TAMTRUM

New Testament :
Being involved in various brutal and violent black metal / electro metal bands (MANDRAGOR, LUCKY STRIKER 201, etc.) or having toured as live members of PUNISH YOURSELF, Benoit Sixteen and Sylvicious decided once upon a day in the year 2003 to explore the vast world of computer-generated music an exciting new means for them to express their inner rage. TAMTRUM was born. Since then, the population of the once peaceful village of Aix-en-Provence in the south of France lives in fear and panic. The bloodthirsty animals of TAMTRUM continue to grow and feed on provocation, perversion and sonic mutilations. They progress faster than a virus and have spread their infectious harsh elektro tunes all over the country. One year later, their debut album Some Atomik Songz was released and TAMTRUMs noise could no longer be stopped and invaded the entire European continent.
TAMTRUM is perpetually on the road for an unholy quest to summon more victims. Their ultra-powerful frantic live performances receive the unanimity of outstanding votes: TAMTRUM are above all a live band! And the use of fire-blowing, strip-tease shows and other fluo-chemical performances on stage reinforce their forceful, uncompromising and decadent image.
Before setting off to play some major European festivals, TAMTRUM still managed the time to release the Versus split-album with the other French band LOK-8.
In 2005, the duo was joined by old colleague Fixhead, and the TAMTRUM monster was once again locked in the studio to work on a new album. The band also made some eye-catching blitzkrieg appearances on several compilations that propelled TAMTRUM onto the playlists of every club across the world with their mega-hit Le Son De La Pluie.
With a punk spirit, a sex, drugsn industrial attitude, a dark goth/metal look, harsh elektro sequences, distorted screams and locomotive drum patterns TAMTRUM is here to shake your ass! Described by many as the most promising and fastest rising French underground talent of the moment, TAMTRUM often gets compared music-wise to a band like HOCICO with a rather MANSONesque attitude Their music and lyrics (in French & English) are morbid, disturbing, nasty, sick, noisy and per definition hyper-danceable.
Their next hi-energy and merciless aggressive assault is planned for release in the spring of 2006 on the bands new label Alfa Matrix, before the band starts another fucking bloody and shocking tour on speed across Europe Keep the fainthearted kids secluded at home heads will fall and clubs will burn, burn, burn!..
Reviews about E.B.M wise the positive comments keep on streaming in with scores going from 8/10 tot a plain 10/10 !
Some quotes:
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"A real killingfield" - D-side
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"... chaotic clubcrackers comparable with the outrageous track Datura Dream from their first cd" - 8/10 Gothtronic
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"Alfa Matrix hat ein scharfes Biest entdeckt und direkt unter Vertrag genommen. Die blutdurstigen Tiere von TAMTRUM stehen für Provokation, Perversion und extreme Sounds." - 9/10 Neurotunes
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Bref, vous l'aurez compris, avec Tamtrum on ne fait pas dans la dentelle - ou alors la dentelle de rouille, qui infecte là où ça fait mal - mais ça flatte mon côté un brin chauvin de voir qu'en deux albums, un groupe d'électro français fait la nique à (voire nique tout court) certains maîtres du genre - à commencer par Hocico eux-mêmes. Bravo Tamtrum ! Yet Another Electro Webzine (Jean-Marc Ligny)
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"...endlich einmal wieder Musik von Musikern ohne verengte Perspektive!" - Gothic Paradise
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"Tamtrum take again no prisoners at all and you should pick up these piece somehow... Of course, this hellish stuff RAWKS again!" - 8/10 Chain D.L.K.
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"... ein Album mit vielen tanzbaren Tracks im Stil von Hocico. Weiterhin beweisen sie, dass die französische Sprache nicht nur für "Soft-Pop" zu gebrauchen ist, sondern auch gut zu elektronischen harten Beats passt." - Medienkonverter
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"It seems almost logical that shock rock and black metal's reckless egotism would compliment heavy electro perfectly, and while a few attempt it, Tamtrum live it. While moments within Blakc Mess can devolve into just that, a caustic sonic mess, their abrasive thumping chaos is as toxic as it is addictive." - 8/10 Virus Magazine
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"With this release being one of my favorites for this summer, before the arrival of the review package, those interested in metal-like ebm/industrial bands should sure check out." - Metalfrontiers
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"Sound unseen, they are exciting, relentless and crafter." - Subculture Magazine
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"You could listen to it for hours and not get bored... one of the best industrial albums I have heard. An awesome addition to an industrial collection. And a well deserved 10/10." - 10/10 Vampirefreaks
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Tamtrum Live in Marseille
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