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Cover picture of Norbert Krueler aka Shamall from his latest release "Schizophrenia"

Shamall – the official pages

Tag: cinematic rock

  • Interview with Rock City, issue 238:

    Rock City: Tell our readers in a short summary about the band history of Shamall!Norbert: 40 years of DJing at the Aladin in Bremen – of course that leaves traces! In short words, you could say that in 1984 my first musical synthesizer experiments started – at that time the project was still nameless. Even…

  • Eclipsed Magazine – “We Are All No Angels”

    Interview with Norbert Krüler “We are all no angels”.Shamall traces the ecological inconsistencies of our actions.By Walter Sehrer Norbert Krüler, aka Shamall, had gathered enough anger in addition to creative abundance to present a new double CD concept album to mankind. On “Schizophrenia” he deals with all kinds of self-tormenting thoughts: “The whole album is…

  • Prog Critique: “…very appealing in terms of mixes and arrangements …”

    The composer and multi-instrumentalist Norbert Krüler and his companions Matthias Mehrtens and Anke Ullrich present a gigantic 22-track album. This opulence of compositions is disarming at first glance, and it is necessary to dive into this double work in order to grasp not only its message, but also all the musical nuances contained in “Schizophrenia”.…

  • Eclipsed Rock Magazin: “One of his most exciting works…”

    Norbert Krüler alias Shamall doesn’t do it under a double-album. This time he deals with the shoals of the human mind to mental illness, uncomfortable truths and agonizing self-discovery. Musically, he spans exactly the same cosmos as always, namely Floydy sceneries, equipped with strong electronic means, but also hard guitars, but he succeeds with “Schizophrenia”…

  • Music Circus Magazine: Shamall – Schizophrenia (2019)

    by Stephan Schelle, Music Circus Magazine, November 2019 Norbert Krüler aka Shamall has been making music for more than 30 years. Starting out as a DJ, he began releasing electronic music under the pseudonym Shamall in 1989. Then in the early 2000s, Shamall switched to progressive/art rock because he felt he was repeating himself musically.…