“Preparing to release his fourth full length album, Combichrist presents the ‘Frost EP: Sent To Destroy‘, featuring three brand new tracks and six remixes. From the opening track, “Sent To Destroy” through the final remix, each track is one not to be missed. The ‘Frost EP: Sent To Destroy‘ proves once again that Combichrist is an unstoppable force in a league of its own.”

This album is due to be released from Metropolis-Records on July 8th. I CAN’T WAIT.

Combischrist  is one of the first bands to not re-insert me back into the industrial genre but has been able to keep me here with his fantastic music! Maybe it’s the hard “I’m going to eat your spleen” beat or the the “sneer” in the lyrics that keeps so many, including me, coming back for more. It’s hard to say since as stated before, Combichrist is in a league of its own.

Also see:
Combichrist Official Website
and
http://www.myspace.com/combichrist

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On May 6th, Vendetta Music presents the exclusive North American release ‘Hyperactive – The Best of Xotox‘. This “best of” collection features such tracks as “Eisenkiller“, “Industrial Madness“, “[Xo]toxic” and “Winterblut” featuring vocals by X-Fusion. Also included are 4 tracks from the out-of-print ‘Die Unruhe‘ Album, 2 exclusive tracks and a Noisuf-X remix of “Lass Mich“, which comes to 17 tracks in total. More news at www.vendetta-music.com.

Tracklisting:

1. Eisenkiller
2. Bypass
3. Nothing
4. Nightmare
5. Mechanische Unruhe (original version)
6. Nasse Wände (original version)
7. Stammzellenforschung
8. Pumpe/Düse
9. [Xo]Toxic
10. Industrial Madness
11. Winterblut
12. Tote Bäume
13. Bohrung 25
14. Roboterkrieg
15. Offizium
16. Degeneration
17. Lass Mich (Noisuf-x Remix)

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The reason being is this new album all started with a line-up change as musician Mariusz Gryciuk has, as we all know, departed from the group. This split pushed Rafal Tomaszczuk (lead singer) into exploring new grounds and essentially into new found emotions. He discovered a deep dichotomy in his inner self as well as a place that is described as “somewhere in between the contradicting worlds of Love and Sickness“. So 3 years down the road, this album was constructed on colliding worlds and contradictories.

“While we recognize the previous album, ‘All Of White Horizons‘ as a theme of rejected love, hopes and dreams; we also enter a new twisted dimension, a sick world full of despair, insanity and nightmares…”

It is the unexpected encounter between the raw and dark side between the new keyboardist and prominent Polish DJ Bartosz “H_12″ Hervy and the enigmatic romantic lyrics of Agonized by Love’s unique singer. ‘Lovesick Society’ stands at a crossroads between the tortured darkness of The Cure’s ‘Disintegration‘ album and Depeche Mode’s club-ish romantic pop sensations. This new album is nothing less than a poignant and alluring dark wave opus that will touch the very fibers found deep…deep in your heart. The album is due to release on May 23rd of this year (2008)

Tracklisting:

1. Aspetto solo Te
2. Brothers
3. Magnolia
4. Colours of the Galaxy
5. Shelter
6. Control You
7. Southern Sun
8. Alienation, Fear, Despair
9. The hottest Summer in the History
10. My Way
11. Ultraviolet Duna (intro)
12. Ultraviolet Duna

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Tracklisting for ‘When Blood Runs Dark‘:

1. When blood runs dark (club version)
2. You don’t look the same (1982 extended version)
3. Going nowhere (club version)
4. The damaged people (club version)
5. The scalpel song (sliced vocal cords version)
6. The devils daugther (spawn of satan mix)
7. Will the sun return (Sun glory mix)
8. Could ya did ya (Country club mix)
9. Go ahead (Sui cædere mix)
10. Corvus monedula

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This new album is so true, so direct and so deep, that it can be heard as a forceful call for revolution, action and reaction for “fighting the system” and questioning the genuine sincerity of today’s leadership. Claus Larsen’s, the front-man of Leaether Strip, rise to fame-cult status is 100% the fruit of his uncompromising artistic attitude, which has brought him to where he is today as well as propel his dark soul as far as it has carried him. He’s done all of this without ever giving up ground to compromise or for any trend.

‘Civil Disobedience‘ is an impressive 3CD package revealing where Leaether Strip came from as well as where it stands present day. Even without their latest album due to release soon, many can shout that Leaether Strip stands amongst the leaders of dark underground industrial and electronic music.

This CD2 album also features an amazing cover-version of Die Krupp’s famous track “Machineries Of Joy“.

