SITD, stylised SITD:'', is a German EBM and

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band founded in 1996 by Carsten Jacek and Thorsten Lau as Shadows in the Dark.

History

SITD was founded by Jacek and Lau in the

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. In the next three years they self-produced and released their first two albums, ''mourning country'' (1996) and ''Atomic'' (1999). In 1999, Lau left the band to be replaced by Thomas Lesczenski. In 2001, André Sorge joined the band and they toured with

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and

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on the ''Futureperfect'' tour. In 2001, SITD also released their largest hit single to-date, ''Snuff Machinery'', which made liberal use of sampled dialogue from the German dub of the film '' 8mm'', a 1999 US thriller dealing with

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s. Sorge left the band by the end of the year. In 2002, SITD released their first EP album, ''Snuff EP'' under the record labe
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and performed at the

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. In 2003, Francesco D'Angelo joined SITD and they released the EP ''Laughingstock'' and then the full-length album ''Stronghold''. ''Stronghold'' reached the 2nd Position in the Top Album National category for 2003 on the Deutsche Alternative Chart (DAC) while ''Laughingstock'' peaked at #2 on the DAC singles chart, ranking #22 on the 2003 DAC Top Singles chart. They also performs at two major festivals:

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and Infest. In 2004, they performed at the

(with Skinny Puppy), and the ''Elektronisches Hilfswerk Charity Tour'' with VNV Nation, Combichrist and NamNamBulu. In 2005, they released the ''Coded Message:12'' album as well as the EPs ''Richtfest'' and ''Odyssey:13''. The band went on their Coded Message tour, and performed once again at the ''Zillo'' and ''M'era Luna'' festivals, as well as support act on VNV Nation's ''Formation Tour''. By the end of the year they were in 3rd Position in the Top Single Act National category for 2005 on the Deutsche Alternative Chart (DAC). In 2007, they featured as one of two acts (alongside Painbastard) on the double EP ''Klangfusion Vol.1''. This was a prelude to the band's 3rd full-length album ''Bestie:Mensch''. The limited edition of this album featured a 2nd CD compiling a number of remixes SITD had assembled for other bands over the years. In 2008 the band remixed two songs from Industrial Metal group

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's '' Sünde'' album ''This is Deutsch'' and '' Kann denn Liebe Sünde Sein''. In 2010, they toured with

on their Faith, Power, and Glory tour.

Discography

Studio albums

* 2003: ''Stronghold'' * 2005: ''Coded Message: 12'' * 2007: ''Bestie:Mensch'' * 2009: '' Rot'' * 2011: ''Icon:Koru'' * 2014: ''Dunkelziffer'' * 2017: ''Trauma:Ritual'' * 2019: ''Stunde X''

EPs

* 2002: ''Snuff E.P.'' * 2005: ''Odyssey:13'' * 2016: ''Brother Death'' * 2019: ''Sturmlicht'' * 2019: ''Requiem X''

Singles

* 2003: ''Laughingstock'' * 2005: ''Richtfest'' * 2007: ''Klangfusion Vol. 1 - Kreuzgang/Nyctophobia'' (Double single, Split with Painbastard)

Demos

* 1996: ''Trauerland'' * 1999: ''Atomic''

References

External links

Official Homepage
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