Panzer AG is the name of an aggrotech/

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side-project by Norwegian

Andy LaPlegua Ole Anders Olsen (born 15 September 1975), known professionally as Andy LaPlegua, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter, originally known for being founder and lead vocalist of futurepop band Icon of Coil. He also gained fame in the aggrotech a ...

, the founder of futurepop band Icon of Coil. Formed in 2004, Panzer AG's sound combines

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and other genres to create a caustic but danceable form of music.

History

After experimenting with a variety of music styles, such as Futurepop with Icon of Coil, as well as aggrotech,

power noise Power noise (also known as rhythmic noise and occasionally as distorted beat music) is a form of industrial music and a fusion of noise music and various styles of electronic dance music. It should not be confused with "power electronics", w ...

and

industrial Industrial may refer to: Industry * Industrial archaeology, the study of the history of the industry * Industrial engineering, engineering dealing with the optimization of complex industrial processes or systems * Industrial city, a city dominate ...

with Combichrist, LaPlegua furthered his sound by increasing the aggressiveness of both his lyrical content and his music. As well, where Icon Of Coil is purely

Electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to r ...

, and Combichrist dabbles a tad with Industrial Rock, Panzer AG combines elements of

industrial music Industrial music is a genre of music that draws on harsh, mechanical, transgressive or provocative sounds and themes. AllMusic defines industrial music as the "most abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music" that was "initiall ...

Trance Music Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that emerged from the British new-age music scene and the early 1990s German techno and hardcore scenes. Trance music is characterized by a tempo generally lying between 135–150 beats per minut ...

and

Hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...

. The result was the full-length album,

This Is My Battlefield ''This Is My Battlefield'' is a 2004 album by the Norwegian industrial music project Panzer AG. Track listing # “Introduction Of The Damned” – 1:41 # “Filth God” – 4:45 # “Battlefield” – 5:00 # “Chemical Breed” – 4:05 # “ ...

on the Metropolis Records label. With the success of ''This Is My Battlefield'', Panzer AG began working on a follow-up album, which was entitled ''

Your World Is Burning ''Your World Is Burning'' is a 2006 album by the Norwegian industrial music project Panzer AG Panzer AG is the name of an aggrotech/industrial rock side-project by Norwegian Andy LaPlegua, the founder of futurepop band Icon of Coil. Formed in 2 ...

'', which was released in 2006. A slight departure in style from ''This Is My Battlefield'', it is said to have been "incorporating more of a

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'' era' industrial rock feel."Metropolis Records' Panzer AG page
/ref> The album peaked at #2 on the German Alternative Charts (DAC) and ranked #23 on the DAC Top Albums of 2006.

Discography

* ''

'' – Metropolis Records 2004 * ''

'' – Metropolis Records 2006

External links

Metropolis Records' website

Panzer AG's MySpace page

References

{{Authority control Electro-industrial music groups Metropolis Records artists

History

Discography

See also

External links

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