APOPTOSE + JOY OF LIFE

Warrior Creed LP

It took some time but it was worth waiting: The Joy of Life/Apoptose LP "Warrior Creed" was released on the day of the Winter Solstice 2008! Mastering was completed on Summer Solstice so this release is perfectly in tune with the cosmic cycle. You see, we do everything to enhance your listening pleasure...

The gatefold cover became a real beauty. You'll love it! Please check the recently updated "Artwork" space for a closer look.  You can also listen to some song-previews on the Apoptose myspace profile.

The LP is available now from TESCO and in the coming weeks from the usual special interest dealers. It is limited to 600 copies, so don't wait too long!

Some people asked if "Warrior Creed" would be released on CD as well. Sorry, but at the moment there are no plans to do that.

For more info click on the album cover.

Most of you know last.fm - this big web-community/radio. Of course Apoptose has a profile there, too. Until a couple of weeks ago it was quite boring but now it improved a lot: There you find fullength previews of all tracks of all three Apoptose albums! You can listen to them for free as often as you wish. You can also access it very easily with the last.fm widget you find here on the right side. =>

This was made possible by TESCO's recent "web-offensive". They placed much of their catalogue in legal download shops and webmusic-portals worldwide. 

We are delighted to announce that we just finished the work on a joint LP with Gary Carey of Joy of Life. Two of its features are a new interpretation of the legendary Joy of Life song "Warrior Creed" alongside the long out of print original version of this track.
People who saw Apoptose on stage will be happy to hear that the Fanfarenzug Leipzig, the marching band that provided the impressive live percussion, is responsible for most of the drumming on this LP.
This limited and vinyl-only item is hopefully ready for release by Tesco in late summer/autumn. More info soon.

During the past months several copies of a so called “limited edition” of the latest Apoptose album “Schattenmädchen” surfaced in different online shops. Judging from pictures and descriptions, this item consists of the original album and an additional CD-R of unknown contents. This CD-R is in no way part of the original concept and package of “Schattenmädchen” and does not contain any music by Apoptose! (read more...)

Grammy, Oscar, Golden Globe? Who cares? Let's talk about the really important awards: Apoptose's Schattenmädchen was voted "Best dark ambient album 2007" by the editors of Stigmata magazine from Belarus (sharing the top spot with Desiderii Marginis). And that is not all: Our live show in Wroclaw/Poland last November was voted in the Top 5 "Best concerts of 2007" by the readers of the Beast of Prey magazine. 
See yourself:
Stigmata
Beast of Prey

Thank you very much! We hope for the "Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2050... ;-)

Are you bored of the "official" information and interested in what others say about the latest Apoptose album "Schattenmädchen"? We collected a couple of reviews in different languages on the web. You find them in the Reviews section - of course...

Darkroom magazine from Italy conducted an extensive interview with Apoptose in Italian language and published it here. All non-Italian speaking people find an English excerpt of this conversation in the Interview section of apoptose.net. 

In our Download section you find a new webshop. In this shop we offer the tracks of our sold out first album "Nordland" for download. So for all who have missed the album this is an easy way to get hold of the music and support the hard working musician. ;-)

The Wroclaw Industrial Festival: 
Gary Carey of the English band Joy of Live joined Apoptose and the Fanfarenzug Leipzig on stage. This night saw the first ever live performance of the song "Warrior Creed". Thanks, Gary! Thanks to all the other people involved who made this special weekend possible! 

You find fotos of this event in our Live section.

          
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Apoptose & the drummers of the Fanfarenzug Leipzig will play at the Wroclaw Industrial Festival in Wroclaw/Poland on November 10, 2007. And that is not all. We have the honour to announce a very special and surprising guest in our lineup:
Gary Carey of the English band Joy of Life will be with us on stage for vocals. In case you have missed the two fabulous Joy of Life albums "Enjoy" and "Hear the children" you may remember Gary from his collaborations with Death in June or Current 93. You find more info about Joy of Life on their myspace profile: www.myspace.com/joyoflife
Of course there will be some other notorious bands on stage that night. Be prepared for the wide rage of styles of Merzbow, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Klangstabil and Post Scriptvm.

The VI. Wroclaw Industrial Festival in Poland takes place from November 4th-11th, 2007.  There are many more interesting bands at this fesival like Tuxedomoon, Sigillum S, Sonar, Bad Sector or Bad Sector. For more information please visit the festival's hompages:
www.industrialart.eu/festival
www.myspace.com/wroclawindustrialfestival

There is an exclusive version of »Karla« on the ORKUS compilation CD No. 31. This is a free CD which comes with the current issue (7/8-2007) of the German Wave-Gothic-magazine ORKUS. This version is called »Unbewohnt (Karla)«. Compared to the original track on the new album »Schattenmädchen« this mix is shorter and more focused on the lyrics.
This issue of ORKUS also features a short article about Apoptose and a review of »Schattenmädchen«. The magazine is sold in most German speaking countries.
More info on www.orkus-online.de

The current issue of the French language literature magazine ANGST features a CD-R full of fine Dark-Ambient/Industrial artists like Asmorod, Kammarheit, Desiderii Marginis, Svartsinn, Letum etc. You also find the Apoptose track »Zu Füßen der Mutter« on this CD. It is the original version that most of you may remember from »Blutopfer«.
This magazine is limited to 300 copies. More info on www.myspace.com/revue_angst

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