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Did you attend Kinetik 5 last year? Want to relive it through the amazing photos of Adrian Onsen? Of course you do. And as it turns out, Adrian was kind enough to offer us 3 copies to give away to loyal COMA fans.
So how do you win one of these sweet books? (more…)
Altered Beats Radio #67 is here! This week 5arah brings you hot new jams from Blutengel, Combichrist, Mesh, Army Of The Universe & more!
Various Artists – Endzeit Bunkertracks Act VI
Release date: October 26, 2012
Label: Alfa Matrix
Website: www.alfa-matrix.com/endzeit6
Review by: Grant V. Ziegler
The Alfa Matrix record label is home to many current, past, and up-and-coming industrial artists. Since its inception, Alfa Matrix has strived to give struggling and established artists a chance to flourish in this dying music market. And on October 26th, Alfa Matrix released its sixth installment of the Endzeit Bunkertracks compilation. This gargantuan music-festival-in-a-box seems to grow with each and every release, and this time it contains four separate CDs comprised of 68 tracks and five hours of music. (more…)
Christina is the fucking industrial princess and it is her birthday so she is playing whatever she wants! Suck it!
Digital Glitch #59
Here is to another end of the month coming with this new episode of Digital Glitch! Coming at you like a run away train it is #59! So being this week like the last two has not delivered a whole lot of great things to play, I once again dug back into the collection. I took notice and saw you guys out there really liked last weeks set with the older tunes in it, so I gave you another dose this week with some more tracks with bands like Hex Rx, Evlent Chapter, C/A/T, Megaherz and Bile! So if you like last week, you totally have to download this episode and play this one loud too! Remember to share, and play it loud so when you listen to all this great music all the people around you can experience it too!
Have a request for next weeks show?
Email: digitalglitch[at]coma-online.com
Let me know what you guys are liking and what I need to do more of? Requests made to me, make sure to give me your name and where you are from and I will totally pimp you out! I want to know where my listeners are from and what you like so hit me up!
Digital Glitch #55
Here is Digital Glitch #55! Dealing you out new tracks like a good dealer should. And this set is no different with new and pounding tracks from Eisbrecher, Bleeding Corp, Uberbyte, Suicide Commando and Axxon! You do not want to miss this mix, because this one goes up and comes back down on your head like a sledge hammer. It is also a new month, so are you ready for the new Glitch Pick of the Month? Also take note where in making your opinion on Twitter could get you arrested? (Listen to my mid show rant.) GlitchMode pushed up his sleeves and made a damn sweet 2 hour mix for your listening pleasure and your neighbors demise. So download this and start sharing the love of music at full volume.
Have a request for next weeks show?
Email: digitalglitch[at]coma-online.com
Let me know what you guys are liking and what I need to do more of? Requests made to me, make sure to give me your name and where you are from and I will totally pimp you out! I want to know where my listeners are from and what you like so hit me up!
Kinetik Festival – Phase 01
May 17, 2012
Montreal, Quebec, CA @ Le Métropolis
Review by:Â Christina Cubel
Upon getting to Montreal the first thing I learned about attending Kinetik: get there the day before! I arrived at my hotel room at 6pm after having been awake and traveling since 3am. I was absolutely exhausted and also so excited that I could not bring myself to take a nap. (more…)
DJ Smoak returns after last weeks absence with a great FUCKING episode. See what I did there? Take a look at the track titles and you’ll get it.
Digital Glitch #33
Aired: February 28, 2012
Oh yeah ladies and gents, its time for another edition of Digital Glitch! We are up to episode 33 here! This mix is gonna dive into the past just a little more then the last couple sets. Because the releases last week were a little less then up to par on my wants. So get ready to hear some old school mixed in with the new school. The beats are going to sure rip your face off and make you dance naked in the middle of the street. Get a drink, sit directly in front of your speakers and let us do this. ITS TIME TO START THE SHOW!
Eisbrecher РDie H̦lle muss warten
Released: February 14, 2012
Label: Metropolis Records
Website: eis-brecher.com
Review by: William Dashiell Hammett
What can one say about Eisbrecher, one of the most visible representatives of what has been termed Neue Deutsche Härte (New German Hardness)? Started in 2003 after Alexx Wesselsky left his previous project Megaherz and joined up with another former Megaherz member Noel Pix, they burst onto the scene with their self titled debut album followed by stronger selling Antikörper. Their third album, Sünde had the best showing reaching number one on the DAC. 2010’s Eiszeit reached number five on the German charts and, besides being on this reviewer’s Best of 2010 list, made the charts in Austria, Swizerland and European Top 100. So obviously, it was with some anticipation that I received Die Hölle muss warten and I can say I am not disappointed. (more…)
Altered Beats Radio #17: In which DJ 5arah plays for you hot new jams from Eisbrecher, L’ame Immortelle, Pull Out Kings, Mindless Faith & more! (more…)
Digital Glitch #26
Aired: January 10, 2012
DJ GLITCHMODE CRACKS OPEN THE NEW YEAR!
