{"key":"24578","name":"Sybreed","bio":"Formed in 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland by guitar player Drop and singer Benjamin, Sybreed was created to reflect their mutual tastes for metal and industrial music, with conceptual contents revolving around social misery, everyday alienation and the decay of the modern way of life in general. Later, they began work on material for their first album SLAVE DESIGN which was released in 2004, and then performed around the US to unleash the album's electronic violence on stage. Meanwhile, Drop began to compose on what would become the Slave Design's successor, re-introducing Black and Death metal influences in the process, and thus injecting a new dimension of brutality in their music. At the same time, it further developed the melodic side of the music, increased the use of clean vocals, but retained an electronic touch making Sybreed\u2019s sound easily recognizable among others. For the occasion, the band hired Soilwork's drummer Dirk Verbeuren, who kindly accepted to record Sybreed\u2019s new album. Later, Kevin joined the band, bringing stability back into Sybreed\u2019s line-up. Having joined forces with the French label LISTENABLE RECORDS, Sybreed released their second album ANTARES in October 2007. This new LP was widely praised in the international metal press for its catchy tunes and the original use of melodies, and gave Sybreed the opportunity to open for PAIN for a couple of shows, and then embark with SAMAEL for a European tour in April 2008. This finally led them to play at the METAL CAMP Festival in Slovenia. Nevertheless, they soon felt the urge to work on a third album. The next album would push the limits of their music to an extreme end, reinvent Sybreed\u2019s sound, and turn it into something the band would describe as \u201cDeath Wave\u201d. Drop, Ben and Kevin planned regular session during fall 2008, sessions which gave birth at the end of the year to twelve tracks of both sonic aggression and ethereal atmospheres where the organic and the electronic would be finally reconciled in one sole entity. To achieve the coming of this cybernetic monster, it was decided that only one artist could handle the difficult task of giving it a final form: Rhys Fulber. Known for his work with Front Line Assembly, Fear Factory and Paradise Lost, he became the man in charge of the mixing this new album.After a North-American Tour with Threat Signal in summer of 2009, and welcoming their new bass player Steph, Sybreed is now complete and ready to unleashed their new synth-pop\/industrial\/metal bastard spawn called \u201cTHE PULSE OF AWAKENING\u201d: So as to say, the perfect tool to ravage your ears with vicious grooves, furious metallic blast, technological shivers and icy melodies.Sybreed recently finished their fourth full length release \"GOD IS AN AUTOMATON\" scheduled for release in September of 2012. It is the first album with their newest member, bassist Ales.http:\/\/www.sybreed.com\/In 2013 Benjamin decided to leave the band and therefor the rest of the band decided to go on hiatus and focus on other musical projects\u2026","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/24578_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"24635","name":"Synthetic Breed","bio":"SYNTHETIC BREED is \u201cFormulated Chaos\u201d: the Australian four-piece Industrial Djent band combining a crushing and mechanizing sounds cape. With a uniquely intense technical rhythmic complexity, SYNTHETIC BREED also ventures into chaotic poly-rhythmic passages with dynamic, emotive and eloquent melodic interludes.ABOUT:SYNTHETIC BREED was formed and began playing live in 2002. By late 2003 their debut self-titled EP was released. The band continued to write and perform, molding their unique style and in early 2005 released their second EP, \"Fractured\", leading to an invitation to perform at the prestigious \u201cWith Full Force\u201d festival in Leipzig, Germany. 2006 saw SYNTHETIC BREED record and release their first full-length album, \u2018Catatonic\u2019, which was received with worldwide critical acclaim. After a short hiatus from playing live in 2009-10 the band returned to the studio to record their second feature album, 'Perpetual Motion Machine', once again released to worldwide acclaim. 