Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this interview, we sit down with EXUMER to talk about thrash metal, politics, heavy metal, social commentary, the evolution of metal music and why trying to separate politics from thrash metal might be impossible.
We discuss the band's perspective on the connection between metal music and politics, the history of politically charged thrash, lyrical themes, rebellion, society, and why aggressive music has always had something to say about the world around us. Is it possible to enjoy metal without politics? Should bands speak out? And has thrash metal always been political from the very beginning?
EXUMER have been a force in the German thrash metal scene for decades, helping shape the sound of old-school thrash metal while continuing to bring their own intensity and attitude to the modern metal world.
If you're into thrash metal, speed metal, German metal, classic thrash, old-school metal, political metal, socially conscious music, heavy metal interviews and bands that aren't afraid to say what they think, this conversation is for you.
0:00 Intro
2:46 Trademark Sound
5:10 90s Experimentation
7:32 False Prophets
10:11 Critical about USA
12:30 Politics in Thrash Metal
16:52 Resurgence & Legacy
20:46 Hell's Heroes
23:51 Outro
Thumbnail Photo: Lukas Urbanik Photography
Video used: Exumer - Death Mask Messiah (Official Video)
youtube.com/watch?v=yPF8djVEhN4&list=RDyPF8djVEhN4
Death Mask Messiah, which marks the band’s first new studio output in seven years, further cements EXUMER’s legacy as a dauntless thrash metal institution. A logical and compelling progression from the German legend’s three previous albums, the 11 ferocious songs, produced by Dominic Paraskevopoulos (Kreator, Caliban) and mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk (Soulfly, King Diamond), take a more brutal and direct musical approach.
In this interview, we sit down with EXUMER to talk about thrash metal, politics, heavy metal, social commentary, the evolution of metal music and why trying to separate politics from thrash metal might be impossible.
We discuss the band's perspective on the connection between metal music and politics, the history of politically charged thrash, lyrical themes, rebellion, society, and why aggressive music has always had something to say about the world around us. Is it possible to enjoy metal without politics? Should bands speak out? And has thrash metal always been political from the very beginning?
EXUMER have been a force in the German thrash metal scene for decades, helping shape the sound of old-school thrash metal while continuing to bring their own intensity and attitude to the modern metal world.
If you're into thrash metal, speed metal, German metal, classic thrash, old-school metal, political metal, socially conscious music, heavy metal interviews and bands that aren't afraid to say what they think, this conversation is for you.
0:00 Intro
2:46 Trademark Sound
5:10 90s Experimentation
7:32 False Prophets
10:11 Critical about USA
12:30 Politics in Thrash Metal
16:52 Resurgence & Legacy
20:46 Hell's Heroes
23:51 Outro
Thumbnail Photo: Lukas Urbanik Photography
Video used: Exumer - Death Mask Messiah (Official Video)
youtube.com/watch?v=yPF8djVEhN4&list=RDyPF8djVEhN4
Death Mask Messiah, which marks the band’s first new studio output in seven years, further cements EXUMER’s legacy as a dauntless thrash metal institution. A logical and compelling progression from the German legend’s three previous albums, the 11 ferocious songs, produced by Dominic Paraskevopoulos (Kreator, Caliban) and mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk (Soulfly, King Diamond), take a more brutal and direct musical approach.
