Acid Bath w/ Ministry

Flytjendur

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  Acid Bath

  Legendary 90's band Acid Bath
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  Ministry

  Born in 1981 in Chicago. In its early days, Ministry was identifiable by its heavy synth-pop material in line with the new sounds and technology that were being developed in the ‘80s. Ministry’s output began with four 12” singles on Wax Trax! Records in 1981 before the first LP With Sympathy in 1983 via Arista Records. As time progressed however, so did Ministry, quickly developing a harsher, and more stylized sound that the band soon became infamous for on seminal Sire/Warner albums Twitch (1986), The Land of Rape and Honey (1988), and The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste (1989). With the release of Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and The Way to Suck Eggs (1992), Ministry hit an all-time high in the mainstream musical realm and received its first Grammy nomination (the first of six). Eight more albums would follow on various labels including their own 13th Planet imprint. After a break in 2013, the band reformed, toured and signed to Nuclear Blast with three releases. AmeriKKKant (2018), Moral Hygiene (2021), and HOPIUMFORTHEMASSES (2024). Late 2024, Ministry signed with Cleopatra Records and released The Squirrely Years Revisited. Celebrating the early synth pop years with new studio takes.

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  Windhand
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  Twin Tribes

  When it comes to the much-publicised post-punk revival of recent years, Twin Tribes undoubtedly hold a special position – not just in the USA, but also internationally. The duo – consisting of multi-instrumentalists Luis Navarro and Joel Niño – celebrate the dark side of the genre, garnished with goth rock pastiche and a hyper-melodic coldwave foundation. Of course, it sounds nostalgic as hell, but the Texan duo also add all kinds of fresh accents, such as acoustic guitar chords and shimmering synthwaves. A clear development can be seen from their debut album, ‘Shadows’ (2018), to ‘Pendulum’, which was released last year. And the results never fail to impress time and time again with fantastic production values and an anthemic sound. Here, melancholy meets a somehow-liberating resignation, and the view inwards ignites a change of perspective on the outside. Accordingly, there is hardly a band at the moment that does so well at capturing the attitude to life of a time that is beginning to shatter due to its own contradictions. But Twin Tribes do so with stylistic confidence and a great feel for goosebump-inducing harmonies.