deserved consideration: IfIHadAHiFi, Northless, the Zebras, and Zola Jesus. Die Kreuzen resumed playing shows, performing a sold-out concert on May 26, 2012, at Turner Hall in Milwaukee. Thereafter they played the 2013 Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Holland and the Afterburner show the following day. After their return to the states, Die Kreuzen played a secret show at a small Milwaukee club as a warm up to their May 25 concert at The Double Door in Chicago and their much anticipated return to Turner Hall on May 26, 2012. Die Kreuzen scheduled shows in Green Bay and Madison, WI and Minneapolis, MN (with Negative Approach, Mudhoney and The Melvins) later on in the summer of 2013. Die Kreuzen also played at McAuliffe's Pub in Racine, Wisconsin, July 17, 2013. A book entitled The Crossing: The Oral History of Die Kreuzen was in production with a tentative 2016 completion date. Musical style The band were initially a hardcore punk band but took in elements of heavy metal, gothic rock, shoegaze and alternative rock. They have been described as "anticipating the grunge rock sound of the '90s" and were credited with bringing intelligence and lyrical diversity to the heavy metal genre. In 1986, Robert Palmer of The New York Times described Die Kreuzen as "one of the new bands recasting the legacy of 70's Gothic-metal (Black Sabbath, etc.) for this modern age". Discography Albums Die Kreuzen (1984) October File (1986, CD included first album) Century Days (1988) Cement (1991) Internal (1993) (promo-only) EPs Cows and Beer (1982) Gone Away (1989) 7" singles "Gone Away"/"Different ways" (live) (1989) "Pink Flag"/"Land of Treason" (1990) "Big Bad Days"/"Gone Away" (acoustic) (1991) Demo releases Demo Tape (1982) Compilation appearances Charred Remains compilation tape (1981, Version Sound): "Pain", "Hate Me" The Master Tape LP (1982, Affirmation): "On the Street", "All White", "Fighting" America's Dairyland tape (1983, Last Rites): "Think For Me", "Enemies", "Rumors" Code Blue tape (1984, Last Rites): "Fuck Up", "Live Wire", "Champs" Sugar Daddy Live Split Series Vol. 5 split 12" with the Melvins, Negative Approach and Necros (2012, Amphetamine Reptile Records): "In School" See also Wreck (band) References External links Official website Brian Egeness's Official website Brian Egeness on IMDB Decapitado official website American Hardcore - film containing early footage of the band Interview with bassist Keith Brammer at Perfect Sound Forever Albini, Steve (1986) "DIE KREUZEN: PUTTING WITH POTATOES" (interview), Forced Exposure, Issue No.