Nachtmahr (band)

Nachtmahr is the solo project of Thomas Rainer (also known for his other projects: L'Âme Immortelle and the now defunct Siechtum). Nachtmahr's musical style is best characterized as Techno Body Music.

Thomas Rainer
Thomas Rainer with Nachtmahr at Nocturnal Culture Night Festival, Deutzen, Germany 2014
Background information
OriginVienna, Austria
GenresEBM
TBM
Years active2007-Present
LabelsTrisol Music Group
Associated actsL'Âme Immortelle
Websitehttp://www.nachtmahr.at
MembersThomas Rainer - Vocals, music

History

In September 2007, Nachtmahr had its first release, "Kunst ist Krieg (i.e., Art Is War)". The album's song "BoomBoomBoom", quickly became popular in industrial clubs around the world.[1] The band was used for the soundtrack of the American blockbuster movie, Saw IV.

In 2008 Nachtmahr released its first full-length album entitled "Feuer frei". Like "Kunst Ist Krieg", it quickly gained popularity in industrial clubs. The single "Katharsis" joined "BoomBoomBoom" as a worldwide club hit,[1] and helped the album stay in the top 10 of the German Deutsche Alternative Charts (DAC) for more than 6 weeks.[2] The German magazine Orkus called "Feuer frei" was “the new standard for the electro industrial genre”. However, the album did fall under criticism for being too repetitive. While reviewers agreed it was a great album for the dancefloor, some felt it did little more than such, pointing out a lack of variation and originality between songs.[3][4]

Of particular note, both the album "Alle Lust will Ewigkeit"[5] and its single Tanzdiktator[6] reached No. 1 in the Deutsche Alternative Charts.

Mädchen in Uniform, part of the show of Nachtmahr at e-tropolis Festival 2013

In 2010, Nachtmahr's third album "Semper Fidelis" was released, again placing highly in the German charts.

In 2011, Nachtmahr announced plans to expand their live touring scope, landing gigs in Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Later in 2014 Rainer launched his "Operation America" tour where he would play across 20 states in less than one month. Just 2 months prior to the tour, Rainer's latest album "Feindbild" was released to great success. 2015 the band is now done with the festival season and on a short two show tour in Russia.

Controversy

During the Kinetik Festival of 2012, Nachtmahr (along with Combichrist) was criticized on stage by its opening act Ad·ver·sary [sic], who showed, during its last five minutes of its set, a multimedia presentation with examples illustrating sexist and fascist imagery in the music videos and album covers of Nachtmahr. The showing ended with a call to reject those notions, and to demand better.[7][8] Rainer denied the allegations in an interview with industrial magazine I Die: You Die, instead characterizing his stage persona as "militaristic", though he acknowledged Nachtmahr's potential for misinterpretation and controversy. He also invited the female stage performers from his act to the interview, who likewise rejected the claims of sexism.[9]

Discography

Studio Albums
  • Feuer Frei (2008)
  • Alle Lust Will Ewigkeit (2009)
  • Semper Fidelis (2010)
  • Veni Vidi Vici (2012)
  • Feindbild (2014)
  • Kampfbereit (2016)
  • Antithese (2019)
  • Flamme (2020)

EP's
  • Kunst Ist Krieg (2007)
  • Katharsis (2008)
  • Mädchen in Uniform (2010)
  • Can You Feel the Beat? (2011)
  • Widerstand (2018)
  • Gehorsam (2018)
  • Funke (2020)

Compilations
  • Unbeugsam (2017)

Collaborations

I (2004) (with Sun Of The Sleepless)

References
  1. Magazine, Venia. "February 2012: Nachtmahr". Venia Magazine. Wordpress. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  2. "Deutsche Alternative Charts". Djcharts.de. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
  3. "Nachtmahr - Feuer Frei". Wounds of the Earth. Blogspot. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  4. "Nachtmahr: Feuer Frei". This is Corrosion. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  5. "Deutsche Alternative Charts". Djcharts.de. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
  6. "Deutsche Alternative Charts". Djcharts.de. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
  7. "Kinetik Update 2012: Ad·ver·sary's Performance". www.idieyoudie.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  8. "Ad.ver.sary: Making a statement in the industrial music scene – Shameless Magazine". shamelessmag.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  9. May 24, I. Die You Die |; Interviews | 65, 2012 | (2012-05-24). "An Interview with Thomas Rainer of Nachtmahr". I Die: You Die. Retrieved 2019-01-08.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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