FERMIUM are an enigma. In November 2021 they appeared on the scene with their self-titled EP, produced by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Loma Prieta), then in 2022 they directly gave their live debut at Fusion. Where this band came from so suddenly - nobody really knew, but one thing was for sure: For a long time Existentialism didn't sound so breathtaking, as especially all those can testify who were lucky enough to have caught the band at one of their rare live gigs since then. Quite naturally, they seem to redefine what's musically possible with such supposedly rote genres as hardcore, doom or industrial - and are surprisingly catchy every now and then, without ever losing any of their heaviness. The variety of musical influences is less surprising when you look at the bands in which the musicians involved have already been Hardcore 29/09/2023 9.50 EUR involved, such as Svffer, Der Ringer and Ashes of Pompeii - musical blinkers are quite obviously undesirable here. On their press photos, the faces of the band can only be seen alienated, which can definitely be understood as a statement: In this project the music is in the foreground, the members are to be understood as part of the collective.