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The Half-Dozen you need:
This
week: Hello, hello!! With just a few days till Christmas,
we have
2008's last Storming the Base newsletter locked and loaded with some of
the most
hard hitting and mouth-watering EBM, industrial, and metal releases you've
ever
heard!! The year goes out with a real giant bang here at Storming the Base
as
we present to you the limited edition boxset for the new
Combichrist
album!! Comes with a DCD version of the album We Are All Demons, as
well as
lots of other goodies including an exclusive and limited edition
Combichrist T-shirt! Order now if you want a copy--these won't
be
around for long, and plenty are already spoken for! We also have
three new
albums of metal mayhem coming at you from Drakkar Germany, one of our
favourite
labels for all things hard, heavy, and hot! The first album by The Sorrow
was a
real hit here at the Storming the Base HQ, and it still gets tons
of playtime for us, so imagine how psyched we are that The Sorrow
will be
releasing a new album in February, and a limited 2CD version to boot!
Awesome!
Drakkar also brings us two hot metal releases from Letzte Instanz and
Silverland, the drummer from Subway To Sally! BLC Productions will be
presenting
us with four smashing EBM monsters this winter including the
hotly anticipated 10th edition of the Interbreeding series. This
new version
features contributions from Colony 5, Run Level Zero, Massiv in Mensch,
Alien
Vampires, ESR, and more, so it will for sure be a real treat. Also
check out new albums from BLC giants Alien Vampires, Obszon Geschopf, and
newcomer
Cygnosic!! COP International is busy as ever offering the newest in
synth-EBM goodness. Two
new releases will land in your mailbox in January, including the
first domestic release for Wynardtage, and the new full-length from
Schallfaktor.
What a way to leave you on this
fine afternoon as 2008 runs its course!! Thank
you for your business this year, keep loving and living the music, and
we'll catch you on the flip side for another 365 days of music
mayhem. Happy New Year
and
Read on...
*****THIS
WEEK'S MUST-HAVE RELEASE
!
COMBICHRIST "BOX OF
DEMONS -
LIMITED BOXSET
WITH T-SHIRT"
ORDER FAST!
STRICTLY LIMITED EDITION!
This is
Techno Body Music! There is probably no other act that has influenced
this musical genre as much Andy LaPlegua with his project Combichrist.
On his eagerly awaited new long player “Today We Are All Demons”,
he spiffs up his wild mix of EBM and Techno with a
solid dose of Industrial and Aggrotech on a foundation of pure Electro.
The increased hardness-factor and the thoroughly European sound of the new
album are
very effective: when Andy LaPlegua exorcises his inner demons and screams
out his anger at the
world to massive thudding beats and noisy electronics, Combichrist becomes
a perfect club inferno.
Furthermore, keen Andy is a master at embedding solid beats, deep bass and
recognizable hook lines in the midst of all this pandemonium, thus keeping
things catchy, no matter how hard the sound. Songs like “All Pain Is
Gone”, “Kick Start The Fight” or the well-known club hit “Sent To
Destroy”, from
the advance “Frost EP”, are relentless no-nonsense club-attacks that will
have you instantly shouting along nonetheless.
Released on Out of Line and available January 23rd,
2009.
The hellishy hot and strictly limited "Box Of Demons" contains the double CD in a Digipak plus a box set exclusive T-Shirt (sizes M, L or XL: please email us your choice!), a classy metal pin, a postcard set and a weatherproof sticker.
