Piston Damp is back with a second album: ‘Mastermind Vol 1 – No Points For Trying’ – Pre-order now
Piston Damp is a Norwegian-Danish synthpop duo formed by Jonas Groth and Truls Sønsterud. Jonas Groth is the brother of...
Stephan Groth
Electro Night in Oslo: Piston Damp, Ray Noir, and an Analogue Set by Apoptygma Berzerk at Revolver
Piston Damp and Ray Noir, two acts that hadn’t played in Oslo before, booked the final day of August for...
Piston Damp gears up for next album with ‘Hard To Love You’ single – Out now
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Sub Culture press release) "Hard To Love You", the fourth single from...
Echo Image return with ‘Madsong’ on Pitch Black Drive Records – Out now
(Photo by Martin Fageras) Echo Image (Pål-Magnus Rybom and Linda Eikemo) have released their 4th. single since their comeback, entitled...
New single from Piston Damp: ‘I’m Losing You (A New Tale)’ out now!
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Piston Damp press release) Out today is the brand new single from...
Stephan Groth on Apoptygma Berzerk’s ‘You and Me against the World’ re-issue – and other upcoming releases
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Lot's of Apoptygma Berzerk fans are rejoicing today - it's the release day...
Piston Damp prepare debut album, ‘Making The World Great Again’, for release on June 10th
Piston Damp, the project of Jonas Groth (Apoptygma Berzerk) and Truls Sønsterud (Tröll) is ready to release a debut album...
Apoptygma Berzerk sees most successful album ‘You and Me against the World’ re-released in 3 augmented versions with bonus tracks
Out on July 9th via Tatra Records is the re-release of Apoptygma Berzerk's 2006 album "You and Me against the...
Piston Damp (Apoptygma Berzerk side-project) debuts with 9-track single ‘Something in me’
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange / Sub Culture Records press release) The Danish/Norwegian duo Piston Damp, currently residing...
‘Easy Way Out’ – new video from The Sky’s Gone Out
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) The Sky’s Gone Out, the band from Fredrikstad, Norway, noise-rock w/electronica and goth...
‘Disarm’: Apoptygma Berzerk releases 2nd B-sides and rarities collection
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Cover art by Halvor Bodin) Exactly a month after the previous release 'Faceless...
Nope, this isn’t April fools! Apoptygma Berzerk releases ‘Faceless Fear’ B-sides and rarities collection
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Cover art by Halvor Bodin) Barely a week before April 1st Apoptygma Berzerk...
A peek behind the scenes with Apoptygma Berzerk and collaborators about the making of ‘SDGXXV’
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Interview photos by Sigrid E. Ø. Reinertsen) Apoptygma Berzerk, the first leading exporter...
Apoptygma Berzerk – Soli Deo Gloria / 25th Anniversary Edition (CD Album – Artoffact Records)
Genre/Influences: EBM, body-pop. Background/Info: Apoptygma Berzerk was founded in 1989 by Stephan Groth and Jon Erik Martinsen. Stephan Groth remained...
Double interview: Alex Møklebust (Zeromancer/Seigmen) and Stephan Groth (Apoptygma Berzerk) about remixing
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) In the aftermath of the Electro Spectre remix contest, I had a chat...
Apoptygma Berzerk double release for the 25th anniversary of ‘Soli Deo Gloria’
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) In 1993 Apoptygma Berzerk released the very first Norwegian EBM album, “Soli Deo...
Technomancer releases ‘The Outsider’ EP with Apoptygma Berzerk and Angst Pop joining in Depeche Mode cover song
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) The Norwegian futurepop and EBM act Technomancer, fronted and produced by Alyxx J....
Page releases EP “Start”, includes Apoptygma Berzerk remix
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Swedish electropop band Page releases their EP “Start” June 29th (July 6th in...
for all the emptiness launch video of ‘Hearts against minds’ + behind-the-scenes footage
Toronto-based industrial/synthpop band for all the emptiness has been releasing one video each day on Facebook during the past week...
Stephan Groth of Apoptygma Berzerk on Spotify vs. vinyl, his inspirations and the new alter ego ♠TP
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange. Photos by Tarjei Krogh and Jan Ronald Stange) An extensive interview with Stephan...
Apoptygma Berzerk: Exit Popularity Contest – reinvention by going back to the roots
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange, w/inputs from John-Erik Bye Johansen. Photos by Tarjei Krogh and Jan Ronald Stange)...
Apoptygma Berzerk drops video teaser ‘Exit popularity contest’ and it fucking sounds awesome! Order your copy on cassette, vinyl and CD right here.
As we reported a few weeks ago, Apoptygma Berzerk's Stephan Groth is reinventing his sound on the new 10-track album...
‘Click Interview’ with Lights Of Euphoria: ‘We Are All ’Traumatized’ Somehow And So Is Our Earth’
It all started somewhere in the 90s. Torben Schmidt was running the fan club of Leæther Strip and decided to...
Rexx Arkana (Bruderschaft, FGFC820) diagnosed with cancer – let’s help him to battle it and pay the bills!
Bruderschaft's very own Rexx Arkana has now himself been diagnosed with cancer, the disease of which his father died of and...
MAN/MACHINE/MUSIC: an evening of Kraftwerk, including an Apoptygma Berzerk intimate concert
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) Fans of Kraftwerk and fans of Apoptygma Berzerk - this is the night...
Apoptygma Berzerk – ‘Videodrome’ 12″ release and interview
(By our Norwegian correspondent Jan Ronald Stange) The Norwegian electro-rock band Apoptygma Berzerk released yet another instrumental 12’’ this spring...
