Everything Goes Cold
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Overview
Everything Goes Cold is an industrialIndustrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
band from California. Their lead singer, Eric Gottesman, is notable as a founding member of Industrial Metal
Industrial metal
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...
band Psyclon Nine
Psyclon Nine
Psyclon Nine is a musical group formed in 2000 in the San Francisco Bay Area. While their early efforts are generally categorized as aggrotech, their more recent material has incorporated a disparate set of musical and aesthetic influences, notably industrial metal. The group took a hiatus at the...
, and a live musician with Ayria
Ayria
Ayria, pronounced area, is a Canadian futurepop/synthpop musical project formed in early 2003 by Toronto's Jennifer Parkin following her departure from Epsilon Minus.-Biography:The first Ayria album, Debris, was released on Alfa Matrix in 2003....
, Caustic
Caustic (band)
Fanale has claimed Caustic's genre to be "Jizzcore," as a joke about the amount of self-indulgent, artist-created subgenres in industrial.Influences Matt Fanale has referenced include Revolting Cocks, Hank III, Pop Will Eat Itself, Chemlab, Atari Teenage Riot, and Stromkern, as well as the...
, XP8
XP8
XP8 is an Italian electronic group. The band started in 2001 as a trio, composed of Marco Visconti, Marko Resurreccion, and singer Paul Toohill....
, Unter Null
Unter null
Unter Null is an Aggrotech music project formed in 1998 by the then 17 year old Erica Dunham, in Seattle, USA. , she is based in Portland, Oregon.-Overview:...
, and a number of other industrial bands. Everything Goes Cold has released one full-length album to date, 2009's vs. General Failure (Bit Riot Records
Bit Riot Records
Bit Riot Records is an American sublabel founded by Eric Dusik and Tonya Leigh and is a subsidiary of WTII Records. This record label was formed in 2007 in Chicago, Illinois. Since its inception the label has grown into a full service sub label of WTII Records...
,) as well as a remix EP and several digital singles. vs. General Failure met with critical acclaim within the industrial music community. The album featured guest appearances from Daniel Myer
Haujobb
Haujobb is a German musical project whose output has ranged drastically within the electronic music spectrum, from electro-industrial to IDM and techno...
and other industrial luminaries, as well as production by Ted Phelps of Imperative Reaction
Imperative Reaction
Imperative Reaction is an electro-industrial band founded in 1996 by Ted Phelps and David Andrecht from the remains of the band D.N.A.-History:...
.
In 2011, Everything Goes Cold completed a major US tour with Aesthetic Perfection
Aesthetic Perfection
Aesthetic Perfection is an American electronic-industrial musical project created by Daniel Graves in 2000. The style is reminiscent of many aggrotech, industrial, dance music bands, while also leaning towards other styles such as alternative music....
and Faderhead
Faderhead
Faderhead is a German electronic music producer from Hamburg, Germany.-History:After releasing the track "The Protagonist" as a one-off compilation entry on the Advanced Electronics Vol. 3, Faderhead received a deal with Accession Records/Indigo to release his debut album FH1 in 2006...
, and were featured at Festival Kinetik in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. The band had previously toured regionally with Babyland
Babyland
Babyland was a performance-based "independent electronic junk punk" band from Los Angeles, California, featuring Dan Gatto performing vocals and electronics and Michael Smith on percussion....
and Hanzel und Gretyl
Hanzel und Gretyl
Hanzel und Gretyl are an Industrial metal music group formed by members Kaizer Von Loopy and Vas Kallas in February 1993. In the 1990s their sound was described as a genre-defying blend of sci-fi metal/electronic and experimental, but into the new millennium they adopted a decidedly heavier sound...
.
Numerous remixes by Everything Goes Cold have been released, including mixes for 16volt, Terrorfakt
Terrorfakt
TERRORFAKT is an industrial-power noise musical project from New York City, and created in response to the events of September 11, 2001. They are currently signed to Metropolis Records....
, and Ayria. Everything Goes Cold itself has, in turn, been remixed by Dismantled
Dismantled
Dismantled is an electronic music artist from the United States.-History:Dismantled is the product of an experiment that began in late 2000 by Gary Zon, who was attempting to create something similar to Front Line Assembly's sound...
, Hate Dept.
Hate Dept.
Hate Dept. is a synthesizer-laden post punk band, created in 1991 by Seibold. The group releases albums and performs music in the same vein as Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy and The Prodigy. Seibold is a multi-instrumentalist who manages to write, record and release Hate Dept. albums without the aid...
, SAM, and many more. One of only three remixes ever completed by defunct Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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cult sensation Babyland
Babyland
Babyland was a performance-based "independent electronic junk punk" band from Los Angeles, California, featuring Dan Gatto performing vocals and electronics and Michael Smith on percussion....
was for Everything Goes Cold.
