When a band is more than a decade of age, the tradition is to give numbers instead of writing down epic poetry on their music, right ?

Well, about Kruger, here we go : 12 years of existence ; 4 albums ; around 350 shows throughout Europe ; probably 50'000 km touring between Prague and Sheffield (if you don't count Canada) ; 1 tour overseas (if you count Canada) ; 3 Hellfests, 1 Roadburn, 1 Montreux Jazz, 1 Transmusicales, 1 Dour festival, 1 Paléo, 1 Brutal Assault ; live audience going from minimum 2 people (still working on breaking the record) to maximum 2'500 (working on that one too).

If we have to give names, it'd be Listenable Records (Gojira's debut), Roadburn Records and Pelagic for labels ; Unsane, Gojira, Knut, Year of No Light, Latitudes, Deftones, Hacride, Bossk (find the intruder) when it comes to stage mates ; Breach, Entombed, Neurosis or Tool as acknowledged influences. And Raph, Margo, Blaise, Reno and (newly) Raul as the names of the five Swiss dudes still delivering uncompromising, intense, inventive yet shellacking noise-metal-punk songs.

After a few months spent to raise the kids, earn real money, find a reliable second guitar guy and write new music, KRUGER are back next March with new material : a gorgeousvery-limited-handnumbered-collector-coloured 10'' vinyl containing two brand new songs along with a new videoclip.

Two songs only, kidding me ? Nope. Swiss quality, not quantity – and this should be enough to put the Lausanne-based noisemongers back in the post-metal panorama they contributed to shape. Shows are planned through Europe in spring 2013, including a ten days tour along with their friends Gojira to help the legions of fans waiting for a fifth album which is in the works.