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Feuer Frei

    NACHTMAHR
  • Synopsis
    01. Nachtmahr
    02. Feuer Frei!
    03. Leistung
    04. Opferzeit
    05. Karussell
    06. Mein Name
    07. Endzeitstimmung
    08. Hochmut
    09. Ich Glaube
    10. Deus Ex Machina
    11. Katharsis

    • Album Reviews : Feuer Frei

    • Review By DJ 23 on Myspace

      If you again have not been paying attention , and like bands like soman and reaper N is a band deserving a listen . This release is another filled with fast hard beats , each one fit for any dance floor or beating of an emo kid . Once the assault starts with this release it doesn't end till the album is over , non stop industrial beats ! Each song has a build up and they all are about the same tempo as the album progresses . The last track seems around 150 bpm if not faster to burn out your dancing frenzy into a mass of blood and sweat . If you are one that enjoys your brain bashing industrial rhythms this release is a must have .
    • Review By DJ Rift on Powered by Noise.com and Electro industrial radio.com

      Feuer Frei! is the second album from Nachtmahr, which is the brainchild of Thomas Rainer. Thomas is previously known for his work with L’Ame Immortelle and Siechtum. He takes the hard hitting energy, programming experience, and vocal style from his other projects and directs it into his very own Nachtmahr. Following the success of Kunst Ist Krieg, Nachtmahr’s debut release, this proper full length for his solo project has definitely hit the ground running.

      Two tracks were carried over from Nachtmahr’s debut release onto this full length album. One of those tracks happens to be the title track and the other one, “Deus Ex Machina”, is very much a stand out track on the album. This project is a very well executed combination of Rhythmic Noise and Modern EBM with an emphasis on energy and danceability. “Nachtmahr”, “Feuer Frei!”, “Opferzeit”, and “Deus Ex Machina” all have very infectious vocal hooks in the chorus and are the stand out tracks featuring vocals on the album. The vocals are of the distorted variety, much in the vein of Thomas’ vocal work with L’Ame Immortelle. Of the “instrumental” tracks “Karusell” really grabs me with the driving and pulsing bassline that’s coupled with a somewhat airy synth line. Another stand out “instrumental” track is “Endzeitstimmung”, the bassbeat in this track could fit just as easily into a high-energy dance track by Underworld. “Endzeitstimmung” is also reminiscent of work by This Morn’ Omina or S.I.N.A.

      Feuer Frei! is an album that can find a home on the dancefloor, in your car, on your iPod, and anywhere else there’s need for a driving beat. Definitely pick up this album if you get the chance, it’s well worth many spins.

      Up next from Nachtmahr is the Katharsis EP, featuring various remixes along with new material, which is due out in September of 2008.

    Nachtmahr : biography

      NACHTMAHR

    • „I only have one interest: i don’t care if you live or die: I just wanna see you dance !“

      This is the motto that made Thomas Rainer create his new musical project NACHTMAHR in 2007. After the Austrian artist has achieved worldwide chart breaking success with his other projects L’AME IMMORTELLE and SIECHTUM in the past 11 years, he returns to his roots: the boiling dancefloors of industrial and goth clubs alike

      Inspired by numerous years of Djing NACHTMAHR> is the missing link between merciless and provocative Industrial and the hammering power of Techno. The first release “Kunst ist Krieg (=art is war)” and it’s club hit “BoomBoomBoom” instantly conquer the dancefloors and earn the band a slot on the soundtrack of the American block-buster movie SAW 4

      NACHTMAHR is much more than aggressive music for outcasts. It’s militant image and in-your-face lyrics might seem provocative in the first place, but as you dive deeper into the dark and sinister world of the Austrian project you discover the approaches towards modern society and it’s sicknesses. Even on the dancefloor there is room to think about all our daily nightmares.

      With the release of the full-length album “Feuer frei!” the success of the EP was exceeded by far: Germany’s biggest and most influential dark music magazine ORKUS quoted: “This is the new standard for the electro industrial genre” and the club single “Katharsis” dominated the clubs for months which helped the album to stay in the top 10 of the German alternative charts for more than 6 weeks.

      A lot more is planned, as for NACHTMAHR there is only one way: “world domination or demise!”

    Nachtmahr : Additional Links

    1. Myspace : www.myspace.com/nachtmahrprojekt