Digital Glitch is back and ready to make 2012 it’s bitch in ways that would make even a Dominatrix blush. So to come back with an extra big bang I have come up with a special for you listeners out there that keep up with this show. I have put together a best of 2011 albums A to Z. Now before I even figured to do this, I had no idea the amount of new albums that came out in 2011. But then again I never tried something like this before. So I picked the ones that really stood out in my mind. And with making this I came up with about 6+ hours. This Episode #26 is only the first 2 hours and we only get to letter D! So tune in and be ready to wreck your speakers and piss off your neighbors with some of the best shit that came out in 2011!
William Dashiell Hammett – Senior Editor, CD/Concert Reviews and Artist Features (more…)
Digital Glitch #17
Aired: October 11th, 2011
DIGITAL GLITCH EPISODE 17!
BEATS, BASS AND BLOOD!
Oh man are you ready for this!?! It is the second week in October! It is all about Halloween and Spooky shit! So this set has been put together with tracks all having to do with blood. So if it is a track with blood, bleeding or something that inflicts blood. It will be in this mix! So get yourself a glass of the red nectar and let’s get ready for a trip of massacre and gore with a red water stream afterwards. What you have to look forward to in this mix is tracks from Supreme Court, Dawn of Ashes, Icon of Coil, XP8, (NEW) Shiv-R and (NEW) Binary Park! Get your speakers ready for this bloody mess of bass and beats!
I asked this in this episode. What are some of your favorite Horror Movies? Do you have any suggestions for a fellow Horror fan?
Do you have any suggestions or songs you would like to hear next week? (Horror and Halloween themed)Â Make a request! (Make sure to leave a name for your shout out)
Lastly what do you feel the last week of this month’s Halloween Theme should be? I have my own idea, but let me know what you can come up with and I might just incorporate it!
PLUG IN
CRANK UP
DRINK UP
CRAZE OUT
BASS
BEATS
BLOOD!
The Birthday Massacre – Imaginary Monsters
Release Date: August 9, 2011
Label: Metropolis
Website: http://www.thebirthdaymassacre.com
Review by: Mary Bauer
It’s amazing that a band can land in the Top 10 on Billboards Heatseekers chart and still be relatively unknown in the United States. Hopefully with the release of their EP, Imaginary Monsters, Canadian act The Birthday Massacre can attract some new fans that are weary to commit to a full length album. If you are a fan of the CW show The Vampire Diaries you have already heard TBM in several episodes.
Currently working on a follow up to 2010’s, Pins and Needles, the band will be release Imaginary Monsters on August 9, 2011 on Metropolis Records. While it is easy, and lazy, to categorize TBM under the all encompassing Industrial umbrella, it isn’t fair to the band or the music they produce. iTunes themselves has them listed under alternative, rock and industrial; with industrial listed under electronic. The Birthday Massacre is one of those rare bands that incorporate several genres to create a sound that is at the same time distinctive and unique yet accessible to fans across the musical spectrum. (more…)
THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE
Release IMAGINARY MONSTERS EP on August 9th
Featuring New Songs, “In the Dark” video and Remixes By Combichrist, SKOLD, tweaker, Kevvy Mental & Dave Ogilvie, and Assemblage 23!
“The title was partially inspired by some of the doubts and fears we’ve had to face and overcome throughout the past year,” says guitarist/programmer Rainbow of the band THE BIRTHDAY MASSACRE about their new EP IMAGINARY MONSTERS which comes out on Metropolis Records on August 9, 2011. “You could also say it refers to the unique mix of songs and remixes on the EP. However, to be honest, I think we just liked the fact that ‘ Imaginary Monsters’ brings to mind all kinds of scary, beautiful, terrible, and wonderful things. We really like those kinds of things.”
