Craving was founded in 2005 by Ivan Chertov, Lukas Winkler, Lutz Pohlabeln and Johannes Pätzholt In 2006 the band released the CD Demo 2006, in 2008 the Revenge EP.
2010 Craving recorded the debut album Craving together with Lars Schlüter (The Flaw) in 10 days in Dortmund. The mixing and mastering was done by Sebastian Levermann of Orden Ogan. Due to the long postproduction the material was not finished until 2011. The band signed a record deal with Apostasy Records at the end of 2011. Helge Stang (Equilibrium, Arafel) can be heard on two songs. Sole Genua (Ex-Human Factor) also contributed two guitar solos on Nameless and Ein Funken Abendrot. On September 1, 2013 the band released a music video with the cover of the song of the Eurovision Song Contest winner 2013 Only Teardrops by Emmelie de Forest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqYPExg6URc
Her second album At Dawn was released on October 11, 2013. This time, besides Chris Caffery (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), another six guest musicians will perform on the album, including Niels Löffler (Orden Ogan) and Mark "Agalaz" Fehling (Obscurity). From October 12 to 26, 2013, the band completed their first DIY european Tour as part of the Hell Revisited European Tour 2013. Together with the bands Hell:on and Sinful, Craving toured Poland, Germany, Belgium and the Czech Republic. In April 2014 the band was featured on public television in Denmark. In TDC's 26-second commercial for the Samsung Galaxy S5, you can see excerpts from the band's music video for the cover song "Only Teardrops" on a smartphone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qty-ruVmt8
Another mini tour followed in September 2014 through Germany with support of the melodic death metal band Nachtschatten. On December 24, 2014, the band announced in a video that they were working on a new album, as well as a ten-day tour of the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands, which took place from February 3 to 14, 2015 called "Wielder of Storms Tour 2016"
On February 19, 2016 the band released EP "Wielder of Storms", the music video of the same name to the title song was released on the same day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTsIs5jllJU
From February 19 to 28, 2016, the band toured Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Switzerland together with Wolves Den. The author RENE from the metal online magazine Zephyrs-Odem.de gave the EP a rating of 8.8 out of 10 points and commented:
"All in all it can be said simply: Craving are improving continuously over the years and let the gained experience flow into every further album. I personally like the work with the clean vocals, which fit into the overall work much better than on the previous album "At Dawn". Add some folky acoustic interludes and you get the typical, unmistakable sound of the band with a lot of variety and energy. I for my part am more than excited about the upcoming album". http://www.zephyrs-odem.de/reviews/detail/craving-wielder-of-storms-ep-2016-4953/ #.X2B_-WgzZhE
On November 25th the third album of the band "By The Storm" was supposed to be released, the release date was postponed to December 16th, 2016, whereas the release of the limited box-set was delayed until February 2017 due to delivery problems. The album was well to very well received by the press. Thomas Seitz from The-Pit.de gave the album 9 out of 10 points and wrote in his review of November 29th 2016
"Craving deliver with "By The Storm" an impressive work, which fits seamlessly into the series of previous releases. So far the band has never let itself be pigeonholed and this time again the three guys simply do what suits them. This approach suits the formation well and should further expand the fan base with the new record"
http://www.the-pit.de/review/craving-by-the-storm/ #.X2CADmgzZhE
Right now the band has finished the work on the follow up to By The Storm
which approximately will be unleashed as soon as a new publishing/label partner is found. Currently the band consists of:
Wanja Gröger - Drums
Jonas Papmaier - Guitars
Ivan Chertov - Guitars & Vocals
Ex-Members:
Lukas Winkler - Guitars (2005 - 2008)
Christian Lengert - Bass (2006 - 2008)
Lutz Pohlabeln - Drums (2005 - 2007)
Thorsten Flecken - Guitars (2008 - 2015)
Maik Schaffstädter - Drums (2007 - 2015)
Arasch Erfani - Vocals (2006)
Leonid Rubinstein - Bass (2012 - 2019)
