RASKOLNIKOW

About RASKOLNIKOW

Melodic parts followed by hard rockriffs and stirring refrains, cheeky grooves blend with driving rock in an abslutely seductive way and surely will make you turn loose... freeRock is the only description of RASKOLNIKOW´s music that works out clearly without reservation. They are audibly influenced by the 70´s & 90´s. Melodic parts followed by hard rockriffs and stirring refrains, cheeky grooves blend with driving rock in an abslutely seductive way and surely will make you turn loose...

To the greatest possible extent RASKOLNIKOW avoid any kind of artificial sound-effects which makes our music find the straightest way to the audience. The lyrics tell us about the most engraving moments of our lives in a psychedelic way. Short and sweet:...it´s rockin`!!!

Away from the mainstream and unimpressed by weekly changing trends RASKOLNIKOW, who are musically seeking for individuality and self-realization, allow their creativity to run free.


Raskolnikow, Raskolnikow... where on earth does this bandname come from?
Literally translated Raskolnikow means the split in his mind. It is the name of the protagonist in Fjodor Dostojewski´s novel Crime and Punishment.
The former St. Petersburger student Rodion Raskolnikow who is
down-at-heel, hungry and impoverished gets to know the blackest depths of hum