No-Big-Silence (often abbreviated as "NBS"), originally known as Aggressor, is an
Industrial metal
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rock band from
Estonia
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.
History
Early years as Aggressor (1989–1995)
The beginnings of Aggressor date back to 1989 when Villem Tarvas, Marek Piliste, Kristo Kotkas and Marko Atso started playing together as an unnamed band. At the start of 1990 they released their first demo album named ''Indestructible'' – the music on this recording was influenced by German
thrash metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . ...
band
Kreator
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. Their first big performance was on 17 April 1990, and a year later they put together a 4 track demo which resulted in the recording of their first album, ''
Procreate the Petrifactions'' at the end of 1992. Later on they played several shows in Moscow and in 1994 they released their second album ''
Of Long Duration Anguish''. The band was first introduced to a wider audience in the summer of 1995 at the Rock Summer festival in Estonia, where Aggressor headlined the B-stage – the crowd gave them a warm welcome.
Change of style and renaming to No-Big-Silence (1995–1996)
In 1994
bass guitar
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ist Cram (Marek Piliste) sung a cover version of
Corrosia Metalla
Korrozia Metalla (''Коррозия Металла'', , Russian for "Corrosion of metal",) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) thrash metal band led by Sergey "Pauk" Troitsky. It is best known for black humour lyrics and provocative public performance ...
's "Russian Vodka" for the album ''
Of Long Duration Anguish''. This later resulted in the idea of changing the band's name and style.
In 1995 the band went to studio (still as Aggressor) and were suggested a name-change. In 1995 they wrote lyrics to a song titled "No-Big-Silence 99" (a street in the USA where a mass murder was committed) – so the album was titled ''
99'' and band renamed to "No-Big-Silence".
Success (1996–present)
After the 1995 Rock Summer festival, No-Big-Silence has successfully performed at larger festivals as well as at smaller clubs in Estonia, the
Baltic States, Russia and
Scandinavia
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. No-Big-Silence is valued as a live-act with an impressive show, esteemed by world class bands such as
Metallica,
Iron Maiden
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,
Rammstein
Rammstein (, "ramming stone") is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band formed in Berlin in 1994. The band's lineup—consisting of lead vocalist Till Lindemann, lead guitarist Richard Kruspe, rhythm guitarist Paul Landers, bassist Oliver Riedel, ...
,
HIM,
Motörhead
Motörhead () were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by Lemmy (lead vocals, bass), Larry Wallis (guitar) and Lucas Fox (drums). Lemmy was also the primary songwriter and only constant member. The band are often considered a precu ...
,
Waltari
Waltari is a Finnish band from Helsinki combining alternative metal, progressive metal, death metal, hard rock, heavy metal, hip hop, industrial, pop, punk, symphonic metal, techno and thrash metal styles.
Most of the band's music is writ ...
, etc., who have chosen NBS to be their supporting act.
The chairman of the concert agency Baltic Development Group, Peeter Rebane, the local promoter for
Metallica,
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for most of the band's history has consisted of Harri ...
and
Rammstein
Rammstein (, "ramming stone") is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band formed in Berlin in 1994. The band's lineup—consisting of lead vocalist Till Lindemann, lead guitarist Richard Kruspe, rhythm guitarist Paul Landers, bassist Oliver Riedel, ...
, comments: "In our opinion, No-Big-Silence is the most professional industrial band in the Baltics. Besides, they are a great live-act."
Their second release ''
Successful, Bitch & Beautiful
''Successful, Bitch & Beautiful'' is an album released in 2000 by an Estonian industrial metal band No-Big-Silence.
It was recorded by Finnish record company Cyberware Productions.
It did well on release and in 2001 went on sale in other c ...
'' was already the album of current hit-songs such as "On the Hunt" and "Vamp-o-Drama". In 2001 the album was sold in Scandinavia, Germany, Italy and other European countries through the Finnish label
Cyberware Productions. The homepage of Cyberware states that this album of No-Big-Silence is a magnificent masterpiece and regards it as one of the label's strongest releases today. According to Cyberware, the bonus video "Star DeLuxe" on the western version of the album gives a good overview of the band's glamorous live-show and enthusiastic fanbase. The Scandinavian music magazine ''Prospective Magazine'' thinks that ''
Successful, Bitch & Beautiful
''Successful, Bitch & Beautiful'' is an album released in 2000 by an Estonian industrial metal band No-Big-Silence.
It was recorded by Finnish record company Cyberware Productions.
It did well on release and in 2001 went on sale in other c ...
'' is a "must listen to"-album. The review in the same magazines gives No-Big-Silence 8 out of 10 points. Johan Carlsson, a reviewer for the Swedish ''Release Magazine'' distinguishes the even and uniform quality of the album. "Metal riffs melded with electronic sounds on top of rock song structures make an interesting mixture, and the vocals fit perfectly." He continues: "It is nice to see an Estonian band, but don't buy it because of that. Buy it because it is good."
Musical style
The music of NBS has been variously described as sounding very much like
Marilyn Manson and at times even
Rammstein
Rammstein (, "ramming stone") is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band formed in Berlin in 1994. The band's lineup—consisting of lead vocalist Till Lindemann, lead guitarist Richard Kruspe, rhythm guitarist Paul Landers, bassist Oliver Riedel, ...
or
Nine Inch Nails.
The band's style saw small changes throughout their albums apart from their first two, ''
Procreate the Petrifactions'' and ''
Of Long Duration Anguish'', which are death metal. "99", recorded in 1995, featured a more thrash metal sound, but at the time of the album's release the band had taken on an industrial sound which was reflected in the supposed following album "new race" which was never released until 2003 under the compilation title ''Unreleased''.
