Brighter Death Now is the artist name under which Roger Karmanik (b. 1965 as Roger Karlsson), the founder of the
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record label
Cold Meat Industry
Cold Meat Industry was a Swedish independent record label established in 1987 by Roger Karmanik, which specialized in niche music genres such as dark ambient, death industrial, and neoclassical dark wave.
History
From its inception, Cold ...
, releases
death industrial
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power electronics
Power electronics is the application of electronics to the control and conversion of electric power.
The first high-power electronic devices were made using mercury-arc valves. In modern systems, the conversion is performed with semiconducto ...
and
dark ambient music.
Whereas early Brighter Death Now recordings tended to be largely instrumental and atmospherically oriented, present-day releases often feature screamed vocals, distorted beyond comprehension. Throughout its history, Karmanik has kept his music's thematic elements focused on such topics as child molestation, sadism, and psychosi
The ''Great Death'' trilogy and ''May All Be Dead'' have become rare collectors items, and are sought after by many Brighter Death Now fans. Roger Karmanik has been active under other names such as ''Lille Roger'' (Swedish for Little Roger) and ''Bomb The Daynursery''.
In 2009, Karmanik remixed the short films of
Jason LaRay Keener as projection for live shows.
Karmanik closed down Cold Meat Industries around the beginning of 2014 as he expressed that he was suffering mentally and physically from the stress of running the label. By the end of 2014, Karmanik had fully immersed himself within the shroud of Brighter Death Now and announced the creation of his new label Familjegraven whose sole purpose is to release his own projects, including rarities, reissues, and new recordings.
Discography
As Brighter Death Now
As Bomb The Daynursery
As Lille Roger
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Swedish musical groups
Ambient music groups
Power electronics musicians
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