Xorcist
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Xorcist is the name of an American musical group whose output has ranged from electro-industrial
Electro-industrial
Electro-industrial is a music genre drawing on EBM and post-industrial that developed in the mid-1980s. While EBM has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial has a deep, complex and layered sound. The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and other groups,...

 and ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...

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Background

Bat (a.k.a. Peter Stone) formed Xorcist in 1990 as a one-man act. By 1997, Xorcist grew to include Evoltwin.8. In addition to providing some vocals, Evoltwin.8 created the cover art for Soul Reflection and other subsequent releases.

Bat also created into two side projects, Xenon and Diode Fetish.

Bat still DJ's and VJ's under the name DJ/VJ Bat, and maintains the Xorcist website (www.xorcist.com) to promote his work.

Bat's music has appeared in MTV's Aeon Flux, and in the video games The Iron Helix, Bad Mojo and Space Bunnies Must Die.

Discography

  • Damned Souls
    Damned Souls
    Damned Souls is the name of an album by industrial music artist Xorcist. It is the first release on the now-defunct record label, 21st Circuitry, in 1991...

    – (CD album) 1991 - 21st Circuitry
  • Repossessed/Non-Aggression Pact – (CS, Ltd. Edition) 1992 - GPC Productions
  • Bitches EP – (Vinyl EP/CD EP) 1993 - 21st Circuitry
  • Phantoms – (CD album) 1994 - 21st Circuitry
  • Scorched Blood – (CD EP) 1996 - 21st Circuitry
  • Soul Reflection – (CD album) 1997 - 21st Circuitry
  • Nomad – (CD album) 1999 - Pendragon Records
  • Insects & Angels: Differences & Indifferences – (CD album) 2000 - Metropolis
  • Music for the Harmonic Convergence – (CD-R Enhanced) 2000 - MP3.com (no label)
  • Heaven – (CD-R Enhanced) - MP3.com (no label)
  • Hell – (CD-R Enhanced) - MP3.com (no label)

Compilation appearances

  • Torture Tech Overdrive – (LP Limited Edition [1000 copies]) 1991, side B, track #3 "So Big" - If It Moves...
  • Adventures in Music - Cargo Electro Riot Sampler – (CD) 1992, track #4 "The Dance" - Cargo Music
  • CCCC - California Cyber Crash Compilation – (CD) 1992, track #4 "Hallucination" - COP International
  • For Crying Out Loud: Edition One – (Cass Compilation) 1992, side B track #1 "Hallucination" and track #2 "Hatelove" - FCOL Magazine
  • Shut Up Kitty: A Cyber-Based Covers Compilation – (CD) 1993, track #6 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Re-constriction Records
  • CD Sound Compilation Vol. 1 – (CD Compilation) 1994, track #9 "Xorcist (Bleeding Mix)" - IndustrialnatioN Magazine
  • Cyber Core Compilation – (CD) 1994, track #14 "U R the 1 (Fux Version)" - COP International
  • The Art of Brutality – (CD) 1994, track #5 "Be With Me" - Arts Industria
  • The Disease of Lady Madeline – (CD) 1994, track #7 "The Iron Helix" - Anubis Recordings
  • Torture Tech Overdrive – (CD, Ltd Edition Reissue [1000 copies]) 1994, track #10 "So Big (Original Un-Edited Mix) - Cleopatra
  • 21st Circuitry Shox – (CD) 1996, track #2 "Bad Mojo (Sacrosanct Mix)" - 21st Circuitry
  • The Digital Space Between Vol. 3 – (CD) 1996, track #12 "UNGDSOB (Bastard Mix)" - Cleopatra
  • 21st Circuitry Records – (Cass) 1997, side B, track 5 "Stains" - 21st Circuitry
  • Digital Wings 1 – (CD) 1997, track #1 "Bad Mojo (Satyria Mix)" - The Cyberden
  • 21st Circuitry Shox 2 – (CD) 1998, track #6 "Bomblast" - 21st Circuitry
  • Abby - The Compilation Part 2 – (2xCD) 1998, disc #1, track #1 "Scorched Blood" - Höllenfeuer
  • Newer Wave 2.0 – (CD) 1998, track #10 "1999" - 21st Circuitry
  • Resist the Command – (CD) 2000, track #3 "GoverNet (Web Edit)" - Dystopian Records
  • Electro Radiovengeance – (CD) 2003, track #5 "Bitches" - A.D.S.R. Musicwerks
  • Sex, Death & Eyeliner: The Soundtrack – (CD) 2005, track #1 "Nomad" - Dark Future Music
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