Pr0metheus burning
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Pr0metheus Burning is a two-member electro-industrial group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

, which started in early 2001. The group has garnered notable success with the release of their 2006 album Beyond Repair, and its 2007 remix album Nboyde Rarepi (which included remixes from Xanopticon
Xanopticon
Ryan Friedrich , better known by his moniker Xanopticon, is an electronic musician. One of breakcore's most prominent producers, he has toured internationally and released music with several electronic labels including Hymen Records, Mirex, Cock Rock Disco, Entity and Tigerbeat6...

, Iszoloscope
Iszoloscope
Iszoloscope is an industrial band from Aylmer, Quebec, currently based in Montreal. Iszoloscope's music ranges from harsh, rhythmic noise to ambient soundscapes...

, and others), both released through Hive Records
Hive Records
Hive Records is an American independent record label that mainly focuses on powernoise, trip hop, ambient, IDM and sub-genres of industrial music...

, and most recently, their 2009 release Plague Called Humanity. The group has released a total of three full-length albums, one remix album, has been featured in several compilation albums, and has created remixes for other industrial music
Industrial 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...

 artists.

In addition to playing much of the east coast and midwest, the group has also performed in Canada.

The current lineup is Greg VanEck doing all programming and Nikki Telladictorian performing vocals and keyboard. They are currently signed to Crunch Pod Records.

History

Pr0metheus Burning began in 2001 as an experimental electronic project by Greg VanEck. In 2003, he self-released the experimental Cathode demo, and some time after, Nikki Telladictorian, joined and performed vocals on some material featured on the 2004 debut album, Influenza, released in a limited edition of 50 copies on Between Existence. The album was re-released in early 2005 by Augmented Records, with added bonus tracks and different packaging.

In May 2006, they signed to Hive Records
Hive Records
Hive Records is an American independent record label that mainly focuses on powernoise, trip hop, ambient, IDM and sub-genres of industrial music...

, and they released their next album, Beyond Repair, which received a positive review in Igloo Magazine.

A remix version of the album, entitled Nboyde Rarepi, was released the following year. It included remixes by artists including Iszoloscope
Iszoloscope
Iszoloscope is an industrial band from Aylmer, Quebec, currently based in Montreal. Iszoloscope's music ranges from harsh, rhythmic noise to ambient soundscapes...

, Xanopticon
Xanopticon
Ryan Friedrich , better known by his moniker Xanopticon, is an electronic musician. One of breakcore's most prominent producers, he has toured internationally and released music with several electronic labels including Hymen Records, Mirex, Cock Rock Disco, Entity and Tigerbeat6...

, Edgey
Edgey
Edgey is an experimental music, industrial and breakcore musical project from New York City. Stephen James Knight is the production mind behind the creations, also denoting a side project, for this moniker...

, and Atomhead, and a previously unreleased song.

In late 2008 they signed to Crunch Pod Records and released Plague Called Humanity in 2009. In March 2009 they embarked on the Vampirefreaks.com It Ain't Dead Yet Tour with 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...

 and The Gothsicles. They toured 12 cities in a period of 2 weeks which spanned across the Midwest and East Coast.

In February 2010, posts by Prometheus Burning on the band's LiveJournal and MySpace confirmed the existence and track listing of their next studio album, titled Displacement Disorder. During April of that same year Prometheus Burning confirmed that the album would be self-released, and began a Kickstarter project to build donations for the album. The project included auctioning of studio merchandise, as well as live Stickam feeds from within the studio that included performances by Four Pi Movement, Xanopticon
Xanopticon
Ryan Friedrich , better known by his moniker Xanopticon, is an electronic musician. One of breakcore's most prominent producers, he has toured internationally and released music with several electronic labels including Hymen Records, Mirex, Cock Rock Disco, Entity and Tigerbeat6...

, DJ Cutups, and Herpes Hideaway. The group exceeded their expected goal by the end of the month. For donating, contributors were rewarded with names in the album's liner notes, and even free copies of the album upon release.

The group has a track included on the upcoming benefit compilation Electronic Saviors, alongside artists like Combichrist
CombiChrist
Combichrist is a Norwegian Aggrotech band formed in 2003 by Norwegian Andy LaPlegua based in Atlanta.-Formation:The first material LaPlegua wrote was a few powernoise/techno crossover tracks under the moniker DRIVE...

, 16 Volt
16 Volt
16Volt is an industrial rock band featuring Eric Powell and Mike Peoples with various other performers added for live shows.-History:Powell became interested in music early on, and formed 16Volt in 1988. While shopping his demos several years later, he met up with a college-radio music director who...

, Chemlab
Chemlab
Chemlab is a coldwave and industrial rock band formed in Washington D.C., USA, in 1989 by Dylan Thomas More, Joe Frank , and Jared Louche . Influenced by the pioneers of the industrial genre, such as Throbbing Gristle, Chemlab mixed experimental sounds with rock and metal, which they dubbed...

, Freezepop, and 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...

. The album is to be released by 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....

, with proceeds going to the Foundation for Cancer Research and Wellness in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Studio albums

  • Influenza (2004, Augmented)
  • Beyond Repair (2006, Hive
    Hive Records
    Hive Records is an American independent record label that mainly focuses on powernoise, trip hop, ambient, IDM and sub-genres of industrial music...

    )
  • Nboyde Rarepi (2007, Hive)
  • Plague Called Humanity (2009, Crunch Pod)
  • Displacement Disorder (2010, Augmented)
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