Breathe Atlantis

Breathe Atlantis
Origin	Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Genres	alternative rock post-hardcore
Years active	2012-2023
Labels	Redfield Arising Empire
Past members	Nico Schiesewitz Lasse Weigang Jan Euler Silas Fischer Markus Harazim Joschka Basteck

Breathe Atlantis was a German alternative rock band based out of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia formed in 2012 until their dissolvement in 2023.

History

Breathe Atlantis was formed in 2012 in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Essen. The band consisted of lead vocalist Nico Schiesewitz, guitarist Joschka Bastek, bassist Jan Euler, and drummer Markus Harazim.[1][2] In 2014, Breathe Atlantis released their debut album Shorelines, which the group financed out of their own pocket and released without a record company. Afterwards, Breathe Atlantis was signed by Redfield Records and released their second album Futurestories on the label in 2016.[3] In 2017, the band played two tours with Any Given Day, To the Rats and Wolves, and Vitja in Germany and Switzerland.[4] The group also played as the support act for bbands like Memphis May Fire, Attila, Bury Tomorrow, Betraying the Martyrs, The Word Alive, Caliban, Hands Like Houses, Slaves, and Callejon. The band then joined with Our Mirage as the opening act for the European tour of the Swedish band Imminence, which took place in December of 2018 throughout Europe.[5][6] The same year, Breathe Atlantis signed with Arising Empire and released their third album Soulmade on the record label in early 2019.[7] In August of 2019, Breathe Atlantis joined Of Mice & Men on tour with Japanese band Crossfaith headlining the shows.[8] In 2022, Breathe Atlantis released a video for the song "Changes" featuring Nico Sallach of Electric Callboy.[9] That same year, Breathe Atlantis released their final album, Overdrive, and disbanded in 2023.[10]

Discography

Albums

• Shorelines (2014)
• Futurestories (2016)
• Soulmade (2019)
• Overdrive (2022)

References

1. "Breathe Atlantis". Metal Kingdom.
2. "Breathe Atlantis". Spirit of Metal.
3. "Breathe Atlantis Signs To Redfield Records". New Noise Magazine. 9 September 2015.
4. Jen van Helbing (13 December 2016). "Breathe Atlantis gehen auf Tour und veröffentlichen Doku zum Album". hand written mag (in German).
5. "Imminence announce support bands for their EU tour in December 2018!". Front View Magazine. 16 August 2018.
6. "Imminence verkünden Support für ihre EU-Tour". Count Your Bruises Magazine. 16 August 2018.
7. "BREATHE ATLANTIS – ab sofort bei Arising Empire". Arising Empire (in German). 19 September 2018.
8. "Crossfaith Europe tour summer 2019". jrock news. 15 July 2019.
9. "Breathe Atlantis release new video/single ft. Eskimo Callboy's Nico Sallach". Metal Planet Music. 10 January 2022.
10. James Weaver (15 January 2022). "Breathe Atlantis announce new album 'Overdrive'". Distorted Sound.