Польский электро-индустриальный проект Controlled Collapse был образован
в 2003 году в городе Лодзь музыкантом Wojciech Król (псевдоним kr-lik).
Первые треки проекта появились в 2004 году, навеянные творчеством
Suicide Commando, а Johan van Roy даже подписал Controlled Collapse на
свой лейбл Noise Terror Productions (подразделение Dependent Records),
увидев в проекте потенциал. В 2005 году ограниченным тиражом выходит
первый демо-релиз "Humanization", а в марте 2007 года выходит и первый
полноформатный альбом "Injection", который сразу же занимает 6 место в
DAC. После выхода дебютника начинаются и первые концерты Controlled
Collapse.
В 2010 году выходит второй альбом Controlled Collapse
"Things Come To Pass", который получился более мелодичным и менее
агрессивным в сравнении с дебютником. Осенью 2012 года вышел сингл
"Dzien Sadu", который предваряет собой выход нового, третьего альбома
проекта, который получил название "Babel". Релиз альбома запланирован на
22 марта 2013 года на лейблах Alchera Visions и Machineries. Альбом
выйдет как на CD, так и в цифровом формате.
Zombina and The Skeletones is a horror rock band from Liverpool,
England, formed in 1998 around the nucleus of vocalist Zombina and
songwriter Doc Horror. The majority of their tongue in cheek lyrical
content deals with themes of horror and science fiction, yet their
musical style is upbeat and pop oriented, with elements of garage punk,
doo wop and hard rock. Due to their apparent obsession with B Movies and
black humour their fanbase extends to the gothic rock, death rock and
psychobilly scenes." (c) Wikipedia
"Zombina met Doc Horror in
1998, fast becoming friends and started a band called The Deformed,
producing a demo tape; "No Sleep 'Til Transylvania", in early 1999. This
tape featured songs that would later become Zombina and The Skeletones
staples; "The Grave... And Beyond!", "Braindead" and "Leave My Brain
Alone"; and established a strong B-Movie informed horror theme recalling
the early efforts of The Misfits and The Cramps. At their first live
performance (1999, at the now destroyed Liverpool bar, "Guinans") Doc
Horror invited the audience to vote on whether the group should continue
as The Deformed, or become Zombina and The Skeletones, a Josie and the
Pussycats inspired name they'd joked about earlier in the day. The crowd
chose the latter. To this day, Zombina and The Skeletones remain a
legendary live band, regularly touring in the UK and Europe, their
studio albums obsessed over by fans of horror and pop alike. Zombina and
The Skeletones are to release their fourth studio album, "Out of the
Crypt and Into Your Heart" in October 2008.
Described as equal parts scarecrow and zombie gunslinger, the Gunwitch
is a silent undead golem with unerring marksmanship. Doc Horror made him
as a babysitter and bodyguard for his daughter Eve, though the details
of how he was made exactly have yet to be revealed. He only responds to
commands in an occult language that is never given a name, and once he
has a mission nothing can sway him. He serves as brute force and
unmatched firepower within the Nocturnals, and has quickly become a fan
favorite. Being a corpse, Gunwitch can take an unspecified amount of
damage with no ill effects; one of the few times we ever see him be
affected by an enemy attack is when Eve is kidnapped in Nocturnals: The
Witching Hour. Tiny forest sprites dust him with a magic powder that
puts him to sleep, and when he is revived by Starfish and the Raccoon he
appears to have taken it personally... much to the chagrin of those he
discovers kidnapped Eve. He is the main character in his own miniseries
called Nocturnals: Outskirts of Doom, where he and Eve come upon a town
that is torn between warring vampire gangs vying for control.
