28th oct @ zmf: THE NIGHt TERROrS(au) + sTRANGE FORCES (berlin/au)

Spawned from the festering miasma of the Melbourne underground scene, The Night Terrors' theremin-fueled electro-noise has been petrifying punters since the year 2000. The Terrors' formula of soaring theremin, thunderous metal-bass, breakneck drumming and vintage horror synth has earnt them a reputation as one of Australia's most unusual and original bands.

quotes:

"Exo Records is good records. Night Terrors music is good music. TNT has a serious Goblin-vibe happening here. They could easily score a horror film set in American Apparel. I could picture tram-loads of Gentlewomen with the same body shape, clothes, opinions and haircuts walking around the racks in a zombie like state, just tripping on all the offensive colours and price tags. 10/10" VICE Magazine

"Fronted by towering theremin maestro Miles Brown, this trio does nightmarish, speculative Prog better than anyone and is impossible not to be rocked by." Three Thousand

"Like the sound track to a video game made in the eighties but set in the future. A game of not just linear laser battles of light ships, but an involved personal account of the struggles endured by a character in just such a setting. A veritable space opera covering love, loss and thrilling light speed chase sequences that is exciting as well as all-enthralling." beat magazine

 "The Night Terrors’ debut full-length album Back To Zero introduces itself somewhat similarly to one of Goblin’s soundtrack releases or Jean Michel Jarre’s original Oxygéne record. Within seconds the listener is transported to a world created entirely by the Melbourne band’s synth, drum, bass and theremin combination – a place where wolves fly rocket ships protecting helpless planet folk from intergalactic volcanic eruptions (or any arrangement of associated descriptors)...The Night Terrors’ Back To Zero is a singularly impressive 66-minute album that should prove to be a success with any audience across the globe. 5/5" Time Off (AUS)

 "This revelation in sound gives me a hint of the better angles of 70's progressive rock - more King Crimson than Yes - but then there's a distinctive grungey bass floating about as well, and an 80's keyboard sound. The most striking feature though is the placing of the marvelous sounds of the theremin in this band, where low and behold, it's not just a trick but actually played with genuine skill, treating this gorgeous tool as an actual instrument rather than the novelty it so often is cheapened into being." Togatus Magazine

 "Seeking to form a point of departure from the rock-by-numbers school of musical intellectualism purveyed by the likes of Trans-Am, Tortoise and June of 44, Tasmanian via Melbourne trio The Night Terrors have delivered an eponymous debut that's really more prog than post. Space out electronica makes itself comfortable alongside dexterous math-rock exactitude via the tidy combination of synth-driven atmospherics and a rhythm section that thunders like an industrial machine." inpress magazine


"Night terrors are distinctly different from the much more common nightmares, which occur during REM sleep. Night terrors are characterized by frequent recurrent episodes of intense crying and fear during sleep, with difficulty arousing the child. Night terrors are frightening episodes that disrupt family life."



wann: 28ter oktober, 21h
wo: zmf, brunnenstrasse 10, eingang durch den park von hinten. rote lampe brennt.




decks: poplars d'or






links:


 the night terrors

strange forces