Grendel (band)
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Grendel is a Dutch
music group formed in 1997. Their music is in the Aggrotech genre. Their name originates from Beowulf
.
There also exists an unrelated Finnish powermetal band called Grendel, which released three albums so far (among them Corrupt to the Core in 2011 and A Change Through Destruction in 2008).
The End of Ages EP
was released in 2002, including remixes of the title track by Feindflug
, Arzt+Pfusch and God Module
.
In 2003, Grendel recorded their second full-length release, Prescription: Medicide. It was album of the month in a.o. Zillo and Orkus, and reached very high positions in underground charts world wide, including staying at number 1 for several months on the Dutch Underground Charts. It included a cover version
of Zombie Nation
's Kernkraft 400
. Soon after the recording of this album FLRS left the band and was replaced by 4N1T4.
In 2005 Grendel recorded an EP, entitled Soilbleed, including a second cover version of Kernkraft 400 entitled "Zombienation V.2k5". Problems with copyright of that track led to the EP being re-released as Soilbleed Redux, where the track was replaced by a cover of Leæther Strip
's "Don't Tame Your Soul", a new track entitled "One. Eight.Zero", and a remix of "One. Eight.Zero" by Life Cried. The song heavily samples the film Full Metal Jacket
.
2006 saw another line up change: 4N1T4 left due to personal choices and on amicable terms, while M4RC (aka Marc Martinez - formerly of Terrorfakt
, Manufactura and Caustic
) was recruited as live drummer, and MRK0 (aka Marco Visconti
- of XP8
) was added as a live keyboardist.
In 2007, the band released a third album, Harsh Generation. A new EP Chemicals and Circuitry was released in November 2009.
In 2009, MRK0 decided to leave the band for personal reasons. He has since been replaced by [S42H] (aka Sascha Pniok of the band Schallfaktor), who had previously also filled in on keys since late 2008.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
music group formed in 1997. Their music is in the Aggrotech genre. Their name originates from Beowulf
Beowulf
Beowulf , but modern scholars agree in naming it after the hero whose life is its subject." of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature.It survives in a single...
.
There also exists an unrelated Finnish powermetal band called Grendel, which released three albums so far (among them Corrupt to the Core in 2011 and A Change Through Destruction in 2008).
History
Grendel started out with VLRK (aka JD Tucker), and released their first promo CD in 2000, which included the European dance floor hit "Strangers". Soon after this, Grendel started receiving requests for live gigs and FLRS (aka Floris Noordman) joined the band, performing live synthesizing and engineering duties. Later in 2000 German record label NoiTekk — a sub-division of Black Rain — signed the band and released the album Inhumane Amusement, an expanded and improved version of their demo CD.The End of Ages EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
was released in 2002, including remixes of the title track by Feindflug
Feindflug
' , is a controversial German electro-industrial band founded in 1995. Translated, the name means "attack-raid" or literally "foe-flight" ; it corresponds in military use to the French/English word "sortie".- Style and themes :...
, Arzt+Pfusch and God Module
God Module
God Module is a United States-based Dark Electronic band founded in Orlando, Florida in 1999, relocating to western Washington in 2006. The band is currently signed to Metropolis Records in the U.S. and Out of Line Music in Germany. God Module's founding members were Jasyn Bangert and Andrew Ramirez...
.
In 2003, Grendel recorded their second full-length release, Prescription: Medicide. It was album of the month in a.o. Zillo and Orkus, and reached very high positions in underground charts world wide, including staying at number 1 for several months on the Dutch Underground Charts. It included a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of Zombie Nation
Zombie Nation (band)
Zombie Nation is a German techno and electro project of the Munich based DJ and producer Florian Senfter.-History:The first Zombie Nation five track EP was released in the spring of 1999 on DJ Hell's label, International DeeJay Gigolo Records...
's Kernkraft 400
Kernkraft 400
"Kernkraft 400" is a song performed by German techno and electro artist Zombie Nation and the first single from their album Leichenschmaus. The first Zombie Nation record contained the song "Kernkraft 400", German for "Nuclear Energy 400", which is a remix of a tune from the 1984 Commodore 64 game...
. Soon after the recording of this album FLRS left the band and was replaced by 4N1T4.
