Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN) is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio circa 1988 by Trent Reznor. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for the musical direction of the band. His lyrics are largely concerned with dark explorations of the self, and the time between major studio albums (bridged by releases of remixes and live albums) has been extended by Reznor's battles with personal issues.

Android Lust is the Industrial solo project of Shikhee, combining elements of rock, industrial, gothic and classical styles into a blend of music that she describes as "electronic and dark." Her music is embraced by the gothic culture for its themes of hurt, loneliness, lust, rejection, impatience and anger, though Shikhee dislikes the 'goth' label.

VOLBEAT was formed in October 2001 by Michael Poulsen, who had previously split up the Danish metal band Dominus. Dominus was said to be Denmarks pride of metal. During their 10 years of existence Michael Poulsen and DOMINUS released 4 albums and had their videos shown on both MTV, VIVA. (for further infomation: www.diehardmusic.com). VOLBEAT's musical style is said to be a combination of Metallic Rock'n'roll with a touch of the sixties melodic tunes. As a Swedish Reporter from Slavestate Mag wrote: METALLICA should have hired VOLBEAT as songwriters for their "Load" and "Re-Load" albums. Others have said: This is ELVIS-metal.

Emilie Autumn (born September 22, 1979 in Malibu, California) is a singer and violinist, currently living in Chicago. She is known for her theatrical performance style.

At 15, Emilie enrolled at the prestigious Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana but left after two years, when a scandal occurred (of which precise details are unknown).

Tool is an American band, formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California, that consists of drummer Danny Carey, bassist Justin Chancellor, guitarist Adam Jones, and singer Maynard James Keenan.

Emerging with a "slam and bang" heavy metal sound on their first release during a time when heavy metal was dominated by thrash metal, they were later seen at the top of the alternative metal movement, when they released their second studio album Ænima in 1996.Today, after an ongoing evolution of their sound to a more progressive influenced songwriting on Lateralus (2001) and their latest release 10,000 Days (2006) their music would, "in another era, [...] have been considered progressive rock."

The band's sound is subjected to many favorable comparisons; therefore, it is difficult to pinpoint a genre. This results in an ambivalent relationship between the band and the music industry. Other aggravating factors are exceptionally long or complex releases, controversial yet abstract lyrics and unorthodox music videos that have resulted in censorship, and the band's ongoing struggle for privacy.

Nevertheless, Tool receives critical acclaim, performs worldwide tours, and produces albums that top the charts in several countries. This success enables the band members to indulge in extended breaks between releases, allowing for collaboration with other artists, design of award-winning album packaging, and notable side-projects.

Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Trent Reznor is the founder and primary creative force behind the band Nine Inch Nails.

Covenant is a band from Sweden that has created electronic body music (EBM) and futurepop since 1986. They have been releasing their music since the early 1990s.

Colony 5 is a Swedish futurepop/synthpop band founded in March 1999. P-O Svensson started the band as a hobby with Magnus Löfdahl. The music style has changed with group membership and their sound became more consistent. They have toured through Europe - Denmark, Russia, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Poland, Norway, Estonia and even Mexico.

Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows is a band consisting solely of Anna-Varney Cantodea. Not much is known about Anna-Varney, save for the tortured life she lived which led to the band's existence.[citation needed] She has said in several interviews that she spent nearly three decades in extreme states of depression, despair and loneliness, all of which resulted in her discovery of the "Ensemble Of Shadows", otherworldly presences and/or voices who stirred her musical senses and guided her to share the works in her head with the public. She does not speak much on the subject of the Ensemble, nor does she perform live "in front of humans". Anna-Varney does have a sense of humour however, such as admitting she loves Darth Vader and changing the Fruit of the Loom logo to "Fruit of the Tomb", which incorporates her face into the design.

The music itself is quite emotional and dreary, using a variety of brass, woodwinds (in particular, flutes), string quartets and various guitars. In some instances, synthesizers and drum machines or real percussion is used. Anna-Varney has clearly stated that she creates her music about herself, solely for herself. Various themes include death, suicide, karmatic pain, loneliness and sadness. A very important concept is the idea of becoming or being a woman, or at least removal of the male genitalia in favour of attaining the female variant (in later album artwork, Anna-Varney is usually shown nude with a vagina which has been edited in by computer rather than having her body surgically altered due to spiritual conflicts; in either case, Anna-Varney is now referred to by the pronoun "she" instead of "he".) There are also several musical themes that reappear in her works; the most notable example is the song "Birth - Fiendish Figuration" which has appeared in at least four forms on separate releases. Other songs contain similar melodic lines or lyrics from an earlier release.

On December 18, Sopor Aeternus announced that they had finished recording yet another studio album. Release is set for April 13 2007. The album is titled "Les Fleurs du mal" (The Flowers of Evil), as seen in the album teaser downloadable from the official website.

Zdrada i Nóż

Oto cała smutna prawda......

Wąż jest wężem tutaj tylko.

W świecie innym zaś motylkiem.

Potem będzie antylopa, co by podokuczać chłopom.

Jak się znudzi dokuczaniem zmieni sie w uległą łanie,

by uroczo na polanie rąbać trawę na śniadanie.

Powiem tylko, nawet szczerze, ze nie będę nigdy jeżem,

bo choć zalet ma to kupę mogę kogoś ukłuć w dupe...

Dla I... i niech nikt nie wie, o co chodzi :)

To tylko

Dni

…

Nie słowa

Nie kroki

…Dni

Mijają…gdzieś tam

A my razem z nimi

[7 VI 2007]

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Każecie mi wybierać język,
słyszę ciagle:
"powiedz mama,a powiedz tata!"
krzyczę zrozpaczona ile sił w małych płucach.
I płaczę, płaczę, choć tym nic nie zdziałam.

Płaczę też później, gdy do szkoły idę.
Tam każą mi z tego języka, którego nie wybrałam
wyciągać wnioski i być z niego dumna.
nie patrzycie na mój opór.
myślicie, że to młodość we mnie wzbiera.

Dziwicie się, gdy już dorosła, krzyczę.
A ja po prostu jestem styranizowana.
Bezwolna istota, kształtowana nie jak chce,
a tak by zadowolić innych, nie siebie.
Więc buntuję się i krzyczeć nie przestanę.

Aż wykrzyczę cały ból i potepię jego stwórców.

2003-09-16