''
Successful, Bitch & Beautiful
''Successful, Bitch & Beautiful'' is an album released in 2000 by an Estonian industrial metal band No-Big-Silence.
It was recorded by Finnish record company Cyberware Productions.
It did well on release and in 2001 went on sale in other c ...
'' can be considered their softest album as it contains a mix of metal, rock and electronic. ''
Unreleased'' is their heaviest and most electronic album and ''
War in Wonderland
''War In Wonderland'' is an album released in 2006 by an Estonian industrial metal band No-Big-Silence.
It consists of songs recorded from 2002 to 2006. It did well on release.
"Robot Super Lover Boy", "War In Wonderland" and more recently "T ...
'' is one of the darker and most "metal" of the band's albums.
''
Starstealer
''Starstealer'' is an album released in 2009 by an Estonian industrial metal band No-Big-Silence.
The first single is "Chain Me".
Track listing
Lyics written by Cram; music written by Willem.
# "Chain Me" – 4:18
# "Starstealer" – 4:46
# ...
'', released in 2009, shows the band turning darker and heavier. The artwork of the album shows a darker side of the band and the music bears much darker sound and a small hint of
thrash metal
Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . ...
from the old days.
"No-Big-Silence, unlike most of the hard rock bands, that get their inspiration from mysticism, concentrates on expressing the twists and turns of human psychology in the language of pop music. It is a great achievement in itself – to sound tough and delicate at the same time."
:– Marko Mägi from ''Eesti Ekspress'' weekly
Band members
As Aggressor
*Villem Tarvas – vocals, guitar (1989–1995)
*Marek Piliste – bass (1989–1995)
*Kristo Kotkas – guitar (1989–1995)
*Marko Atso – drums (1989–1995)
As No-Big-Silence
*Marek Piliste (a.k.a. Cram) – lead vocals (1995–present)
*Villem Tarvas (a.k.a. Willem) – bass, guitar, backing vocals (1995–present)
*Kristo Kotkas (a.k.a. Kristo K) – guitar, keyboards and programming (1995–present)
*Rainer Mere – drums (2008–present)
Former members
*Marko Atso – drums (1995–2000)
*Kristo Rajasaare (a.k.a. Kristo R) – drums (2000–2008)
*Raimo Jussila – bass (1994–1996)
Discography
As Aggressor
*1990: ''Indestructible'' (demo)
*1993: ''
Procreate the Petrifactions''
*1994: ''
Of Long Duration Anguish''
*2004: ''Procreate the Petrifactions 2004'' (re-release with 4 bonus tracks)
Singles
*1994: Path of the lost god
As No-Big-Silence
*produced 1995 but released as late as 1997: ''
99''
*2000: ''
Successful, Bitch & Beautiful
''Successful, Bitch & Beautiful'' is an album released in 2000 by an Estonian industrial metal band No-Big-Silence.
It was recorded by Finnish record company Cyberware Productions.
It did well on release and in 2001 went on sale in other c ...
''
*2003: ''
Unreleased'' (late internet-only release of tracks recorded between 1996–1999)
*2004: ''
Kuidas kuningas kuu peale kippus
''Kuidas kuningas Kuu peale kippus'' (How the King Wanted to Go to the Moon) is an album released in 2004 by No-Big-Silence and Kosmikud.
The singles are "Kuninga imekanad", "Sepa kahurikuul" and "Tisleri kastitorn".
This album is based on t ...
'' (with
Kosmikud
Kosmikud are an Estonian alternative rock group founded in 1999. They released their first album ''Ei roosid'' in 2000, after their singer Taavi Pedriks died. The remaining three members of the band – Aleksander Vana (guitar), Kristo Rajasaare ...
)
*2006: ''
War in Wonderland
''War In Wonderland'' is an album released in 2006 by an Estonian industrial metal band No-Big-Silence.
It consists of songs recorded from 2002 to 2006. It did well on release.
"Robot Super Lover Boy", "War In Wonderland" and more recently "T ...
''
*2007: ''
Suurte Masinate Muusika'' (with Tiit Kikas) (live DVD of their concert at Leigo Järvemuusika in 2005)
*2009: ''
Starstealer
''Starstealer'' is an album released in 2009 by an Estonian industrial metal band No-Big-Silence.
The first single is "Chain Me".
Track listing
Lyics written by Cram; music written by Willem.
# "Chain Me" – 4:18
# "Starstealer" – 4:46
# ...
''
Singles
*1996: Come
*1997: New Race
*1999: Vamp-O-Drama
*2000: On The Hunt
*2001: Star Deluxe
*2001: The Fail
*2006: Robot Super Lover Boy
*2009: Chain Me
*2011: Это не любовь (This Is Not Love) (
Kino
Kino may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Broadcasters
* KINO, a radio station in Arizona, U.S.
* Kino FM (98.0 FM – Moscow), a Russian music radio station
* KinoTV, now Ruutu+ Leffat ja Sarjat, a Finnish TV channel
Fictional entiti ...
cover)
*2011: üks imelik masin (A strange machine) (
Gunnar Graps cover)
*2013: The Falling
*2013: Kõnetraat (Speaker cable) (
Ummamuudu cover)
*2014: Supersonic Night
*2016: A Question of Time (
Depeche Mode cover)
External links
*
No-Big-Silence at Estonian MetalAggressor at Estonian MetalOfficial MySpace*
Silencers – official fanclubSilencers blog
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Estonian industrial music groups
Techno music groups
Estonian musical groups
Musical groups established in 1989