Coincidence or not but besides the fact all six Dark Demons candidates gave a powerful and energetic performance, the Dark Demons Night audience chose both Swedish acts to open BIMFEST 2017!
The first BIMFEST opener will be ELM, the Brussels based Swedish no-compromise-straight-forward E.B.M. project of Peter Elm. His music fitting neatly in between the likes of the UK E.B.M. godfathers Nitzer Ebb and those other (Swedish) hard core hooligans Spetsnaz.
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The second band to open BIMFEST will be the Swedish Electro Industrial act ALVAR who, besides some tape releases, released their debut album 'Guilt Kollektion' on Daft Records last year. Their music is a mixture of the old school Cold Meat Industry label sound, techno and E.B.M.
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With these last two great opening bands added the BIMFEST the line-up is 100% complete and we have reasons enough to be there on time on 15th & 16th December at De Casino (St-Niklaas - B)
After they announced the release of their upcoming new full length album "Also Sprach Zarathustra " some weeks ago, Laibach have now also received a lifetime achievement award called the 'Golden Whistle'. The Golden Whistle (Zlata piščal) award is a Slovenian professional music prize awarded by the Cultural and Arts Society 'Golden Whistle' for achievements in the field of Slovenian popular music. The award is given at the annual ceremony, which also includes performances by various musical artists. It is the only Slovenian Awards dedicated to performers and creators of music. The name of the prize "Golden Whistle" was inspired by an ancient whistle, found in 1995 in the Palaeolithic cave Divje babe (Wild women), which dates back to around 60,000 BC. It belonged to the Neanderthal living on the territorry of the present-day Slovenia and is the oldest musical instrument in the world ever found.
NEW SIGNING AND NEW SINGLE/VIDEO - THEN COMES SILENCE - THE DEAD CRY FOR NO ONE
THEN COMES SILENCE are very thrilled to announce their signing with NUCLEAR BLAST!
The fourth album titled 'BLOOD' is due to come in the autumn. The first single 'The Dead Cry For No One' is out now.
Post punk is dead. But before everyone throws away their JOY DIVISION tote bag, one thing needs to be said: Post punk HAS TO BE dead! Post punk wasn’t created to be alive or to represent vitality. Post punk was, is and stays a view into the void, an echo of a broken world which couldn’t be the same anymore tomorrow. Back in the 80s, maimed crossover artists such as Curtis, Coleman and Smith transformed the atmosphere of an unsure morning into sound and did what THEN COMES SILENCE do nowadays.
The world isn’t in a better condition than in the 80s. Back then, the sabre-rattling monster next to the red button was named Reagan. Today its name is Trump and it tweets about his nuclear desire all over the digital highway, the world builds walls and ducks and stops to breathe. This shattering inhaling, this quiet before the storm is like a post punk nucleus how it was back in the 80s and how it is today - apocalyptically current.
Movies such as »A Clockwork Orange«, graphic novels, classical music and paintings of the old masters give the Swedes a source of never-ending inspiration. He founded THEN COMES SILENCE in 2012 and released the self-titled debut album in the same year yet.
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Alex Svenson | vocals, bass, synthesizers
Seth Kapadia | guitars
Jens Karnstedt | guitars
Jonas Fransson | drums
NATIONAL CRIME HISTORY
“Belgium is a swamp, a boggy yet fertile ground in which new emergences are never clearly shaped but subtle, drifting just below the land’s muddy surface. They often remain hidden in the midst of a complex ensemble that is often made of chaos and opposition rather than order and harmony.” (Yannick Franck)
From the North to the South of Belgium, a new generation of artists are connecting the dots between classic Belgian Industrial/EBM and the contemporary electronic scenes that have emerged worldwide these last years. A ‘New Belgian Industrialist Movement’ that freely combines elements such as distorted atmospheres, analog pulsations or mantric rhythms, lingering in the grey area between experimental techno and post-industrial music.
National Crime History is a compilation featuring Icon Template, Ripit, Onrust and Orphan Swords. It's curated by Belgian labels Silken Tofu and Idiosyncratics, both known for crossing borders and disregarding genre limitations. The fact that these entities are now joining forces should come as no surprise. They have a long history together on many levels and now emerge as a collective that has been taking shape over the years.
Tracklist:
1. Onrust - Hesse (ST Edit)
2. Onrust - Saramago
3. Icon Template - Larme Acérée
4. Icon Template - Republic Of Terror
5. Orphan Swords - Phenex
6. Orphan Swords - Vual
7. Ripit - Live At MS Stubnitz (8th April 2016) 13:06
Double tape limited to 150 copies, available for pre-order at silkentofu.bigcartel.com
Digital release on June 3rd through silkentofu.bandcamp.com
Some teasers:
- Ripit on Live Eye TV: Live At MS Stubnitz, 8th April 2016
- Orphan Swords on Subbacultcha Belgium: Phenex
- Icon Template on Seek Sick Sound: Republic Of Terror
Industrial Rock artists Raymond Watts is the mastermind behind PIG. He was one of the founding member of KMFDM and is responsible for many of their hit songs such as "Juke Joint Jezbel" He has worked with other artists such as Mortiis, Psychic TV, and Chemlab. He has also composed music for several Alexander McQueen's fashion shows and has toured with Nine Inch Nails.
Today Metropolis Records has released his new EP "Prey & Obey".
Below is the video for the title track off the EP to check out..
PIG will also be touring North America with Julien-K (ex Orgy members) beginning the end of June.
Pig Tour Dates:
6/28 Detroit, MI @ Smalls
6/30 Chicago, IL @Reggies
7/1 St Paul, MN @Amsterdam
7/2 Kansas City, MO @Riot Room
7/3 St Louis, MO @Crack Fox
7/5 Albuquerque, NM @Launchpad
7/7 Denver, CO @The Venue
7/8 Salt Lake City @Metro Music HAll
7/10 Seattle, WA @Highline
7/11 Portland, OR @Star Theater
7/13 San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
7/14 Glendale, CA @Complex
7/15 Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
7/16 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
7/19 El Paso,TX @ Lowbrow Palace
7/20 Austin, TX @ Elysium
7/21 San Antonie, TX @Amp Room
7/22 Houston, TX @Numbers
7/23 Dallas, TX @House of Blues
7/25 Tampa, FL @Orpheum
7/26 Miami, FL @Churchills
7/30 Calgary, AB @Terminus Festival
8/1 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
8/2 Durham, NC @Motorco Music Hall
8/3 Richmond, VA @Fallout
8/4 New York, NY @Stimulate at Drom
8/5 Willmington, DE @Mojo13
8/6 Boston, MA @Brighton Music Hall
8/8 Montreal, QC @Piranha Bar
8/10 Niagara Falls, NY Evening Star Concert Hall
8/11 Cincinnati, OH @DF Nights
8/12 Pittsburgh, PA @Cattive
8/13 Cleveland, OH @ Phantasy Nightclub