In 2005 Grendel recorded an EP, entitled Soilbleed, including a second cover version of Kernkraft 400 entitled "Zombienation V.2k5". Problems with copyright of that track led to the EP being re-released as Soilbleed Redux, where the track was replaced by a cover of Leæther Strip
Leæther Strip
Leæther Strip is a Danish musical project founded on January 13, 1988 by Claus Larsen. Its influence has been most felt in the electronic body music and electro-industrial genres. Perhaps to a certain extent, it may have influenced various film score productions. Leæther Strip was one of the...
's "Don't Tame Your Soul", a new track entitled "One. Eight.Zero", and a remix of "One. Eight.Zero" by Life Cried. The song heavily samples the film Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is an adaptation of the 1979 novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford and stars Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Arliss Howard and Adam Baldwin. The film follows a platoon of U.S...
.
2006 saw another line up change: 4N1T4 left due to personal choices and on amicable terms, while M4RC (aka Marc Martinez - formerly of Terrorfakt
Terrorfakt
TERRORFAKT is an industrial-power noise musical project from New York City, and created in response to the events of September 11, 2001. They are currently signed to Metropolis Records....
, Manufactura and Caustic
Caustic (band)
Fanale has claimed Caustic's genre to be "Jizzcore," as a joke about the amount of self-indulgent, artist-created subgenres in industrial.Influences Matt Fanale has referenced include Revolting Cocks, Hank III, Pop Will Eat Itself, Chemlab, Atari Teenage Riot, and Stromkern, as well as the...
) was recruited as live drummer, and MRK0 (aka Marco Visconti
Marco Visconti
Marco Visconti is a musician, known for his work with the Italian band XP8.-Biography:Visconti was born in Rome, Italy....
- of XP8
XP8
XP8 is an Italian electronic group. The band started in 2001 as a trio, composed of Marco Visconti, Marko Resurreccion, and singer Paul Toohill....
) was added as a live keyboardist.
In 2007, the band released a third album, Harsh Generation. A new EP Chemicals and Circuitry was released in November 2009.
In 2009, MRK0 decided to leave the band for personal reasons. He has since been replaced by [S42H] (aka Sascha Pniok of the band Schallfaktor), who had previously also filled in on keys since late 2008.
Albums
- Inhumane AmusementInhumane AmusementInhumane Amusement is the debut album by Dutch Aggrotech band, Grendel. It was released in Europe through NoiTekk Records on March 1, 2001.-Track listing:...
(2001, NoiTekk) - Prescription: MedicidePrescription: MedicidePrescription: Medicide is the second album release by Dutch Aggrotech band, Grendel. It was released in Europe on January 15, 2004 through NoiTekk Records and in the United States on October 8, 2004 through Metropolis Records.-Track listing:...
(2004, NoiTekk) (US release: MetropolisMetropolis RecordsMetropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the post-industrial field such as electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres....
) - Harsh GenerationHarsh GenerationHarsh Generation is the third album release by Dutch Aggrotech band, Grendel. It was released in Europe on May 5, 2007 through Infacted Recordings and in the United States on June 5, 2007 through Metropolis Records.-Track listing:...
(2007, Infacted Recordings) (US release: Metropolis; Russia release: Gravitator)
EPs
- End of AgesEnd of AgesEnd of Ages is the first album EP release by Dutch Aggrotech band, Grendel. It was released in Europe through NoiTekk Records on April 4, 2002.-Track listing:...
(2002, NoiTekk) - SoilbleedSoilbleed (Grendel EP)Soilbleed is the second album EP release by Dutch Aggrotech band, Grendel. It was released in Europe on April 25, 2005 through NoiTekk Records and in the United States on October 5, 2005 through Metropolis Records.-Track listing:...
(2005, NoiTekk) (US release: Metropolis) - Soilbleed ReduxSoilbleed ReduxSoilbleed Redux is the third album EP release by Dutch Aggrotech band, Grendel. It was released in Europe through NoiTekk Records on May 12, 2006.-Track listing:...
(2006, NoiTekk) - Chemicals + CircuitryChemicals + CircuitryChemicals + Circuitry is the fourth album EP release by Dutch Aggrotech band, Grendel. It was released in Europe on November 27, 2009 through Infacted Recordings and in the United States on January 12, 2010 through Metropolis Records. It is the band's first release to feature distortion-free...
