Brand New Demon

Brand New Demon is a German alternative rock band from Koblenz, Germany. Founded 1994 as Andy Belåq and after 2000 renamed to Brand New Demon.

the beginning as Andy Belåq
the band started under the name Andy Belåq which is a humourous name of the German toothpaste name Blendax Anti-Belag. The planned band name Blendax Anti-Belag and the Electric Toothbrushs was forfeited. However, under their original band name, the band played progressive metal

In 1995 the band won the first Rockbuster Newcomer Contest of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. One year later, the band released their first EP Reality and played a good bunch of concerts. In 1996, Tom Baudson left and Oliver Bernd filled him in.

The band changed their name in 1997 to N. D. Belåq and also held at the Paderborn music summer, which became the MTV Campus Invasion. Their second EP Caught by the Sun was the last release under their old name and with lead guitarist Jens Uwe Mathias.

New start as Brand New Demon
In the new millennium, the band changed their name again. Brand New Demon was born and the musical style changed to alternative rock with keyboard arrangements and melancholic vocals. However, Michael Pokriefke and Achim Engels, short time members of the band, joined during the production of the album Unburnt Bridges in 2004. The production was made at Airstream Studio in Koblenz.

The album Unburnt Bridges caught attention by two big rock and metal magazines, RockHard and Metal Hammer. RockHard praised their sound as "modern, hard rock on a high level" while Metal Hammer wrote the band has an "astounding big autonomy".

In 2008, the band played some concerts and also as opening act for exSub7even vocalist Daniel Wirtz.

The bass guitar was played by Christian Stotz for some time until he left in 2010. Maximilian "Max" Derkum joined the guitar while "Contra" Nöthen changed from guitar to bass.

Since 2016, the band seems to be on hiatus or disbanded. The band itself never announced if they exist or take a break.

Discography
complete discography of the band. An album announced for 2016 was never released.


 * 1994: Cease! (Demo-Tape)
 * 1996: Reality (EP)
 * 2000: Caught by the Sun (EP)
 * 2004: Unburnt Bridges