Oneiroid Psychosis is an American

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musical duo consisting of brothers Lars and Leif Hansen. Originally known simply as Psychosis, they were discovered by

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in 1993 and have been making music using the name Oneiroid Psychosis since.

Oneiroid Psychosis

Oneiroid Psychosis was formed in 1991 by Lars Hansen simply under the name Psychosis, changed to Oneiroid Psychosis shortly after as another band with the same name was already in existence. The addition of Oneiroid to the name came from reading through a medical dictionary: "I came across it in a medical dictionary as I was looking into different types of psychoses. It really seemed to fit the type of atmosphere and mood we were creating with our music. And In Greek mythology, the Oneiroi were the brothers or sons of Hypnos, the god of sleep. They were personifications of dreams-black-winged demons. It just fit so perfectly with what we’re creating..."http://boolk.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/realities-inside-and-outside-%E2%80%93-an-interview-with-oneiroid-psychosis/ Through a friend named Kevin Gayton, Lars and Leif got a tape to Tom Muschitz, who signed them to his label, Decibel Records. OP's first album, ''

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'' was released in 1995 by Decibel. In addition to several new songs and a hidden musical track unlike anything else the band has done, four songs from The Time Spent Dead demo were included on the album, two after being re-recorded entirely, and two after being remastered. Stillbirth was re-released on COP International in 2003. After Stillbirth, OP released two more CDs on Decibel in 1996: A single, called Assuage and the album ''

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''. After these two releases, however, Decibel moved to a new city, which resulted in a number of complications regarding the next album, '' Garden of Remembrance''. OP was forced to separate from Decibel, but found a new home with Nilaihah Records. Garden of Remembrance features guest appearances by Kristy Venrick of The Azoic and Shikhee of

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. OP’s fourth album, ''

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'' was released in 2001 by COP International, and a re-release of 1995's Stillbirth followed a year later. On OP’s fifth full-length album, ''

Forever is Forgotten Oneiroid Psychosis is an American dark wave musical duo consisting of brothers Lars and Leif Hansen. Originally known simply as Psychosis, they were discovered by Decibel Records in 1993 and have been making music using the name Oneiroid Psychos ...

'', Lars wrote all the music and Leif wrote all the lyrics. Forever is Forgotten was released in 2004. In 2008 Oneiroid Psychosis became a solo project, and Lars started his own company, called Psylab Studios. OP independently released

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, completely written and recorded by Lars, with lyrics by Leif on three of the tracks. In April 2009, Lars suffered a massive head injury which nearly took his life. After a long and intense recovery, Lars opened a newly remodeled studio, Leif joined OP again. OP have been working on and off on a new album and in early 2015 Lars wrote "I have NOT forgotten the new album. But I have been struggling a great deal due to the head injury and will not finish the album just to get it finished. I want it to feel right when I write and produce".

Side projects

Lars and Leif, while working with Oneiroid Psychosis, also made different kinds of music using the following names. * Signal 12 * No One * Ascent

Discography

Albums

# ''

'' (

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, re-released in

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...

) # ''

'' (

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on b ...

) # ''Garden of Remembrance'' (

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school s ...

) # ''Dreams (With Pollutions When Virile)'' (

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...

) # ''Forever is Forgotten'' (

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

) # ''Sentient'' (

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

) # ''Anhedonia'' (

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...

)

Singles

# "Assuage" (

)

References

External links

Official website of Oneiroid PsychosisPsylab Studios: Official website of Oneiroid Psychosis merchandiseOneiroid Psychosis' MySpace Profile
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