The Swiss electro-metal band Metallspürhunde has a strange fascination with dogs. I don’t know if it’s caused by their upbringing or maybe something in the water, but whatever it is, one apparent side effect is the ability to produce some pretty cool music, like their current album Amokmensch. Since then, they have been busy in the studio working on a bunch of new songs for a few different releases. They released a free Web-EP in October 2006, and one year later they have announced a new single.

Just a little about their Web-EP. Metallspürhunde announced their Web-EP Nackt last year as the band’s first attempt at releasing their music for free. Nackt consists of 5 songs the band made as unplugged versions of some of their older songs. Instead of electric guitars and synthesizers, they used acoustic guitars, xylophones and accordians to create the music. I’ve noticed a lot of bands doing this recently, and it seems to have worked pretty well for Metallspürhunde. You can download MP3s for the Web EP Nackt here. It may be a year old, but it’s still worth it for free.

Now for the new release: Metallspürhunde has a new single “Was Hat Dich Bloss So Ruiniert” coming next week (no exact date has been announced). The band made a video for the song and you can see a making-of video on their MySpace page. Their site doesn’t really reveal any other information, and I haven’t found it online in any stores yet, so it’s still a little bit of a mystery. In any case, a new single usually signifies that an album is not too far away, so we may soon be hearing more from Metallspürhunde soon.

Nackt Web-EP tracklist:
01. Altes Herz
02. Operation Bilderstrum
03. Huldigt Eurem Neuen Gott
04. Sieh Hinauf
05. So Muss Das Sein

“Was Hat Dich Bloss So Ruiniert” single tracklist:
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