01 No Afterparty
02 All Pain is gone
03 Kickstart the
Fight
04 I want Your Blood
05 Can't change the Beat
06 Sent to
destroy
07 Spit
08 New Form of Silence
09 Scarred
10 The Kill
V2
11 Get out of My Head
12 Today we are all Demons
13 At the End of it
all
BONUS CD
01 Tranquilized
02
Avenge
03 Carnival of Terror
04 Till Death do us Party
05 Machine
Love
06 427 FE
07 Caliber:Death
08 Gore Baby,
Gore
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***** OUR HOT
PICKS FOR THE WEEK
:)
COMBICHRIST "WE ARE ALL
DEMONS
-
LIMITED
2CD"
This is Techno Body Music! There
is probably no other act that has influenced this musical genre as much
Andy LaPlegua with
his project Combichrist. On his eagerly awaited new long player “Today We
Are
All Demons”, he spiffs up his
wild
mix of EBM and Techno with a solid dose of Industrial and
Aggrotech on a foundation of pure Electro. The increased hardness-factor
and the
thoroughly European sound of the new album are very effective: when Andy
LaPlegua
exorcises his inner demons and screams out his anger at the world to
massive
thudding beats and noisy
electronics, Combichrist becomes
a perfect club inferno. Furthermore, keen Andy is a master at embedding
solid beats, deep
bass and recognizable hook lines in the midst of all this pandemonium,
thus keeping things catchy, no matter how hard the sound. Songs like
“All Pain Is Gone”, “Kick Start The Fight” or the well-known
club hit “Sent To Destroy”, from the advance “Frost EP”,
are relentless no-nonsense club-attacks that will have you instantly
shouting
along nonetheless. Released on Out of
Line
and
available January 23rd, 2009.
01 No Afterparty
02 All Pain is gone
03 Kickstart the
Fight
04 I want Your Blood
05 Can't change the Beat
06 Sent to
destroy
07 Spit
08 New Form of Silence
09 Scarred
10 The Kill
V2
11 Get out of My Head
12 Today we are all Demons
13
At
the
End of it all
BONUS CD
01 Tranquilized
02 Avenge
03 Carnival of
Terror
04 Till Death do us Party
05 Machine Love
06 427 FE
07
Caliber:Death
08 Gore Baby, Gore
THE SORROW "ORIGIN OF THE STORM
- LIMITED"
STORMING
THE BASE RECOMMENDS!!
How these guys have surprised us! THE SORROW from
Austria’s idyllic Voralberg region arrived on the scene almost exactly 18
months
ago with their debut, Blessings From The Blackened Sky, steamrolling
everything
that stood in their way. A band that you’d expect to find in the UK,
Sweden or
the US, certainly not in the German-speaking territories, had entered the
great
heavy metal arena. With a strong first release that lived up to top
international standards under their belt (“Album of the Month” in Metal
Hammer),
the musicians surrounding charismatic frontman Mätze took Europe’s stages
by
storm, performing well over 150 gigs, playing the Wacken Open Air, Tuska,
Nova
Rock, Metal Camp and the Rock Hard festival, among others (the bonus CD of
the
limited edition includes songs from the Rock Hard open-air festival!).
They
visited Finland and France as well as Berlin, Bochum and Bregenz.
Austria’s most
successful metal act shared stages with renowned acts such as Children Of
Bodom,
Devildriver, Heaven Shall Burn, Killswitch Engage and Chimaira. THE SORROW
have
always convinced their audience in every respect, and it goes without
saying
that this attitude has catapulted the band into the premiere league of
European
metal acts in no time at all. The magazine, EMP, have been proved right in
their
prediction, commenting in summer 2007 that “the future definitely belongs
to The
Sorrow!” Backed by so much impetus, the band naturally put their shoulders
to
the wheel to follow their debut album with a real bang. THE SORROW have
surpassed themselves with Origin Of The Storm and are set to deliver an
album
that is a real highlight, their familiar brute and extremely refreshing
manner
of celebrating their contemporary metal sound having been perfected on
their new
album. The raw parts get down to business with even more determination,
the
riffing is even more
refined, the chorus even bigger and more anthemic
than on their first album. At the same time, THE
SORROW move in the tradition of contemporary metal acts such as
Trivium, In Flames and Slipknot. Released on Drakkar and available
February 27th, 2009.
1.Apnoia
2.Where
Is The Sun?
