“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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Early this year, S:Z self-released their powerhouse debut ‘The Example‘. Combining the hard edge of the likes of Terrorfakt with the controlled mechanical rhythms of Haujobb and adding hardcore stylized vocals, ‘The Example‘ is quickly making a name for S:Z and bringing them tons of new fans. S:Z has also hit the road performing all over the United States in support of their debut. In March of 2008 they played at the acclaimed Blacksun Festival alongside such artist as Assemblage 23, Cesium 137, Seabound, and Alter Der Ruine, and will soon be opening for Accessory on select dates of their west coast United States tour.

As they round out the Crunch Pod roster, S:Z will be releasing their label debut in early 2009. What you can expect is an album that will be aggressive, poignant, and passionate this is only the beginning.

Checking out their previews, [syndika:zero] reminded me a bit of Juno Reactor from the days of Mortal Kombat. Not saying that their sound is completely like that but it gave me an enjoyable flashback to that  movie. “YOUR SOUL IS MINE!!!” These

mates seem like it will have a great future ahead of it if they can reach enough listeners in my opinion. Their song “Zodiac”(The Instrumental Demo Version) is defiantly a beat that will make you want to shake your ass.. and watch yourself!

I couldn’t resist…

Their song “Deceit” and the Instrumental Demo Version, have that angry beat that’s able to make even the most ‘hardcore snob’ in the club get their feet on the dance floor and move to it. These mates are really something that needs to be sampled and taken into deep consideration when adding new music to your collection!

For more info please check out..
http://www.myspace.com/syndikazero
http://vampirefreaks.com/syndikazero
http://www.crunchpod.com

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“We don’t just bitch about Bush and global oligarchies. We’re still a rock band and ‘Cover Up‘ is Ministry’s party album”

said Ministry’s Al Jourgensen about “Cover Up“, recorded by Ministry and ‘Co-Conspirators’. The album was set for an April Fools Day release.

“Cover Up” simply is one of the hottest, nastiest rock ‘n roll albums ever recorded and sees Jourgensen and ‘Co-Conspirators’ as paying tribute to some of the most memorable rock songs as well as to the artists who first laid them down, I.E.:

• DEEP PURPLE,
• T.REX,
• ZZ TOP,
• THE DOORS,
• MOUNTAIN,
• BOB DYLAN,
• THE ROLLING STONES and more.

Playing on the “Cover Up” title, Jourgensen has injected himself into various conspiracy theory photographs throughout the release’s artwork. (Which is why this band is one of my favorites).

In addition to fellow Minstry guitarist Sin Quirin (Revolting Cocks), Jourgensen enlisted an impressive group of ‘Co-Conspirators’ for “Cover Up” which includes:

• Fear Factory frontman Burton C. Bell (also of Ascension of the Watchers) sings on The Rolling Stones‘ - “Under My Thumb“,
• Josh Bradford of the Revolting Cocks‘ provides his bag-pipes for Golden Earring’s -”Radar Love“,
• Prong’s vocalist Thomas Victor lends his vocal skills to the song “Space Truckin” by Deep Purple, just to name a few in this album

Additional ‘Co-Conspirators’ include the late Paul Raven (Ministry, Killing Joke), Tony Campos and Wayne Static (STATIC-X), Edu Mussi (Echoes and Shadows), as well as Plastilina Mosh.

“Cover Up” will also include Ministry’s cover of “Roadhouse Blues” by The Doors which is also found on “The Last Sucker” release of September of last year (2007). All tracks are said to be culminating in Jourgensen’s personal punk rock rendition of Louis Armstrong’s hit; “Wonderful World“.

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In this particular case, it’s the other way around in a way. Radiohead’s “Name-your-price” download strategy for their latest album “In Rainbows” has been a huge hit and been the talk of the music scene for a few months now.

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails made available a new four-part album, “Ghosts I-IV,” containing 36 instrumental tracks spanning nearly two hours. The music was made available in five configurations at five price levels, ranging from free (for downloads of nine songs) to $300 (for a box set that includes two CDs, a DVD, an optical disc containing a slide show and four vinyl albums). He did this because the major record labels are price gouging. Last year he also urged consumers to steal his final Interscope album, “Year Zero,” because it was overpriced.

