ARTIST OF THE MONTH: OCTOBER 2006

DEATHSTARS

"When the dark does what the dark does best - it's darkness! Let the dark do what the dark does best - let it be darkness!"
"CYANIDE"

Deathstars are coming from Sweden and they are one of the bands that aleready with their first album "Syntheic Generation" (2003.) and their industrial sound conquered Europe. On second, actual album, "Termination Bliss" they take an even more powerful step into the modern urban nightside - It's death, It's glitter, a fistful of fire and tons of blank leather.
Deathstars "Termination Bliss" takes the renaissance of the leatherswept members into the artificial heart of their European culture. Where their successful debut "Synthetic Generation" was a first halt for the Swedes, the second album "Termination Bliss" is a huge step in the same direction - a huge step into the western vaccum. It's a deep dive into the dystopia of our personal future, and a bloody crimescene for the ones who still have a grand vision of utopian belief.
Deathstars use themselves as as the objects they try to understand and as the patients they critizise in a time where it's hard to find some substance at all - the world which we work and live in every day. It's about aggression, glamour, loss, decadence and moral downfall; the spirit can best be described as an industrial demigod in black glitter - with a gun, a cigarette and a million dollar smile. It's entertainment from hell.
With their debut-album "Synthetic Generation", Deathstars immediately made a name for themselves as an act that combined the attitude of the extreme metal underground with a more modern and dynamic expression than other dark rock acts. Both singles/videos - "Synthetic Generation" and "Syndrome" rotated hard on music- tv- and radio- channels all over the world and the success was of course followed by tours and festival-gigs.
As mentioned before, Deathstars has an impressing history. They've been topping the TV-charts in Sweden and Germany, they've made Hollywood-themes, they've been banned from TV-stations and are among the best selling rock acts in Sweden.
"Termination Bliss" was produced by Nightmare Industries in Black Syndicate Studios and mixed by Stefan Glaumann (Rammstein, Clawfinger etc.) at Toytown Studios.

Thanks to:
www.deathstars.net
www.newdeadnation.com