3.My Immortal Guardian
4.Scars
5.Eyes Of the
Darkness
6.Raising The Devil
7.Anchor In The Storm
8.From This Day On
9.Heaven Is No Place For Us
10.Tempestuous
11.Collector Of
Tears
12.Faceless
13.Day Of The
Lord
Bonus
CD:
1.Elegy (Live @ Rock Hard '08)
2.The Dagger Thust
(Live @ Rock Hard '08)
3.Far Beyond The Days Of Grace (Live @ Rock
Hard '08)
4.Intro "From This Life" (Live @ Rock Hard '08)
5.From This Life
(Live @
Rock Hard '08)
6.Saviour, Welcome Home
7.Death
From A Lovers Hand (Live @ Rock Hard
'08)
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***** HOT PRE-ORDERS!!
LETZTE
INSTANZ "SCHULDIG"
Guilty of taking a stand, musically as well as in terms of
content. 13 new songs, touching lyrics and unambiguous statements aimed at
the
scene and beyond. Following their acoustic album to celebrate the band’s
anniversary, Letzte Instanz have come up with a codex for this kind of
thing,
their dogma being: “No messing about. Pure, dynamic rock music!” The
recession
is elsewhere, 2009 will see the band embark to new shores. Mind you, it’s
never
been easy to find the right musical pigeonhole for this band consisting of
three
Bavarians, three Saxons and a Berlin-born
Istanbul resident. Although buzzwords such as brute romanticism,
folk, gothic or rock may seem like appropriate cornerstones, the
wide field in between evades categorisation. Always caught between two
stools,
yet straight to the heart. Released on Drakkar and available
February 27th, 2009.
1.Mea Culpa
[00:43]
2.Mein Engel [03:55]
3.Flucht ins Glück [03:27]
4.Eisherz
[03:27]
5.Traumlos [03:36]
6.Dein Licht [04:24]
7.Die Eine
[03:39]
8.Vollmond [03:27]
9.Feuer [02:56]
10.Mein Leben [04:41]
11.Der
Garten (feat. Aylin Aslim) [03:26]
12.Komm! [04:04]
13.Finsternis
[03:55]
14.Wann
[04:54]
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SILVERLANE "MY
INNER DEMON"
SILVERLANE - that’s the name of the band which sees Subway
To Sally drummer Simon Michael live out his penchant for partially
progressive,
but always melodic and symphonically inclined power metal in the tradition
of
Edguy, Avantasia, Kamelot and Gamma Ray. Back in 1995, the then
11-year-old
formed the band together with his brother Chris (guitar, backing vocals),
sister
Dodo (keyboards, backing vocals) and school friend, Daniel Saffer (bass) –
more
or less as a family business, gathering initial experience in composing
songs as
a joint venture. This experience was soon to pay off: in the middle of
working
on his self-composed journeyman’s piece, LEGENDS OF SAFAR (2005) – a
concept
album which he distributed himself, selling 1,000 copies without promotion
– the
drummer applied for a position with Germany’s medieval rock music
institution,
Subway To Sally. The band were so impressed with the amazing skills of the
talented young drummer that they made him a sensational offer: “Let us
know by
tomorrow morning, ten o’ clock, whether you want to join us!” The rest is
rock
history, at least as far as Simon Michael’s work with the band from
Potsdam is
concerned. This, however, didn’t automatically mean the end of SILVERLANE.