2011 saw the band sign a North American distribution deal through \u2018Rogue Records America\u2019 and undertake their most ambitious Australian tour to date. While the prior EP's hinted at the musicality and progressive tendencies of SYNTHETIC BREED, their full length releases showcase their unique and individual style and sound in a spectacularly authoritative manner. Crushing riffs, pounding polyrhythms and a superior technicality are combined with both explosive and dark movements of musical excellence to form a unique brand of Industrial Death Metal.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/24635_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"25149","name":"The Interbeing","bio":"The Danish Industrial Metal band THE INTERBEING was created in 2006. Shortly after in 2008 the band received a nomination for the Talent of the Year Award at the Danish Metal Awards and in 2010 the band won the award for Best Metal Act at the Underground Music Awards. In May 2011 the debut album 'Edge of the Obscure' was released through Mighty Music\/Target Distribution and the release underlined THE INTERBEING to be a well defined and visionary band.THE INTERBEING combines the heavy sound of Scandinavian metal with the gloomy atmosphere of electronic genres. Tight, aggressive, melodic and atmospheric are the key concepts in their sound. Their inspirations range from Meshuggah\u2019s polyrhythmic and syncopated universe to the melodic aspects of Soilwork combined with the sombre and shuffling electronic soundscapes that you find with Massive Attack and Amon Tobin, ending up with a kind of Industrial Metal in the spirit of Fear Factory.The sound goes hand in hand with the lyrics that revolve around a fictional inner being which the listener follows through dystopian worlds to lastly reach the edge of the obscure.'Edge of the Obscure' was received with high praise from national and international critics including the esteemed Danish magazine GAFFA which gave the album 5 out of 6 stars and commented: \"Edge of the Obscure is without doubt the best Danish metal album I've heard this year.\" With the same number of stars Aarhus Stiftstidende commented the album to be: \"A futuristic Metal achievement which bears witness to a frightening new level \u2026\u201c. The album went on to be number 1 in GAFFA reviewer Keld Rud's list of best Metal albums in 2011.In Europe the album has been appraised in the biggest metal medias:\u2022 Hard Rock (FR) - 9 out of 10 stars: \"The Danes perfectly master their instruments and mixing them with electronic sounds and different atmospheres that make the album a pearl of its kind.\"\u2022 Legacy (DE) - 13 out of 15 stars: \u201cEin weiteres kapitel des \"Danish Dynamite\" \u00f6ffnet sich.\u201d\u2022 Metal Hammer (UK) - 8 out of 10 stars: \"\u2026 an album with refined character and a compelling undercurrent of dark sci-fi drama.\"As a result Metal Hammer UK also handpicked THE INTERBEING to participate in their showcase on the internationally recognized music festival South By Southwest (SXSW 2012) in Austin, Texas USA. Metal Hammer\u2019s editor Alexander Milas complimented the band in the context: \"We have deemed them to be of immense international import.\"With numerous concerts in 2011 the band has marked themselves to be a strong live act which takes the concept of stage performance to a higher level.In the spring of 2012 the band heads on the first official tour after the release of 'Edge of the Obscure' and in that context the tour is named \"Tour of the Obscure\" and involves eight of the leading club scenes in Denmark. This summer the band is also headlining the upcoming stage on the biggest Danish metalfestival, Copenhell, side by side with names like Meshuggah, Slayer, Marilyn Manson, Lamb of God and Mastodon.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/25149_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"24626","name":"Mechina","bio":"Though Mechina's history is quite short, their progression in the Chicago music scene has grown to impressive heights since 2004. Over their lifespan, the band has been part of multiple compilation CDs and released their first full length masterpiece, \"The Assembly of Tyrants\". With multiple minds combining many unique and unorthodox styles of music, combining industrial atmospheres, precision inspired metal, and epic orchestrations, Mechina has created their own style of metal. Music that not only creates an atmosphere around the listener, but also displays a very powerful aura of intensity. Mechina strives to create a deeper and more intelligent form of music. A new age of music has been born.