"Katharsis" is due to be released, HATE SQUAD expertly combine their Nineties roots with actual death- and hatecore influences and prove once again that they are Germany's leading metalcore export - so be prepared for a lesson in Hannover H8core! German H8 Core veterans Hate Squad knew already in the early 90s what aggressions could be set into music if you mix Thrash and Death Metal with Hardcore. They were one of the bands making this style huge by playing on all of the big festivals over Europe, for example Dynamo, Wacken, With Full Force ...and having some of their biggest hits like "Not My God" and "I.Q. Zero" run on Heavy Rotation on Viva Metalla and MTV´s Headbangers Ball. Well deserved Hate Squad were voted as "Newcomer Of The Year" on Viva Metalla in 1995 by the viewers. The story began in 1993 when Burkhard Schmitt and three friends from around Hannover decided to form a band as they were "sufering" from too much time and finally also the aggressions that young men could develop sometimes needed to be worked out properly. Hate Squad was born and they were aiming for something new, a music the same time aggressive and groovy! Back in these days the magazines described the band sound as "Crossover" "Metalcore", "Deathcore", "Hatecore" or "Hardcore influenced Thrash Metal". With their unique style they formed a whole new genre and young awesome bands like german Maroon or Heaven Shall Burn (who covered "Not my God" on their album "Antigone") call Hate Squad a major influence.