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Asmodeus X, the original and ex officio "Black Corps" of the industrial underground. A conscious and willful work of aural alchemy, Asmodeus X has expanded boundaries, traversed such genres as ebm and darkwave, remanifested the dark fire of LHP esotericism to a new generation, and pointed the way toward a Future-Noir that would give Fritz Lang a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. |
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Since beginning their journey in 1999, they have traversed and endured many trials and tasks, from the first incorporation of Die Elektrischen Vorspeile into a live Halloween performance before an audience of over 2000 in Houston, Texas, providing soundtrack music for the independent Chicago
gangster film – Shut Eye, receiving 'critics choice' awards in local press, and even defying death in the sorts of 'road accidents' that earned Metallica a new drummer. The live performances of Asmodeus X have likewise brought them notoriety. Sharing stages with such luminaries as Attrition, Diva Destruction, Bamboo Crisis, Bozo Porno Circus, Wyrmwood the Legacy, The Last Dance, and Nocturne. Open flame sources, billowing banners, and military paraphernalia have all made appearances at one time or another at Asmodeus X shows. Spoken words, music, and gesture blend to draw the audience inexorably into their dark, expressionist, city-scape.
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Gothic Beauty #9
Brewing manifestations of “survival and conquest”, Houston, Texas gives rise from cataclysmic fire and ash to ASMODEUS X, reborn as long-knive visionaries of The New Blood Groove, pointing into the night sky, and quoting Jack London’s The Law of Club and Fang from The Call of the Wild in archetypical references to similarly cold nights, star-gazing, and matching cadences with wolf-like ancestors. Wolf in the Sky provides the core of Wolf Age, beginning with guitar intro reminiscent of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here. Rain showers, wolf howlings, critter twitters, chirps, fog horns, wind, waves and other environmental sound samples thematically set the atmospheric tone throughout Wolf Age for musical alchemy between synth, industrial, metallic EBM, and even darkened neo-classical noise-scapes beneath melodic vocal harmonies, and experimental infusions of vocoder mood enhancers. ASMODEUS X reveals in song online more than this cd review will encompass.
Starvox
Asmodeus X crafts thoughtful electro industrial music at its best, and it’s little wonder that the group was named Best Industrial/Noise Act in the 2000 Houston Music Press Awards…‘Songs of Glory’ is one of the best pieces of music to come along in a long while. There’s more complexity and thought put into the composition of this four-minute track than many bands put into entire albums. …The full-length album was one of the highlights of 2002, with great songs like ‘Black Forest’, ‘MuZ’ and the band’s absolutely delightful (and surprising) cover of the Partridge Family’s ‘Point me in the Direction of Albuquerque’. Asmodeus X is a band with some talent and diversity in their music, and one I look forward to hearing more from in the future.
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Rock E-Zine
Now, I don’t know much about the music-scene in the States, but in Europe we call this E-B-M. Electronic-Body-Music. Aggressive EBM, though. And indeed, after a couple of spins it’s possible to spot leaks of a later Ministry, NIN (“Mandatory Sacrifice”) or some Kraftwerk in their songs…. The music, a modern performance of danceable EBM with aggressive vocals and a good attempt to sound desperate and even a bit `evil`, is catchy and offers a bit more than the Covenants of this world. So, if you’re into Kraftwerk or Joy Division and wonder what American EBM sounds like, Asmodeus X is a good starting point.
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