David Tarakona

In the artist's words:

You're looking for authentic Southern rock, but your favorite US bands are either too expensive,

too rare in Germany or already dead? Cheer up and open a beer!

When hard guitar riffs and aggressive drums from metal meet catchy melodies and honest lyrics from

honest lyrics from country music, the result is: Heavy Country! The wild genre of David

Tarakona.

David Tarakona is a guitarist, songwriter and singer in the German country and southern rock scene.

scene. His songs combine country and heavy metal to create modern, exuberant

rock music that lyrically covers everything between heartache and beer consumption.

Heavy Country!

Country is much more than the cliché-laden image of banjo-playing hillbillies and cowboys riding off into the sunset,

riding off into the sunset. It's about passion, adventure and honesty. The real

Life is hard enough! No need to make up stories. It's about striving for

more and about taking risks. No one can teach you how to be happy. You

you have to find out for yourself, even if it means suffering painful setbacks.

And sometimes it's just about cracking open an ice-cold beer and celebrating life!

celebrate life!

From classical violin training to heavy metal shouting to his

pop guitar studies at the Institute of Music, David Tarakona has a broad musical background. This

This diversity has led to various cross-genre projects, including with the Dresdner Sinfoniker (2020,

2021, 2024). Through his studies and his joining the band of the modern

country artist Alina Sebastian, he specialized in the modern Nashville sound and plays the

and plays the typical instruments for it both live and in the studio: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo

mandolin, fiddle and pedal steel guitar. "In modern country, the electric guitar is much more than just

an accompanying instrument. The balance between well-tuned harmony and virtuoso

is what is so challenging and fascinating."