The End (An End)
This isn’t so much ‘The End’ as ‘An End’. The third part of the trilogy that began with ‘Akkretion’ and was followed by ‘Fragment’ has yet to appear despite a few years of waiting, with Trisol reissues of albums from the previous decade filling in the gap. These will be of particular interest to vinyl collectors (not my thing) in terms of keep interest alive in the less-celebrated but still highly worthy late-era albums, but it’s no substitute for new material.
Which some of us are now doubting we’ll ever see. The recent news that co-founder Dirk Scheuber has left the band, leaving Peter Spilles as the one continuous member raises questions as to what their next move might be. The project does still seem to be officially active, despite this significant line-up change and the lack of recent activity otherwise.
In any case, I’m still listening. So are a lot of my friends. And a LOT of Germans. I’ll update this as new material comes out, I might even do a sub-article about the side-projects (including Dirk’s solo career), but for now, the summary!
The Top Tracks – The TL;DR Bit
I recognise that not everyone who finds their way here is into reading swathes of text. For this reason, I’ve assembled some Top xx lists to help you pick the best tracks from your streaming source of choice.
If you think the lists are dominated by early tracks – that’s how it goes. A band will always be defined by the songs that achieved them fame over the ones that maintained it, and (here in the case of their post-2009 material), won it back.
The Dancefloor Anthems
The ones you hear in clubs. Or used to. Well, some of us are still playing them…..
- Timekiller
- God Wrote
- Requiem
- K.N.K.A. (Climax Version)
- Existence
- Conjure
- Alpha Omega
- Renascence
- Steelrose
- Rain
- Human Crossing
- Carnival
- Endless Infinity
- Blood-Pressure
- If I Could
- The Future Is Now
- Feel!
- View From A Throne
- I Am (A Thought In Slowmotion)
- Nasty Habit
The Hidden Gems
These ones aren’t cited as ‘Hits’, aren’t played live much, if at all, but I think they’re due more attention then they get.
- Merry-Go-Round-To-Hell
- Go Further
- Silent Scream
- Sunset Devastation
- I’ll Find My Way Home
- Hunted
- Circus Of Death
- Black Sanctuary
- Blood-Night
- Tempest
The Reflective
Despite writing mostly in their second language, Pitchfork can really get close to the heart lyric-wise……
- I Live Your Dream
- Souls (Extended)
- December Sadness
- Your Cut Feather
- Karma Monster
- Good Night Death
- Fear
- Into Orbit
- The Queen Of Time And Space
- Corps d’Amour
The Complex and Conceptual
Lazy critics would call this the ‘Miscellaneous’ category. And after 6000 words, no-one calls me lazy. But these are the ones that best deviate from the Pitchfork template.
- Mine – Beast Of Prey
- Drone Assembly/Drone State
- Orange Moon
- 2069AD
- Blood-Diamond
- The Circus
- Instead of an Angle
- Splice
- Antidote
- And The Sun Was Blue
Terminates Here Personal Choice
Because I can, here’s my own all-time list.
- I Live Your Dream
- Human Crossing
- Timekiller
- God Wrote
- Existence
- Drone Assembly/Drone State
- Requiem
- Mine – Beast Of Prey
- Merry-Go-Round-To-Hell
- K.N.K.A. (Climax Version)
- Go Further
- Silent Scream
- Alpha Omega
- Renascence
- December Sadness
- Steelrose
- Karma Monster
- The Future Is Now
- Blood-Pressure
- Endless Infinity
- Nasty Habit
- Good Night Death
- Rain
- Instead of an Angle
- If I Could
- View From A Throne
- I Am (A Thought In Slowmotion)
- Blood-Diamond
- Conjure
- Your Cut Feather
- Sunset Devastation
- Orange Moon
- Splice
- Feel!
- Into Orbit
- Ascension
- An End
- We Are One (Mirror Split Up Into Pieces)
- 2069 AD
- Daimonion
That’s the end – you might now want to go back to the Articles Page.
