Almost a year and a half after their latest album 'No More Alive than you Deserve' and live shows across Europe and South America, Severe Illusion are about to follow up on that previous success. First off is the new EP 'Psychosurgery', out now through MedCon / Complete Control Productions. The EP is released as a limited edition, hand numbered CD in beautiful digipack, but also on cassette as well as an unlimited for free version to download. There will be four perfectly new tracks and one live recording from the band's 2007 show in Arkhangelsk, Russia.
The EP is to be followed by the album 'The Legacy of António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz' later in 2013. This, the fifth Severe Illusion album so far, deals with the history of psychosurgery and it's development into even more sinister forms of mind control. Musically the band has not evolved much, rather staying true to a formula of old school EBM, lots and lots of distortion, home made percussion and the same attitude problems that have defined the band since day one.
Also, a small number of live shows are about to take place across Europe beginning with the legendary club Slimelight in London, UK on March 9 with more shows TBA.
Also in March, the new compilation 'Inside the Volcano vol.1' is to be released. This rather impressive 2CD compilation includes preciously unreleased music from Portion Control, Ike Yard, Arzt+Pfusch, The Pain Machinery and a number of others. Also included on the compilation is the exclusive Severe Illusion track 'Hymn to the Airport Paranoids'.
In related news, the Severe Illusion side project Instans has been reanimated. Work on a new album is well under way, aiming for release on Advoxya Records in spring 2013.
