Press Release Now that autumn already set in and winter will soon be knocking at our doors, ACYLUM members' side-project TOTEM OBSCURA sent our way some of their universe's dark creatures announcing the switch of season through freezing elektro sounds and melancholic tones. Title song "Nachtwache" has this kind of haunting atmosphere which gives a kind of suffocating mystic touch to this sombre catchy song, while "Wounds Of Silence" shows TOTEM OBSCURA's harsher dark elektro side with its oppressive marching powerful beats and distorted vocals. In addition to these two brand new songs, the German duo also offers us an upbeat tortured mix of the title song by AENGELDUST as well as a club mix of last album's pearl "Hexe"... No surprise that TOTEM OBSCURA's noir melodies were described by the press as the offspring of KIRLIAN CAMERA and HOCICO!
Totem Obscura vs. Acylum - Forgotten Time (Alfa Matrix)
Tracklist CD 1: 01. Violence Needs a Cause 02. Waldgeist 03. Hexe 04. Warrior 05. Forgotten Time 06. Eternal Sleep 07. Herr, Erbame Dich 08. Dead Snow 09. My Faith Is Right (feat. Ethan Fawkes) 10. Rainfall 11. Brothers 12. Proud
CD 2 “Memorys” – only available in the limited double-CD carton box edition: 01. Forgotten Time (DIE BRAUT remix) 02. Warrior (MONOSPORE remix) 03. Waldgeist (DOLLS OF PAIN remix) 04. Violence Needs a Cause (HEIMSTATT YIPOTASH remix) 05. Dead Snow (DJ SHADES - BEATI MORTUI remix) 06. Forgotten Time (REIZ remix) 07. Waldgeist (GARTEN DER ASCHE remix) 08. Forgotten Time (JUNKSISTA remix) 09. Waldgeist (DIABOLIC ART remix) 10. Warrior (PSY'AVIAH remix) 11. Forgotten Time (StopStart remix by VESTED SERPENT) 12. Dead Snow (DJ METALHAMMER remix) 13. Waldgeist (stripped down to the bone remix by CYNICAL EXISTENCE)
Press Release Still strong from the astounding resonance received by their "Waldgesit" EP in the industrial / dark elektro DJ community, TOTEM OBSCURA vs. ACYLUM strike back with the full length album "Forgotten Time". With this new project, the ACYLUM gang reveals a new sound entity that bridges morbid harsh elektro with melancholic and mystic orchestrations. Besides the straight and upbeat club tracks like "Waldgeist", the highly danceable "Brothers" and also the title track "Forgotten Time", they offer up more oppressive, bombastic and noir moments on titles like the opening "Violence Needs A Cause", the slow and penetrating "Proud" or yet the superb intricate vocal sample work on "Warrior", the perfect hymn to desolation... Acting like zombies playing haunted tunes...
Press Release The productive ACYLUM gang officially returns with the "Waldgeist" EP, their new apocalyptic project called TOTEM OBSCURA vs. ACYLUM. A new sound entity that bridges morbid harsh elektro with melancholic and mystic orchestrations. They act like zombies playing haunted tunes in a graveyard. Oppressive, bombastic and noir, TOTEM OBSCURA awake the dark spirits for the ultimate dance of the dead! "Waldgeist" will be their first club hit... and there are more to come on the forthcoming album "Forgotten Time"... An impressive melange of influences ranging from KIRLIAN CAMERA to HOCICO.
