xotox

industrial

Xotox was founded in 1998 as a solo project by Andreas Davids. adequately described by himself as industrial for hyperactive people, the Xotox-sound is characterised by hard beats, catchy melodies and merciless noise-attacks. the debut-album Stueckgut developed a small cult following, which eagerly anticipated the following releases epos and monolith. with the release of disinhibition Xotox started performing live around Germany, winning more fans and attracting media attention for the first time. the following albums Normalzustand: angst and rhythm of fear (live in Jena) got a variety of great reviews. in 2002 Silberfieber and the mini album Nothing were released featuring the hits Eisenkiller, Nothing, Null and Zweischicht, which went on heavy rotation in many clubs in Germany. both releases had this success resulted in Xotox being picked up by industrial label Pronoize, which in turn led to Xotox getting a much higher profile in part through their contributions to high profile compilations such as industrial frequencies vol. 5 and industrial highlights vol. 1 both put together by the German scene magazine Orkus. in 2003 the first album on Pronoize was released - Lichtlos managed to establish itself on nearly every German dancefloor. Eisenkiller became the club anthem of winter 2003/04 and Lichtlos the benchmark album. for the very first time an industrial act managed to reach number 1 in the German alternative charts (dac) and held on to the top spot for several weeks. but...