Ville Valo arrested

2006-02-15 (News)

HIM frontman Ville Valo got arrested by the police in Helsinki last monday. According to the Finnish newspaper Ittalehti, Valo apparently ravaged his house and threatened his neighbour with murder. The police could not make Valo to relax so they took him into custody for the night. The next day apparantly there were talks between Valo and a distinct neighbour. HIM is touring since 9 february...

Zombie Girl project

2006-02-15 (News)

Sebastian R. Komor (Icon of Coil) announes release of first debut album of Zombi Girls project. It will be – as they say –‘pumping and grooving electronic dancefloor music led by tremendously sexy and captivating female vocals’ with old horror movies motives, rock and humour. Next month Alfa Matrix is going to release their debut EP "Back From the Dead".

Amduscia - From Abuse to Apostasy

2006-02-15 (News)

Mexican Killer-Borgs Amduscia strike again! Their long-awaited new long player, "From Abuse to Apostasy", is nothing for the faint of heart. An inferno of beats, Hardfloor sequencers, Trance-elements and an attack of vocal screams are unleashed upon the listener. The Mexican trio is renowned for drawing its musical strength from an intelligent play with the extremes a trademark that they are driving to utter perfection on their new album. While the ultra-aggressive shouts and the non-compromising beat salvos will shake you up, the highly melodic Trance hooks will infiltrate at you at once and make for an immediate recognition factor. Amduscia will first assimilate and then destroy you and, nonetheless, you will be left longing for more.

Arditi - Destiny of Iron

2006-02-14 (News)

"Destiny of Iron" presents 2 new tracks by Arditi, exclusive to this release, in their unique brand of obscure and suffocating Militaristic ambiance. Limited edition of 500 copies, pressed in high-quality heavy vinyl.

The title track brings sluggish humming horns and ominous strings, crushed under heavy pounding percussions, all building into an hypnotic orchestral march that serves as backdrop to obscure speeches and inflamed combat commands.

"Struggle for Victory", on the other hand, draws into the music a hazier ambiance, as if spawned out of a waking dream filled with turgid battlefield memories haunted by orchestrations washing over faraway chants.

New cabaret for Das Ich

2006-02-13 (News)

Out on March 24 is "Cabaret" The new album by the godfathers of dark electro goth, Das ich. The release will be followed by the so far most extended Das ich worldtour ever. Full details are to be announced shortly. In the meantime the band remixed a promising USA goth-metal project for their forthcoming EPCD. More on this in the next week

Kobold - The Taste of Copper

2006-02-12 (News)

Kobold is a manifestation of the mental state of its members. Highly politically and socially charged, this project is a reflection of the turbulent state in which we are all immersed. Access to information is controlled; fear is used as a tool to manufacture consent; corporations shape the government and laws; and in a striking similarity to arenas of old Rome, we watch the death of war from the stands. A storm is brewing in the winds ahead.

And here's the deal: you can talk politics in your music, but if you lack creativity and original spirit, you ultimately lack a voice. Artoffact is proud to bring you one of the only projects that truly can be labeled as industrial music in 2006.