PromoFabrik Webblog: NOVAKILL unleash their "I Hate God" testimonial

fter a long hiatus, NOVAkILL return in 2009 with their best album yet. I Hate God builds upon the solid foundation laid by 2005’s Kill Everyone and their 2003 debut, Hard Tech for a Hard World, showcasing a more mature sound that has lost none of the edge of earlier releases. With new production methods and updated equipment, NOVAkILL deliver a cutting edge sound backed by strong song-writing. From the opening bassline of MISTAkENforGOD, the sound is instantly NOVAkILL. The album is so consistent it’s hard to pick stand-outs but DEMONIZER and weWORK are sure to be club favourites, whilst songs like CRUSADE, INCISE and eXterminate show a new-found accessibility and greater depth to NOVAkILL’s repetoire, which leaves ULTRAkILL, bloodELEkTRIk and the Ultravox cover sleepWALk to continue the band’s tradition for stomping Cyberpunk. As usual, NOVAkILL offer a wealth of bonus material on the CD, including the winners of their DEMONIZER remix competition, wallpaper images for your computer and phone and a VST instrument plugin, ULTRAkILLER, their most sophisticated synth to date.

BIOGRAPHY:
The name NOVAkILL was first used in 1996 by Sik for a one-off performance at the industrial EBM club night he and BONES were running in Sydney. BONES really liked the name and the only way he could think of to use it was to ask Sik if he was interested in working with him under that name.

Between them, BONES and Sik have more than 40 years experience with electronic music. BONES bought his first synth in 1981 and began performing solo, as DEATHLY QUIET!, in 1985. Sik started performing with his brother, as LEGION, in the late 80s. He played bass and did lead vocals but he honed his electronic skills on his Atari computer for his side-project work.
After contributing songs for two local compilations, BONES met Kai Schmidt, who was/is closely associated with German EBM band FUNKER VOGT. Kai offerred to act as NOVAkILL‘s manager and was able to get a song onto 1999’s Machinenwelt III compilation.
After a long gestation period, which saw the band move from using hardware synths to a software based set-up, Hard Tech for a Hard World was finally released in 2003 on RepoRecords in Germany, Metropolis in the USA and later on Soyuz in Russia.
2005’s Kill Everyone built on the strengths of the first album. Improvements in technology allowed them to achieve much higher quality standards and to focus more on the songs than production. It was released while NOVAkILL were in Europe to perform on the main stage at Wave Gothik Treffen in Leipzig, after a successful show at London’s Slimelight.
Between 2004 and 2007, NOVAkILL were privileged to be given the opportunity to support many of the biggest names in the scene on their Australian tours - Covenant, KMFDM, VNV Nation, Nitzer Ebb, Combichrist and others.
During this time the band continued to write new material, albeit more slowly than before. It took more than two years to get enough good material together for a new album and almost the same amount of time again to produce.
The result is 2009’s I Hate God, NOVAkILL’s strongest album to date. The band attribute this strength to a more collaborative approach, where both members have contributed to each song.
With a great new album, NOVAkILL are excited to be back with a vengeance and look forward to 2009 being a big year for the band, with bigger things to come in future years.

Bandmembers:
Sik
Bones

Year of foundation:
1996

Genre:
Hell-Electro / EBM / Industrial

Tracklisting:
01. Mistaken for God
02. Demonizer
03. We Work
04. Kombat
05. Exterminate
06. Crusade
07. Ultrakill
08. Incise
09. Sleepwalk
10. Blood Elektrik
11. Tera Death
12. Demonizer (Force-Fed Mix)
13. Demonzier (Deliberate Fury Mix)
14. Demonzier (Broken Bones Mix)

Releasedate:
September 25th, 2009

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