__NOTOC__ Kreuzweg Ost is an

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darkwave Dark wave (also typeset as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as be ...

martial industrial Martial industrial is a syncretic offshoot of industrial music characterized by noise, dark ambient atmospheres, neofolk melodies, dark wave tunes and neoclassical orchestrations as well as the incorporation of audio from military marches, h ...

project founded by Michael Gregor and

Martin Schirenc Martin Schirenc (born 18 December 1968 in Vienna) is an Austrian guitarist and vocalist, best known as a founder of death metal/grindcore band Pungent Stench and symphonic death metal band Hollenthon. His former wife, Elena Schirenc, Elena, is a ...

. The music is a blend of world war-related samples and loops with booming sounds and instrumental pieces. There are no

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

; instead, the predominant samples are arranged so that they take the role of vocals, sometimes telling short stories similar to radio play snippets. Martin Schirenc, of Austrian

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band

Pungent Stench Pungent Stench is a death metal band from Vienna, Austria, formed in 1988. Their last known lineup consists of Martin Schirenc (vocals/guitar), Danny Vacuum (vocals/bass), and Mike G. Mayhem (drums). Pungent Stench achieved early on prominence in ...

, left the group shortly after the release of the ''Iron Avantgarde'' album and was replaced by programmer

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and producer/sound engineer

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. Michael Gregor is a member of the Austrian black metal band Summoning and is also known as ''Silenius''. Oliver Stummer has also released as Tomoroh Hidari and

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Motives

Kreuzweg Ost’s concept is about making musical translations of various movies dealing with military or religious topics. The selection of films includes literature adaptations, along with other films.

Discography

*''Iron Avantgarde'' (album, 2000,

Napalm Records Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg. The label later ...

) *''Edelrost'' (album, 2005,

Cold Spring Records Cold Spring is an independent record label based in Northamptonshire, England, specialising in "all forms of extreme media, but particularly: dark ambient, neo-classical/neo-folk, orchestral, power electronics/noise, Japanese noise, minimal, ...

) *''Gott Mit Uns'' (album, 2012,

)

Notes

* Track 5 on Edelrost, entitled "Eiserne Menschen" (

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: "Iron Men") uses spoken word samples from the German film ''

Mädchen in Uniform ' ("Girls in Uniform") is a 1931 German romantic drama film based on the play ' (''Yesterday and Today'') by Christa Winsloe and directed by Leontine Sagan with artistic direction from Carl Froelich, who also funded the film. Winsloe also wrote ...

'' from 1931. * There are two (known) unreleased tracks from Edelrost, "Geierwally" and "Ein Neuer Krieg". "Ein Neuer Krieg" was used on a compilation CD for Cold Spring.

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