In
fact,
the opposite was the case: together with Ecki
Singer, a 23-year-old, strong-voiced powerhouse of a vocalist, and
guitarist
Uli Holzermer, Michael has been working simultaneously on his band’s
official
album debut “My Inner Demon”, due out on 20 February
2009. On Drakkar.
1.Wings Of Eternity
[05:26]
2.Miracle [03:26]
3.The Flight Of Icarus [05:37]
4.The
Taste
Of Sin [03:36]
5.My Inner Demon[07:19]
6.Tears Of Pain (04:17]
7.In
The Desert [00:58]
8.Kingdom Of Sand[05:20]
9.Full Moon [03:28]
10.Serenade Of Wind [02:14]
11.The Dark Storm [04:10]
12.Slowly
[04:27]
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PUNTO OMEGA "NOCHE OSCURA
DEL ALMA"
01. Mundo De
Mentiras
VARIOUS "INTERBREEDING
X: KAGEFIGHTERS (BLOOD, SEX,
& ELECTRO)"
Confirmed bands: Alien vampires,
Bacteria, crash-symptom, Cable Bends Steel, Colony 5, CygnosiC, ESR, FSJC,
Massiv in Mensch, Mordacious, Obszon Geschopf, Proyecto Crisis, Reaxxion
guerilla, Roppongi
Inc Project, Run Level Zero, Stahlnebel, Terrorfrequenz, The Pain
Machinery,
Uberbyte, Viscera
Drip.
OBSZON GESCHOPF
"ERECTION BODY MUTILATED (BACK FROM
THE DEAD)"
DISC 1
NOW
AT A LOWER PRICE!!
The Argentinian electro-heroes PUNTO OMEGA celebrate the
dark night of the soul. In tormentingly fatalistic songs, delivered in
aggressive Spanish, they follow the path of those upon the eternal search
for
truth and freedom. This path is lined with crises, conflict, humiliation
and
manipulation. "Noche Oscura del Alma" (The Dark Night of the Soul) is the
moment
of the absolute nadir, from which one emerges strengthened. Only
afterwards is
one able to find one's own true identity. The music of the exotic dark
electro
duo is stamped through with this existentialism and deliberately confronts
the
gentle listener with a merciless strength: lashing, razor-sharp beats
raining
down, industrial-inspired noise, catchy keyboard passages and the demonic
vocals
create an unforgettable mixture which no fan of the genre will be able to
resist. PUNTO OMEGA move between HOCICO and WUMPSCUT and the epic
atmospherics
of VNV NATION but yet offer more: a whole range of dancefloor-compatible
hits
and occasional hints of martial bombast and sinister atmospherics. Even
neo-classical elements and acoustic guitars can be heard. With their album
"Noche Oscura del Alma" the new Latin American forerunners of hard
electronic
anthems set forth their dark philosophy, in which each true seeker may
recognize themselves. Stirring electronics, every once in a
while stamped with a dreadful coldness, but at the same
time passionately and seductively monumental. A long yearned-for inferno,
after which
the rebirth will unquestionably follow. Released on Vendetta and available
January 26th, 2009.
02. Fabricantes De Miedo
03. Humanimal Planet
04.
Palabras
Muertas
05. Eterno Presente
06. Inroitus
07. Noche Oscura Del
Alma
08. Camino A La Unidad
09. Todos Somos Uno
10. Promesas
Lejanas
11. Suenos
Inducidos
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The now world-renowned INTERBREEDING ™ compilation
series returns with its long-awaited TENTH edition, soon to join over
30,000
copies of the INTERBREEDING series now in circulation. Staying
true
to its formula for success, INTERBREEDING X mixes high-quality and
high-velocity
tracks from newcomers on the electro scene, such as TERRORFREQUENZ,
REAXION
GUERILLA and STAHLNEBEL with more veteran performers like ESR, MASSIV IN
MENSCH
and RUN LEVEL ZERO for one club smash after another, and almost every
track an
exclusive for the INTERBREEDING compilation. BLC also presents a new
graphics artist, Paul Gerrard of the UK, who takes the Interbreeding
imagery to
an unprecedented level of terror and brutality along the lines of images
from
the films “SAW”, “HOSTEL” or “FRONTIER(S)”. INTERBREEDING
compilations have found their listeners in the top club venues such as DAS
BUNKER in Los Angeles, THE CASTLE in Florida, MATRIX in Germany and
SLIMELIGHT
in the UK, and it is anticipated that INTERBREEDING X will join earlier
editions
for heavy club rotation
among the hard and dark electro crowd. A
winner and a certain collectible for dark music fans around
the world, KAGEFIGHTERS is set to lead the way for a
stellar 2009 at BLC PRODUCTIONS. Released on BLC and available
February 1st, 2009.
