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Angelspit is a cyberpunk
Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a postmodern and science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life." The name is a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk, and was originally coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of his short story "Cyberpunk," published in 1983...

 band from Sydney, Australia
Australia
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. The band was formed in 2004 by vocalists/synthesists
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

 Destroyx (Amelia Tan AKA Amelia Arsenic) and ZooG (Karl Learmont AKA Karl Von Rock). The band's music combines unique and stylistic elements of horror, gothic, punk and electronic music as well as pop and their work contains imagery revolving around medical experiments and grotesque societies. The band is currently based in New York City
New York City
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 and London
London
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. Angelspit has toured with Angel Theory, Ayria
Ayria
Ayria, pronounced area, is a Canadian futurepop/synthpop musical project formed in early 2003 by Toronto's Jennifer Parkin following her departure from Epsilon Minus.-Biography:The first Ayria album, Debris, was released on Alfa Matrix in 2003....

, Ikon
Ikon
Ikon can mean:* An alternate spelling of icon* , Journal of Iconographic Studies* Ikon Asean, a recent singing competition between Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines* Ikon , an Australian dark wave group...

, KMFDM
KMFDM
KMFDM is an industrial band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project...

, Tankt and The Crüxshadows
The Crüxshadows
The Crüxshadows is an Dark Electro group from Florida. Their sound is made up of a combination of male vocals, electric violin, guitar, and synth...

, and have also shared the stage with bands such as Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy
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, Nitzer Ebb
Nitzer Ebb
Nitzer Ebb is a British EBM group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Vaughan "Bon" Harris , Douglas McCarthy , and David Gooday .-Band name:...

, Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The group is widely considered to be the founders of the electro-industrial genre....

 and Front Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly
Front Line Assembly is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. Influenced by early Industrial acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, D.A.F., Test Dept, SPK, and Severed Heads, FLA has developed its own unique sound while combining...

. They performed with Lords of Acid
Lords of Acid
Lords of Acid is a Belgian-American post-industrial/techno band, led by musician Praga Khan. They debuted with the controversial new beat single "I Sit on Acid" in 1988...

 during a 22-date U.S. tour in March 2011 and will be touring the U.S. with Blood on the Dance Floor this October.

History

Karl Learmont (ZooG) and Amelia Tan (Destroyx), met on an online zine
Zine
A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....

 forum. They shared an interest in zines and started the distro
Distro
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 Vox Populis in 2002. They then started making zines for themselves which became the lyrical inspiration for releases to follow. Angelspit was formed in 2004, they self-released their debut EP, Nurse Grenade
Nurse Grenade
Nurse Grenade is the debut extended play by Australian electro-industrial band Angelspit. Released 3 October 2004 through the band's website. It was later re-mastered and re-released in February, 2007 in a new disk-like tin case.-Track listing:...

on 3 October 2004.

The band self-released their debut studio album, Krankhaus
Krankhaus
Krankhaus is the debut studio album by Australian electro-industrial band Angelspit...

on 6 June 2006, and re-released it on 30 January 2007 with a bonus remix album, entitled Surgically Atoned, and in the US on Dancing Ferret Discs
Dancing Ferret
The Dancing Ferret entertainment group is an unofficial collective name for Dancing Ferret Discs and Dancing Ferret Concerts. It was started by Patrick Rodgers in 1995 with the formation of Dancing Ferret Concerts...

. The album featured remixes by Combichrist and Ego Likeness. A video for "Vena Cava" was released on 22 August 2007. The band toured Australia, the USA and Europe where they lived in Berlin to record their second studio album, Blood Death Ivory
Blood Death Ivory
Blood Death Ivory is the second studio album by Australian electro-industrial band Angelspit. Work on Blood Death Ivory started in October 2006...

.

The band released their second studio album, Blood Death Ivory on 11 June 2008. The album was written and recorded between 2006 and 2008. Again, the band continued to tour the new material around Europe and the USA. They released their debut remix album Black Kingdom Red Kingdom
Black Kingdom Red Kingdom
Black Kingdom Red Kingdom is the debut remix album by Australian electro-industrial band Angelspit. The album consists of remixes from their second studio album Blood Death Ivory.-Track listing:-External links:* at Angelspit.net...

on 15 May 2009. Around this time the band began to produce "Blipverts", short video blogs and tutorials on various topics, including the production of the band's third studio album.

