Harakiri for the Sky

Harakiri for the Sky
Harakiri for the Sky at Party.San 2018
Background information
Origin	Vienna and Salzburg, Austria
Genres	Black metal[1] post-hardcore[1] post-metal[1]
Years active	2011–present
Labels	AOP
Members	Matthias Sollak JJ
Website	www.facebook.com/HarakiriForTheSky

Harakiri for the Sky is an Austrian post-black metal band formed in Salzburg and Vienna in 2011 by vocalist JJ (Michael V. Wahntraum) and multi-instrumentalist Matthias Sollak, formerly of black metal band Bifröst. They have released five studio albums – Harakiri for the Sky (2012), Aokigahara (2014), III: Trauma (2016), Arson (2018) and Mӕre (2021) – via German label AOP Records, with a fifth, titled Scorched Earth, on 24 January 2025. Two singles have been released in the lead-up to the album: "With Autumn I'll Surrender" and "Heal Me", which features the black metal band Austere.

The band toured alongside Der Weg einer Freiheit and The Great Old Ones in March 2016, and played Summer Breeze Open Air later that year. For live performances, JJ and Sollak are joined by bassist Thomas Dornig, drummer Mischa Bruemmer and guitarist Marrok. In 2017, they were nominated for the "Hard & Heavy" category of the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards.^[2]

• Matthias "MS" Sollak – guitars, bass, drums (2011–present)
• Michael "JJ" V. Wahntraum – vocals (2011–present)

Current

• Thomas Dornig – bass (2012–present)
• Marrok – guitar, backing vocals (2012–present)
• Mischa Bruemmer – drums (2013–present)
• Krimh - drums (2023-present)

Former

• Morbus J – drums (2012–2013)
• Thomas "T. Martyr" Leitner – drums (2014)

Studio albums

Box sets

• Wooden Tape Box (2015)

Singles

• "Calling the Rain" (2016)
• "Tomb Omnia" (2017)
• "You Are the Scars" (2017)
• "Heroin Waltz" (2018)
• "I, Pallbearer" (2020)"
• "Sing for the Damage We've Done" (2020)
• "And Oceans Between Us" (2020)
• "I'm All About the Dusk" (2021)
• "Song to Say Goodbye" (2021)

Music videos

• "My Bones to the Sea" (2014)
• "The Traces We Leave" (2016)
• "Heroin Waltz" (2018)
• "I, Pallbearer" (2020)
• "Sing for the Damage We've Done" (2020)
• "I'm All About the Dusk" (2020)
• "Us Against December Skies" (2021)
• "Mad World (Tears for Fears Cover)" (2022)

• Harakiri for the Sky on Facebook
• Harakiri for the Sky on Instagram
• Media related to Harakiri for the Sky at Wikimedia Commons