Take tribal drums, mix with pounding analogue synths and a killer club sound and what do you get? Welcome to IVARDENSPHERE!
The new album, "Apok", finds IVARDENSPHERE exploring different aspects of their sound, from dancefloor stomping powernoise to more exotic flavors of tribal drumming blended with elements of trip-hop and a club-pleasing analog synth bumping EBM sound. As the band's first release on Metropolis Records, it also takes the band's passion for collaborations to a whole new level, bringing in guest artists including I:SCINTILLA, CAUSTIC, GOD MODULE, and THIS MORN' OMINA as well as featuring remixes by SKOLD, ESA, RELEVELER and PULL OUT KINGS.
The story of IVARDENSPHERE's rise begins a few years ago in Edmonton, Canada, where Scott Fox DJs the notorious club nights Sick and Das OOntz. Fox took his expertise in filling the dance floor and applied it to his passion for synths and industrial dance music to create a fresh take on the genre to form IVARDENSPHERE. Upon being heard for the first time by Vancouver-based label Synthetic Sounds, IVARDENSPHERE were immediately signed and the debut album "Scatterface" was released in July 2009, mastered by SEBASTIAN KOMOR in Canada, and by Danse Macabre in Germany.
Since the completion of "Scatterface", IVARDENSPHERE have been constantly active live, performing with acts ranging from APOPTYGMA BERZERK to ISZOLOSCOPE to 16VOLT and CHEMLAB to FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY. 2010 finally saw IVARDENSPHERE find their breakthrough, touring as support act to COMBICHRIST on their "Monsters on Tour". In fact, the autumn tour went so well that IVARDENSPHERE were asked to come out on tour with COMBICHRIST again in the spring of 2011.
Furthermore, IVARDENSPHERE's lineup has recently expanded with the addition of ISZOLOSCOPE and MEMMAKER's Frédéric Scarfone, joining the fold as an official member! The band's continuing growth and solid sounds caught the interest of Metropolis Records, who have now welcomed IVARDENSPHERE into the fold to help foster further expansion.
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