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The “madman” of France was formerly a BLC band, releasing
“Son of Evil” some years ago, but then left the label to search for his
true
hard-electro sound – and he found it! OBSZON GESCHOPF has now completely
torn
the doors off, pulled out all the stops, and hits you everywhere in this
brutal
double-disc extravaganza of pure hardcore electro heaven. Of all
things,
OG decides to make an electronica tribute of sorts to serial killers like
John
Wayne Gacy, Albert Fish, Ed Gein ... ah yes, all good friends NOT to have
;-) But they can become your buddies for sure if you pick up this
amazing
double-disc set. A bit of background: OG actually had thrown
in the
towel because his new creation got hung up at another label and there was
no
movement toward getting it released. In frustration, he declared
himself
musically DEAD. But not so! He was properly resurrected by BLC
PRODUCTIONS and will soon show the world how gut-wrenching, often
guitar-riddled
electro, really sounds, giving a tip of the hat back to the old masters of
coldwave electronic and formative masters like Throbbing Gristle. We
absolutely guarantee an orgasm. Believe us, hundreds of thousands of
fans
cannot be wrong. Perhaps the most magnificent hardcore album of the
decade, Disc
One presents all original material, and Disc Two
bangs out 15 remix hits from greats like HEIMATAERDE, JOACHIM
WITT, OUT OUT, CYBER AXIS and more. A real treasure for
the hardcore dark electro fans! Released on BLC and available
February 1st, 2009.
1) My
first piece of meat
2) Ogre of montana
3) Erection body
mutilated
4)
Bloodfeast
5) Goresex
6) Deranged
7) The sex beast
8) John
wayne
gacy
9) I'm freak
10) The love butcher
11) Urge to kill
12)
Port elizabeth
massacre
DISC 2
1)
CIRCUS OF DEAD SQUIRELS : My first piece of meat
2) STERIL : Coffin
shop
3) HEIMATAERDE : Deranged
4) CYBER AXIS : The love
butcher
5)
JOACHIM WITT : My first piece of meat
6) VIGILANTE : Erection body
mutilated
7) OUT OUT : Sinister bleeding
8) FGFC 820 : Goresex
9)
BOSCH
: I'm freak
10) IKONOKLAST : The sex beast
11) SCHATTENSCHLAG : The
beast
within
12) XENTRIFUGE : Ogre of montana
13) INERTIA : The love
butcher
14) CYNERGY 67 : Port elizabeth massacre
15) TEMPEST & THE DIASPORA :
Urge to
kill
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CYGNOSIC "A DEITY
IN PAIN"
Hailing from Old Athens, GREECE, BLC Productions presents a
brand-new project with powerful and intelligent EBM-stylings, harsh vox,
and
careful, strategic samplings that are at once both thoughtful and
provocative,
as well as driving fans to dance floors in record numbers.
CYGNOSIC
is the brainchild of Georg, an intense solo artist who labored in the dark
laboratories of electronica to become a huge favorite in this particular
region
of the world, amassing tens of thousands of plays from fans in the My
Space
community and continuing strongly to date. BLC, ever expanding its
global
roster, now proudly presents a debut that is
sure to be a show stealer for fans
in Greece and around the world, as well as looking
to be the dark horse of the year for the top
EBM album. Not to be missed! Releasedon BLC and available
February 1st,
2009.
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ALIEN VAMPIRES "FUCK
OFF
AND DIE"
The masters of melding electro, metal and
trance in a brilliant hard-electro cocktail return after their huge
successes
with MCD “Nuns are Pregnant”, full-length album “EVIL GENERATION”, and “NO
ONE
HERE GETS OUT ALIVE” – all of which have been grabbed up by the rabid fans
who
demonstrate an almost cult-like devotion to the iconoclastic ALIEN
VAMPIRES.
