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Going strong for 30 years, Suicide Commando have not only been pioneers of the harder Electro genre, but continue being innovators up to this very day. 
Formed in summer 1986 by Johan van Roy, the band made a name for itself through a series of self-released tapes from the late Eighties to the early Nineties. When the group released its first full-length CD „Critical Stage“ in 1994, it soon would evolve into one of the most popular and important acts of the scene. 
On this and all of the subsequent releases, Van Roy explores the dark side of humanity with lashing beats, haunting atmospheric electronics and an addictively psychotic and relentlessly aggressive vocal style. With eternal club hits, such as the seminal „See You In Hell“ or “Hellraiser” and an impressive roster of successful album releases, from the classics “Mindstrip”, „Axis Of Evil“, „Bind, Torture, Kill“ and „Implements Of Hell“ to the apocalyptic 2013-masterpiece „When Evil Speaks“, Suicide Commando continue to be genre-defining while always evolving their very own trademark sound of synthetically-induced mayhem. 
They are a regular guest at the biggest scene-related festivals around the world and are renowned for their energetic stage performance. With an ever-growing rabid fan base at their back, Suicide Commando are one of the most popular live acts of the entire scene.


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Their current release and DAC (German Alternative Charts) No.1 album ”TRAUMA: RITUAL”
is the seventh studio album in the exceptional career of one of the most influential
electronic bands on the scene: [:SITD:] from the Ruhr-Area in Germany.
It’s a rare occasion that a project manages to shake up the whole club world with their debut
release, like [:SITD:] have done with the “SNUFF EP” including the massive club-hit “SNUFF
MACHINERY”. And the pleasant boys from the Ruhr-Area continue to go ahead with almost
unashamed ease to this very day. With their albums “STRONGHOLD“ (2003), “CODED:
MESSAGE: 12“ (2005), “BESTIE: MENSCH“ (2007), “ROT“ (2009), “ICON: KORU“ (2011),
“DUNKELZIFFER“ (2014) und “TRAUMA: RITUAL“ (2017) they put their significant marks on
the “Dark Electro”-scene worldwide. Similarly with their energetic live-performances in more
than 20 countries in Europe and North- and South America.
In the world of [:SITD:], formally known as SHADOWS IN THE DARK, completely different
electronic styles fuse to one dark and fascinating opus. The lyrics are inspiring and thoughtprovoking,
while the anthemic, sweeping melodies are driven forward by energetic,
hammering beats and grooves.
[:SITD:] are unmistakable - an original that has reinvented and developed itself again and
again. So front man and singer CARSTEN JACEK, musical mastermind TOM LESCZENSKI and
keyboarder FRANK D’ANGELO look back at a 20 year career span, and with “TRAUMA:
RITUAL” they are solemnly offering a work that can hardly be surpassed.


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Caustic was born of pixie dust and cheap, used sex toys. Started in 2002, Caustic has proven time and time again that bad ideas can never die, but CD sales can. With performances that entail prop comedy, showtune singalongs, and the occasional trip to the emergency room, Caustic has never not disappointed, and plans on continuing that tradition with his first trip to Seattle in 6 years. The mayor has changed, right? The last one told us never to come back.
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The Chicago-based electronic rock quintet I:Scintilla formed in 2003 and soon after self-released their debut album, The Approach. After a year packed with live performances, I:Scintilla signed to Belgian electro label Alfa-Matrix and released their first EP Havestar and second full-length album Optics.. Optics peaked at #6 on the Deutsche Alternative Charts Top 10 Albums list. Preceding the album release, I:Scintilla performed at Leipzig’s Wave-Gotik-Treffen in May 2007. The band toured the states extensively through 2008 with darkwave band The Crüxshadows. The following year, I:Scintilla released an EP titled Prey on You, and their third album Dying & Falling. In 2012, I:Scintilla released a pair of EPs: Marrow 1 (acoustic) and Marrow 2. After a brief hiatus, I:Scintilla began recording their fourth album in the Spring of 2017 at Shirk Studios in Chicago, IL with producer Greg Panciera (Sylvia Massy, Alessandro Cortini of Nine Inch Nails, Dave Bianco). The record, entitled Swayed, was released September 21, 2018, preceded by the first single Carmena Saturna. Swayed is the first album of all-new material since 2010's Dying & Falling. I:Scintilla’s current lineup consists of vocalist Brittany Bindrim, guitarist Jim Cookas, drummer Vince Grech (Sister Machine Gun, Stromkern), bassist Dean Dunakin, and guitarist Myles Arwine.
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Continues is the synthesizer popular project by Dan Gatto (ex-BABYAND). Since 2010, Continues has crafted emotional electronic audio to be performed and shared live and beyond. Compositions are built using equipment from the past to celebrate, reconcile and act on moments of love and desire. 
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Markko B. (mastermind of dark elektro fame C-LEKKTOR) and his partner in crime Psyklon have  up this new project in 2014  a tour de force of hardstyle tunes oppressively mixing heavy merciless basslines, addictive electronic melodies, hypnotizing repetitive sampled vocal slogans and aggressive beats. CIRCUITO CERRADO is nothing but a heavy sounding machinery crushing everything on its way with its aggressive lacerating modern techno beats and its industrial distorted noise attacks. 
You enjoy futuristic upbeat hardcore club tunes? You get them. 
You enjoy mesmerizing looped distorted noisy rhythms? You get them.
You enjoy vicious melodic sequences and mind-boggling vocal samples? You get them. 

SPREAD THE NOIZE LOUD AND PROUD
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DV8R IS A PERFECT STORM OF HYPER BASSLINES, ALIEN SYNTHS, STOMP DRUMS, AND HAUNTING VOCALS WITH A POST APOCALYPTIC MESSAGE. THE BAND WAS FORMED EARLY 2017 IN SEATTLE AND RELEASED ITS FIRST FULL LENGTH ALBUM (ZERO HOUR) IN 2018 ON INFACTED RECORDINGS (PRODUCED BY THOMAS LESCZENSKI OF [:SITD:] )  
MATT, COREY AND KEVIN ARE NO STRANGERS TO THE MUSIC SCENE. FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS THEY HAVE COLLABORATED AND TOURED WITH A VARIETY OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL ACTS.  DV8RZ HAVE SHARED THE STAGE WITH BANDS SUCH AS FRONT 242, VNV NATION, ASSEMBLAGE 23, KILLING JOKE, COVENANT AND MANY MORE. 
DV8R IS PASSIONATE ABOUT GENERATING HIGH QUALITY MUSIC, ELECTRIFYING PERFORMANCES AND AN OVER ALL MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE.
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