) is an EBM

Electronic body music

Electronic body music or industrial dance is a music genre that combines elements of industrial music and electronic dance music...

 duo, formed in Örebro

Örebro

-Sites of interest:Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of Svartån . It contains many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions....

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 by Stefan Nilsson and Pontus Stålberg in 2001.

Inspired by pioneering artists such as Nitzer Ebb

Nitzer Ebb

Nitzer Ebb is a British EBM group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Vaughan "Bon" Harris , Douglas McCarthy , and David Gooday .-Band name:...

, Front 242

Front 242

Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. They are known for being the premier pioneer of electronic body music and as a major influence on the electronic and industrial music genres.-Formation:...

, Die Krupps

Die Krupps

Die Krupps is a German industrial rock/EBM band, formed in 1980 by Jürgen Engler and Bernward Malaka in Düsseldorf.-History:Their initial sound throughout the 1980s combined synthesizers with metallic percussion...

 and DAF

Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft or D.A.F. is an influential German electropunk/NDW band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring Gabriel "Gabi" Delgado-López , Robert Görl , Kurt "Pyrolator" Dahlke , Michael Kemner and Wolfgang Spelmans...

, Spetsnaz was formed as a reaction against Futurepop and to revive what Nilsson and Stålberg saw as "old school" EBM music.

In November 2006, the duo cancelled their then upcoming tour with And One

And One

AND ONE is a German New Wave, synthpop and EBM band founded by Steve Naghavi and Chris Ruiz.-History:The band formed after Steve Naghavi and Chris Ruiz met in 1989 at a Berlin club. Being fans of early EBM music, Naghavi and Ruiz decided to follow in the footsteps of New Wave/synthpop band Depeche...

. Side-Line

Side-Line

Side-Line is an online music magazine specialising in electronic music, and electro-goth/industrial in particular. It was founded in 1989 as a print publication, and had a circulation of 6,000 in Europe and America...

 and other members of the alternative music press reported that they had split, citing differences between the two members. However, only a day later, their record company Out of Line posted a news story denying the split. They have since "reunited" for a gig with DAF.Partei, and released "Deadpan" in November 2007.

In 2008, Pontus Stålberg formed the side project Turnbull A.C's with Lars Karlsson and released the album Let's Get Pissed!, which sounds very similar to Spetsnaz but with a more raw feel. The band name was taken from one of the street gangs in the 1979 film The Warriors

The Warriors

The Warriors is a 1979 American cult action/thriller film directed by Walter Hill and based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name. Like the novel, the film borrows elements from the Anabasis by Xenophon.-Plot:...

.

Discography

• Choose Your Weapon EP (German Edition) (CDr) Downstairs Recordings 2003
• Grand Design (Album) ◄ (2 versions) SubSpace Communications ... 2003
• Grand Design (CD, Album) SubSpace Communications 2003
• Grand Design Re-Designed (CD, Album, RE) Out Of Line 2004
• Perfect Body (CD, Maxi) Out Of Line, SubSpace Communications 2004
• Degenerate Ones (CD, Maxi, Ltd, Dig) Out Of Line, SubSpace Communications 2005
• Hardcore Hooligans (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions) Out Of Line ... 2006
• Hardcore Hooligans (CD, Maxi, Ltd, Dig) Out Of Line, SubSpace Communications 2006
• Hardcore Hooligans (CD, Maxi, Promo) Out Of Line 2006
• Totalitär (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Out Of Line ... 2006
• Totalitär (CD, Album) Out Of Line 2006
• Totalitär (CD, Album) SubSpace Communications 2006
• Deadpan (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Out Of Line 2007

Remixes

• Electrixmas 2003 (CD, Album, Promo, Enh) Insomnia (Bodyfied) Electrixmas 2003
• Fehlgesteuert (CD, Album) Nur Ein Versehen (Spet... Machineries Of Joy 2004
• Awake The Machines Vol. 5 ◄ (2 versions) Spirits Of Crime (Murd... Out Of Line 2005
• Awake The Machines Vol. 5 (2xCD, Ltd) Spirits Of Crime (Murd... Out Of Line 2005
• Awake The Machines Vol. 5 (CD) Spirits Of Crime (Murd... Out Of Line 2005
• Get Your Body Beat (Maxi) ◄ (3 versions) Get Your Body Beat (Sp... Out Of Line ... 2006
• Get Your Body Beat (CD, Maxi) Get Your Body Beat (Sp... Out Of Line 2006
• Get Your Body Beat (CD, Maxi) Get Your Body Beat (Sp... Metropolis 2006
• Get Your Body Beat (CD, Maxi) Get Your Body Beat (Sp... Irond 2006
• Lights Go Out (Maxi) ◄ (3 versions) Lights Go Out (Spetsna... SubSpace Communications ... 2006
• Lights Go Out (CD, Maxi, Promo) Lights Go Out (Spetsna... Out Of Line 2006
• Lights Go Out (CDr, Maxi, Promo) Lights Go Out (Spetsna... SubSpace Communications 2007
• Lights Go Out (CDr, Maxi, Promo) Lights Go Out (Spetsna... Loser Friendly Records 2007
• Neusprache (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Identität (Detuned By... Out Of Line 2006
• Neusprache (CD, Album) Identität (Detuned By... Out Of Line 2006
• Neusprache (CD, Album, Promo, Car) Identität (Detuned By... Out Of Line 2006
• Teenmachine (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Play The Game (Spetsna... Noise Terror Productions ... 2006
• Teenmachine (CD, Album) Play The Game (Spetsna... Noise Terror Productions, Dependent Records 2006
• Teenmachine (CD, Album) Play The Game (Spetsna... Soyuz Music, Soyuz Music 2007
• Armed Evolution (CD, EP) Trust (Boot Camp Mix) Advoxya 2007
• Daydream (MiniAlbum, Maxi) ◄ (2 versions) Daydream (Spetnas Mix) Infacted Recordings 2007
• Daydream (CD, MiniAlbum) Daydream (Spetnas Mix) Infacted Recordings 2007
• Daydream (CDr, Maxi, Promo) Daydream Infacted Recordings 2007
• Electrixmas 2007 (CD, Album, Promo) Tomorrow Never Knows (... Electrixmas 2007
• X.20 (1986 >>>>> 2006) ◄ (2 versions) Face Of Death (Spetsna... Dependent Records ... 2007
• X.20 (1986 >>>>> 2006) (DVD-V + CD + CD, RM + CD, Maxi + Box, Ltd) Face Of Death (Spetsna... Dependent Records, Noise *Terror Productions 2007
• X.20 (Remixes) (CD) Face Of Death (Spetsna... Metropolis 2007
• Memorias Atrás (Limited Boxset) (EP) ◄ (2 versions) Blindfold (Spetsnaz Re... Out Of Line 2008
• Memorias Atrás (CD, Album + CD, EP, Ltd, Dig) Blindfold (Spetsnaz Re... Out Of Line 2008
• Memorias Atrás (Limited Boxset) (2xCD, Ltd, Album + Box, Ltd) Blindfold (Spetsnaz Re... Out Of Line 2008
• The Gun Song EP (CD, EP) Six Seconds (Spetsnaz ... Alfa Matrix 2008
• Volle Kraft Null Acht (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Volle Kraft Voraus (Sp... Synthetic Symphony 2009
• Volle Kraft Null Acht (CD, Album, Dig) Volle Kraft Voraus (Sp... Synthetic Symphony 2009
• Volle Kraft Null Acht (CDr, Promo) Volle Kraft Voraus (Sp... Synthetic Symphony 2009*************