The band released their third studio album, Hideous and Perfect
Hideous and Perfect
Hideous and Perfect is third studio album by Australian electro-industrial band Angelspit. Released on 9 September 2009, it marks the shortest time between two consecutive Angelspit albums, with Blood Death Ivory being released in 2008. A music video for "Fuck the Revolution" was released...

on 9 September 2009. A video for "Fuck the Revolution" was released on 28 September 2009. They released their second remix album Larva Pupa Tank Coffin
Larva Pupa Tank Coffin
Larva Pupa Tank Coffin is the second remix album by Australian electro-industrial band Angelspit. Released 10 October 2010, The album consists mostly of remixes from their previous studio album, Hideous and Perfect, by both Angelspit themselves and other artists, but also contains four previously...

on 10 October 2010. Larva Pupa Tank Coffin includes 4 brand new Angelspit tracks and remixes by the band themselves as well as other artists. A video for the remix of "Sleep Now" was released on 2 October 2010. They released their third remix album, Carbon Beauty
Carbon Beauty
Carbon Beauty is the third remix album by Australian electro-industrial band Angelspit. Released 8 March 2011, The album features three new songs and ten remixes from their previous studio album, Hideous and Perfect. Contributing artists include Tweaker, 16 Volt, Ego Likeness, Baal, Dope Stars Inc....

on 8 March 2011. This new remix album contains 3 new tracks as well as 10 remixes of tracks from the Hideous and Perfect album. A video for "Toxic Girl" was released on 13 April 2011, and a video for "Like It? Lick It!" was released on 27 July 2011.

On 15 April 2011, Angelspit announced the addition of three new members: guitarist Valerie Gentile (Black Tape for a Blue Girl, The Crüxshadows), drummer Chris Kling (Hanzel und Gretyl, Mortiis) and and videojammer The Liar. The new line-up of Angelspit released their fourth studio album, Hello My Name Is on October 11, 2011.

Band members

  • Destroyx (Amelia Arsenic) – vocals
    Singing
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    , distortion, art direction, visuals (2004–present)
  • ZooG (ZooG Von Rock) – vocals, keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
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    , software synthesizer
    Software synthesizer
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    s, vocoder
    Vocoder
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    s (2004–present)
  • Chris Kling – drums (2011–present)
  • Valerie Gentile – guitars (2011–present)
  • The Liar – live visuals (2011–present)

Live contributors

  • Peter Crane – keyboards (2007)
  • Roberto Massaglia – keyboards (2007)
  • John Von Ahlen – engineer (2007)
  • Matt James - drums (2011)

Studio albums

Year Album details
2006 Krankhaus
Krankhaus
Krankhaus is the debut studio album by Australian electro-industrial band Angelspit...

  • Released: 6 June 2006
  • Label: self-released, Dancing Ferret Discs
  • Formats: CD
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    , digital download
    Music download
    A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...

2008 Blood Death Ivory
Blood Death Ivory
Blood Death Ivory is the second studio album by Australian electro-industrial band Angelspit. Work on Blood Death Ivory started in October 2006...

  • Released: 11 June 2008
  • Label: self-released, Dancing Ferret Discs
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • 2009 Hideous and Perfect
    Hideous and Perfect
    Hideous and Perfect is third studio album by Australian electro-industrial band Angelspit. Released on 9 September 2009, it marks the shortest time between two consecutive Angelspit albums, with Blood Death Ivory being released in 2008. A music video for "Fuck the Revolution" was released...

  • Released: 9 September 2009
  • Label: Black Pill Red Pill, Metropolis
    Metropolis Records
    Metropolis 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....

  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • 2011 Hello My Name Is
  • Released: October 2011
  • Label: Metropolis
    Metropolis Records
    Metropolis 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....

  • Formats: CD, digital download

  • Remix albums

    Year Album details
    2009 Black Kingdom Red Kingdom
    Black Kingdom Red Kingdom
    Black Kingdom Red Kingdom is the debut remix album by Australian electro-industrial band Angelspit. The album consists of remixes from their second studio album Blood Death Ivory.-Track listing:-External links:* at Angelspit.net...

    • Released: 15 May 2009
    • Label: Black Pill Red Pill
    • Formats: CD, digital download
    2010 Larva Pupa Tank Coffin
    Larva Pupa Tank Coffin
    Larva Pupa Tank Coffin is the second remix album by Australian electro-industrial band Angelspit. Released 10 October 2010, The album consists mostly of remixes from their previous studio album, Hideous and Perfect, by both Angelspit themselves and other artists, but also contains four previously...

  • Released: 10 October 2010
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • 2011 Carbon Beauty
    Carbon Beauty
    Carbon Beauty is the third remix album by Australian electro-industrial band Angelspit. Released 8 March 2011, The album features three new songs and ten remixes from their previous studio album, Hideous and Perfect. Contributing artists include Tweaker, 16 Volt, Ego Likeness, Baal, Dope Stars Inc....

  • Released: 8 March 2011
  • Label: Metropolis
  • Formats: CD, digital download

  • Extended plays

    Year Album details
    2004 Nurse Grenade
    Nurse Grenade
    Nurse Grenade is the debut extended play by Australian electro-industrial band Angelspit. Released 3 October 2004 through the band's website. It was later re-mastered and re-released in February, 2007 in a new disk-like tin case.-Track listing:...

    • Released: 3 October 2004
    • Label: self-released
    • Formats: CD, digital download

    Music videos

    Year Title Director(s)
    2007 "Vena Cava" Drew Bowie and Brad Wylie
    2009 "Fuck the Revolution" Thomas Marcusson
    2010 "Sleep Now" Thomas Marcusson and Stephanie Rajalingam
    2011 "Toxic Girl" Tamas Mesmer
    "Like It? Lick It!" The Liar and Angelspit

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