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Lust For Blood (Album) by Velvet Acid Christ

Artist Biography For Velvet Acid Christ

Velvet Acid Christ VAC Is An Electro-Industrial Band Based In Denver Colorado United States. The Band Was Formed In 1990 By Lead Vocalist Musician And Producer Bryan Erickson And Various Ex-Members Of Toxic Coma. The Project Gained Limited Popularity In Europe's Underground Nightclub Scene During The Mid-1990s With The Compilation Church Of Acid 1996 Before Expanding Into Other Markets In The Goth And Industrial Subcultures. The Band's Discography Includes 11 Studio Albums The Latest Being Maldire 2012 And Subconscious Landscapes 2014 . Current Members Bryan Erickson A.K.A. Hexfix93 Disease Factory - Lead Vocals Composition Guitar Lyrics Mixing Production Various Early Projects Early Changes And First Albums 1990–1995 In The Early 1990s Erickson And Grigory Both Residents Of Colorado Brought Together Their Shared Interest In Creating Music To Record A Series Of Demos. With The Addition Of Gary Slaughter And Chris Workman The Group Attempted Several Bands Including Disease Disco Factory A Parody Of Then-Popular Dance Group C C Music Factory. Following A Turbulent Period For Erickson And Slaughter Workman Left The Group. Slaughter And Erickson Experimented With Two New Side-Projects Cyber Christ And Vortex. Cyber Christ Explored A Harsh And Melancholy Sound That Was A Sharp Contrast To The Group's Other Projects. When Erickson Discovered That The Term "Cyber Christ" Had Been Used In The 1992 Film The Lawnmower Man He Renamed The Band Velvet Acid Christ In Honor Of A Bad Acid Trip. The Vortex Project Was Merged Into Velvet Acid Christ To Form One Body Of Work. In 1994 Workman Returned To Assist With The Band's Self-Produced Gothic-Styled Demo Tape Fate. Given Encouraging Response From Friends The Band Followed Up With Other Self-Produced Albums 1994's Pestilence A Dance-Oriented Album And 1995's Neuralblastoma A Harder-Sounding Album. Erickson Along With Friends And Minor Contributors Steve Bird And Dan Olson Started The Brief-Lived Record Label Electro Death Trip EDT Records To Better Promote These Recordings. In 1995 The Three Began Distributing Hand-Made CD Copies Of Fate Pestilence And Neuralblastoma For Resale In Local Music Shops. Label Interest Touring And A Troubled Rise 1996–2000 Slaughter And Workman Temporarily Left The Band During The First Half Of 1996 As Erickson Continued The Project Alone Handing Out Copies Of Velvet Acid Christ's Recordings To Industry Representatives Including Musician Bill Leeb Of Industrial Pioneer Front Line Assembly. Leeb Passed The Music To Thorsten Stroht A Media Promoter With European Label Off-Beat Records. Off-Beat A&R Negotiated A Deal With The Band. For Their First Off-Beat Release The Group Submitted 1996's Church Of Acid A Compilation Of Selected Tracks From Velvet Acid Christ's First Three Albums With An Additional Two New Tracks Disflux And Futile. Church Of Acid Was Well Received In Europe And Futile Became A Regularly Played Track In Many Nightclubs Across The Continent. In 1997 United States Label Pendragon Records Released Church Of Acid In America Though The Two New Tracks Were Removed Due To A Lack Of Trademark Clearance For Television Samples Used In The Songs. The Band's Next Album Calling Ov The Dead Was Rejected By Off-Beat For Not Sounding Edgy Enough Prompting Slaughter's Permanent Departure. With The Assistance Of Bird And Olson The Band Addressed The Label's Concerns And Released Calling Ov The Dead In Late 1997 With American Distribution Following Through Pendragon In 1998. In The Process Erickson Had Accumulated A Substantial Financial Debt. With A Line-Up Consisting Of Erickson Stroht And German Musician Ingo Beitz The Band Toured Europe In 1998 With Off-Beat Label-Mate Suicide Commando Which Attracted The Attention Of Metropolis Records The Largest Industrial Label In United States. The Parent Label Of Pendragon Metropolis Distributed The Album Neuralblastoma As A Partnership That Would Endure. Velvet Acid Christ Spent The Majority Of 1999 In The Studio First Collaborating With Germany's Funker Vogt On A Remix EP Entitled Velvet Acid Christ Vs Funker Vogt The Remix Assault Then Shifting To Velvet Acid Christ's Next Full-Length Recording Fun With Knives. With Workman An Occasional Contributor Erickson Sought Production Assistance On Fun With Knives From The Bands Luxt And 4th New Army. Fun With Knives Released By Metropolis And New Off-Beat Sub-Label Dependent Became The Band's Best-Selling Album. Sales Were Propelled By The Singles Decypher And Fun With Drugs And By The Track Slut Which Featured Vocals From Luxt's Anna Christine. In Spite Of The Success Of The Band Stress Had Led Erickson Into Depression And Increased Drug Abuse Which Channeled Into The Creation Of The