Appears On

Schwedisch-Deutsche Freundschaft (CDr, EP, Ltd) Zero01one, Electric Tremor Dessau 2004

Tracks Appear On

• Cyberl@b V.4.0 (2xCD, Comp) On The Edge Alfa Matrix 2003
• Electrixmas 2003 (CD, Album, Promo, Enh) Insomnia (Bodyfied) Electrixmas 2003
• Public Communications 2 (CD, Maxi, Promo) Foul Play SubSpace Communications 2003

  Per:Version: Vol. 14 (CD, Smplr, Promo, Enh) That Perfect Body :Ritual: 2004

• Cryonica Tanz V.3 (2xCD, Comp) To The Core (Extended ... Cryonica Music 2004
• Machineries Of Joy Vol. 3 (2xCD, Comp, Ltd) Evader Out Of Line 2004
• Out Of Line Electro Festival (DVD) Darkling, That Perfect... Out Of Line 2004
• Aderlass Vol. 3 (2xCD, Comp) To The Core Totentanz 2005
• Advanced Electronics Vol. 4 (2xCD) Apathy Synthetic Symphony 2005
• Awake The Machines Vol. 5 ◄ (2 versions) That Perfect Body (Fla... Out Of Line 2005
• Awake The Machines Vol. 5 (2xCD, Ltd) That Perfect Body (Fla... Out Of Line 2005
• Awake The Machines Vol. 5 (CD) That Perfect Body (Fla... Out Of Line 2005
• Bodybeats (CD, Comp) On The Edge (Bodybeats... COP International 2005
• Celebrate The Machines-An Out Of Line 10th Anniversary Megamix! (CD, Smplr, Ltd) On The Edge Out Of Line 2005
• Electroline (DVD) Darkling, That Perfect... Metropolis 2005
• Gothic Compilation Part XXIII (CD, Enh + CD) On The Edge Batbeliever Releases, Indigo (2) 2005
• Synth & Wave Essentials Vol. 2 (2xCD) That Perfect Body ZYX Music 2005
• Dark Awakening Vol. 5 (2xCD, Comp) Silence Implies Consent COP International 2006
• Dark Summer 2006 • 2 (CD, Smplr, Enh) Reign Of Wolves Zillo 2006
• Into The Darkness Volume 4 (DVD) Apathy (Leipzig Werk I... Nightclub Records 2006
• M'era Luna Festival 2006 (2xCD, Comp, Dig) Kindred Totentanz 2006
• Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 57 (CD, Smplr, Enh) Degenerate Ones Sonic Seducer 2006
• Machineries Of Joy Vol. 4 (2xCD, Ltd) Freedom Out Of Line 2007
• New Signs & Sounds 11/07 (CD, Smplr) Regardless Zillo 2007
• Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 66 (DVD, Smplr) On The Edge (Live At M... Sonic Seducer 2007
• Advanced Electronics Vol. 6 (2xCD, Comp + DVD, Comp) Nothing But Black Synthetic Symphony 2008
• Awake The Machines Vol. 6 (2xCD, Comp, Ltd) Allegiance Out Of Line 2008

Unofficial Releases

• Lights Over Mind (File, MP3, Comp, Mixed, VBR) To The Core (Extended ... Led Manville 2004
• Live In Las Vegas (File, MP3, Comp, Mixed, VBR) On The Edge (Werklous ... Led Manville 2005
• Cyber Angels & The Devil (Live In Tilburg) (File, MP3, Comp, Mixed, VBR) Nothing But Black Led Manville 2008
• Live At The Asylum (File, MP3, Comp, Mixed, VBR) Allegiance Led Manville 200**8

External links

• Detailed discography at Discogs http://www.discogs.com/artist/Spetsnaz
• Interview
• Official Site http://www.spetsnaz.se/