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The Crowbar covering Kraftwerk shtick gradually gave way to a full fledged embracing ofextreme metal and industrial soundscapes resulting in some of the best and most out therealbums the genre has offered to date (Cold Dark Matter 2001, Sick Transit Gloria Mundi2002). Lately though signs of redundancy have begun to appear.STRAPPING YOUNG LAD exploded on the scene with their furious debut (though featuringmetal wise man Devin Townshend and drum god Gene Hoglan) but it was the cyber thrashmasterpiece City (1997) that cemented their position as miles ahead of the scene in sheerferocity and songwriting. Devin has since released a large number of albums under thismonicker and other names that effortlessly bring together industrial, progressive rock, melodicmetal and even dream-rock.There is even a band catering to the more fetish-oriented consumer for this genre. I meanTHE GENITORTURERS who have stuck to their cock-metal gone industrial as envisionedby De Sade formula and eventually even got David Vincent (yes that Vincent!) in their folds,mostly due to his wife(!!) fronting the outfit. It’s an impressive run of albums and ‘interesting’live shows that shows a band finding a formula and adhering to it.The tail end of the decade saw widespread embracing of the industrial/ electronica aestheticby a number of European bands, many of whom had originally broken new ground withblack metal, often to the horror of the ‘troo’ crowd. Each interpreted the influence in aunique manner, often resulting in some of themost twisted sounds to come out of the genre.THE KOVENANT started out as a typical black metal band destined with 2 records straightfor the bargain bins had they not suddenly had a industrial avant-garde revelation on theirthird release (Animatronic 1999). Elements of thrash and electronica found place alongsidethe more extreme metal influences to give birth to a unique cyber sound. S.E.T.I (2003)found them further exploring space and synthesizers while remaining quite catchy. Theirnew album is eagerly awaited by those who enjoy experimental metal worldwide.ABORYM have been terrorizing the extreme metal community since 1999 (Kali Yuga Bizarre),but they really found their own sound with Fire walk With Us (2001), a nearly perfectmix of black metal and industrial elements. The next album (With No Human Intervention2003) continued on a similar sonic path, and Generator (2006) has found them delving furtherinto insanity while still retaining their industrial black metal roots.A band with a rather strange progression,SAMAEL went from a basic satanic cultblack metal phenomena (Worship Him1991, Blood Ritual 1992) to extreme metalsongwriters extraordinaire (Ceremony of
Opposites 1994, Rebellion EP 1995) to one of the leading lights of space metal (Passage1996, Exodus 1998, Eternal 1999, Reign of Light 2004). They have constantly challengedtheir fans with new concepts in cosmic/cyber metal composition, though their classic periodis widely acknowledged to be 1994 – 1999.Some other black metal elite who have incorporated industrial and electronic elements intheir sound (to good or bad effect) include the raging yet cold MAYHEM (Grand Declarationof War 2000) and the mind expanding ULVER (Themes from William Blake’s The Marriage ofHeaven and Hell 1998, Perdition City 2000).It is highly recommended that the interested reader further researches the various bandsmentioned above, as well as digging deeper underground for the more obscure outfits that Ihave not touched. Electro metal has developed immensely as a genre in the last 20 years orso, with many off-shoots. But to further strengthen this most futuristic and forward thinkingof genres, we need to support the original and innovative artists and root out the commercialpop rock masquerading under Electro/Industrial Metal’s banner. So listen and analyzebefore spending your hard earned cash! As a rule of thumb, major record label hype isalmost always wrong.Check the reviews sections for many currently active bands that are continuously morphingthe mold and carrying forward the flag of Electro Metal.NOTE: A third installment of this article covering post 2000 bands of this ilk may or may notappear depending on the planetary alignments in this sub-sector of the space – time continuum.SuleimanDEKADENZThe Beauty And The MachineQuite unnoticed the German [D]ekaden[Z],who are around the underground culturesince 1998, have released their debut album"Elektronoid” last year. The longplayerfeatures electrifying extreme metal withdozens of weird electronic/industrial decorationand an interesting lyrical concept.Over the last decades the work with ingredientsof extreme metal and electronica hasbecome a challenge for musicians, whowant to go a few steps further than thetypical drums+guitar+bass+disgusting vocalsconcept. Symptomatic for most "industrial-metal”releases (beside very few exemptionslike ABORYM’s "With No HumanIntervention”) was their half-hearted realisationand artistic weakness.I have to admit that I don’t see in[D]ekaden[Z] the revolutionaries of any genrenor is their debut a classic, but at leastwith "Mechatronik” and "Vom Untergang”they created two pounding and cold roboter-symphoniesthat made me just wantto grab my digital pen to do an interviewand learn more about their weird cosmos.Singer L.O.S. and machinist "@noize” wereso kind to answer my questions.
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