Acylum release dark electro “XX20XX” 20th anniversary album on Alfa Matrix
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German dark elektro / industrial duo Acylum – a Side-Line Favourite – have released the digital album “XX20XX” via Alfa Matrix. The release contains six newly recorded versions of earlier songs plus five remixes.
The original versions of “Crazy” and “Torture Tactics” both originate from the album “The Enemy” (2009). “Rape” first appeared on the 2007 album “Mental Disorder” (later also tied to the expanded “Mental disorder v.2” edition). “Dead Culture” comes from the album “Filthy Memories” (2017), while “Zigeunerjunge” was originally released on the “Zigeunerjunge” EP (2015) and also appears on the album “Pest” (2015). “Haus am See” traces back to the album “Karzinom” (2011).
About Acylum
Acylum is a German dark elektro / industrial project founded in 2004 in Chemnitz by DJ Pedro Engel. Nadine “Cooraz” Engel joined in 2008, and the act has since operated as a duo.
The project’s first full-length album “Your Pain” appeared in 2005 on X-Cem Records. The project followed up with the 2007 album “Mental Disorder” on Rupal Recordsbefore signing to Alfa Matrix to release “The Enemy” in 2009.
In 2011 the band released “Karzinom” followed by “Pest” (2015), “Filthy Memories” (2017), “Filthy Memories – Part 2” (2020), “Kampf dem Verderb” (2021), and “Zuchthaus” (2024). In 2020 Alfa Matrix also released “Filthy Memories – Part 2”, a a download-only rarities compilation.
The band also released various EPs: “Beton Kopf” (2009), “Alone” (2011), “Mental Destruction” (2011), “Zigeunerjunge” (2015), “Hate” (2015), “Venom” (2015), “Sieg oder Walhalla” (2020), and “Kalashnikov” (2023), alongside collaboration releases with Wynardtage and Totem Obscura.
In April 2024, the duo released the studio album “Zuchthaus” now followed by the 2025 digital album “XX20XX”. Read the review of ‘XX20XX’.
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