HORSEMAN

track-list:
Dark Days
No Surrender
Time to Defend
Shards and Lies
Codeine Cowboy
View
Banish the Fake
Trouble will find me
Sending Fire
The Core
Kissing Dirt

produced, recorded and mixed by Michael Kolar
mastered by Machine the Producer

Horseman are:
Stefan Böhm – vocals
Oggy Garmenov – guitar
Kristian Siegemund – guitar
Julian Klassen – bass
Michael Kolar – drums

discography:

Modern metal outfit Horseman return with their most focused and emotionally charged statement to date.
Their upcoming full-length album, ‘No Surrender in Dark Days‘, delivers a crushing blend of groove-driven heaviness, modern metal aggression, and melodic depth – a record shaped by years of reflection, tension, and resilience.
Created between 2020 and 2024, the album captures a period marked by inner conflict, social pressure, and personal struggle.
Rather than escaping these themes, Horseman confront them head-on, translating emotional weight into a sound that is raw, disciplined, and relentlessly heavy.
Drop-tuned guitars, massive grooves, and tightly locked rhythms form the backbone of the record, while dynamic songwriting allows moments of atmosphere and melody to surface amid the aggression.
Produced, recorded, and mixed by Michael Kolar at Rockstudios, and mastered by Grammy-nominated producer Machine (Lamb of God, Suicide Silence, Bleeding Through), ‘No Surrender in Dark Days‘ carries a modern, internationally competitive production – precise yet organic, brutal yet wide.
The result is a sound that balances clarity and impact without sacrificing emotional urgency.
The album’s thematic scope revolves around identity, resilience, and the decision not to surrender when faced with darkness – whether internal or societal.
These ideas are introduced through two official singles that showcase different sides of the record.
The first single, ‘Codeine Cowboy‘ (released December 19, 2025), is a bleak and unfiltered descent into addiction, self-destruction, and emotional collapse.
Built on crushing groove riffs and a suffocating atmosphere, the track avoids romanticizing its subject matter, instead exposing vulnerability with confrontational honesty.
Its haunting chorus and relentless pacing establish the album’s darker emotional core.
Following that, ‘Time to Defend‘ (released January 16, 2025) takes a broader, socio-critical perspective.
Told metaphorically from the viewpoint of an exploited planet, the song addresses environmental destruction, political inertia, and humanity’s refusal to listen until consequences become unavoidable.
Fast-paced, aggressive, and direct, the track represents the album’s most confrontational side – yet even here, a sense of cautious hope remains, framing destruction as a final warning rather than an end.
Stylistically, Horseman draw from modern groove and thrash metal while maintaining strong melodic tension and technical precision.
Fans of Lamb of God, Machine Head, In Flames, and System Of A Down will recognize familiar traits, though Horseman’s emotional edge and narrative focus give the material its own identity.
On stage, the band have built a reputation as a powerful and disciplined live act, sharing stages with Hatesphere, Blaze Bayley, Illdisposed, Lay Down Rotten, Words of Farewell, and many others.
Festival appearances at Stemweder Open Air, Black Fin Fest, Weser Metal Meeting, and FLA FLA Hardcore Festival underline their steady rise within the European metal scene.
With ‘No Surrender in Dark Days‘, Horseman present their most ambitious and fully realized work yet – a record that refuses easy answers, embraces discomfort, and channels modern metal’s intensity into something deeply personal and resonant.
This is not just an album about darkness, but about standing firm within it.