Artist description Sister Sacrilege hails from Montreal, Canada and consists of 5 classicly trained musicians of different backgrounds. Mixing Old-School gothic sounds and style with newer and fresher sounds, tribal drums and percussion, smooth yet raunchy guitars, over-driven basslines and operaic vocals. Creating a theatrical appearance onstage, Sister Sacrilege produces some of the lagest and most captivating live performances one could expect.

Music Style Gothic, Medieval, Old-School mixed with newer, fresher sounds

Musical Influences Coal Chmaber, Old Genesis, Sisters Of Mercy, Rammstein, Ministry

Similar Artists Coal Chamber, Psychotica

Artist History Sister Sacrilege was formed in the winter of 1998, when Vladislav (a.k.a. Vlad) Barna, the psychotic-blood-spitting bassist of Montreal's now defunct Talamasca decided to explore other avenues of musical influence and performance by reverting back to his original musical roots - Punk, Hardcore and Gothic. Hearing enough of the much overdone and thumping Techno and EBM music now played in every club and venue in the city, Vlad felt the Goth scene (musically) had become extinct. Vlad wanted to give the Goth scene a kick in the ass, thus he began writing more fetsih, Gothic and "fuck" related material dealing with real-life issues and the fantasies we all experience and want. After many years of attempting to work with young hopefuls, Vlad felt a much needed change of pace was needed in order for sister to break out of the drudgery, so he let his last musical partner flee like the nasty bug he was, and began writing, performing and producing all instruments and vocals completely alone. "I had to do it" Vlad exclaims. "I met so many musicians that thought it was easy to become a success overnight that they seemed to forget that there was alot of hard work involved and either ran like scared rabbits or just didn't show up for practises and sessions." Indeed, since working on his own, Vlad has made an impact on not only the local Goth scene but scenes around the world with his songs. Some say he's taken such a unique and unparelelled approach that he may have even fathered something compleely new to the scene. Not a bad thing when you think about how muddy many scenes are these days, what with the cross-bredding of unoriginal music in a last-ditch effort to come up with something "new". Sister Sacrilege is new. Unique. Wonderful and here to stay.

Group Members Vlad - Vocals, Programming Tim - Bass, b-vocals Chris - Drums, Percussion Ophelia - Guitars, b-vocals

Instruments Guitars, (steel, electric, accoustic, classical), Drums, Percussions, (gongs, splash, china, wood, timpani), Cellos, Violins, Various Strings, Torquemada, Harpsicord, Synths

Albums Awaken

Location Montreal, Quebec - Canada

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