Band's Next Album Twisted Thought Generator. Simultaneously The Band Toured Europe With Industrial Acts Project X And Stromkern And Toured The United States And Canada With Bands Din_Fiv And Haujobb. The Line-Up Of The Band During This Period Was Unstable. Workman Citing A Conversion To Christianity Resigned From The Band With A Request That His Name Be Retracted From All Previous Albums. The First Leg Of The European Tour Consisted Of Erickson Bird And Stroht The Second Leg Erickson And Olson. The North American Tour Was Performed By Erickson Stroht And Drummer Paul Lipman. With Various Contributors Erickson Completed Twisted Thought Generator. Due To Lingering Disputes He Withdrew The Band From Dependent Records And Submitted The Album To Metropolis. A Change Of Pace New Early Material And Beyond 2001– Present Erickson Placed Velvet Acid Christ On A Short Hiatus In 2001 As He Abandoned His Dependence On Drugs In Favour Of Exercise And A Vegan Raw Foodist Diet. Newly Clean Erickson Created The 2003 Album Hex Angel Utopia/Dystopia. Though Critical Response Was Mixed Hex Angel Utopia/Dystopia Ranked #1 On Germany's Deutsche Alternative Charts DAC For Four Weeks After Its Release And The Album's Single Pretty Toy Reached #18 On The Billboard Alternative Chart During The Same Year. The Album Also Marked The Band's Short-Lived Return To Dependent Records. Erickson Spent 2004 Releasing And Reissuing Some Of Velvet Acid Christ's Earliest Material. With The Four-Volume Compilation Series Between The Eyes The Band Published A Collection Of Its Singles And B-Sides Then Followed With Subsequent Re-Releases Of Fate Vol. 2 Pestilence Vol. 3 And Neuralblastoma Vol. 4 . The Band Also Offered Free MP3 Downloads Of Dimension 8 And Oblivion Interface On Its Website Until Early 2005. Dimension 8 Which Had Been Available As A Hidden Bonus On Twisted Thought Generator And Oblivion Interface Informally Known As Between The Eyes Vol. 5 Provided Fans With Previously Unheard Work From The Cyber Christ-Vortex Era Of 1991–1994. In 2005 Erickson Collaborated With Guitarist Todd Loomis On A New Album Lust For Blood Which Was Released On September 26 2006. With Lust For Blood The Crew Labored Intensively To Create A New Overall Sound While Maintaining The Band's Original Characteristics. Following Its Release Lust For Blood Ranked At The Top Of Germany's DAC For Four Weeks The Album's Single Release Wound Ranked On The DAC's Singles Chart For Eight Weeks And Held The #1 Position For Four Weeks. In 2009 Erickson Began To Create The Next LP With Minimal Input From Loomis This Time When He Was Working On His Project The Twilight Garden. The Result Was The Art Of Breaking Apart Released October 27 2009. This LP Was A Tribute To Bands Like Current 93 And Death In June And Brought VAC Many New Fans While Making The Others Angry At The New Direction Of The Music. In 2010–2011 Bryan Erickson Teamed Up With William Anderson Of Louisiana. William Did A Ton Of Sampling And Bryan Made A Bunch Of VAC B-Sides That Turned Into Toxic Coma Tracks. The Project Had A Revolving Door Of Members Again Bryan Being The Main Constant. They Released A LP Entitled Satan Rising Under Toxic Coma On Metropolis Records. It Fused The Techno Sound Of Fun With Knives And The Brutal Black Humor Of Toxic Coma. Erickson Then Began To Write More Music For Future VAC LPs. In October 2012 Velvet Acid Christ Released Their Tenth LP Entitled Maldire. The Release Marked A Return To The Dark Electronic Sound. Erickson Formed A Live Band And Toured Extensively 2012-2014 To Support The Album. The Latest Album Entitled Subconscious Landscapes Was Released October 28 2014. A Remastered Greatest Hits Compilation Was Released By Metropolis Records On May 6 2016. Discography Studio Albums
1994 - Fate
1994 - Pestilence
1995 - Neuralblastoma
1997 - Calling Ov The Dead
1999 - Fun With Knives
2000 - Twisted Thought Generator
2003 - Hex Angel Utopia/Dystopia 2006 - Lust For Blood
2009 - The Art Of Breaking Apart
2012 - Maldire
2014 - Subconscious Landscapes Compilations / Demos / EPs / Singles
1992 - Oblivion Interface Demo Re-Released In 2004 1993 - Dimension 8 Demo Re-Released In 2000 1996 - Church Of Acid 1994-1995 Compilation 1998 - Neuralblastoma 1994-1995 Compilation 1999 - Fun With Razors Remix EP 1999 - Decipher Maxi-Single 1999 - Fun With Drugs Maxi-Single 1999 - The Remix Wars Strike 4 Funker Vogt Vs. Velvet Acid Christ Remix EP 2001 - Dial 8 Maxi-Single 2003 - Pretty Toy Maxi-Single 2004 - Between The Eyes Vol. 1 Singles Compilation 2004 - Between The Eyes Vol. 2 Re-Release Of Fate 2004 - Between The Eyes Vol. 3 Re-Release Of Pestilence 2004 - Between The Eyes Vol. 4 Re-Release Of Neuroblastoma 2006 - Wound Maxi-Single 2009 - Caustic Disco Maxi-Single 2016 - Greatest Hits Remastered Compilation

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