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If Chocolates stands for Switzerland, EBM stands for Belgium and when it comes to Electronic Body Music you will for sure stumble across one name: "à;Grumh...". The Belgium based pionieers of electronic music were a true synonym for innovation. Since 1983 they spread their musical virus across the world through a very loyal fan-base on the well known label ‘Play it again Sam’. Part 23 of the Infacted Recordings classic series brings you a "best of" by these EBM veterans! As usual, all tracks on this full-length CD at special price, have been digitally remastered and put into the traditional Infacted classics design. And as always, also part 23 is strictly limited to 1000 copies worldwide.

The Acylum gang strikes back and signs in with “Karzinom” its hardest and most uncompromising album to date. With a hardcore “fight-club” attitude, East-German sound terrorist Pedro Engel sets to attack the dark elektro scene with solid harsh beats, crunching distortion, sinister cinematic atmospheres, massive orchestral arrangements and intense harsh vocals, with the whole collection hammered by Acylum’s now so “(un)popular” highly provocative lyrics. On the pressing demand by his growing fanbase, Pedro Engel is also offering, as bonus disc of the limited carton box edition of “Karzinom”, a remastered version of his self-released and long time deleted first album “Your Pain V.2.0” reminding us of how hard and strong the Acylum war-machine sounded in its early days. Old school dark elektro “made in 2005” at its best and setting the first steps of Acylum’s ascending power sound. Fans will also notice the additions of several unreleased bonus demo tracks and mixes…

On his third long player, Electro-maniac Daniel Graves fires up an inferno of Industrial-beat-salvos, New-Wave-Disco-influences and totally over the top aggression. The sonic roller coaster ride is the most addictive hard Electro-release of the year. With his highly versatile voice that adeptly manages anything from soft Synthpop melodies to totally deranged screams, Graves croons, screeches and shouts his way through the easily most versatile album of hard Electronica, this year. “All Beauty Destroyed” is released as a first edition in a classy DigiPak with an exclusive bonus disc, sporting clubby remixes by Hocico, X-RX, Alter Der Ruine, XP8, Caustic...

Always favoring quality to quantity, Aiboforcen has never been one of the most productive bands from the Belgian electro scene. It took them this time some 7 (!!) magic years to find their way through the somber labyrinth of their 5th album entitled "Dédale". Mostly centered today around the intriguing personality of mastermind Benoit Blanchart and the enigmatic female singer Patrice Synthea (Regenerator lead singer), Aiboforcen once again could not resist collaborating with another astounding plethora of guest vocalists including Jennifer Parkin (Ayria), Claus Larsen (Leather Strip), Dominik Van Reich (AmGod), Xev (Diffuzion) or yet Donna Lynch (Ego Likeness). Faithful to the band's sound trademark, "Dédale" offers a complex and modern mixture of eclectic electronic styles ranging from harsh elektro to catchy synth body music through dark trip hop with a certain future pop touch and that characteristic combination of harsh male growls and sensual female vocals which made their name. The limited carton box edition of the album also includes the 14-track CD "Sanctuaire" featuring some 5 exclusive songs: "Sanctuaire", "What's a Fetiche Darling", the harsh and tormented "Blood In Your Face" (with Acylum on vocals), the body punk assaults of "Running With The Wrong Boys" with the angry Claus Larsen on vox and the viral electro "Wrapped In Plastic" (featuring Implant). Add to this 8 radical and brilliantly selected remixes of album songs by Essence Of Mind, Acretongue, The Synthetic Dream Foundation, Psy'aviah, Regenerator, Kant Kino, Celluloide and Beati Mortui. Cherry on the cake, Aiboforcen also deliver 2 astounding revamped versions of their club hits "Twilight World" and "Not Unique".

After the untimely death of sound wizard Edgar Acevedo, it was unclear whether the fourth album of Mexican Hard-Electro-band would ever see the light of day. Harsh, electronic, aggressive – not so much a record, but a legacy. Edgar’s brother Polo, the band’s shouter decided that there could not be a better legacy for the Mexican band, and completed the album by himself and had it produced in a German studio. “Death, Thou Shalt Die” has become an album that is hard to top in terms of intensity.

Since 2004, Angelspit have been one of electronic music’s most prolific acts, thrilling audiences the world over with their concoction of industrial-strength guitar riffs, clever hooks and pathologically disturbed synths. Hello My Name Is shows the band has no intention of relenting the glorious pounding brutality that has earned them the reputation of being one of the most innovative alternative bands in the current crop. Synthesizers are slain, drum machines burn and samplers are tortured as viscous guitars and corruptive beats are added to the mix.

‘Regular’ edition digibook, 28 page booklet, semi-gloss art print with spot varnishing. ASP’s new album is a uniquely intensified blend of all essential elements which have made ASP what they are today: the most important German gothic rock project. Asp Spreng, singer, composer, lyricist and heart and mind behind the project takes the listener by the hand in the manner of a mysterious stranger and leads you into a dark kingdom without, however, allowing you to sink into hopelessness.

Erik Frankel and Johan Hellqvist, better known as Auto Auto have unleashed their creative machinery again. Their third album, "Dancing through Dark Times", combines catchy Synthpop with Club-Sounds, Electroclash, Disco, New Wave and Indie in a most entertaining way. The Swedes go about their poaching trip through the electronic jungle in a highly groovy way, with their tongues planted firmly in their cheeks and are not afraid of borrowing from unconventional sources. The result is fresh, wild, sometimes strange but always catchy as hell.

The talented EBM-act from South of Sweden returns with their 3rd full length album! Hard pumping EBM/Electronic Music with glorious sing-along lyrics, clearly influenced by bands like Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb, but their sound is unique and has got a special twist to it, and that makes Autodafeh a very nice contribution to the world of EBM: The New EBM Masters! This twelve track album offers an even more mature and unique identity to the band, while still retaining the EBM roots but still screams out, “We are not the past, we are the future!” Ten all original songs and two all new bonus versions of previously released songs that have been overhauled and upgraded for 2011.

‘Nachtbringer’ is the ‘fitting’ CD for the dark season and contains 8 all new odes to the night, among them the potential club-hit of the same title. The CD is furthermore filled with their trademark catchy club-anthems, spine tingling ballads, but also enthralling ventures into altogether different territories. To top things off, the CD also contains 3 unreleased demos and a live version of the group's hit «Black Roses». The first Limited editon comes as CD-sized digipak, including a full length live DVD, featuring a recording of the group’s recent “Tränenherz”- Tour plus lots of backstage extras. The second Limited edition has the same contents as the one above, but comes in a DVD-sized cardboard Digibox (A5).

Gothic meets Club-Electro-Sounds. On album number five, Cephalgy yet again conjure up a collection of catchy, dark tunes with solid electronic beats. A dark onslaught of atmosphere and floor fillers. Dark, atmospheric and catchy songs, carried by a charismatic deep voice, on a foundation of stomping club beats and massive electronic sounds.

With this new Mini-CD "Beyond" Cryo takes a step towards a darker more dystopian, atmospheric approach and it´s not even wrong to mention artists like Jean-Michele Jarre but never without loosing that special "cold and static" EBM-style which has become like a trademark for the band. Tracks like "Event Horizon" and "Singularity" (Future Population Mix) will for sure dominate the alternative dancefloors worldwide this winter. Martin himself calls "Beyond" a journey to explore the dark unknown and the feeling to embrace it.