SPETSNAZ
ENGLISH
The EBM duo Spetsnaz was formed in Örebro, Sweden in the autumn of 2001
by Stefan Nilsson and Pontus Stålberg. After many years in different musical
projects, both separately and together, they decided it was time to join forces
for an EBM project. Through the whole 90’s it seemed like the EBM genre
faded away and the music turned into a more technoish style with a lack of
the components that used to be classic EBM. This void needed to be filled
and the first demo took form from that.
With the first live show in the summer of 2002 and the demo being spread,
things started to move for Spetsnaz. In early 2003 the band was signed to the
Swedish label SubSpace Communications and by the time that their first
album Grand Design was released in Scandinavia, Spetsnaz had already
played shows in Sweden, Germany and Mexico. In 2004 the album Grand
Design: Redesigned was released for the rest of the world by the German
label Out of Line. Hit tracks like the title track Grand Design and On the Edge
started to spin in clubs everywhere. At Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig that year
the band made their first bigger appearance and also started to reach a wider
audience. In the autumn the EP Perfect Body saw daylight with the monster
hit Apathy. Spetsnaz went on a major tour supporting the label friends and
industrial legends Hocico from Mexico. The live shows from the band is
known to be energetic and intense and in 2005 they entered WGT again and
this time filled the main stage Agra Halle. The band and the EBM scene was
back in its full power and by music magazines everywhere they were called
the engine in the new EBM wave.
The hit single Degenerate Ones came out later 2005 followed up by the
awaited album Totalitär in 2006. The band got more festival shows and also
went on their own first German tour. The album Totalitär played out all of the
group’s strengths and took their unique monotone and melodic style of EBM
to a higher level. Worldwide critical acclaim and praise followed. After the tour
the album was followed up by the limited single Hardcore Hooligans, which
provided an energetic outlook to where Spetsnaz would be heading on their
next album. In the autumn of 2007 the third full length album DeadPan was
released. Tracks like Allegiance and Faustpakt filled the dance floors in
electronic music clubs and the band went on yet another six weeks tour in the
United States. Spetsnaz had grown to fill venues on two continents on our
planet.
After five years of silence with only sporadic club and festival shows it’s now
time for the fourth full length album from the Swedish duo. The long awaited
album titled For Generations to Come will be released early spring 2013. An
album packed with electronic body music that will move people on dance
floors all over the world. For sure yet another example of the diversity and
strength of the bands musical skills. Pounding basses, harsh but melodic
voices, exciting synthesizers and as always with something to be pointed out
in the lyrics.
The bands earlier carrier moved them from venues in the north home of
Scandinavia to as far south as Mexico, from Los Angeles in the west to
Moscow in the east. Now we wait and see where For Generations to come will
take the band on their journey in the world of music. If Spetsnaz used to be
the leader of the new EBM wave, they for sure still are.
DEUTSCH
Das EBM-Duo Spetsnaz wurde im Herbst 2001 von Stefan Nilsson und
Pontus Stålberg in Örebro, Schweden, gegründet. Inspiriert von
wegweisenden Bands, wie Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, Die Krupps und DAF,
feierten Spetsnaz bereits im Sommer 2002 ihr umjubeltes Live Debut. 2003
erschien ihr Debut Album ”Grand Design” und mit ”On the edge” hatte man
bereits den ersten weltweiten Clubhit in der Tasche bevor es die Band auf die
Bühnen in Skandinavien, Deutschland und Mexiko zog.
Spetsnaz erspielten sich schnell eine zahlreiche und treue Anhängerschaft,
2004 folgte der Monster Hit ”Apathy” und man spielte u.a. auf dem WGT in
Leipzig und eine mehr als erfolgreiche Tour als Support von Hocico.
2005 erschien die Hitsingle ”Degenerate Ones” und das 2te Fulltime Album
”Totalitär” , gefolgt von der limitierten Clubsingle ”Hardcore Hooligans” und mit
dem dritten Fulltime Album ”Deadpan” im Gepäck absolvierte man u.a. eine
sechswöchige USA Tour.
Der Olymp der NEUEN (2ten) EBM Generation war erreicht.
Mehr als 5 Jahre nach DEADPAN ist es endlich soweit,
Das Aushängeschild der 2ten EBM Generation ist zurück.
Mit "For generations to come" erscheint das langerwartete 4. Studioalbum.
Electronic Body Music für die Tanzflächen rund um den Erdball.
Kraftvoller Gesang, getragen von wummernden Basslinien und eingängigen
Synth Melodien. Ein perfektes Beispiel dafür, wie die moderne Version des
klassischen EBM Sounds klingen muss.
"For generations to come" erscheint am 01.03.2013 auf SCANNER.