History & Biography Pyracanda was founded with singer Dirk Pützfeld in April 1987 and was perhaps making a comment about a trip to New York City when it called its one and only demo Welcome To The Crab-Louse-City in 1988. One of the band members was afflicted with crab louse. The band was singer Dirk Pützfeld, guitarists Dennis Vaupel and Sven Fischer, bassist Rolf Koch and drummer Elmar Gehenzig. Germany’s own No Remorse, owned by Metal Hammer editor Charlie Rinne, signed the band and issued a record, called Two Sides Of A Coin, in 1990. Hansi Nefen was on vocals and Mr. Dieter Wittbecker on bass guitar now. The band switched to Aaarrg Records (Living Death among others) and released Thorns in 1992. No Remorse was no longer. It was produced by Mekong Delta man Ralph Hubert. Sven joined Rage leaving his colleagues behind. The band split up in 1994 and had two demos as Ilex, but otherwise has not released music since.
The band’s 2019 reformation featured guitarist Denis Schmidt and drummer Patrick Grün of Caliban. Patrick was also in G-Reizzt. The resurrection was deemed the logical next step to the albums being re-released.
Pyracantha is an ornamental thorny evergreen shrub with red or orange fruits.
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