Brighter Death Now (Swe) * raison d'être (Swe) * Desiderii Marginis (Swe)
Schedule
Sun, 05 Oct, 2025 at 05:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Friedrich-Karl-Str. 63, 46045 Oberhausen, Germany | Oberhausen, NW
Legendary Swedish industrial/dark ambient label, Cold Meat Industry, is coming to Helvete !* Brighter Death Now (Swe)
* raison d'être (Swe)
* Desiderii Marginis (Swe)
https://brighterdeathnow.bandcamp.com
https://raisondetre.bandcamp.com
https://desiderii.bandcamp.com
~ Brighter Death Now ~
Brighter Death Now is the artist name under which Roger Karmanik, the founder of the Swedish record label Cold Meat Industry, releasing death industrial, power electronics and dark ambient music.
Whereas early Brighter Death Now recordings tended to be largely instrumental and atmospherically oriented, present-day releases often feature screamed vocals, distorted beyond comprehension. Throughout its history, Karmanik has kept his music's thematic elements focused on such topics as sadism and psychosis.
The Great Death trilogy and May All Be Dead have become rare collectors items, and are sought after by many Brighter Death Now fans. Roger Karmanik has been active under other names such as Lille Roger (Swedish for Little Roger) and Bomb The Daynursery.
Karmanik closed down Cold Meat Industries around the beginning of 2014 as he expressed that he was suffering mentally and physically from the stress of running the label. By the end of 2014, Karmanik had fully immersed himself within the shroud of Brighter Death Now and announced the creation of his new label Familjegraven whose sole purpose is to release his own projects, including rarities, reissues, and new recordings.
“Brighter Death Now's “Innerwar” raises the bar for dark music. By its very nature this album is a challenge to review and describe. The elements that come together to construct the “music” are almost incidental to the relentlessly oppressive mood and atmosphere the finished product embodies”
- Sputnikmusic.com
~ Desiderii Marginis ~
Desiderii Marginis has been at the very forefront of dark ambient music for almost 30 years. Ever since its inception in 1993 and the first appearance on the legendary Swedish Cold Meat Industry label in 1995, Johan Levin, the sole member, has been exploring and refining his universe of profoundly dark, yet deeply emotional and evocatively dreamlike soundscapes.
The catalogue of Desiderii Marginis spans over twelve albums and represents a consistently atmospheric and intimate body of work, meticulously crafted using a wide variety of sound sources - from analogue to digital electronics, field recordings, found sounds and acoustic instruments. The focal point of Desiderii Marginis music lies right at the intersection between inner and outer ambience, nature and human nature, and their ever fascinating, constant interactions.
~ raison d'etre ~
raison d'être (Sweden) formed in 1991 as a tool of expression with the goal of self-realization. Behind the project is the highly respected and multi-talented sound artist Peter Andersson. For almost three decades now, with a vast number of album releases, raison d'être has been creating music with overwhelming dark ambient drone industrial qualities that left marks on most listeners. In recent years Andersson works mainly with field recordings and acoustic instruments like gongs, cymbals, bells, flutes, piano, various metal plates and string instruments; recorded and manipulated in the digital domain to make the sounds unique and perfected. Raison d’être have become the pinnacle in the dark ambient field and one of the most famous, respected, and influential artists within the genre. A majority of the raison d’être albums were released on the Swedish legendary Cold Meat industry label.
'The Empty Hollow Unfolds' album was voted as the single best release in the history of Cold Meat Industry, making it an important milestone and point of reference. Recently Peter Andersson received a recognition award from the state authority The Swedish Arts Grants Committee for his music achievement. Whether it is like a good dream, or a nightmare is up to you. But this is not all. Peter Andersson host not only one but up to ten other projects representing different sides and sounds of the Andersson character. The most well-known except for raison d'être being Stratvm Terror, Necrophorus, Bocksholm and Atomine Elektrine
