Acylum – XX20XX

Description

For 2 decades, ACYLUM have stood as one of the most provocative, confrontational and unyielding forces in the dark elektro / industrial universe. Now, to mark their 20th anniversary, the duo delivers “XX20XX” – not a retrospective, but a total reconstruction of their legacy.

Instead of looking back, ACYLUM tear their past apart and rebuild it from the ground up. 6 of their most iconic tracks have been completely rewritten, freshly produced, and re-recorded with new vocals, sharpened lyrics, and the full weight of today’s production power. These are not remasters. They are rebirths – louder, harder, more defiant.

Behind the name stand Pedro Engel (music, vocals) and Nadine Engel (lyrics, vocals), a creative axis that has shaped ACYLUM’s unmistakable DNA for twenty years: aggression and emotion, brutality and vulnerability, provocation and bleak beauty. Their sound has always pushed the limits of dark elektro / industrial music – and on XX20XX, they push even further.

The album amplifies everything ACYLUM represent: raw power, unfiltered confrontation, merciless production. A refusal to compromise – ever!

To complete the celebration, 5 remixers from the current industrial vanguard reinterpret these newly forged versions, injecting even more venom, energy, and devastation into ACYLUM’s most defining anthems: NANO INFECT, DISTOXIA, LUCIFER’S AID, THE WITCH SAID NO, DERMA-TEK.

XX20XX is the sound of a band that refuses to be archived. A band that reclaims its past only to weaponize it for the future. 20 years in, ACYLUM remain as sharp, divisive, and dangerous as ever.