"Our flame won't get any smaller" - the core concept of "RIOT" is crystal clear. Yet, BLACKOUT PROBLEMS have always been a band with an insatiable will and boundless ambition. With DARK", they reached #12 in the German album charts in 2021, following the success of "KAOS" in 2018 (#25) and "HOLY" (#52) in 2016. With over 30 million streams on Spotify, nothing in the German rock world leads past the band anymore. Festival shows at Rock Am Ring, Southside, Deichbrand, Greenfield (CH), Rock For People (CZ), Download (UK) as well as international tours as support act for Enter Shikari, Fever333 and Royal Republic are followed by their own headline tours - most recently the "DARK" tour 2022. At the zenith of their success up until now, BLACKOUT PROBLEMS are looking forward to the release of their new album "RIOT" (An anagram of "Trio"), which will be released on February 23rd, 2024. This album, "RIOT", marks the band's first album as a trio.