The Electric Hellfire Club
| The Electric Hellfire Club | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Industrial rock |
| founding | 1991 |
| Website | The Electric Hellfire Club ( Memento from January 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) |
| Founding members | |
| Reverend Thomas Thorn | |
| Current occupation | |
Singing, lyrics, keyboards, programming, samples, guitar , percussion
|
Reverend Thomas Thorn |
Guitar, effects |
Charles Edward |
Live keyboards, sampling |
Wilhelm Curse |
| Sabrina Satana | |
| former members | |
Guitars |
Ron Valeo (1991-1993) |
| Eric Peterson aka Janna Flail, John Hatch, Rex Sterling (1991-1992, 1996-1997, 1998) | |
Keyboards, programming, sampling |
Shane Lassen aka The Rev. Dr. Luv (1991-1996) |
Drums, programming |
Richard Frost aka Richard Michael Willoughby (1992–1996) |
Sound, engineering, production |
Otto Mattix (1992-1996) |
Live guitar |
Michael Moloch (1994) |
Guitars, effects |
Gregor Mephisto (1994–1996) |
Dancer / Backing Vocals (1994), Live Keyboard (1996) |
Giddle "Go Go" Partridge (1994, 1996) |
Live keyboard |
Lady Bathory (1996) |
Drums |
Eric Sizemore (1997) |
Drums |
Vernon Bradley Womack aka Vern Vitn aka Burn, Baby, VERN (1997-1999) |
Live guitar |
Adam N. Evol (1997) |
Live keyboard |
Peter Guellard (1998) |
Live keyboard |
Lisa Lovecraft (1998-1999) |
Drums |
Todd "The Toad" Ruzicka (1999) |
Drums |
James "The Butcher" Casper (1999) |
Drums |
Dioblo Ocho (1999) |
| Dominic St. Charles (2000) | |
Drums |
Bill Hamning (2000) |
Electric bass |
Michele Mortem (2000) |
Drums |
Klem Kthulu (2001-2002) |
Live keyboard |
Black Circle Chucky (1999-2002) |
Guitars |
Ricktor Ravensbrück (1994, 1996–1997, 1998–2008) |
The Electric Hellfire Club comes from Wisconsin. Their music is a mixture of electro-industrial , psychedelic keyboards and metal riffs, among others ; The band names various subgenres of industrial , electronic music , metal and classical music as influences .
Band history
The band was founded in 1991 by Reverend Thomas Thorn after he left the band My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult . The name is inspired by Sir Francis Dashwood's Hellfire Club , Thorn's addition "Electric" is intended to reflect the reference to modern technology and the electrical nature of magic and the human spirit. Like Dashwood's Hellfire Club, the band describes itself as a satanist organization and has its ideological roots in the ideology of the Church of Satan , whose founder Anton Szandor LaVey appointed Thomas Thorn as a priest; The band dedicated the album Kiss the Goat to LaVey's son .
In the song Age of Fire, Thorn sings about the debut Burn, Baby, BURN! Burning churches and synagogues, as well as expressly advocated church arson in Norway, which could be traced back to members of the black metal subculture. In addition, a church in Jacksonville, Florida was sprayed by two teenage fans of the band who quoted from the song Book of Lies , which includes appeals, after their arrest . Also in the case of the killer Caleb Fairley it became known that he was a fan of the band. Fairley locked two customers of the clothing store he worked in there on the evening of September 10, 1995, murdered them, and desecrated their bodies. The same evening he attended a concert by the Electric Hellfire Club and asked the band's keyboardist at the time, Shane Lassen, if he could help him "build a more personal relationship with Satan ," which he failed to do with books like the Necronomicon and LaVey's Satanic Bible be.
In 1997 the soundtrack of the film Gummo with the Electric Hellfire Club title DWSOB and the sampler Souvenirs from Hell with the also exclusive title Paradise Reclaimed were released .