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Rammstein 2011 North American Tour
May 21, 2011
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States @ Thomas & Mack Center
Review by: Tiffany Angeney
Jealous of our Lovely Dawne and our awesome DJ Glitchmode hitting the Kinetik Festival this year Christina and I decided to go see Rammstein in Vegas with CombiChrist. As most of you fans know Rammstein was banned from America about 10 years ago. This was the bands first time back in the states and they only played 4 shows. Christina and I made sure and pre bought our tickets! It was well worth the money!
So our boss J, Co-worker Esali and a friend John decided to tag along. We left Saturday morning (our boss J was actually on time.. for once) with snacks, booze and a gigantic Pink Stuffed Unicorn named Santiago. Fours hours in, a few drinks later and a photo op with Santiago a stop was made at a crazy rest stop for Area 51. 6 hours in and we FINALLY made it to Vegas. (more…)
Here we go again. Episode 20 starts off with new tracks from Accessory and Dance or Die then there is some of the usual wacky banter between Christina and Tiffany explaining the premise of the rest of the episode and tracks are featured from the multitude of bands they have seen live in recent weeks.
Monsters on Tour II with Special Guest Angelspit
May 3, 2011
Baltimore, Maryland, United States @ The Quarter @ Bourbon Street
Review by: William Dashiell Hammett
One thing, above all else, was confirmed on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 in Baltimore: Andy LaPlegua is a showman, knowing exactly what to do to get the most response from his audience.
The night, as all nights in Baltimore, started slowly. The crowd drifting in gradually as the first opening act, Star Killer, took to the stage. Based out of Brooklyn, New York, Star Killer served the purpose of an opener. Other then playing a decidedly hard style of music, best described as hard rock; they aren’t quite the genre fit one would have expected to be opening for some of the top aggressive Electro acts in the scene. (more…)
Christina was on vacation this week so Tiffany took on episode 11 solo. In this episode we have snippets of all 3 interviews we did last weekend as well as a bunch of rockin’ tracks.
For February we have a photo of Combichrist’s Andy LaPegua looking quite intense. Photo shot by j. ward on August 4th, 2007.
Out of Line has announced two new upcoming releases. First is the Chris Pohl’s Dark-Electro-band Terminal Choice retrospective Black Journey 1-3. Six CDs covering the entirety of the groups fifteen years, the discs will contain demos, b-sides and unreleased tracks as well as the albums Black Past, Totes Fleisch singles and remixes, Navigator, Venus-EP, Ominous Future and Menschenbrecher. The collection is set to be released on February 18, 2011. (more…)
Combichrist – Making Monsters
Released: September 28, 2010
Label: Metropolis Records
Band Website: www.combichrist.com
Review by Michael Faries
The latest full-length album from Combichrist, Making Monsters, is out. If you don’t have it yet, do yourself a favor and go get it. If you’re already a Combichrist fan, there won’t be a whole lot of big surprises for you on this one. Andy LaPlegua continues his experiment with all of the key ingredients that you’ve come to expect from it: 1 cup industrial, 1 tbsp techno, an unhealthy splash of screams, and an (seemingly) unhealthier pinch of toned-down vocals full of potential energy.
LaPlegua passes the mic to start off the album. The song “Follow the Trail of Blood†has a fairly slow tempo, but is loud and obnoxious courtesy of Bleeding Through vocalist Brandon Schiepatti. Schiepatti’s screams fit so well with the music on this one, the listener ignorant of the liner notes surely will assume LaPlegua to be behind the mic.
Reviewed by Matt Fanale
FRIDAY, MAY 14TH
We popped into the venue having gotten a free pass on soundcheck since, well, we did it on Thursday. ALICEFFEKT was already on stage and it was already an auspicious start to the day’s music—4 people on stage, with 2 twiddling on laptops, a woman playing cello, and a dude with the best Asian guy mullet I’ve ever seen on guitar. It’s the sign of a good fest that even the opening bands kick some butt, and the small but enthusiastic crowd really enjoyed them. (more…)
Dawn of Ashes – The Crypt Injection
Released: October 25, 2007
Label: COP International
Band Website:www.dawnofashes.com
Review by Amy Reynolds
California based Dawn of Ashes has released their second full length album, “The Crypt Injectionâ€, after remaining silent for nearly a year. They have remained cohesive in their theme of hate, horror, and violence; treating the assemblage to mix of synth, drums, and goblin-like vocals.
“A Blade in the Dark†begins with a synthesised drum beat and starts us off with a news broadcast of a mass murderer, taking us quickly into a song meant for the dance floor. The vocals are dark and murderous, transforming you into the mindset of one such as Jeffrey Dahmer or Hannibal Lecter. (more…)
