Lords of Acid has announced the lineup for their upcoming ‘Pretty in Kink’ tour 2019. Joining Praga Khan, will be guitarist Sin Quirin (Ministry, 3 Headed Snake), bassist Dietrich Thrall (Beauty in the Suffering, Doyle), drummer Galen Waling (Pig, Julien-K) and vocalist Marieke Bresseleers.

Lords of Acid is a Belgian/ American electronic music group, led by musician Praga Khan. They debuted with the new beat single “I Sit on Acid” in 1988. Created by Praga Khan, Olivier Adams, and Jade 4U; their debut album, 1991’s “Lust” (along with additional singles “Rough Sex” and “I Must Increase My Bust”), became cult within the electronic music and dance music communities for their outrageously sexual lyrics and sound samples.

Their second album was “Voodoo-U” (1994), which featured a more industrial sound. This was followed by “Our Little Secret” (1997), “Heaven Is an Orgasm” (1998) and “Expand Your Head” (1999). In 2000 they released a more rock-influenced album titled “Farstucker” and in 2003, after being in the business for fifteen years, released a greatest hits album called “Greatest T*ts”.

The rest is history.

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Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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Genre/Influences: Industrial-techno, electronic, breakbeats, punk-rock.

Background/Info: Exactly 30 years after their creation and the legendary hit “I Sit On Acid” Belgian techno-phenomenon Lords Of Acid is back. “Pretty In Kink” is the band’s first new album since the rather disappointing “Deep Chills” (2012). Maurice Engelen aka ‘Praga Khan’ and core member Erhan Kurkun have been joined by new singer Marieke Bresseleers.

Content: The album features 12 songs, which quickly sounds like a move back to the roots. Is it because of the rather disappointing previous album or just an intentional move to go back to early Lords Of Acid music, but “Pretty In Kink” sounds old-styled. Industrial-techno with some punk on top is the essence of this work. The good-old breakbeats have been recovered from dust while the lyrical content and global image of the band remains pretty sexy and provocative.

“Pretty In Kink” sounds pretty diversified. There’s a song featuring Spanish male vocals while there’s also a rapper featured on another cut and a very personal interpretation of the “James Bond” song “Goldfinger”. Lords Of Acid are back with the best exponents from the past.

+ + + : This is an album you’re going to like or not. Some will say it’s just an easy and cheap emulation from their early and successful sound formula, but I think it’s just a good album featuring several cool songs. It clearly has a retro-touch, which mainly comes through in the techno arrangements, but here still is this power and ‘punk’ attitude. I also have to say a word about the new vocalist who’s a real talented artist. Her timbre of voice sometimes reminds me to Jade 4U. This album gets us back to early industrial-techno music, but also to early Prodigy and Praga Khan.

– – – : Innovation is far to find and we might expect a bit more creativity from a band that doesn’t release new stuff on regular basis. And the good-old Lords Of Acid remains much better and visionary than this “Pretty In Kink”.

Conclusion: In times of recycling, even Lords Of Acid are re-using good-old ingredients, which have made them famous. It’s not original although I like this work. I must be nostalgic!

Best songs: “So Goddamn Good”, “My Demons Are Inside”, “Break Me”, “What The Fuck”, “Goldfinger”, “Ma Fille De Joie”.

Rate: (8).

Artist: www.lordsofacid.com / www.facebook.com/lordsofacid

Label: www.metropolis–records.com / www.facebook.com/MetropolisRecords

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The Belgian cult act Lords of Acid returns with an all new album, “Pretty In Kink”. The new album features the new singer Marieke Bresseleers next to Praga Khan and longtime collaborator Erhan Kurkun.

You can pre-order the album now, either on CD (available here) or on vinyl (available here).

The band finished the album in last December says Maurice Engelen aka Praga Khan: “We know the wait can be frustrating but our focus is on delivering a premium quality product that will be worth the wait!” Engelen took in the meantime also some time off to mary his girlfriend Inja Van Gastel who is also a member of the band.

Here’s a glimpse of Marieke Bresseleers.

Bernard - Side-Line Staff

Chief editor of Side-Line – which basically means I spend my days wading through a relentless flood of press releases from labels, artists, DJs, and zealous correspondents. My job? Strip out the promo nonsense, verify what’s actually real, and decide which stories make the cut and which get tossed into the digital void. Outside the news filter bubble, I’m all in for quality sushi and helping raise funds for Ukraine’s ongoing fight against the modern-day axis of evil. Besides music I’m also an SEO and AI content flow specialist and have an interest in everything finance from stocks to crypto. There is music in everything!

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