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Industrial
madness!
Hearing
the name Icon of Coil, a lot of Electro-girlies
will sport a weird sort of dreamy
look and a flush of red on their faces.
The most important reason for this
behavior is - next to the catchy and
harmonic sounds of the band's music
- their rather attractive front man
Andy LaPlegua. This guy looks as though
he has got no evil at all inside of
him...
Wrong!
Oh boy... his project Combichrist,
which has long since turned his main
endeavor, is pure, musical evil. The
mix of harsh noise, TBM, provocative
lyrics and weird samples sounds like
it has come straight out of hell.
Andy laughs and comments: "well,
the devil really has nothing to do
with this music. Combichrist is just
my musical vehicle to let out all
the nasty things inside of me. I can
do whatever I want to do.Combichrist
is more electronic than anything else
I have ever done, although the sound
is very raw." Well... listening
to Combichrist's debut, this almost
sounds like an understatement.
"The
Joy of Gunz", released in 2003,
is an infernal noise attack and tracks
"The Line to the Dead" or
"Intruder Alert" which is
in a similar vein to Suicide Commando
are high caliber sonic weaponry. The
whole thing culminates in "Vater
Unser" - a thunderstorm that
rips out of your system's speakers
with monotonous and relentless power.
Quite contrary to the obvious religious
references, Andy is not a religious
fellow at all: "C'mon, we humnas
used to believe that our planet Earth
is a flat disc! Hence, why should
we believe in a god we know not to
exist. Anyone switching on their brains
for more than 2 seconds must accept
this as a fact. If people are fond
of seeking shelter behind empty words
and unkept promises, that is their
problem, but it is definitely not
my cup of tea. Should I be wrong,
though, meaning that I would stand
face to face with God after death,
then he can prepare for quite a litany
from me about this shit happening
down here", states an angry LaPlegua.
The project's name is, thus, not intended
as a praise of the Lord. "Each
and every person should revert to
his or her own strengths and not revert
to some deity in hope of help."
Regarding the music of Combichrist,
Andy solely relies on his own musical
expertise.
After
the second strike, the ultra-brutal
Halloween-inferno "Kiss the Blade",
LaPlegua decided to move on to other
stylistic wates - stagnation means
boredom and boredom and Combichrist
have never been friends. Always having
been rather fond of the Techno scene,
he decided that his Industrial madness
would be even more powerful when combined
with the dance beats from the club
scene. The result of this endeavor
was "Sex, Drogen und Industrial"
a beat-laden dance floor attack. If
there'd be a disco in hell, Combichrist
would be delivering its music. Shortly
thereafter, LaPlegua launched a double
attack - "Everybody Hates You"
... with a Techno-Body-Music inferno
on CD1 and horror chillout tracks
on CD2 that displayed yet another
side of the versatile sound wizard
Andy LaPlegua. This shit will fuck
you up? You bet, baby!
The
double CD „What The F**k Is
Wrong With You People“ Combichrist
further elaborated on the band's trademark
mix of noise and TBM and brought LaPlagua
one step closer to total world domination...
because since quite a while it is
not only the girls standing in the
first row at a Combichrist gig...
rather, everyone is celebrating this
musical madness together.
The
next strike followed in 2008, with
the "Frost EP: Sent To Destroy."
It featured the typical Combichrist
mix of aggro and catchiness, yet in
a much more aggressive and European-electronic
guise. But this infernal EP was only
the harbinger of things to come: in
February 2009, the long-awaited new
Combichrist-album "Today We Are
All Demons" will be hitting the
shops. The rather aptly titled release
features thudding beats and massive
bass in a hellishly fun mix of Aggrotech,
TBM, European Electro and Industrial.
The album is released as a limited
first edition double CD sporting an
infernal bonus disc exclusively in
Europe. There is also a lavish double-LP-edition
featuring two extra-heavy colored
12" vinyl discs in a gatefold
sleeve and an ultra-limited collector's
"Box Of Demons" featuring
an exclusive T-shirt, a postcard set,
a metal pin and a weatherproof sticker.
Andy & Co. will also be taking
this album to the stages around the
world on an extensive world tour.
Fittingly, Andy has also prepared
a nifty new release, accompanying
the tour. On "Heat EP: All Pain
Is Beat", Combichrist are giving
bass speakers a through workout with
six remixes of their club-hits "All
Pain Is Gone" and "Can't
Change The Beat" by the likes
of VNV Nation, Aesthetic Perfection
and Assemblage 23, to name but a few.
The EP is being released on May 1st
in a special, ultra-limited buzz saw
shape CD edition, in a hand-numbered
Digipak.
The
Combichrist Army is ever growing and
it is just a matter of time until
they will also get YOU. This is fucking
Electro madness and we love it!
Line-Up:
Andy LaPlegua (programming, vocals)
Deutsche
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