Named after the Werner Herzog movie by the same name, last seen by Joy Division’s leader Ian Curtis before committing suicide, stroszek was formed by Frostmoon Eclipse guitarist Claudio Alcara in 2006.

Aiming to go in a country\folk direction after years in the extreme metal world, stroszek could be described as “richly melodic, hauntingly melancholic, and at times, a crushingly sad commentary on innermost thoughts and life experiences”, or ‘long drives along deserted highways with just your own thoughts for company’

The first album named “Songs Of Remorse” was released in 2007 by the American label God Is Myth Records, and was called “Songs Of Remorse”, followed a couple of years later by the mcd “The Wild Hunt” (a small concept about the writer H.P. Lovecraft) and the sophomore album “Life Failures Made Music”. A Chinese label, Pest Records put out another mcd called “A Break In The Day” (with outtakes, alternate versions and some unreleased songs) and then in 2012, the third album “Sound Graveyard Bound” was released by Hypnotic Dirge Records, who also released the double album “Wild Years Of Remorse and Failures” in late 2013 (a re-issue of the two albums and the mcd released by God Is Myth, with a couple of bonus tracks: the cover of “Bury The Bottle With Me” by Dick Curless and Claudio's all time favourite singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt’s “Tecumseh Valley”). 

Then Stroszek ceased to exist as a band and became a one man project, with just Claudio Alcara remaining as fulltime member. Some live gigs were played: sharing the stage with many friends like Richard Lindgren or Bocephus King, opening the two italian shows of 40 Watt Sun, as well as Hugo Race, Matt Elliott, Mark Sultan, and Dagger Moth, as well as a couple appearances at the Tera Salvaria fest (by the torchlight in the ladin woods), and the eighth edition of the Townes Van Zandt Tribute festival.

After a lengthy period of silence, stroszek returns this winter with their new album "about all the bad days in the world".
To say it like Townes Van Zandt would, “that’s the way it goes”.



sound graveyard bound [2023 Edition]
Release: December 15, 2023

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about all the bad days in the world
Release: December 15, 2023

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