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IRM – Unconscious
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Sweden
Martin Bladh and Erik Jarl had already known eachother for a few years when they began their mission as IRM in 1997.
Fuelled by the rage of sonic power-houses like Whitehouse and Brighter Death Now, they recorded a demo tape that landed them a deal with Cold Meat Industry. Immediately upon its arrival, “The Red Album” was met by great enthusiasm as it breathed new life into a genre gone quite stagnant at the time. The sound displayed a unique amalgamation of Jarl’s analogue bass-heavy eruptions, and Bladh’s revelatory lyrics / vocals which were thematically more aligned with the apocalyptic preachings of Michael Gira than the confrontationalism of William Bennett.
Also the monochrome cover designs that IRM chose to work with stood in stark contrast to the cheap shock tactics that had infested the power electronics scene for so long. On subsequent landmark albums such as “Oedipus Dethroned” and “Virgin Mind” IRM honed their sound and dug deeper into the maze of the human psyche, while in parallell both Bladh and Jarl have explored new aestetic avenues with diverse solo projects. More than ten years down the road, the adolescent debutants have become the revered minstrels of industrial gospel.
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Oedipus Dethroned
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Virgin Mind
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The Cult Of The Young Men
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Four Studies For Crucifixion
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death--pierceme
from what i hear so far, this is fascinating and beautiful in its own way
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juftjrjkry
NIIICE
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noisemo
where's da meat picter dawg.
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alwiatmaardhana
I always smirk whenever I recall the correlation between album tittle "Virgin Mind" and the artwork. The artwork does the job really well visualizing whats on a virgin's mind about sex! hahaha
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andi_freeborn
Yes Mikael Oretoft is a former member of Katatonia. He has been in IRM since they played in Berlin spring 2007 and Jarl where not able to go. Martin asked Mikael to join him on stage, and the rest is history... :)
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andi_freeborn
Got the new Anthology today, so far very nice. Good compilation, great sound on the live tracks
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shitscud
Youse a hip muthafucka, muthafucka.
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Smirnon
so the former bass player of Katatonia is now a member of IRM?
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Lantedark
I saw them yesterday at War And Hate festival in Sweden!!! Amazing!!!
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nursewithwound_
nou
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NorseDave
Best Death Industrial!
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RealScreamo
♥
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SimonePerrota
I'm not going to pretend to like this profile picture - but their music is effective
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Tishbriz
According to Myspace similar artists to IRM are Bestializer, Clannad and Moby!!
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GougeAway84
That is the most messed up picture I've ever accidentally come across. [2]
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TheKingOfPing
That is the most messed up picture I've ever accidentally come across.
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krumbledkookie
Virgin Mind is such a magnificent work. I haven't played Order⁴ yet, but looking forward to it.
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RBFOREST
http://www.last.fm/event/2091722+IRM+-+ONLY+UK+DATE%21 - ONLY UK DATE FOR IRM!SUPPORT FROM CONTENT NULLITY AND CITIES PREPARE FOR ATTACK!!
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Smirnon
first time listening to The Cult of the Young Men. fucking excellent
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