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/24626_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"33022","name":"Illidiance","bio":"Illidiance is a Cyber Metal\/Core band from Russia. The current band members are :Dmitry \u201cXyrohn\u201d Shkurin - guitars\/vocalsTommy \u201cSyrex\u201d Shkurin - vocals\/samplesTony \u201cCyclone\u201d Brezhnev - drumsValentine \u201cV.Ripper\u201d Myasnikov - DJIlya \u201cCain\u201d Valentine - bass\/vocalsThe band spawned from S.C.A.R.D. , a Melodic Black Metal band from Russia. When their label died, they changed their name to Illidiance. Their first EP and album show the Symphonic\/Melodic Black Metal side of the band. After \u201cInsane Mytheries to Demise\u201d, they started to play a combination of Symphonic Black Metal and Cyber Metal, which can be heard on their EP \u201cSynthetic Breed\u201d, and on their full-lenght album \u201cNexaeon\u201d.ILLIDIANCE - Russia\u2019s best-known Cyber Metal act that rocks out catchy, original, and technical alternative metal of the millennium - was formed back in 2005. The raw power and the atmosphere of ILLIDIANCE\u2019s music is easily comparable to the likes of The Kovenant, Fear Factory, and Sybreed. As of today the band has released two full-length albums, namely \u201cInsane Mytheries To Demise\u201d (2006) and \u201cNexaeon\u201d (2008), which together sold over 5000 copies. The act also took part in the Brutal Assault festival compilation in 2006 that sold another 6000 copies worldwide. Actually band\u2019s songs are included in 4 compilations of respectable zines.Band\u2019s song \u201cRazor To The Skin\u201d have been included in cover mounted CD compilation FEAR CANDY 72 released by TERRORIZER MAGAZINE distributed with september 2009 issue (188 issue) of Terrorizer in number of 30.000 copies worldwide, also band reached the issue 24 covermount compilation in another UK Zine - Devolution Magazine with song \u201cInfected\u201d and joined the compilations of some other zines.Throughout the years of its successful stage career ILLIDIANCE wheeled all over European Russia with solo tours, as well as played at concerts and festivals in other CIS and Eastern European countries (more than 100 gigs at all). ILLIDIANCE has had the privilege of sharing the stage with such well-known international bands as Rotting Christ, Grave Digger, Thy Disease, Shenight, Deathstars, and went on tours with Hate, Grave, Behemoth, and Crionics. In addition to that ILLIDIANCE have already played twice at one of Europe\u2019s best known festivals: Brutal Assault v11 (2006) and Brutal Assault v13 (2008). In 2009 band signed a contract with TheFlamingArts Agency and now band is promoted, managed and booked by one of the most reliable and well-known agencies in Europe (Septic Flesh, Behemoth, Rotting Christ, Sybreed\u2026)The press has also totally embraced the music and the status of the act. For instance, according to the 1Rock magazine: \u00abILLIDIANCE is today one of the most promising modern\/cyber metal acts on the Russian stage\u00bb, their first release \u201cInsane Mytheries\u2026\u201d was reviewed at 9\/10 by the Dark City magazine and 5\/5 by \u041c-Magazine, while \u201cNexaeon\u201d received 9 points out of 10 in Whiplashmag, and scored \u201cAlbum of the Month\u201d at Terroraiser, EP \u201cSynthetic Breed\u201d gained more than 40 reviews with average score 8\/10 and according to ALL ACESS MAGAZINE it - \u201cdispels any doubts that ILLIDIANCE, probably synonymous with allegiance, is here to join the metallers for cyber domination!\u201d.Actually in 2009-2010 ILLIDIANCE reached the airplays of more than 150 radio stations and channels in a different corners of the world, band\u2019s songs and pages are featured at more than 25 portals\/radios,like SignMeTo RoadRunner where featured twice! Band is interviewed and reviewed by more than 50 radios, TV channels and zines. Band spent a lot of time and budget on promotion, also ILLIDIANCE have about 20 streetteams in the different corners of the world, their total volume is more than 20.000 people involved, the number and volume of band\u2019s streeteams is growing day by day!In 2009 ILLIDIANCE became the 1st runner-up of the Nation-wide \u00abNa Vzlyot\u00bb contest competing against more than 1000 rock-bands. In 2007 the band won the Rock nomination at a contest held by Russia\u2019s Ministry of Culture in Southern Russia, while in January 2009 they finished as No.2 in a contest held by Metal Radio, with over 500 other Russian bands participating.Right now ILLIDIANCE is putting finishing