The next Everything Goes Cold release is slated to be early 2012. It is an EP entitled The Tyrant Sun, and will feature an appearance by I:Scintilla
I:Scintilla
I:Scintilla is a post-industrial music band from Chicago, Illinois, consisting of Brittany Bindrim , Jim Cookas , Vincent Grech , and Brent Leitner .- Early Years and The Approach :...
's Britanny Bindrim and a remix by Cubanate
Cubanate
Cubanate is a crossover band from London, founded in 1992 by Marc Heal and Graham Rayner with Phil Barry and Steve Etheridge. The group became well-known known for its early fusion of distorted metal guitars, and techno percussion .-History:Cubanate played their first UK tour in November 1992...
's Phil Barry.
In October of 2011, the band moved to Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the post-industrial field such as electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres....
.
Current Members
- Mike Blodgett - Keyboards/Backup Vocals (2009-present)
- Eric Gottesman - Lead Vocals/Programming/Keyboards
- Kenny Pardo - Drums (2007-present)
- James Webb - Guitar
Former Members
- Conan Neutron - Keyboards/Backup Vocals (2008)
- Tyler Newman - Keyboards/Backup Vocals (2009)
- Sam Pfannkuche - Drums (2006)
- Josh Zero - Keyboards/Backup Vocals (2006-2008)
Releases
- Prepare To Be Refrigerated - (CD, EP) 2008 - Sonic Mainline
- Fail (Swift & Concise Failure Mix By Out Out) - (Digital) 2008 - Sonic Mainline
- Everything Goes Cold & XP8 Present: The Squidhead Liberation Front, Featuring Battery CageBattery cageIn poultry farming, battery cages are an industrial agricultural confinement system used primarily for egg-laying hens...
and Claire VoyantClaire VoyantClaire Voyant is a dream pop, darkwave, ethereal wave band from Sacramento, California. The trio were once part of a 5-piece band called Murmur, which split over creative differences...
- (Digital) 2008 - No Label - vs. General Failure - (CD, Album) 2009 - Bit Riot RecordsBit Riot RecordsBit Riot Records is an American sublabel founded by Eric Dusik and Tonya Leigh and is a subsidiary of WTII Records. This record label was formed in 2007 in Chicago, Illinois. Since its inception the label has grown into a full service sub label of WTII Records...
Remixes
- Unter NullUnter nullUnter Null is an Aggrotech music project formed in 1998 by the then 17 year old Erica Dunham, in Seattle, USA. , she is based in Portland, Oregon.-Overview:...
- Your Nightmare (Everything Goes Cold Mix) - Sick Fuck 2005 - Alfa MatrixAlfa MatrixAlfa Matrix is a Belgian record label. Founded in 2001, the label releases various musical styles including aggrotech, dark elektro, synthpop and electronica.... - AyriaAyriaAyria, pronounced area, is a Canadian futurepop/synthpop musical project formed in early 2003 by Toronto's Jennifer Parkin following her departure from Epsilon Minus.-Biography:The first Ayria album, Debris, was released on Alfa Matrix in 2003....
- My Device (Everything Goes Cold Mix) - Flicker (2CD) 2005 - Alfa Matrix - TerrorfaktTerrorfaktTERRORFAKT is an industrial-power noise musical project from New York City, and created in response to the events of September 11, 2001. They are currently signed to Metropolis Records....
- Skullfucker (Everything Goes Cold Remix) - Reworks2: Friendly Fire 2007 - No Label - Left Spine DownLeft Spine DownBased in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Left Spine Down is a band that plays what they call "cyberpunk," a mixture of electronica, metal, punk, and drum & bass....
- Last Daze (Everything Goes Cold Remix) - Smartbomb 2.3: The Underground Mixes 2009 - Synthetic Sounds - CausticCaustic (band)Fanale has claimed Caustic's genre to be "Jizzcore," as a joke about the amount of self-indulgent, artist-created subgenres in industrial.Influences Matt Fanale has referenced include Revolting Cocks, Hank III, Pop Will Eat Itself, Chemlab, Atari Teenage Riot, and Stromkern, as well as the...
- BBB (Everything Goes Cold Mix) - Kinetik Festival Volume Two 2009 - Artoffact RecordsArtoffact RecordsArtoffact Records is Canadian industrial, EBM and electronic music record label that was founded in 1999.- Artists on this label :*Blank*Cabaret*Headscan*Interlace*Kobold*Jesus on Extasy*Massiv in Mensch*Monster Movie*Netz*Psyche*Standeg*Steril... - 16volt - Alkali : Cold - American Porn Songs // Remixed 2010 - Metropolis RecordsMetropolis RecordsMetropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the post-industrial field such as electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres....