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musical project from

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, and created in response to the events of

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. Although the project involved multiple members in its early days, it is now the

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solo project of Benjamin Vincent Dewalt (who also works under the names DJ Hellraver, and T-Faktor). Having produced earlier albums, in 2003 they debuted on Tinman Records with ''Deconstruction''. Prior to the Tinman Records release, a different version of ''Deconstruction'' was released on CD-R independently. In 2004, Terrorfakt signed to Metropolis Records and released "Cold Steel World" and its follow-up remix album ''Cold World Remixes''. In 2006 "Teethgrinder" was released on Metropolis Records, followed by 2009's ''Re/Evolution'', which featured re-mastered versions of select tracks from ''Deconstruction'', "Reconstruction" and some new and unreleased tracks.

Terrorfakt live

Terrorfakt has toured extensively since their inception. The band has toured with, and in support of, such acts as:

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, in addition to performing live at large industrial music festivals; such as Montreal's C.O.M.A., and Kinetik.

Discography

Regular releases

*''Deconstruction'' (2003) *''Reconstruction: The Remixes'' (2003) *''Cold Steel World'' (2004) *''Cold World Remixes'' (2005) *''Teethgrinder'' (2006) *''The Fine Art of Killing Yourself (2007) *''Re/Evolution (2009)

Other releases

*''We Know Pain'' (CD-R) *''Ausland'' (CD-R) *''Kalte Stahl Herz'' (CD-R) *''REworks'' (CD-R) *''REworks 2 - Friendly Fire'' (CD-R) *''Arsenal'' ( 12") *''Spineless'' (12") *''Achtung'' (12") *''The Fine Art of Killing Yourself'' (12") *''Music from Antarctica'' (as T-Faktor) (CD-R) *''Bricksplitter'' (as T-Faktor) (2009)

Remixes

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References

External links

TERRORFAKT Official Site
{{Authority control Electronic music groups from New York (state) American industrial music groups Metropolis Records artists