Genre: Heavy Metal Label: Metalbox Recordings Release date: 13th February 2012 Stuka Squadron’s latest album ‘Tales of the Ost’ I should warn, is not for the faint hearted.  This ‘lucky numbered’ 13 tracked album will give you something to chew on and hard to spit out as is will lure you into its depths with its catchy rhythms, enticing guitar solos and  graphical concepts. Take Iced Earth, Black Sabbath, Alestorm, and maybe one other I cannot put my finger on and mix it all up in a cement mixer- this will be your final product. The first track to open up is ‘Into the … Continue reading →

Described by some as  “The sound of British heavy metal with the shape of a vampire squadron”, STUKA SQUADRON are 5 guys in very long leather coats, looking like they’ve just walked off the set of a Vampire Movie, wearing German Military headgear, and you’d think, with a name like STUKA SQUADRON, that they are a German Band – I certainly did, until I heard the vocals of James Duke Fang-Begley, and I hear Iron Maiden combined with a Judas Priest influence, and I find that the Band is from England…. I was greatly (and happily may I add) surprised by this, and … Continue reading →

Ein übertriebenes Image, gnadenlose Klischees und ein gedankenloser Umgang mit der Zeitgeschichte sind in der Geschichte des Metals wahrlich kein neues Subjekt. STUKA SQUADRON aus England haben sich dann auch ein völlig überzeichnetes Comicimage kreiert, das eine Mischung aus Vampirthematiken, nordischer Mythologie und den Erlebnissen der Stukapiloten des 2.Weltkrieges darstellt. Ob sie sich mit dieser kontrovers diskutierten PR-Aktion einen Gefallen getan haben bleibt abzuwarten, und das muss dann auch jeder für sich entscheiden. Ich denke, bei der musikalischen Klasse dieses Debüts hätte man sich jedes Promo-Geklingel sparen können. Das britische Stuka-Geschwader haut einen hymnischen, enorm traditionellen Heavy Brocken heraus, der in … Continue reading →

Metal To Infinity An intro with a little part of a speech of Winston Churchill and diving war planes… Where do I know this from? “Aces High”? Of course… Stuka Squadron seems to be nickname for a German warplane and it is the name of a band. On their website the band makes clear they have nothing to do with idolizing the German army but at the same time they wrote some kind of concept CD about World War II, at the east front…  Looking at the band’s pictures these guys really are confusing me, find it out yourself. Anyway, “Tales … Continue reading →

With tongues firmly in cheeks Stuka Squadron (who take their moniker from the fighter pilots of the blitzkreig campaign) are based around the gimmick of the five band members being blood drinking vampires from the time of World War II. With individual names including Gravedigger Cox and Sir Graveghoul Terrorsound on guitars and vocalist James Duke Fang-Begley they are very much about entertainment with a capital E. The website expands further on the back story by explaining how the squadron was formed in 1930′s Germany and the band keep in character for their promotional campaign. All too often with gimmicks … Continue reading →