touches to their third release in the studio. The band is also invited some special guest appearances for their new record, with guest musicians from Japan, Poland, Sweden and the UK, as well as members of Russia\u2019s leading alternative acts. Once that is sorted out, the act is set to hit the road in support of their new record in Russia and Europe. Planing to play at least three tours.So far, they have released 3 albums and 3 EP\u2019s. These are :Withering Razors (EP) - 2005Insane Mytheries to Demise (LP) - 2005Synthetic Breed (EP) - 2009Nexaeon (LP) - 2009Cybergore Generation (EP) - 2009Damage Theory (LP) - 2010","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/33022_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"24672","name":"Neon Synthesis","bio":"Neon Synthesis is an industrial metal band from Brescia, Italy characterized by a \"hammering rhythmic section, compact and essential guitars, large use of synthesizers and a powerful and versatile voice\". The name of the band doesnt have a specific meaning, it only wants to suggest the idea of something cold, something synthetic, artificial. Neon Synthesis draws from various musical styles interlaced within a common concept and draws from themes such as violence and weakness, joy and anguish. They describe themselves as \"an expression of youthful tension, sons of the twentieth century split, born from the sun but corrupted by the moon. A living oxymoron.\" In July 2004 we recorded our first promotional cd, simply entitled \"Promo 004\", and the three songs contained in this work obtained enthusiastic reviews from several Italian and European webzines. Since the release of the promo we have been playing live to promote our music, experiencing a great feedback from the audience.The year 2005 has been very satisfying for us: a Depeche Mode song (Everything Counts) covered by ourselves has been selected to appear on the first Italian tribute cd to the English band. Moreover an intense web-promotion allowed many people to know us, and the Neon Synthesis style is now spreading, especially abroad. The end of summer 2005 also marked the end of an era, because our drummer Rens aka Vyrarld chose to left the band. We had to quit the live activity, but that allowed us to concentrate on the recordings of more tracks. On april 27, 2006 we released a self-produced album entitled Our Empty Rooms, which contains 10 songs. Since then we began to play live concerts again, in Italy and abroad (starting with a release party in Castricum, Holland). Our Empty Rooms includes the re-recordings of our first three promo tracks and seven brand new songs. It mixes industrial metal with synthpop, darkwave with ebm beats and atmospheric keyboards. The lyrics are influenced by the poetry of Thomas Stearns Eliot.While searching for a record label, we eventually came to an agreement with Killer Pool Records, and in 2007 we signed a contract with the purpose to record and distribute our official debut album, titled Alchemy of Rebirth. It contains ten tracks that accompany the listener during a journey, just like a path that starts from chaos, strife, betrayal, representations of the human nature, and ends with the purification, the final catharsis, freed from the bounds of the earthly condition.The recording session took place at Subsound Studios in Rome, under the supervision of Victor Love (Dope Stars Inc.) as producer and sound engineer. The mastering was completed by Vincent Sorg at Principal Studios, while the artwork is created by the master artist Seth Siro Anton. The album has been released on February 27th, 2009 and spread worldwide by distributors like Plastic Head (UK), Amazon (Germany), Negative (Italy), Darkest Labyrinth (Japan) and Gravitator Records (Russia).","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/24672_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"24583","name":"Dagoba","bio":"Dagoba is an industrial metal\/groove metal band from Marseille, France that formed in 2000. Influenced by styles such as those of Machine Head, Strapping Young Lad, Pantera and Fear Factory they managed to create a solid, brutal sound of their own.Given that, in France, metal music is not as popular as in other countries, Dagoba often plays concerts and gigs outside France, such as in Germany and the Scandinavian countries, with support slots with such big metal names as Machine Head, In Flames and Sepultura.Franky Costanza (former Imperial drummer) and Izakar also play in a side-project named Blazing War Machine.