In the course of its existence the band has released five regular and three mini-albums and has appeared with Danzig , Gwar , Type O Negative , Fear Factory , Coal Chamber , Godflesh and Powerman 5000 , among others .
In 2009, the band announced Charles Edward of Seraphim Shock as their new guitarist, and Eric Peterson (aka John Hatch / Rex Sterling / Janna Flail), the original drummer, returned to the band.
Discography
Albums
- 1993: Burn, Baby, BURN! ( Cleopatra Records )
- 1995: Kiss the Goat (Cleopatra Records)
- 1996: Calling Dr. Luv (Cleopatra Records)
- 1998: Unholy Roller (remix album; Cleopatra Records)
- 2000: Witness the Millennium (Cleopatra Records)
- 2002: Electronomicon (Cleopatra Records)
- 2016: Necessary Evils - The Best of (Cleopatra Records)
Singles and EPs
- 1994: Satan's Little Helpers (EP; Cleopatra Records)
- 1995: Halloween 95 (EP; Cleopatra Records)
- 1995: Trick or Treat? (EP; Cleopatra Records)
- 1996: Calling Dr. Luv (Single; Cleopatra Records)
- 1999: Empathy for the Devil (Cleopatra Records)
Sampler contributions
- 1994: Root of All Evil (Bring Me the Head of Bob Larsen) on IndustrialnatioN CD Sound Compilation Vol. 1 (IndustrialnatioN Magazine)
- 1995: Lucifer Sam on A Saucerful of Pink - A Tribute to Pink Floyd (Cleopatra Records, Cherry Red Records )
- 1996: Bela Lugosi's Dead on The Passion Of Covers - A Tribute To Bauhaus (Cleopatra Records)
- 1997: DWSOB on Gummo ( London Records )
- 1997: Paradise Reclaimed on Souvenirs from Hell ( Cthulhu Records )
- 1997: Charles in Charge on TV Terror: Felching a Dead Horse (Re-constriction Records)
- 1997: Sympathy for the Devil on Vampire Themes (Cleopatra Records)
- 1997: Baby's on Fire on A Tribute to the Music & Works of Brian Eno (Cleopatra Records)
- 1997: Killing an Arab on 100 Tears - A Tribute to The Cure (Cleopatra Records)
- 1998: Warlock (Truth Decay Version) on Hymns of the Worlock - A Tribute to Skinny Puppy (Cleopatra Records, Synthetic Symphony )
- 1998: Sacrifice on A Tribute to Venom (Deadline Music)
- 1999: Sunday Bloody Sunday on We Will Follow - A Tribute to U2 (Cleopatra Records, Anagram Records )
- 1999: South of Heaven on Straight to Hell: A Tribute to Slayer (Cleopatra Records)
- 1999: Land of Rape & Honey on Another Prick in the Wall - A Tribute to Ministry - Volume 2 (Invisible)
- 2000: Rush Rush on Platinum Girl - A Tribute to Blondie (Cleopatra Records)
- 2000: Light My Fire on Darken My Fire: A Gothic Tribute to The Doors (Cleopatra Records, Anagram Records)
- 2001: Heresy on Re-Covered in Nails 2.001: A Tribute to Nine Inch Nails (Cleopatra Records)
- 2001: God on A Gothic-Industrial Tribute to Smashing Pumpkins (Cleopatra Records)
- 2002: Get Your Gun on A Tribute to Marilyn Manson (Cleopatra Records, Anagram Records)
- 2002: Age of Fire (exclusive remix) on Lords of Chaos - The History of Occult Music ( Prophecy Productions )
- 2002: Opiate on A Tribute to Tool (Cleopatra Records)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Michael Moynihan , Didrik Søderlind: Lords of Chaos . Satanic Metal: The Bloody Rise from the Underground. Extended and revised edition 2005. 6th edition. ProMedia GmbH, Zeltingen-Rachtig 2005, ISBN 3-936878-00-5 , p. 351 f .
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of January 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive )