Artist description The bastard child of techno raped by hardcore crust/grindcore, SCHIZOID confounds with alarming screams of digital hardcore anguish and paranoia over top of an arcade soundtrack of punker-than-fuck gabber-electrocity... The return "ALL THINGS ARE CONNECTED" will leave you tranced and trampled - proceed with caution...

Music Style Industrial Metal / Digital Hardcore / Electronic Punk

Musical Influences Exit 13, Monster Voodoo Machine, Mayhem, Atari Teenage Riot, Marilyn Manson, Alec Empire, DRI, garbage, Burzum, Disrupt, Ultraviolence, Meathook Seed, EC8OR, Jello Biafra, True Norwegian Black Metal, early 90's true gangsta rap

Similar Artists DHR / Digital Hardcore Records (Atari Teenage Riot, EC8OR, Alec Empire, Lolita Storm), Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Cubanate, Red Harvest, The Berzerker, The Shizit

Artist History Was in a few punk and metal bands (MOLOTOV CHILDREN, SPUN, TWITCH), then got bored and started SCHIZOID in March '98. Released debut "Enough IS ENOUGH!!!" in 1999. Released follow up "All Things Are Connected" and remix CD "Grim Prospects" in 2000. Played in side projects EMERGENCY INSTRUCTIONS, EXIST, DEAD OF WINTER in 2001-2. Took SCHIZOID live and shared the stage with MERZBOW, EC8OR, FAXED HEAD. Released "Covered In Metal" in 2003, a full length CD of heavy metal covers. Released the "Rising Tide" compilation, with 2 exclusive SCHIZOID tracks, hinting at the future of the SCHIZOID sound.

Group Members J SCHIZOID - Screams/Noise/Guitars/Bass/Keyboards/Programming // .MIQ NOCORE - Live Guitars/noiseCore

Instruments Cracked copies of Fruity Loops/Cool Edit Pro/Acid 2.0 (These programs are indispensible!), Vantage Guitar, Mansfield Bass, Korg Kaoss Pad, samples from my CD collection of 1000+ CDs, QY10 sampler, TR505 drum machine, anything else I can get my hands on...

Albums 1999: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!! (DTRASH08) - 2000: All Things Are Connected (DTECH01), Grim Prospects (DTRASH22) - 2003: Covered In Metal (DTRASH45), Rising Tide Compilation (DTECH03)

Press Reviews KERRANG/JUNE 2002: "This is no-holds-barred sonic terrorism with a wicked, shit eating grin on its face and an utterly punk rock, snotty attitude. Virtually every song sounds like a large consignment of hi-tech equipment being kicked down the stairs. Fantastic." - ***BLISTERING.COM/MAY 2001: "Combining the most hostile elements of black and grind metal with digital hardcore and gabba, this music isn't so much musical as it is a sensory assault on the ears and mind." - *****TERRORIZER/JULY 2000: "...speaker shredding abuse in the vein of Pan Sonic, Kid 606 and the Boredoms..." - AVERSION ONLINE/MAY 2000: "Digital hardcore mania! I see tons of possibilities here, I’d looking forward to future efforts." *** THE PLAGUE E-ZINE/MAY 2000: "A one-man band from Canada, Schizoid (aka J. Smith) cranks out some brutal sample-based mayhem. The press seems to have branded Schizoid as a 'digital hardcore' band, which is fine I suppose, as I think they actually fit that name better than most of the crap that gets called by that name." ***IN FACTION/JAN 2000: "This album is a living breathing embodiment of every form of techno, noise, and electronic experimentalist music... on crack." ***RAW 42 ZINE/DEC 2000: "I figure the word has been all used up but I honestly can't help it when I use 'extreme' and schizoid in the same sentence. I know everyone uses it but this crazy ass canadian is extreme, in fact he's so extreme, I'll go even further and call him a fucking psychotic musical maniac. he takes hardcore to the very edge and then spits in its face." ***EXCLAIM MAGAZINE (CANADA)/AUG 1999: "'Enough Is Enough!!!' is a relentless bundle of hissing noise, gabba beats, metal guitar riffs and distorted vocals, intertwined with the occasional breakbeat and sample. Schizoid is more than competent and just as riot-inducing as any of his peers." ***ECHO MAGAZINE/AUG 1999: "Once you've been exposed to Schizoid, you won't soon forget the sound of music's worst nightmare..." ***

Additional Info www.dtrashrecords.com

Location Kitchener K-Town, Ontario - Canada

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