For ten years now, ASP have maintained their hold in the ever-changing music business and have provided lovers of ambitious, superior-quality German-language music with one milestone after another. For a long time, their ‘gothic novel rock’ has been highly regarded across all scene boundaries and many of their releases demonstrate why fans today still want to acquire music in a physical format: because ASP present them with total works of art, both musically and visually.
And so it is now, with the new ASP release.

‘Wer Sonst?’/‘Im Märchenland’ is a 'double A side' single with two incredibly strong title tracks and a multitude of fantastic bonus material. In terms of its presentation, even the standard version surpasses the limited editions of so many other bands: eight audio tracks, a live video of one of the single songs and a twelve page booklet packaged in a six-panelled digipak which features two alternative covers – one on both the front and back of the digipak, representing each of the main single tracks.

For the limited deluxe special edition, ASP have once again thought up something quite special: instead of recording a video, the band from Frankfurt deliver a genuine comic book which is based on an original script from ASP mastermind AF Spreng and which is brilliantly realised by legendary illustrator Ingo Römling. A fantastic adventure to kick off a new comic series from AF Spreng, which is teeming with literary allusions and good-natured homages. An intelligent action adventure!

42-page  comic book in the popular format of 17 x 25 cm  (approx) Hardback High-grade  art print on high-quality art paper Special  matt lamination on all printed parts. Both the standard and the limited editions contain the single versions of the new anthems ‘Wer Sonst?’ and ‘Im Märchenland’. For the former, you are treated to a duet with no less than Das letzte Einhorn from In Extremo!

Additionally, there are two grandiose cover versions of songs by Trio and The Cult, two remixes from Project Pitchfork and Clan of Xymox, the album version of ‘Wer Sonst?’ and an extravagantly produced live video recorded at the Blackfield Festival, where ASP demonstrated their strength when they headlined there a few months ago.

ASP LIVE:
02. Okt. 2009 - 21:00 Werk 2 (Leipzig)
03. Okt. 2009 - 20:00 Ruhrcongresshalle (Bochum)
04. Okt. 2009 - 20:15 Hyde Park (Osnabrück)
05. Okt. 2009 - 21:00 Markthalle (Hamburg)
06. Okt. 2009 - 21:00 Mau Club (Rostock)
07. Okt. 2009 - 20:00 Capitol (Hannover)
08. Okt. 2009 - 21:00 Nachthallen (Kassel)
09. Okt. 2009 - 21:00 Waschhaus (Potsdam)
10. Okt. 2009 - 20:00 Alter Schlachthof (Dresden)
23. Okt. 2009 - 21:00 Alte Eisenbahnhalle (Losheim am See)
24. Okt. 2009 - 21:00 Stadtgarten (Erfurt)
25. Okt. 2009 - 21:00 Alter Schlachthof (Wiesbaden)
26. Okt. 2009 - 21:00 Halle 02     (Heidelberg)
27. Okt. 2009 - 21:00 E-Werk (Erlangen)
28. Okt. 2009 - 19:45 XTRA (Zürich)
29. Okt. 2009 - 20:00 LKA (Stuttgart)
30. Okt. 2009 - 20:00 Backstage-Werk (München)
31. Okt. 2009 - 21:00 Arena (Wien)

Diskography:
Albums:
2000: Hast Du mich vermisst? (Der schwarze Schmetterling I) (2004 als Re-Release-Box erschienen)
2001: Duett (Der schwarze Schmetterling II) (2004 als Re-Release-Box erschienen)
2003: Weltunter (Der schwarze Schmetterling III) (2004 als Re-Release-Box erschienen)
2004: Interim Works Compendium (Vom Label zusammengestellte Best Of)
2005: Aus der Tiefe (Der schwarze Schmetterling IV)
2007: Requiembryo (Der schwarze Schmetterling V)
2007: Once in a Lifetime (zusammen mit Chamber)
2008: Horror Vacui (The eeriest tales of ASP so far) (offizielle Retrospektive)
2008: Zaubererbruder (Der Krabat-Liederzyklus)
2008: AKOASMA - Horror Vacui Live
2009: Von Zaubererbrüdern - Live & Unplugged

EPs:
2002: Die Zusammenkunft EP (Duett-Remixe, 2009 zum 10-jährigen Jubiläum von ASP neu erschienen)
2005: Hunger (nur auf der Hunger-Tour 2005 erhältliche EP)
2006: Hässlich (CD mit Fan-Remixen zum Zillo/Orkus Wettbewerb)
2006: Humility (zusammen mit Chamber)
2006: Isobel Goudie
2007: ASP Live (3 Track CD, exklusiv für Fanclub Mitglieder)
2007: Nie Mehr! (Die verschollenen Archive I)
2008: Die DJ Archive Vol. 1 (wurde nur an DJs versandt)
2008: Die DJ Archive Vol. 2 (wurde nur an DJs versandt)
2008: Die DJ Archive Vol. 3 (wurde nur an DJs versandt)

Singles:
1999: ASP (Promo-CD)
2003: Weltunter (Komm zu mir)
2003: Stille der Nacht (Ein Weihnachtsmärchen)
2004: Ich will brennen
2004: Where Do the Gods Go (Promo-CD)
2005: Schwarzes Blut (nur an DJs versandte Promo-Single und später in der Vinyl-Edition von Werben)
2006: Werben (als Vinyl-Luxus-Royal-Edition und als 3-Track Single)
2006: Ich bin ein wahrer Satan (Teil 1-4)
2006: Ich bin ein wahrer Satan (Special DJ Promo)
2006: Varieté Obscur (beiliegende Bonus-CD der Graphic-Novel "Varieté Obscur")
2007: Duett (Das Minnelied der Incubi) (Special DJ Single)
2008: Denn ich bin der Meister (Special DJ Promo)

DVDs / Blu-Rays:
2009: Von Zaubererbrüdern - Live & Unplugged


Bandmembers:
Asp - Mastermind, songwriter and singer of the band
Matze - Producer, arranger, guitarist and backing singer
Tossi - Bass and backing-vocals
Himmi - Drums

Year of foundation:
1999

Genre:
Gothic / Alternativ / Rock

Tracklisting:
01. Wer sonst? (feat. Micha Rhein)
02. Im Märchenland (Single Edit)
03. Rain
04. Kummer
05. Wer sonst? (Original Version)
06. Im Märchenland (Clan Of Xymox Remix)
07. Wer sonst? (Project Pitchfork Remix)
08. Kummer (Katzenjammer Langschnitt)
09. Wer sonst? (Bonusvideo recorded live at the Black Field Festival 2009)

Release-Date:
October 2nd, 2009

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