Never shying away from confrontation, the Italy-UK duo has dished up a new
full-length called "FUCK OFF AND DIE" – so put the kids to bed, at least
if you
intend to say the name of the album out loud! Otherwise, it's nearly
80
minutes of raging, raving, inescapable audio pleasure as only ALIEN
VAMPIRES can
deliver it. Featuring a killer remix by
NOISUF-X, and a special guest appearance on vocals
by the legendary SUICIDE COMMANDO, this album is a “must
have”, if ever there was one. Expect the album to be
sold out – and fast! Released on BLC and available
February 1st, 2009.
0. INTRO – 666 –
(by IN SLAUGHTER NATIVES)
1. FUCK OFF AND DIE - original
version
2.
DEATH CULT DEVOTION
3. FOOT JOB ADDICTION
4. FAR FROM HUMANS
(Featuring
SUICIDE COMMANDO – VOX)
5. RESISTANCE AIN'T FUTILE
6. WON'T SEE YA
EVEN IN
HELL
7. BLOOD BATH
8. LESBIAN NUNS SUCK ME DRY
9. TO DIE WITH
U
10.
EVIL WILL ALWAYS FIND U
11. ONE NIGHT STAND
12. DEATH TO PIGS
13.
FUCKED ON LSD
14. THE CONVENT BURNS
15. HELL DESCENT
16. KILL THE
AUTHORITY
17. ENTRAPPED IN THIS WORLD
18. BEFORE IT’S TOO
LATE
19.
BDSM
20. FUCK OFF AND DIE –
(REMIX by
NOISUF-X)
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WYNARDTAGE "THE
GREY LINE"
For more than six years K. Arnold has headed up the
project Wynardtage. Musically, this audio powerhitter finds its home in
the dark
electro field for which it was targeted from the beginning. Not only
thought as
"food for the dancefloor" they convince beyond the clubs too, with their
manifold and innovative sounds and emotional lyrics. With the 4th. album
"The
Grey Line" Wynardtage serves another milestone in the still-fresh history
of the
band. Eleven new emotional-upgraded songs give a proof why the
Chemnitz-based
project belongs to the top of german dark-electro scene(as there are 3 DAC
top
five in the last two years) All of the songs are suited in the well known
wynardtage "clothes" and point exactly through their authentic, depressive
mood
and sustainable club-usability. As fast as things somtimes can change in
life,
so it was in masterminds Kai Arnolds life in the recent months. Such
experiences
were personally described in songs like "leaving" or "the frozen
point". A real special highlight is definitely the
titlesong "The Grey Line", where again Melanie G.(known from
guestappearance
at davaNtage) gives brightful vocals. "The Grey Line" not only for
us; THE Electro-Record in 2008. Released on COP and available
January 9th, 2009.
1 Mask
2
Tragic Hero
3 The Frozen Point
4 Leaving
5 Cutting Down
6
The
Grey Line
7 In Death A Tale
8 If There Is No Tomorrow
9 My
Life
10 Crash Of A Star
11 Now We Are Alive
12 The Grey Line
(Remixed By
Yendri)
13 If There Is No Tomorrow (Remixed By Cygnosic)
14 The Frozen Point
(Remixed By
Echorausch)
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=7996
SCHALLFAKTOR "SITTENVERFALL"
The New album from EBM/synth group Schallfaktor,
now available domestically on COP. Released on COP and available
January 15th, 2009.
1 Glaskastentraum
2 Promiskuitiv
3 Mir
4 Suicide Confession
5 Gezeugt in
Hass
6 Friss Mich
7 Seelenfresser
8 Infinity
9 Malfunction
10
Aroused
11
Menschen
http://www.stormingthebase.com/details.asp?ProdID=7997
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