NACHTMAHR

“You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” (Winston Churchill)

“This quote perfectly describes the uncompromising path chosen by the Austrian artist Thomas Rainer for his project NACHTMAHR, and it also serves as the motto for his newest album. After countless shows on all continents, three highly successful tours through the USA, as well as two albums and three EPs, NACHTMAHR is back with “Semper Fidelis”, which will set hearts aflame and pave the way to total club domination! “Semper Fidelis” is the uncompromising proof that the decadent philosophy behind NACHTMAHR is incorruptible. More than ever, these songs clarify that this is an attack guided by an artist who plays by his own rules. Above everything else, NACHTMAHR is especially one thing: Honest. And honesty is the best policy.

 About Semper Fidelis - True to aforementioned motto, Thomas Rainer created his new musical project NACHTMAHR in 2007. Over the past 11 years, the Austrian artist achieved worldwide success with L’AME IMMORTELLE and SIECHTUM, and here he returns to his roots: the boiling dancefloors of industrial and goth clubs alike. Inspired by numerous years of DJing, NACHTMAHR is the missing link between merciless and provocative industrial and the hammering power of techno. The first release, "Kunst ist Krieg (i.e., Art is War)", and it’s club hit, "BoomBoomBoom", instantly conquered the dancefloors and earned the band a slot on the soundtrack of the American block-buster movie, SAW 4. Even on the dancefloor, there is room to think about all our daily nightmares. However, the success of the EP was far surpassed with the release of the full-length album, "Feuer frei". The club single "Katharsis" dominated the clubs for months, helping the album to stay in the top 10 of the German alternative charts (DAC) for more than 6 weeks. Germany's biggest and most influential dark music magazine, ORKUS, even stated "Feuer frei" was “the new standard for the electro industrial genre”. While others would have rested on their laurels, NACHTMAHR extensively toured through North and Central America, Europe, and Russia - including major worldwide festivals like Wave-Gothik-Treffen, Kinetik Festival, and M'era Luna - whilst preparing their second full time assault, "Alle Lust will Ewigkeit". With it, the Austrian Industrial project continued on the uncompromising and relentless path of destruction with their now-trademark heavy distorted beats, driving bass lines, and addictive melodies… an album whose might was soon confirmed by No. 1 positions for both single and album in the German alternative charts. Within three years and with only 2 albums, this adherence to one's principles turned NACHTMAHR from a complete newcomer into one of the driving forces of the industrial scene today… and "Semper Fidelis" will triumph them both to lead the project to even higher ground.

A.E.I.O.U

Weltmacht oder Niedergang”

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