During this statement it seemed that the NIN.com servers crashed even though they anticipated a rather large traffic surge. Reznor wrote to his fans this simple message pertaining to the server problems:

“Because we know how devoted our fans are, we planned for an overwhelming response, and expected heavy traffic. To our surprise, the traffic was more than three times what we anticipated, and has only been getting heavier throughout the day. The response has been absolutely phenomenal, and we couldn’t be happier, but our servers have taken a beating, causing numerous problems with the download site.”

That takes some rather large kahuna’s and I respect that in Reznor and Radiohead for doing such a loud and in-your-face maneuver at the record labels.

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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 latest album by Edge of Dawn really pisses me off. Alright now I know not everyone loves Mondays but sheesh, Edge of Dawn must have created their upcoming album, Borderline Black Heart, on nothing but Mondays. Don’t get me wrong, Edge of Dawn is a great band and I have been an avid listener since my teen years, but Christ, take a look at the tracklist and tell me what is wrong:

01. Black Heart (Alpha)
02. Split Second (Undertow)
03. Descent(Fractured Remix)
04. Second Split (The Party Girl)
05. Black Heart (Coeur Triste)
06. Kiss or Kill (Featuring Charlene April)
07. The Nightmare I Am (Stromkern Remix)
08. Black Heart (Beta)

Hrm. Is this what industrial is coming to? Yes remix’s by other bands and contemplation CD’s are excellent but since when does an album need the song 3 times on it? The song is good, but not that flipping good. Not to mention if you need to put out the song in 3 different formats, normally that would mean “IT’S NOT READY”.

What makes this even more annoying is they are ruining the song. It’s been out for awhile, people enjoy it AS IS, now they put it on their NEW album 3 times. Is this a sad joke or pun coming from the band? Perhaps they messed up with the tracklist (Yeah right). Oh I know, they didn’t have enough tracks put make a new album without putting up these remixes (Come on it’s only 8 songs long.)

This band has so many other songs that it just comes across as pure laziness to put multiples of the same song. Did I mention they all practically sound the same?

-3 points for lack of ingenuity

-5 points for making BETA the last remix

+1 point for having a Stromkern Remix (love that band)

So this -7 out of -10 score means the band should have been backhanded with the album and sent back in to redo it.

Jerks.

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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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Suicide Commando has been around for years. Well 20 years to be exact and they are still pumping out albums, rocking fans, baffling novices and keeping the music at its best. Over the 20 year onslaught of melodical bliss, Suicide Commando is bringing out their 7^th album called X.20 (Best Of).

The CD will have 15 handpicked, fan adored songs, original and club hits. That’s right, I said FAN PICKED. Right there is one in-your-face reason to love Suicide Commando. Metropolis Records is the proud label to be putting out this album.

The only thing I hope that doesn’t happen is Suicide Commando calling it quits. It seems like ever band, industrial or not, quits after they release their “Best Of” or “Greatest Hits”. That will be a sad day indeed when Suicide Commando does decide to call it a show and pack of their equipment for good. I know it will eventually happen but NOT YET.

The CD is intended to be released August 21^st of 2007. This is a must for any listener of Suicide Commando to get as well as anyone new. (If you don’t get it, I hope you get backhanded with the CD.)

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Hrm nice beat, not a lot of lyrics. Good for the mind numbing effects if you so wish to have it. Mater Control, which is found on “The Joy of Gunz” album is a great song to dance to as well as lose yourself in the beat. Not only is this song easy to dance and loose yourself to, it can be a great song to just have playing in the back ground when playing a FPS (First Person Shooter). Try timing the head shots with the beat and see how see if “Godlike” can be accomplished in less than 5 minutes. (Don’t ask me how I know this… I just do…)

I love Combichrist since their songs differ so much. They always keep you guessing on what style of song they are going to come up with next.

Bands that do this always keep their albums very interesting and are normally the most sought after band out on the market, no matter how underground they are. Of course Combichrist I really wouldn’t consider to be underground. At one time they were a bit but they have mainly been widely known through out the industrial and related music scenes.

Their beats have always been addictive and the simple lyrics they give throughout their songs only offer more popularity to the band. Get your dancing boots on, wear your favorite outfit, and as Combichrist says in one of their best songs, “GET YOUR BODY BEAT!!”

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