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/24583_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"24622","name":"Arkaea","bio":"Arkaea is an industrial metal supergroup formed in 2008 featuring members from Threat Signal and Fear Factory.The band was formed by Christian Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera (formerly of Fear Factory) who had recorded a demo for a new band. They sent the demo to Threat Signal vocalist Jon Howard and Arkaea was spawned. They tried to obtain Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit for bassist, who was all for it but then decided to back down due to location. Ryan Martinie of Mudvayne then offered his services for the album but it was felt it would be too difficult for another bassist to replicate his unique basslines live as he could not tour due to Mudvayne commitments. After some time spent searching for the perfect bassist, another Threat Signal member, Pat Kavanagh, was finally chosen.Their debut entitled Years in the Darkness was set to be released on March 3, then March 10 but was not released until July 14, 2009, selling roughly 980 units in its first week. Half of the songs that appear on the album were originally intended to be for a possible new Fear Factory album. In addition to a 5 minute long sampler the band posted the opening track \"Locust\" on their Myspace.MembersJon Howard - Vocals (Threat Signal)Christian Olde Wolbers - Guitar (ex-Fear Factory)Pat Kavanagh - Bass (Threat Signal)Raymond Herrera - Drums (ex-Fear Factory)","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/24622_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"24576","name":"The Kovenant","bio":"The Kovenant is a Norwegian band formed in 1992 which has evolved from symphonic black metal to electronic \/ industrial metal on more recent albums, shaping the style that Lex Icon (aka Nagash, ex-Dimmu Borgir) and Psy Coma (in those days known as Blackheart) coined after the release of \"Nexus Polaris\": Progressive Space Metal. Originally the band was called Covenant, but due to a dispute with a Swedish futurepop band with the same name, it was later changed to The Kovenant.The Kovenant (at the time known as Covenant) was formed in Hamar, Norway in 1992, by two black metal artists known as Nagash and Blackheart. After releasing a demo titled \"From the Storm of Shadows\", and gaining some underground recognition, Not long after the band got several offers for record contracts. The original \"In Times Before the Light\" was released in 1996 on Mordgrimm (underground British label dedicated to black metal), this album was created when they were both at a young age and they established a fan base in Norway.In 1998 the band released their second album through Nuclear Blast, titled \"Nexus Polaris\". It marked a significant point in their sound's formation, the album featured less of the grim guitars, and had much more keyboards work than before. The album featured Nagash, Blackheart, Astennu (on the Guitars, who later joined Dimmu Borgir), Sverd (of Arcturus on the keyboards) and Hellhammer (of Mayhem, Arcturus and Dimmu Borgir) and Sarah Jezebel Deva on backing vocals (Cradle of Filth). The album has met good success in Norway and the band was nominated for the Norwegian Grammy Award, winning the Best Hard Rock Band category as the first band in history to win a Grammy Award for Black Metal.In 1999 the band changed name to The Kovenant, recorded and released \"Animatronic\", it showed them going from symphonic black metal to industrial metal. With the change of the band name, the members decided to change their names as well to suit their new direction: Nagash became \"Lex Icon\", Blackheart became \"Psy Coma\", and Hellhammer became \"Von Blomberg\". They won another Norwegian Grammy Award and gained a new member while they toured the USA named Angel.The band found themselves back in the studio in 2002 recording \"S.E.T.I.\", their fourth album. Deciding to do more touring Von Blomberg left the band to handle other projects. Two new members were recruited, K\u00fcth (of Ram-Zet) on drums and Brat (of Apoptygma Berzerk) on keyboards.Now we wait for their latest creation, Aria Galactica, to take shape.Official sites:http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-kovenant\/101527333219534 http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/thekovenant","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/24576_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}