BLIND BUTCHER - HEKATE
Super-disco-trash-kraut from Lucerne, Switzerland
2025 is the year in which Blind Butcher finally go up in flames - true to their own motto: “We don't leave this place till it is on fire.“ With “Hekate“, their fifth studio album (release date: 12 September 2025, Voodoo Rhythm Records), the two Lucerne residents ignite another explosive chapter in their musical madness.
Christian Aregger (vocals, guitar, synthesizer) and Roland Bucher (drums, bass pedals, vocals) have been touring Europe's clubs, theatres, and festivals as Blind Butcher for 15 years - with over 600 shows under their belts and a sound that defies categorisation: a radically danceable mix of rock, disco, punk, new wave, electronics, and a good dose of trash.
Blind Butcher are more than just music - they are a performance, an art figure, and an energetic state of emergency. Shrill outfits and a presence that oscillates between punk concert, science fiction revue, and absurd theatricality.
Since their debut album “Albino“ (2013, Subversiv Records), which was recorded by Steve Albini in Chicago, Blind Butcher have consistently created their very own cosmos. They conquered European stages with “Alawalawa“ (2017, Voodoo Rhythm) and hits such as “Staubsaugerbaby” and “Hexentanzen“. “Piss Me A Rainbow“ (2019, Irascible Records) proved that even topics such as neurodermatitis or eyebrows work on the dance floor - as long as they come from Blind Butcher. And their fourth album ‘Catch 22’ was released in 2022 in 12 parts: a new song every month - another sign of their creative restlessness.
In addition to the band project, Blind Butcher also creates music for theatre and film productions. In 2025, they were awarded the Central Switzerland Film Prize for the soundtrack to the short film ‘The Car That Came Back From The Sea’.
With “Hekate“, their uncompromising sound aesthetic now reaches a new peak: super-disco-trash-kraut - wild, playful, dark, ecstatic. It's an album like a ritual. An incantation. A party on the edge.
