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Exumer

Musical Group

Forthrash metal fans, 80s metalheads, german metal enthusiasts, and collectors seeking formative scene documents.
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The Profile

Exumer are a German thrash metal band formed in 1985 in Frankfurt am Main. Their debut Possessed by Fire arrived in 1986, followed by Rising from the Sea in 1987; after an early-90s split, they reunited in 2008 and released Fire & Damnation (2012), The Raging Tides (2016), and Hostile Defiance (2019).

According to the review, Exumer formed in Frankfurt am Main and debuted in 1986 with Possessed by Fire. Frontman Mem Von Stein handled bass and vocals, with guitarists Bernie Siedler and Ray Mensch and drummer Syke Bornetto. The album features aggressive, fast riffing, raw vocals in the Baloff vein, tempo variety, and interludes, while showing clear influences from Slayer and Exodus.

Bartleboom’s review hails Possessed by Fire (1986) as a raw, energetic debut from Frankfurt’s Exumer. It praises Mem Von Stein’s savage vocals, tight riffing, and varied tempos while noting clear Slayer/Exodus echoes. Despite limited originality, it’s framed as a standout snapshot of German thrash’s early days. Overall sentiment is strongly positive.

Notable Quotes

❝ Released in the legendary 1986, “Possessed By Fire” is the debut album of Exumer, a very young quartet from Frankfurt am Main, formed just a year earlier at the behest of the slight frontman Mem Von Stein (bass and vocals): a certainly raw, imperfect album, which is hardly worthy of the title of “masterpiece,” but which over time has managed to establish itself as one of the most convincing sonic testimonies of the era, as well as one of the best debut albums of the entire German thrash metal scene.