result sits somewhere between a companion piece and a counterargument: the same DNA, an entirely different body.
Three guest artists were invited to leave their mark on selected tracks, each bringing a distinct and formidable voice from the outer edges of jazz-metal fusion. Jan Zehrfeld — guitarist, composer and founder of Munich's Panzerballett, one of Europe's most technically formidable jazz-metal ensembles — contributes 2 guitar solos on the title track. Sally Gates — New Zealand-born, New York-based composer and leader of Titan to Tachyons, whose work appears on John Zorn's Tzadik Records — plays the guitar solo on Kanister. Jørgen Munkeby — saxophonist, composer and founder of Norwegian Blackjazz pioneers Shining, widely regarded as the most in-demand saxophonist in heavy music and a long-standing collaborator of Ihsahn and Emperor — recorded raving saxophones to drive Rauschmitte even further.
Donnermesser was produced by Alexander Paul Dowerk. Drums were recorded by Arne Neurand at Horus Sound Studio in Hannover. Guitars and Touch Guitars were recorded at home studios in Berlin and Schneckenhausen. The record was mixed by Fabio Trentini at FabLab and mastered by Erik Emil Eskildsen. Artwork by Alexander Paul Dowerk. Tonnen von Hall continue to operate as a fully independent, self-directed entity — writing, producing, designing and releasing on their own terms via Unsung Records.
Donnermesser will be available digitally on all major platforms and as a strictly limited physical CD edition. For Tonnen von Hall, the EP represents both a deepening of their artistic practice and an opening — proof that the world of Ein Abdruck vom Messer im Herzen has more rooms than the original album revealed.
About The Artist:
Tonnen von Hall is a devastatingly powerful trio featuring Markus Reuter, Alexander Dowerk, and Asaf Sirkis. Prepare to be obliterated by their twin guitar pyrotechnics and mesmerising polyrhythms. Tonnen von Hall's discordant guitar riffs and twisted rhythms push the envelope of tech metal, blending cerebral chromatic harmonies with intuitive solos that soar above the organic machinery below. The thunderous drumming and razor-sharp riffs drive the sound forward, creating a rave-like ecstasy that is both exhilarating and hypnotic. "Tonnen von Hall utilize their obvious chops with surgical precision, not to dazzle a simple-minded audience but to showcase the possibilities of their collective vision. [..] both fiercely mathematical and daringly human in its shifting, seismic weight. This is intense yet precise music, tailor-made for anyone who wanted to go beyond the guitar pyrotechnics of today’s prog scene."
Everything is Noise, 2025
In case you missed it: WATCH/SHARE the Intense Video For The Track "Rauschmitte" (Taken From the "Abdruck vom Messer im Herzen" Full-Length (2025) via THIS LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSOtJWPLAwE
Credits:
Alexander Paul Dowerk - Touch Guitars U8 Deluxe and S8, Kiesel
Kyber, Hapas Ashen
Markus Reuter - Touch Guitars S8 and AU8, Loops and
Soundscapes
Asaf Sirkis - Drums and Percussion
with
Jan Zehrfeld - Guitar solos (1)
Sally Gates - Guitar solo (3)
Jørgen Munkeby - Sax (6), Recorded at Shining Studios
Arranged by Tonnen von Hall
Produced by Alexander Paul Dowerk
Drums recorded by Arne Neurand at Horus Sound Studio,
Hannover
Guitars and Touch Guitars recorded at home in Berlin and
Schneckenhausen
Mixed by Fabio Trentini at FabLab
Mastered by Erik Emil Eskildsen
Artwork and Design by Alexander Paul Dowerk
Catalog Number UR028
EAN / UPC 692287706036
Release Date 6/12/2026
MARKUS REUTER
Touch Guitars S8 and AU8,
Loops and Soundscapes
Markus Reuter (born Lippstadt, Germany, 1972) is a German multi-disciplinary musician, composer, record producer and instrument designer. Reuter's work as recording artist, solo performer and collaborator spans (and frequently fuses) electrophonic loop music, contemporary classical music, progressive and art rock, industrial music, world jazz, jazz fusion, pop songs and pure improvisation. Over the course of a two-decade career, he has been a member of multiple bands, ensembles and projects (including centrozoon, Stick Men, Tuner, The Crimson ProjeKct and Europa String Choir) as well as a solo artist. www.markusreuter.com
ALEXANDER PAUL DOWERK
Touch Guitar
Alexander Paul Dowerk (born Kaiserslautern, Germany, 1983) is a music producer, composer and touchguitarist from Germany. The Berlin-based musician combines the sound and energy of modern, progressive metal with the compositorial depth of contemporary music. The result is a complex and powerful interplay of body and mind. He is part of multiple projects such as ZweiTon, Anchor and Burden and Hypostase and regulary collaborates with international musicians to create exciting music outside of the known boundaries. www.alexanderdowerk.com
ASAF SIRKIS
Drums
Born in Petah-Tikva, Israel, 1969, Asaf started his professional career as a drummer in the late 80's and played with some of Israel's Jazz luminaries such at Harold Rubin and Alber Beger. A few years after the recording of his first solo album 'One Step Closer' Asaf relocated to the Netherlands, France and finally settled in London around 1999 where he soon became one of the most active Jazz drummers around. Asaf has been leading his own bands and projects such as 'Asaf Sirkis & the Inner Noise' - a band of an unusual line up of church organ, guitar and drum as well as the Asaf Sirkis Trio. He has been touring worldwide and recorded over 100 albums as a sideman, collaborator and as a leader.
www.asafsirkis.com
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