columbine.

columbine. is a three-man electronic death wish out of Detroit, Michigan. Seriously. This is absolutely, the best, truest industrial music I have heard. The music is the essence of violence and vitriol, in some sense ironic, in some sense not. Take, for example, the track "For the Children", which some would misconstrue as a song glorifying pedophilia. The song is actually a satire/criticism of the "recent" church-pedophilia scandals that are all too common these days. It's this type of thing that gets a band like columbine. a bad reputation very quickly, simply because people refuse to use their heads a little when listening to music.

The music itself is a perfectly executed grating of static and synths. columbine. has not yet put out any album, citing one of the reasons as a refusal to make the same 4/4 beats that the majority of the rest of the industrial community is putting out these days. Sevin and Daniel Columbine (the band's original two members) refuse to put out an album that is anything less than perfect, and their hard works shows. There is currently 1 track available for download on the band's MySpace, and happens to be my personal favorite, "You Should be Ashamed".

If you're a fan, at all, of ebm, industrial, electronica, or any synth-based music, you absolutely have to give columbine. a try. I think this may be the "great gnashing of teeth" that we've been waiting for. Keep an eye out for Religious Equipment, their (eventual) upcoming release to rock the industrial/gothic community.

Think: Ghosts traveling through sound waves, Satan being elected president of USA, gas masks becoming chic, synthetic hair.

Sounds like: Wumpscut with meaning, or a chat with meandering demons.

Recommended tracks: Ask Yourself and You Should be Ashamed

http://www.myspace.com/columbinemusic
vampirefreaks.com/columbinemusic