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I have met others who prefer the Manson Version, but I think that is because they heard that one first. However, one of the MAIN reasons on why I find this song so enjoyable is because of the fact the two artists came together and produced this song.

Anyone can tell that this Rasputina song has a harder hitting beat; more so than normal. This is what makes it addicting. Now the bigger and harder hitting beat of course came from Manson’s remix, but the ladies seductive voices is what makes the song have a unique bite and fantastic allure.

I’m made of hair and bone and little teeth
I think I cannot speak
I come on like a crippled plaything
My spine is just a string
I wrapped our love in all this foil
Silver tight like spider legs
I never wanted it to ever spoil
But flies will lay their eggs

Take your hatred out on me
Make your victim my neck
You never ever believed in me
I am your tourniquet

Prosthetic synthesis with butterfly
Sealed up with virgin stitch
If it hurts baby please don’t cry
Preserve my innocence
I never wanted it to end this way
But flies will lay their eggs

Take your hatred out on me
Make me your victim tonight
You never ever belived in me
I am your tourniquet

What I wanted
What I needed
I tried to get for me
Nothing wanted
Nothing needed
No one comes for free

Take your hatred out on me
Make your victim my neck
You never ever believed in me
I am your touniquet

You never ever believed in me
You never ever believed
You never ever believed in me
You never ever believed

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Now for the break down of the song. Right off the bat, as soon as the first string of the dust guitar is struck, the beat sends out an aggressive yet foreboding feeling yet at the same time the allure from the consistency of the bass guitar can leave the listener yearning to hear more… as if it’s addicting.

Now there are a few lyrics that extend the allure and add a dark seductive tone to the song: “Hey pathetic fool, you do not see this curse, it could be a blessing… in disguise. Hey little melody, I found your fatal trace that led me to your… hideaway..”.

Why is this alluring and darkly-seductive? Well that is easily answered if you relate it to raw emotion and giving yourself to another. I don’t mean by the horizontal mambo, but rather, when you trust somebody so much that you give everything you have to them. What is more dark and seductive than when you give yourself to someone just to see where they take you, I.E., “You do not see this curse, it could be a blessing… in disguise”.

On top of that everyone wants to know what someone else is thinking, especially if it has anything to do with them. So once a person gives themselves up to someone else, that includes their thoughts; “I found your fatal trace that led me to your… hideaway…” Everyone’s innate hideaway is their mind, their dark unknown, hideaway.

That is why those lyrics make this song so addicting, but then again, the beat helps.

Enjoy!

== Diary of Dreams – The Plague ==

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“Hey, pretty face
you think that you can hide
behind this mask of yours

Hey, prison cell
you can not keep me here
Silent waters are deep you know

Chorus:
I cannot see the man that you can see in me
I cannot kill this guy not even if I tried
I think I need to run to make myself a home
I need to separate the living from the dead

This is the mind you came to fight
Call it fateful!
Don’t be a plague, a spell to kill
You should be grateful!
(You should be grateful!)

… Call it faithful…
…You should be grateful!
(You should be grateful!)

Hey, pathetic fool…
you do not see this curse
could be a blessing… in disguise

Hey, little melody
I found your fatal trace
that led me to your… hideaway

Chorus:
I cannot see the man that you can see in me
I cannot kill this guy not even if I tried
I think I need to run to make myself a home
I need to separate the living from the dead

This is the mind you came to fight
Call it fateful!
Don’t be a plague, a spell to kill
You should be grateful!

This is the mind you came to fight
Call it fateful!
Don’t be a plague, a spell to kill
You should be grateful!
(You should be grateful!)”

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The song is not only sung very well but the story Emilie sings is fabulous. Pining for love, never finding it, or wanting someone who doesn’t even notice you are there, and wishing to be at another place; is life.

I have yet to hear a song that tells such as story on a level as told by Emilie Autumn, and this is what makes Emilie the sensual artist she is.

== Shalott Lyrics ==

She’s locked up with a spinning wheel
She can’t recall what it was like to feel
She says, “This room’s gonna be my grave
And there’s no one who can save me,”
She sits down to her colored thread
She knows lovers waking up in their beds
She says, “How long can I live this way
Is there no one I can pay to let me go
‘Cause I’m half sick of shadows
I wanna see the sky
Everyone else can watch as the sun goes down
So why can’t I

Chorus:

And it’s raining
And the stars are falling from the sky
And the wind
And the wind I know it’s cold
I’ve been waiting
For the day I will surely die
And it’s here
And it’s here for I’ve been told
That I’ll die before I’m old
And the wind I know it’s cold…”

Chorus:

And it’s raining
And the stars are falling from the sky
And the wind
And the wind I know it’s cold
I’ve been waiting
For the day I will surely die
And it’s here
And it’s here for I’ve been told
That I’ll die before I’m old
And the wind I know it’s cold…”

Chorus:

And it’s raining
And the stars are falling from the sky
And the wind
And the wind I know it’s cold
I’ve been waiting
For the day I will surely die
And it’s here
And it’s here for I’ve been told
That I’ll die before I’m old
And the wind I know it’s cold…”

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Rotersand is a very talented group but why the fuck would you cancel at THIS FEST? I sat here bitching about it and then Rotersand gave us insight to why the cancelation occurred:

“Dear friends of Rotersand,

I apologize that our shows in Montreal and Toronto had to be cancelled
at such short notice. But my current state of health did not allow me
to join you in Canada – which makes me very sad. This is the first
time I had to cancel a show and I hope it will be the last time.

What had happened?

On the way to Montreal – on a connection flight from Dusseldorf to
Frankfurt – I was struck by a circulatory collapse that called for
immediate medical attention. According to the doctor it was caused by
a mix of intestinal infection, lack of sleep, stress and my usual fear
of travelling in a plane (which unfortunately means an extra portion
of stress to me).

It is tough for me to cope with the fact that I have imposed
additional strain on the people who organized the shows and caused
disappointment to those who expected us to play. But even though
Rotersand is not able to join you as a whole band, I am sure that you
will have a great time, listening to Krischan & Stefan DJing and all
the other great bands playing for you. I also heard that Krischan and
Stefan (Dependent) will give away free Rotersand discs at the evening
to make up for the cancellation. .

I feel sad and so very sorry for not being able to be with you.

Rasc”

I hope Rasc gets better soon and invests in some knock out pills for future plane rides. It’s a tough job to be a musician and some people forget that fact. I’m guilty of that at times too when I get my hopes up to see a band for the first time in years.

Here is an update on the EMBfest 2008, from Sophia herself.

“Hello folks

This is a heads up for those of you that purchased tickets to attend
EBMfest 2007 this year….

I realize there was alot of disappointed fans as a result of the last
minute cancellation of the headliner from this year’s bill. And while
it would be irresponsible for me to offer free entry to any kind of
future Rotersand show in the Toronto area as this is unconfirmed, we
at EBM Promotions do appreciate the support and return patronage of
all those who attend the EBMfest event. Consequently, it has been
decided amongst the collective that complimentary passes to EBMfest
2008 will be issued to all those that purchased tickets to this year’s
EBMfest 2007 event.

All the online ticket purchases are archived so all details of
purchaser are at hand. Proof of identity and if so inclined, purchase
must be presented at doors to receive the number of passes equal to
tickets bought for EBMfest 2007.

As for all the door sales and outlet sales only ticket numbers have
been archive, so proof of purchase in the form of ticket stub or
ticket number/location is required to obtain a pass to ebmfest 2008 at
the doors. So hopefully those that did purchase tickets by this means
are able to obtain and keep information about their purchase to get a
pass for ebmfest 2008.

Plans for ebmfest 2008 will commence in january 2008 and once the line
up is completely confirmed will the website be updated and complete
details will be announced. And unlike this year’s Ebmfest, the line
up will be expanded to include a couple of favourite bands that I am
sure will not disappoint. Definitely looking forward to planning
ebmfest 2008 and will definitely post details of this notice online
once the site is updated.

This posting is only made in advance for those concerned to prepare
information in order to take advantage of this limited offer. My
apologies for being quite late about the posting. Massive computer
problems and some late announcements were partly cause for the delay.

Thanks for your time and patronage!

Sophia. EBM.”

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The benefit from industrial being political is that there are some issues that can be addressed and it will be more accepted then if someone just shot off their mouth, stating their views. So when a fan of a band throws together a video to a song, a powerful message can be sent out. Mind you this message is only an opinion of one person and not everyone. Nevertheless, that one opinion seems to gain more structure, power, depth, and reasoning behind it from the lyrics of a selected song.

One reason why I am sharing this with you is because I have found a perfect example of what I am talking about. This message is a fan made video that they believe is fitting for the song by one of their favorite bands; Suicide Commando.

The song name is “One Nation Under God”. In order to understand this video a bit better keep in mind of the bass hit. Watch the video and see how, when, and what happens when the bass does hit during the song. Remember the song name throughout the movie as you watch what is being displayed.

This is just one way to help understand what Industrial music is all about and what it can represent as well as what it is not; even more so, what it is against. Enjoy the eye candy. I will have more next Tuesday and remember if you find a video that you would like to share on I.A. feel free to send me an email! I love hearing for you!

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== Suicide Commando – One Nation Under God ==

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