(2009, Infacted Recordings(EU) Metropolis Records(North America) DeathWatch Asia (Japan))
Compilations
- Triton Compilation II (2xCD, Comp), "Lust", Triton 2000
- Kaskadeure Vol.1 (CD, Comp), "Lust", Error315 Records 2001
- A Compilation (CD), "Catastrophe", Black Rain 2002
- Cyberpolis - A Darker Dancefloor Vol II (2xCD), "End Of Ages (remix)", Cyberpolis 2002
- Störsequenz (CD), "No Way Out", Black Rain/NoiTekk 2002
- Triton Compilation III (2xCD, Comp), "Catastrophe", Triton 2002
- Dark Awakening Vol. 4 (2xCD, Comp), "Pax Psychosis", COP International 2003
- Music For The Masses - Visions Of Future Pop (2xCD, Smplr, Dig), "End Of Ages", BMG Ariola München GmbH 2003
- ZilloScope: New Signs & Sounds 12/03-1/04 (CD, Smplr), "Construct Construction", Zillo 2003
- Elegy Sampler 33 (CD, Smplr), "Construct Constriction", Elegy 2004
- Fiend Magazine Issue #3 (CD), "Prescription:Medicide", Fiend Magazine 2004
- Metropolis 2004 (CD, Smplr), "Crucify", Metropolis 2004
- Advanced Electronics Vol. 4 (2xCD, Comp), "Aspiration Feed", Synthetic Symphony 2005
- Bodybeats (CD, Comp), "Fatal Flaws (remix)", COP International 2005
- Cryonica Tanz V.4 (2xCD, Comp), "Soilbleed (v.3)", Cryonica Music 2005
- Different - Music Is Our Passion (DVD), "End Of Ages", Black Rain/NoiTekk 2005
- Endzeit Bunkertracks [Act 1] (4xCD + Box), "Soilbleed V2", Alfa Matrix 2005
- Metropolis 2005 (CD, Comp + DVD, NTSC, Comp), "Soilbleed (remix)", Metropolis 2005
- New Signs & Sounds 04/05 (CD, Smplr, Enh), "Aspiration Feed", Zillo 2005
- United Vol 1 (CD), "Soilbleed", NoiTekk 2005
- Zillo Club Hits 10 (CD, Dig), "Zombie Nation 2003", Zillo 2005
- Electrixmas 2007 (CD, Album, Promo, Comp), "Hate This", Electrixmas 2007
- Endzeit Bunkertracks [Act III] (4xCD, Comp, Car + Box), "Hate This (remix)", Alfa Matrix 2007
- Extreme Sündenfall 6 (2xCD, Comp), "The Judged Ones", UpScene 2007
- Fuck The Mainstream Vol. 1 (4xCD, Comp), "Void Malign (remix)", Alfa Matrix 2007
- Infactious Vol. Three (CD, Mixed, Ltd, Sli), "Hate This", Infacted Recordings 2007
- Into The Darkness Volume 5 (DVD), "Soilbleed (Live in Hamburg)", Nightclub Records 2007
- Nacht Der Maschinen Volume One (CD, Ltd), "Hate This (remix), Infacted Recordings 2007
- New Signs & Sounds 04/07 (CD, Smplr, Enh), "Void Melign (remix)", Zillo 2007
- Noise Terror 2 - World Wide Electronics (CD, Comp), "Judged Ones (remix)", NTP/Dependent Records 2007
- Schwarze Nacht Tanz 2 (CD, Album, Comp + CD, Maxi, Comp, Ltd), "Void Malign", Upscene 2007
- Zillo Club Hits Vol. 12 (2xCD, Dig), "Hate This", Zillo 2007
- Advanced Electronics Vol. 6 (2xCD, Comp + DVD, Comp), "Hate This (remix)", Synthetic Symphony 2008
- Extreme Lustlieder 1 (CD, Comp), "Dirty", UpScene/Indigo 2008
- Infacted 4 (2xCD, Comp), "Hate This (remix)", Infacted Recordings 2008
- Metropolis:Rebirth 1.0 (2xCD, Smplr), "Harsh Generation", Metropolis 2008
- Visual Infaction Volume \ 1 (DVD, PAL, Comp), "Hate This" & "Remnants", Infacted Recordings 2008
- Gothic Spirits - EBM Edition (2xCD, Comp), "Harsh Generation", Golden Core 2009
- Kinetik Festival Volume Two (2xCD, Comp), "Soilbleed (remix)", Artoffact Records 2009
- Endzeit Bunkertracks [Act V] (4xCD, Comp), "Chemicals & Circuitry (remix)", Alfa Matrix 2010