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Larva

There is more than one band called "Larva": 1)
Spanish Dark Electro band. The project was born on the 1998, by the hand of InqUesT and Blackend with the name ‘Morbid Mind’. On the year 2003 already in solitary and with renewed forces InqUesT gives a new course to the project it changing name (now 'Larva'). Due to the technical, social and ideological change of the formation. Now more involved in social topics and with a more powerful sound; more noises and hardness, without losing an alone apex of his darkness.

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Dismantled

Dismantled is the sole product of Gary Zon whose unique blend of progressive electro-pop rock has crossed boundaries, meshing everything from the pop of Paula Abdul to the grind of Nine Inch Nails into a sonic attack like no other. The band's quick critical acclaim from fans and reviewers alike has found them a home on Metropolis Records, one of the biggest electronic alternative labels in the US featuring artists like Mindless Self Indulgence, Bauhaus, and VNV Nation, just to name a few.

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Combichrist

"Combichrist" is an aggrotech group, formed in Norway and currently based in the United States. In 2003 Andy LaPlegua of "Icon of Coil" wrote a few power noise/techno cross over tracks under the name of "D.r.i.v.E.". This was changed to "Combichrist" when the debut album, "The Joy of Gunz" was set to be released on Out Of Line. The name Combichrist originates from a hardcore fanzine LaPlegua made during the late 90s, with "JR Ewing" guitarist Håkon Mella.

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Freakangel

While compiling the 5th edition of the famous Endzeit Bunkertracks compilation box, Alfa Matrix discovered this more than promising band from Tallinn, Estonia. After voted, "Best up and coming act" by over 700 DJ's during a contest organized by Alfa Matrix, FREAKANGEL joined the Belgian label army and started completing their dancefloor frontal attack debut album, “The Faults of Humanity” which was mixed and engineered in Germany in the renown X-Fusion Music Prod. Studio (NOISUF-X, X-FUSION, SUICIDE COMMANDO, etc.).

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Blaqk Audio

Blaqk Audio is an electronic project from Oakland, United States, created by and consisting of Davey Havok as lyricist and vocalist and Jade Puget writing music and programming synthesizers. Both Jade and Davey are members of the band AFI. Blaqk Audio were signed to Interscope Records, their debut album, CexCells, was released on August 14, 2007. The first single from the album is 'Stiff Kittens', revealed by Jade on the BA myspace blog.

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Angel Theory

The brain child of one Mr. Charlie Fenech, Angel Theory is a beautiful electro creation, melding smooth basslines, moving rhythms and haunting melody creating. The first EP 'Transmission' came out December 2003, and the album 'Fatal Condition' early February 2004. With excellent debut success, Angel Theory did a brief tour in August 2004 in Netherlands, Germany + UK - A few shows in the East of America Apr/May 2005 and pounded the outdoor Parkburhne venue at Leipzig's Wave-Gotik-Treffen with the release of the new EP 'Black + Blue'.

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iVardensphere

Take tribal drums, mix with pounding analogue synths and a killer club sound and what do you get? Welcome to iVardensphere. The new album, APOK, finds iVardensphere exploring different aspects of their sound, from dance floor stomping powernoise to more exotic flavors of tribal drumming blended with elements of trip-hop and a club-pleasing analog synth bumping EBM sound. APOK, iVardensphere's first release on Metropolis Records...

Read more about iVardensphere on Last.fm.

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Tactical Sekt

Tactical Sekt is an electro-industrial act consisting of Anthony Mather (USA - Vocals, Keyboards, Programming), Marco Gruhn (Germany - Live Synths) and Jay Taylor (UK - Live Drums). They are known for their powerful, noisy, dark electronic sound similar to Suicide Commando or Hocico. Tactical Sekt was conceived in the mind of Anthony Mather in about 2002/2003. Mather previously had experience with elektro-industrial music in his former band, Aslan Faction.

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Kontinuum

1) Kontinuum Icelandic Ambient Metal
Kontinuum started as the brainchild of Birgir Thorgeirsson, a founding and current member of dark metal act Potentiam. The seed of Kontinuum started way back in 2001 when Birgir teamed up with former Potentiam drummer Kristjan Heidarsson to record an EP called Burned and Battered under the band name Pornea. This was an experimental metal project mixing doom with punk and dark atmospheric metal.

Read more about Kontinuum on Last.fm.

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